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World Mental Health Day 2023
Every year we celebrate World Mental Health Day on 10th October. The theme for 2023, set by the World Foundation of Mental Health, is ‘Mental health is a universal human right’. World Mental Health Day is about raisi...
20 years of Oxford Pride receives a warm Hertford welcome
On Saturday 3 June, members of the college community came together to mark the start of Pride Month, as well as Oxford Pride, which this year celebrated its 20th anniversary. Principal Tom Fletcher was joined by colleagu...
Hertford Launches New Graduate Scholarships for International Students
Hertford College has a proud tradition of being at the vanguard of broadening access to Oxford. Our pioneering approach to admissions in the 1960s levelled the playing field in making an Oxford education available to the...
2023 theme announced for the John Porter Diplomacy Centre
The John Porter Diplomacy Centre’s 2023 theme will be The Peace Processes of the Future. Our Research Associates will be working on a series of projects, drawing on huge experience and expertise. These include: Kathrin...
Trans Day of Remembrance 2022
Sunday 20 November is Trans Day of Remembrance. The Trans Day of Remembrance Service & Memorial is usually held in Hertford Chapel but this year we have moved it to New Road Baptist Church in order to allow for a lar...
Matriculation Ceremony 2022
Hertford College welcomed another large cohort of freshers this term; 118 undergraduates (with 77% of our new students coming from state schools, compared to the University average of 68%) and 111 postgraduates (68 taugh...
Winners celebrated in Unsung Heroes of Science competition
At the end of June, we were delighted to award prizes to the young people shortlisted in our Unsung Heroes of Science video competition. Now in its fourth year – and with a bank of almost 100 videos available on Yo...
International Women’s Day
We’re celebrating International Women’s Day today with a gathering in the marquee for our staff and student community. We came together this morning to enjoy coffee, pastries and performances from students in...
International Day of Women & Girls in Science
We asked six women from Hertford’s community of scientists to share their thoughts on International Day of Women & Girls in Science. READ THE ARTICLE ON OUR BRIDGE BLOG
Celebrating our Unsung Heroes of Science
The end of June brought with it the end of this year’s Unsung Heroes of Science video competition, in which we challenge 16-18s from around the world to make two-minute videos about a scientist they think deserves more...