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13 October 2025

The 2025 Lady Ademola Lecture: A conversation with Marchelle Farrell on Saturday 1 November
This year the Lady Ademola Lecture, to be held at St Hugh's College, will take the form of a conversation between psychiatrist, psychotherapist and writer Marchelle Farrell and staff and students of St Hugh’s. Marchelle is curious about the relationships between internal and external landscapes. She has written powerfully on what nature and gardens teach us about ourselves and how they affect our inmost lives. Writing for The Guardian in 2023, Marchelle reflected on the psy...
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26 September 2025
St Hugh’s welcomes distinguished guest, Honorary Fellow, Jane Glover (Music, 1968)
On the evening of Saturday 20 September 2025, St Hugh's alumni gathered for a memorable College dinner featuring our distinguished guest of honour,
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25 September 2025
St Hugh’s welcomes alumni to jubilee celebration
On Sunday 21 September, we were delighted to welcome back alumni who matriculated in 1975, 1965, 1955, and even earlier for our annual Jubilee Lunch. ...
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24 September 2025
St Hugh’s Fellow receives Recognition of Distinction Award
Congratulations to St Hugh's Fellow and Senior Tutor, Professor Robert Vilain
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22 September 2025
St Hugh’s College welcomes new Principal, Michele Acton
St Hugh’s College is delighted to announce that Michele Acton has joined the College as its new Principal, following the retirement of Lady Elish An...
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22 September 2025
St Hugh’s Fellow and Philosopher asks the question: ‘Is it ok to eat meat?’
As the fourth in his series of interviews with children began, Professor Adrian Moore, Tutorial Fellow in Philosophy said, 'People often ask me what a...
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30 July 2025
Outstanding performance of St Hugh’s student recognised by Oxford University
Congratulations to St Hugh's undergraduate student, Ruokai Zhao (Mathematics and Statistics, 2023) who has been awarded the Oxfo...
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14 July 2025
What happens when St Hugh’s Tutorial Fellow in Philosophy discusses ‘Morality and Meaning’?
Cara Margiotta returns for the latest episode in a series of philosophy interviews with children by
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2 July 2025
St Hugh’s Fellow leads a new UKRI-funded grant on the African collections of Italian explorer, Luigi Robecchi Bricchetti (1855-1926)
St Hugh’s College is pleased to announce the start of a new UK Research Innovation (UKRI) funded research grant led by Tutorial Fellow in Italian,
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30 June 2025
The house that AI, robotics, and 3D printing built: alumni-led company pioneers digital house-building
Harnessing cutting-edge digital technologies and automated construction methods, Nexus Innovations is poised to transform how homes are built. Co-foun...
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24 June 2025
St Hugh’s Tutorial Fellow inducted as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
Congratulations to St Hugh's Tutorial Fellow in Experimental Psychology and Professor of Cognitive Science at the University of Oxford,
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17 June 2025
Winning entries for St Hugh’s Art and Photography Prizes announced
Congratulations to all the winners of this year's St Hugh’s Art and Photography Prizes who are as follows: Student Photography Prize:  Shared by...
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11 June 2025
Informal alumni networking in London
Last week we hosted a group of recent graduates for an informal after-work drinks event in London. As well as an opportunity to reconnect, it also gav...
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11 June 2025
St Hugh’s Fellow debates God and the multiverse in second episode of philosophy interviews series
In the second episode of a series of philosophy interviews with children, St Hugh's Tutorial Fellow in Philosophy,
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7 May 2025
St Hugh’s Fellow embarks on series of philosophy interviews with children
St Hugh's Tutorial Fellow in Philosophy, Professor Adrian Moore, has appe...
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6 May 2025
News of the passing of St Hugh’s Honorary and Emeritus Fellow
It is with great sadness that we have heard of the death of our much loved Honorary & Emeritus Fellow,
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5 May 2025
St Hugh’s Fellows team up to tackle tuberculosis
Professor Rachel Tanner, Tutorial Fellow in Biology, and Professor Thomas Cousins, Tutorial Fellow in Human Sciences, are working together as part of ...
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1 May 2025
The Colin Matthew Fund 2025 is open to applications
This fund offers travel awards for historical research to all undergraduate and graduate members of the University of Oxford. Professor Coli...
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30 April 2025
St Hugh’s hosts art exhibition as part of Oxfordshire Art Weeks entitled “Hue, Colour and Form”
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24 April 2025
St Hugh’s presents Avril Bruten Award 2025 for creative writing
This year’s Avril Gilchrist Bruten Award for Creative Writing again revealed the range and invention of our students’ writing. Among the shortlist...
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22 April 2025
Seth Insua in conversation with Han Smith at St Hugh’s College
Please join us at St Hugh's College on Tuesday 6 May 2205, 5.30pm-6.30pm when St Hugh's alumni Han Smith (Modern Languages, 2008) and Seth Insua (Engl...
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21 April 2025
St Hugh’s students travel to Chilean Patagonia to study pumas
St Hugh's undergraduate students, Montague Pierce Jones (Archaeology and Anthropology, 2021) and Sebastian Rumfitt (Biology, 2021) travelled to Chilea...
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10 April 2025
St Hugh’s students win two awards at All-Innovate competition
Congratulations to St Hugh's undergraduate student, Shangyu Cao (Economics and Management, 2023), and graduate student, Qing Han...
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4 April 2025
St Hugh’s Tutorial Fellow in Music discusses the history of medieval love songs
Spring is the season of love, and St Hugh's Tutorial Fellow in Music, Professor Elizabeth Eva Leach, discusses her research into the way people used t...
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31 March 2025
St Hugh’s Fellow awarded Senior Investigator award by National Institute for Health and Care Research
Congratulations to
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27 March 2025
St Hugh’s Tutorial Fellow elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
Congratulations to St Hugh's Tutorial Fellow in Experimental Psychology and Professor of Cognitive Science at the University of Oxford,
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24 March 2025
St Hugh’s Principal to make history by becoming first Catholic to hold role of Lord High Commissioner
St Hugh's Principal, Lady Elish Angiolini will make history by becoming the first Catholic to hold the position of Lord High Commissioner to the 2025 ...
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24 March 2025
News of the Passing of St Hugh’s Staff Member and Friend, Damien Turner
It is with great sadness that we have to announce that our Lodge Porter, Damien Turner, died in hospital on the evening of Friday 14 March after a sho...
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26 February 2025
St Hugh’s College elects Michele Acton as next Principal
St Hugh’s College, Oxford, is delighted to announce that Michele Acton will be its next Principal. She will take up the position in September 2025, ...
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7 February 2025
St Hugh’s Honorary Fellow and alumna appointed visiting Professor of Practice at The Blavatnik School of Government
Congratulations to St Hugh's Honorary Fellow and alumna, Amal Clooney (Law, 1996) who has b...
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6 February 2025
St Hugh’s Graduate student is lead author of paper identifying method to discover fake vaccines
Yohan Arman, a DPhil student in Biochemistry at St Hugh’s College, U...
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