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17 March 2026

St Hugh’s master’s student receives Avril Bruten Creative Writing Award
Congratulations to Sylvia Nica, the winner of this year's Avril Bruten Award for creative writing. Sylvia is a master’s student in Comparative Literature and Critical Translation. Her short story, ’Submerged’, is about a woman and a cockroach, living in an abandoned town in a climate-damaged world. Sylvia read from her work along with eight other shortlisted students at an event celebrating the award on Thursday 5 March, hosted by
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16 March 2026
St Hugh’s launches new outreach programme for sixth formers
St Hugh’s College is delighted to announce the launch of a new sustained contact outreach programme for sixth formers –
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6 March 2026
St Hugh’s Junior Dean and DPhil student to captain Oxford Clay Pigeon Shooting at Varsity
St Hugh's Junior Dean and DPhil student (Biology), Bethan Wallace, will captain the women's Bl...
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27 February 2026
St Hugh’s undergraduate student selected for Real Tennis Varsity 2026
Congratulations to St Hugh's student, Herbert Vallat (Archaeology and Anthropology, 2025), who has been selected to represent Oxford at the Real Tenni...
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26 February 2026
St Hugh’s students to represent Oxford at Varsity Matches
Congratulations to all St Hugh's students who will be representing Oxford in both the women's and men's rugby tea...
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25 February 2026
Rt Hon The Lord Hague of Richmond, CVO, Chancellor of Oxford University, confers honorary degree on St Hugh’s Fellow
Congratulations to St Hugh's Honorary Fellow and former Principal,
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13 February 2026
St Hugh’s Sports Fellow wins Silver at German National Ski Mountaineering Championships
Congratulations to St Hugh's Sports Fellow and Professorial Fellow in Commercial Law,
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12 February 2026
St Hugh’s Fellow interviewed on BBC Radio 4’s Today in Parliament
St Hugh's Tutorial Fellow in English, Professor David Taylor, was interviewed...
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11 February 2026
St Hugh’s Fellow highlights the importance of integration of disciplines to address complex global health challenge
On International Day of Women and Girls in Science, we are delighted to...
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29 January 2026
St Hugh’s Professorial Fellow in Mathematical Finance elected Fellow of the Academy for the Mathematical Sciences
Congratulations to St Hugh's Professorial Fellow in Mathematical Finance and Chair of Mathematical Finance at
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27 January 2026
The Avril Bruten Award for Creative Writing 2026
Applications for The Avril Bruten Award 2026 are now open to all St Hugh's students! This award, supported by the Avril Bruten Fund, is intended to fo...
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26 January 2026
St Hugh’s Stipendiary Lecturer in German awarded Women+ in German Studies Book prize
Congratulations to St Hugh's Stipendiary Lecturer in German, Dr Isabel Parkinson
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23 January 2026
St Hugh’s Fellow appointed as President of the Experimental Psychology Society
Congratulations to St Hugh's Tutorial Fellow in Experimental Psychology, Profess...
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21 January 2026
A study co-authored by St Hugh’s Senior Research Fellow highlights which modern species may be more at risk of extinction due to climate change
A new study at the Department of Earth Sciences, University of Oxford co-authored by St Hugh's Senior Resear...
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19 January 2026
St Hugh’s Emeritus Fellow launches recording of new musical settings of Brecht poems
St Hugh's Emeritus Fellow, Tom Kuhn has commissioned some new musical settings of Brecht poems (in his translations) for which a limited edition vinyl...
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16 January 2026
St Hugh’s Honorary Fellow and alumna awarded CBE in King’s New Years Honours 2026
Congratulations to St Hugh's Honorary Fellow and alumna Judge Patrice Wellesley...
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12 January 2026
St Hugh’s Honorary Fellow, Desmond McConnell, has passed away
We are deeply saddened to learn of the death of our esteemed Honorary Fellow, Prof...
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6 January 2026
St Hugh’s Fellow awarded Early Career Scientist Prize by the International Union for Pure and Applied Physics
Congratulations to Professor Alexander Mietke, St Hugh's Tutorial Fellow in Physi...
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5 January 2026
St Hugh’s Fellow challenges assumption that recovery from avian influenza in wild birds is nonexistent
In December 2025, St Hugh's Tutorial Fellow in Biology, Professor Steve Port...
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16 December 2025
St Hugh’s Stipendiary Lecturer in English discusses Pride & Prejudice on BBC Radio 4’s “Opening Lines”
Today marks the 250th anniversary of Jane Austen's birth and we were delighted to hear St Hugh's Stipendiary Lecturer in English,
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16 December 2025
St Hugh’s pays tribute to alumna and bestselling novelist Joanna Trollope who has died aged 82
We are deeply saddened to learn of the death of our alumna Joanna Trollope (English Language and Literature, 1962) on 11 December 2025, and send our s...
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15 December 2025
European Research Council Consolidator Grant awarded to St Hugh’s Fellow
Congratulations to Professor Erin Saupe, St Hugh's Senior Research Fellow in ...
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8 December 2025
The Chancellor of the University of Oxford nominates St Hugh’s Honorary Fellow for Honorary Degree
Congratulations to St Hugh's Honorary Fellow and past Principal,
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5 December 2025
St Hugh’s high achieving undergraduate students awarded scholarships and exhibitions
Congratulations to the St Hugh’s Scholars and Exhibitioners who made their formal declaration to the Governing Body on Wednesday 3 December. These a...
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3 December 2025
St Hugh’s Boat Club Novice Women’s team makes history at Tamesis Regatta
Congratulations to St Hugh's Boat Club (SHBC) Novice Women's team w...
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2 December 2025
St Hugh’s hosts reunion for alumni who matriculated between 1992 and 1995
We were delighted to welcome back to St Hugh's alumni who matriculated between 1992 and 1995, on Saturday 22 November for a wonderful reunion event fu...
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28 November 2025
St Hugh’s Fellow interviewed about auction of Nell Gwyn’s only book
St Hugh's Tutorial Fellow in English, Professor David Taylor has been interviewed by
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27 November 2025
St Hugh’s Fellow publishes paper about ‘weird vision of two species of pheasants due to fancy feathers’
St Hugh's Tutorial Fellow in Biology, Professor Steve Portugal, had a pa...
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26 November 2025
St Hugh’s Tutorial Fellow in Philosophy debates: Is the universe infinite?
In the latest episode of 'A Philosopher and a Child', Professor Adrian Moore ...
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26 November 2025
St Hugh’s Principal joins Honorary Fellow at launch of Oxford Institute of Technology and Justice
College Principal, Michele Acton, was delighted to be able to join St Hugh's Honorary Fellow and alumna, Amal Clooney (Law, 1996) and Philippa Webb, B...
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12 November 2025
St Hugh’s College welcomes Marchelle Farrell to its annual Lady Ademola Lecture
We were delighted to welcome psychiatrist, psychotherapist and writer Marchelle Farrel...
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