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5 July 2016

St Hugh’s College Professorial Fellow’s Vital Helium Discovery
A team from the universities of Oxford and Durham have announced a success in a new Helium exploration approach.   A new helium exploration approach has been announced at the Goldschmidt geochemistry conference in Yokohama, Japan. The first use of the new technique resulted in a large quantity of Helium being discovered in the Tanzanian East African Rift Valley. St Hugh's Professorial Fellow in Geochemistry, Chris Ballentine, is joint head of the research team. A collaborative e...
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1 July 2016
History of the College Gardens Tour
The Gardens of the Universities of Oxford course tours St Hugh's. The grounds of St Hugh's College have been featured in a course run by th...
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28 June 2016
Principal’s statement on the outcome of the EU referendum
St Hugh's College's Principal, The Rt Hon Dame Elish Angiolini DBE QC, has made the following statement in light of the outcome of the EU referend...
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28 June 2016
Professor Eidenmüller on Brexit
Freshfields Professor of Commercial Law offers his views whilst outlining the legal process for "Brexit". St Hugh's Fellow and Freshfields P...
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23 June 2016
Will Croft wins Bate Essay Prize
This year’s Bate Essay Prize has been won by St Hugh’s undergraduate Will Croft. The Bate Essay Prize is awarded annually by the Faculty ...
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22 June 2016
Dame Leonie Kramer
St Hugh's College Alumna, Dame Leonie Kramer (née Gibson) has sadly passed away. It is with deep sadness that College has learnt of the pas...
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20 June 2016
Principal Attends St Ninian’s Graduation
St Hugh's College Principal, the Rt Hon Dame Elish Angiolini DBE QC, was invited to attend the graduation ceremony of St Ninian's High ...
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15 June 2016
Bickley Memorial Lecture
St Hugh's College's 25th Bickley Memorial Lecture was last night given by Professor Robert S.C. Gordon (Cambridge University). Professor Gord...
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6 June 2016
Graduates’ Barbecue
On a glorious Sunday afternoon the Principal welcomed the College's Graduate students for a barbecue in her garden.
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4 June 2016
Principal at Bookfeast Festival
St Hugh's College's Principal, The Rt Hon Dame Elish Angiolini, attends the Bookfeast Schools Festival. On Wednesday 25th May, the College's ...
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3 June 2016
Summer Eights 2016
St Hugh's College's Boat Club competed in the 2016 Summer Eights achieving some strong results. [caption id="attachment_6064" align="alignlef...
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3 June 2016
Kay Carberry to be Honorary Fellow
The Governing Body of St Hugh's College have voted to elect to an Honorary Fellowship Kay Carberry CBE. At their meeting on 18th May 2016, St...
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2 June 2016
Dr Tom Kuhn at the National Theatre
St Hugh's College Tutorial Fellow in German, Dr Tom Kuhn, to discuss Brecht and Weill at the National Theatre. Dr Tom Kuhn, Fellow of St Hug...
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19 May 2016
Town & Gown Run 2016
St Hugh's College took part in the 35th annual Town and Gown 10k run on Sunday 15th May. A team of 80 students, fellows and staff signed up t...
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18 May 2016
Parents’ Formal Hall
Parents, family and friends of St Hugh's College finalists were welcomed to a special Formal Hall by the College's Principal, Dame Elish Angiol...
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17 May 2016
Pop Up Cinema in the Gardens
St Hugh's College welcomed students, alumni, staff and neighbours for a 'Pop Up Cinema' evening in the gardens on Friday 13th May. Many braved the co...
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9 May 2016
Pre-Raphaelites at Leighton House
St Hugh's Alumni were treated to an exclusive viewing of the Pre-Raphaelites on Paper exhibition at Leighton House Museum on Wednesday 4th May...
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3 May 2016
Inaugural LSE-Featherstone Moot – St Hugh’s student wins
St Hugh's College student, Clara Ludot, was part of the University of Oxford team that won the inaugural LSE-Featherstone Sexual Identity and Gender ...
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3 May 2016
Mary Renault: A Celebration
The Mordan Hall was packed on 26th April for an event to mark the launch of the Mary Renault Prize and celebrate the writings of ...
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26 April 2016
Lady Justice Hallett Addresses Law Society Dinner
St Hugh's College Honorary Fellow and Alumna, The Rt Hon. Lady Justice Hallett DBE addressed the St Hugh's Law Soc...
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18 April 2016
Professor Horst Eidenmüller elected to the European Academy of Sciences and Arts
Freshfields Professor of Commercial Law, Horst Eidenmüller, has been elected to join the European Academy of Sciences and Arts, as an Ordinary Membe...
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24 March 2016
Easter 1916: Politics, Poetry and History in Revolutionary Ireland
As part of the Hilary Term Academic Lecture series, St Hugh's hosted a panel discussion with Professors Senia Paseta, Peter McDonald and David Doyl...
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24 March 2016
Sad news for St Hugh’s
It is with great sadness that we must share the news that two of St Hugh's alumnae and Honorary Fellows have passed away. Professor Doreen Massey pa...
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21 March 2016
Distinguished Friends to join St Hugh’s College
This year, the St Hugh's Governing Body has established a new honour, that of Distinguished Friend. This title is awarded in recognition of the suppo...
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21 March 2016
Professor Tim Rood awarded Leverhulme Trust funding for three year project.
Professor Tim Rood has been awarded a Leverhulme Research Project Grant for a project entitled ‘Anachronism and Antiquity,’ to be conducted in c...
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21 March 2016
Intrepid explorers launch ‘Spitsbergen Retraced,’ an expedition to the Arctic Circle
Five members of Oxford University, including St Hugh's student Jamie Gardiner, are preparing to undertake an exciting and daring journey into the Arct...
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14 March 2016
Going to the races! St Hugh’s student Laure Bonfils selected for the OUWLRC Blue Boat
We're immensely happy to announce that Laure Bonfils (DPhil, Engineering) has been selected for a seat in this year's Lightweight Blue Boat....
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7 March 2016
St Hugh’s welcomes new Honorary Fellows
The St Hugh's Governing Body is delighted to announce the recent appointment of five new Honorary Fellows to the College. Honorary Fellowships are aw...
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7 March 2016
15/05/16: St Hugh’s does the Oxford Town and Gown 10k
This year, St Hugh's is organizing a college team to enter the Oxford Town and Gown 10k and it would be fantastic to have as many people involved as p...
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3 March 2016
St Hugh’s Almunus Yashveer Singh recognised in Forbes 30 Under 30 list
Our congratulations go out to Yashveer Singh, alumnus of St Hugh's and the Said Business School, who has been included in the Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia...
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3 March 2016
Blades for St Hugh’s Boat Club in Torpids 2016
St Hugh's Boat Club have been celebrating a successful week in Torpids 2016, with three crews securing 'Blades.' St Hugh's entered four crews into ...
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