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Meningitis genome research and Hertford
Professor Martin Maiden and a Hertford DPhil student, Dorothea Hill, are working on the world’s first meningococcus genome library, a major step forward for vaccine development, which has been funded by the Meningi...
Decline in student applicants follows fee increases, finds independent commission chaired by Will Hutton
The Independent Commission on Fees was set up in January to monitor the impact of increased university fees in England over the next three years. The five members of the panel are: Will Hutton (Chair), Principal of Hertf...
Chapel Choir trip to Malta
The Hertford College Chapel Choir have just returned from a successful nine day tour of Malta. Seventeen members of the choir, including Chaplain Gareth Hughes, were conducted by Junior Organ Scholar Edmund Whitehead. Th...
Professor Peter Millican on Radio 4
Professor Peter Millican, Gilbert Ryle Fellow and Reader in Early Modern Philosophy, has been speaking on BBC Radio 4’s In Our Time on the subject of Scepticism, the idea that it may be impossible to know anything ...
Professor Roy Foster interviewed on BBC Radio Four
Professor Roy Foster, Carroll Professor of Irish History and Fellow of Hertford College, has been interviewed for BBC Radio 4’s Today programme on the historical and cultural significance of the Queen’s meeti...
Hertford College Rugby Club tour to Mongolia 2013
Hertford College Rugby Club, together with a Hertford College Old Boys Squad, will be going on tour to Mongolia in August 2013. The Mongolian RFU was established in 2003 and is a member Union of Asian RFU as well as Mong...
Alain Locke symposium
A two day symposium on the work of Hertford alumnus Alain Locke will take place at the University of Oxford’s Rothermere American Institute from 12 to 13 October 2012. The event promises to be a stimulating set of ...
Dame Helen Alexander announced as Chairman of UBM
Dame Helen Alexander has been announced as the new Chairman of UBM plc, a leading global business media company. UBM inform markets and bring the world’s buyers and sellers together at events, online and in print and p...
Dr Richard Graham appointed Head of the Medical Branch of the Royal Naval Reserve
Dr Richard Graham has been appointed Head of the Medical Branch of the Royal Naval Reserve. The Royal Naval Reserve (RNR) Medical Branch’s primary function is delivering medical care to service personnel injured on...
Dr Emma Smith’s work on Shakespeare reveals a co-author
Hertford Fellow and Tutor in English Dr Emma Smith and Professor Laurie Maguire (Professor of English Literature at Magdalen College) have published some research which suggests that All’s Well that Ends Well may be a...