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17 January 2019

Gill Aitken (Philosophy and Theology, 1979) recognised in the New Year Honours list
The College is delighted to announce that our alumna, Mrs Gill Aitken (Philosophy and Theology, 1979), has been made a Companion of the Order of the Bath. The honour was bestowed for “services to Taxpayers and Social Mobility.” Gill served variously as General Counsel and Solicitor, Director, and Director General of Professional Services, at HM Revenue and Customs. She said: “I am delighted to have been...
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17 January 2019
Alumna Bridget Rosewell (Philosophy, Politics and Economics, 1970) recognised in the New Year Honours list
We would like to congratulate alumna Bridget Rosewell FRSA on the wonderful news that she has been awarded a CBE. Bridget has served as Chair of the ...
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10 January 2019
Professor Philipp Kukura (MChem, 1998) named as 2019 Blavatnik Chemistry Laureate
Congratulations to St Hugh’s alum Professor Philipp Kukura (MChem, 1998) on being named the 2019 Blavatnik Chemistry Laureate! He
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5 July 2018
Happy 70th birthday to the NHS
St Hugh's alumna, Barbara Castle (Philosophy, Politics & Economics, 1932), as Secretary of State for Health and Social Services, campaigned to abo...
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13 June 2018
Dame Ethel Smyth: A Celebration
On Sunday 3 June, we were delighted to welcome alumni, friends, neighbours and students to our celebration of the life and work of composer, writer an...
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1 June 2018
Congratulations to Gill Aitken on her appointment as Registrar of the University of Oxford!
St Hugh’s alumna Gill Aitken (Philosophy and Theology, 1979) will take up the position of Registrar of the University of Oxford in September. She i...
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22 May 2018
Maria Sibylla Merian’s ‘Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium’ donated to the library
Clare Todd (née Griffiths) (Italian and French, 1952) and Alan Todd have very kindly donated a facsimile of Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensiu...
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11 May 2018
Alumni Weekend in North America
From the 'City of Dreaming Spires' to the 'City by the Bay', hundreds of Oxonians from around the globe descended on San Francisco last month for the ...
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15 August 2017
News of the passing of alumna Mrs Jeanette Cockshoot
We have received the very sad news that Jeannette Cockshoot née Johnson (English Language and Literature, 1944) passed away on 21st July 2017.
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2 June 2017
Memorial Event for Jamie Gardiner
Some members of College may not yet know that Jamie Gardiner (2013-2016, History) was killed in a mountaineering accident in Norway on 2 January 2017....
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15 November 2016
Alumna Ursula Owen Features in Recent BBC Documentary
A recent BBC documentary following the founding and subsequent history of feminist publisher Virago Press features St ...
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14 November 2016
St Hugh’s Law Society Welcome The Rt Hon Nicky Morgan MP
On the evening of 10th November, the St Hugh's Law Society welcomed The Rt Hon Nicky Morgan MP, former corp...
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22 October 2016
Gaudy weekend 2016
St Hugh's welcomed back some 200 former students for the Gaudy during the University of Oxford's alumni weekend last month. The 10th annual...
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18 July 2016
Translating Big Data – Alumna Joyeeta Das
The work of Alumna Joyeeta Das' (St Hugh's 2014) company Gyana has caught the attention of the Financial Times. Former St Hugh's Col...
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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 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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29 June 2015
Alumna, Judith Portrait awarded an OBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours
Congratulations to alumna, Judith Portrait who has been awarded an OBE for charitable services in ...
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14 June 2015
Alumnus, Jason Sarfo­‐Annin receives prestigious Fulbright Award to the US
Jason Sarfo‐Annin, an alumnus from St Hugh’s College has received the
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21 May 2015
A Brief History of the Bodleian Library
The Bodleian Library has recently published Mary Clapinson's
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23 April 2015
Alumna Shamima Rahman appointed Professor of Paediatric Metabolic Medicine at UCL
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1 April 2015
Telethon 2015: Thank you!
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25 March 2015
From economics experiment to language lecture for King Solomon Academy pupils
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20 March 2015
2015 Telethon 17-31 March
The 2015 St Hugh’s Telephone Campaign is now underway and will run from 17-31 March. Our student callers are busy getting in touch with as many ...
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7 March 2015
David Watson wins the Avril Bruten Award
This year’s Avril Bruten Award for creative writing ...
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13 September 2014
Alumna Wenda Reynolds celebrates 100th birthday at St Hugh’s
College played host to alumna Wenda Reynolds’ 100th birthday party on Thursday 11 September. The Principal joined Wenda’s family and friends to ce...
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