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Farewell to Philip Dickson
Colleagues from college met today to toast Philip Dickson, College Accountant and Deputy Bursar, who is retiring from Hertford after fourteen years. Bursar Simon Lloyd spoke warmly of Philip’s methodical integrity ...
Hertford rugby and the Oku Memorial Trophy
Hertford students, captained by Richard Foord, combined with players from Vincent’s Club to form a XV and play in the Oku Memorial Trophy tournament. The tournament is held to honour Ambassador Katsuhiko Oku, a Her...
Charlotte Brewer and Lord Leveson
You’ll have already seen on p. 1468 of the Right Honourable Justice Leveson’s inquiry into the culture, practices and ethics of the press that Professor Charlotte Brewer is cited on the meaning of the word &#...
Hertford, Hugh, and press freedom
As we await Lord Leveson’s report on press standards, Hertford has been developing the debate. On 18 November, Principal Will Hutton discussed the issues with Baroness Helena Kennedy QC, Hugh Grant, and Paul Connew...
Hertford student wins French Studies prize
We are delighted to announce that Amy Cowan, who graduated in History and French in 2012 and is now studying for an MSt at the college, has been awarded the prestigious 2012 R.H. Gapper Undergraduate Essay Prize. AmyR...
Hertford rugby supports Mind Your Head campaign
Great work by Hertford college rugby team, under the direction of second year English student Richard Foord. The team, with their supporters, have made a video on mental health awareness for OUSU’s Mind Your Head c...
The beautiful game, Hertford-style
Football implies the desire to suffer (Theodor Adorno) At a nail-biting encounter on the football pitch earlier this term, Hertford current students beat the old boys 5-2. It has been claimed that the current students we...
Attorney General’s award for Ben Ogden
Ben Ogden, the Hertford lawyer who was killed in the Nepal air accident in October, has been honoured with the Attorney General’s Special Award for pro bono contribution. This award, celebrating Ben’s charita...
David Hopkin wins Folklore Society Prize
We all congratulate David Hopkin, Fellow and Tutor in History at Hertford, who has been awarded the prestigious Katharine Briggs prize from the Folklore Society, for his book Voices of the People in Nineteenth Century F...
Heroic Hertford Porter
Hertford porter Angelo Fernandez is – quite rightly – hailed as a hero in the student press this week. Angelo spotted a felon riding a bicycle stolen from a Hertford student and gave chase while shouting R...