News and Events
Professor Kathy Pritchard-Jones - Academy of Medical Sciences - 10 May 2012 9:38am
St Hugh's Honorary Fellow, Professor Kathy Pritchard-Jones has just been elected a fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences.
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Dr Stuart Conway - Winner of a European Federation of Medicinal Chemistry Prize - 01 May 2012 10:48am
Dr Stuart Conway (Tutorial Fellow in Organic Chemistry) has been designated by an International Selection Committee as the winner of the European Federation of Medicinal Chemistry Prize for a Young Medicinal Chemist in Academia.
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23rd Henry Rowlatt Bickley Memorial Lecture - 27 Apr 2012 12:29pm
23rd Henry Rowlatt Bickley Memorial Lecture entitled ‘Italian Migration: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow’ to be given by David Willey OBE in the Maplethorpe Hall on Tuesday 8 May 2012.
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Sarah Outen prepares for 4,500 mile ocean trip - 23 Apr 2012 10:07am
The BBC met up with St Hugh's Senior Member Sarah Outen (Biological Sciences, 2004) as she prepares to row across the north Pacific Ocean.
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Professor Ian Walmsley - Royal Society - 20 Apr 2012 1:55pm
On 20 April 2012 Professor Ian Walmsley was elected to the Royal Society.
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Dame Elish Angiolini - Commission on Women Offenders Report is Published - 19 Apr 2012 10:07am
Dame Elish Angiolini QC (Principal Elect at St Hugh's), Chair of the Commission on Women Offenders, revealed the Commission’s recommendations on Tuesday 17 April 2012, after an eight month review.
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The Julia Wood Prize 2012 - 23 Mar 2012 2:08pm
The Principal and Fellows of St Hugh's College, in association with History Today, offer the Prize, worth up to £500, for the best historical essay. A version of the winning essay will be published on History Today’s website.
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Dame Elish Angiolini elected next Principal of St Hugh’s - 20 Feb 2012 1:42pm
We are delighted to announce that the next Principal of St Hugh's will be the Right Hon Dame Elish Angiolini DBE QC. She will take up the post in September 2012.
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The Archbishop of Canterbury leads Chapel Service to Bless new Statue - 19 Sep 2011 3:38pm
The Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams was present in College on Wednesday 14th September for a short ceremony to bless the Chapel’s new statue of St Hugh, a recent gift to the College by the artist Professor Anthony (Todd) Smith of Virginia, USA.
The University of Oxford China Centre Art Auction with Sotheby's - 16 Sep 2011 11:07am
The University of Oxford China Centre at St Hugh’s College will be the beneficiary of a charity auction in Hong Kong on 4 October, arranged in collaboration with Sotheby’s Hong Kong.
The Class Ceiling, BBC Radio 4, includes brief comment from Andrew Dilnot, Principal - 02 Sep 2011 11:51am
The Class Ceiling, BBC Radio 4
01/09/2011, 9am & 9.30pm
First of a two-part series in which Polly Toynbee explores why social mobility in Britain has stalled.
The Oxford Thinking Campaign Report 2011 - 31 Aug 2011 9:10am
The Oxford Thinking Campaign Report 2011 contains exciting fundraising successes from St Hugh's College.
Dr C Capelli, Tutorial Fellow in Human Evolution - 24 Aug 2011 5:56pm
Dr C Capelli, Tutorial Fellow in Human Evolution, involved in DNA study deals blow to theory of European origins. To read more click here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-14630012
The Julia Wood Prize 2011 - Winners - 18 Aug 2011 11:07am
St Hugh's College, Oxford and History Review.
This year there were 142 entries. The standard at the top was higher than in some recent years, and it was particularly pleasing that several of the best essays were written by candidates who were still in the Lower Sixth.
Lord Rodger of Earlsferry, Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom, and Visitor of St Hugh’s College - 21 Jul 2011 3:04pm
Lord Rodger of Earlsferry, Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom, and Visitor of St Hugh’s College, died after a short illness on 26 June, 2011. He was 66. He was one of the greatest judges and jurists of our time, a stalwart supporter of the college and the university, and a warm and wise friend to fellows and students.
St Hugh's College - 125th Anniversary Celebrations - 11 Jul 2011 10:20am
The Dilnot Report published today - 04 Jul 2011 3:44pm
St Hugh's College Principal, Andrew Dilnot CBE, lead a report on long term care.
Aung San Suu Kyi gives BBC Reith Lectures - 30 Jun 2011 11:33am
Leader of the Burmese democracy movement and former student at St Hugh's, Aung San Suu Kyi, is currently giving two of the BBC's Reith Lectures 2011. The first lecture, 'Liberty', was broadcast on Tuesday 28th June. The second, 'Dissent', will be broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on 5th July. Both lectures, with discussion and further information, will be available at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0126d29 along with a blog entry by former St Hugh's student Gwyneth Willams, now Controller of Radio 4.
Sarah Outen (Biological Sciences, 2004) was appointed MBE - 23 Jun 2011 8:17pm
Sarah Outen (Biological Sciences, 2004) was appointed MBE for services to rowing, conservation and charity in the Queen's Birthday Honours list. Click here to read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-13730709
Telethon 2011 - 05 Apr 2011 3:44pm
This year’s telephone campaign finished on Sunday 27th March after two weeks of calling. The 16 current students who made up the calling team contacted 677 Senior Members. Two thirds of those we spoke to chose to make a gift to St Hugh’s. Over the course of the campaign, £202,040.84 was pledged – our best result in a telephone campaign to date. We are very grateful to our Senior Members for their generosity and support of the College, and we are delighted to have had such a fantastic result in our Anniversary Year. If you did not receive a call, but would like to make a donation to the College and help us increase our total for the campaign, please visit our Giving pages.
Many thanks in advance for your support.