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21 October 2020

St Hugh’s Alumnus publishes book to critical acclaim
Dr Daniel Lee (History, 2006) has received high praise for his new book entitled "The SS Officer's Armchair". The book tells the story of the life of Dr Robert Griesinger from Stuttgart, an ordinary Nazi whose ambition propelled him to become part of the Nazi machinery of terror. It began with the surprise discovery of a stash of personal documents covered in swastikas sewn into its cushion. Daniel uncovers Griesinger's unexpected ancestral roots, untold stories of SS life and family fragmentat...
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19 October 2020
Matriculation 2020
Congratulations to all our students who matriculated on Saturday 17 October 2020! While the ceremony took place remotely, students were able to celeb...
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14 October 2020
Black History Month profile: Lady Ademola (English, 1932)
Kofoworola Ademola was the first black African woman to achieve a degree at Oxford. Kofoworola arrived at Oxford University in 1932 to study Englis...
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6 October 2020
St Hugh’s Honorary Fellow commemorated with blue plaque in St. Giles’
Oxford's first woman don, Annie Rogers, has been commemorated for her work as a ceaseless campaigner for women's full membership of Oxford University....
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5 October 2020
In Conversation with Kalli Purie (PPE, 1991), Vice Chairperson, India Today Group
Award-winning entrepreneur and businesswoman Kalli Purie (PPE, 1991), Vice Chairperson of the India Today Group, to give an exclusive online interview...
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23 September 2020
Professor Eidenmueller joins European Court of Auditors’ expert panel
Professor Eidenmueller, Fellow of St Hugh's College, has joined a panel of external experts who are tasked with evaluating and discussing the key mess...
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1 September 2020
St Hugh’s Alumnus and Fellow in Medicine shares Trinity Term reflection
As Michaelmas Terms fast approaches, we asked St Hugh's Alumnus and Fellow in Medicine, Dr Damian Jenkins MBE (Physiological Sciences, 2000), to refle...
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20 August 2020
St Hugh’s alumnus triumphs in Fantasy Football
Former MCR President Josh Bull (Maths, 2014) has beaten 8 million entrants to be crowned winner of the Fantasy Premier League. Josh said: “I wasn...
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17 August 2020
Statement from St Hugh’s College regarding 2020 Admissions
Since the announcement of A-Level results on Thursday 13 August and the issues that have arisen as a result, St Hugh’s College has been consulting w...
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3 August 2020
Finalists welcomed into St Hugh’s alumni community
Earlier this month, the St Hugh’s Alumni Association released a video to welcome our wonderful finalists into the College’s alumni community. The...
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28 July 2020
St Hugh’s hosts its first virtual lecture with Professor Michael McMahon
We were delighted to welcome over 170 alumni and friends to virtually join us as Professor Michael McMahon, Professor of Economics at the University o...
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24 July 2020
St Hugh’s Professor Horst Eidenmueller awarded funding for COVID-19 legal project
Kristin van Zwieten, 
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16 July 2020
Congratulations to Aviv Reich (English, 2017) for essay prize success
Warm congratulations to St Hugh's student Aviv Reich (English, 2017) who has won the £400 British Association for Jewish Studies Prize for an outstan...
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26 June 2020
Professor Alemany wins recognition for case study on social enterprise helping women and girls in rural Uganda
Congratulations to Professor Luisa Alemany, Fellow by Resolution in Management at St Hugh’s, who has won in the European Foundation for Management D...
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15 June 2020
St Hugh’s Fellow elected as Vice President at The International Primatological Society
Congratulations to Susana Carvahlo, Associate Professor, Fellow in Palaeoanthropology at St Hugh's College, who has been elected as Vice President for...
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9 June 2020
Black Lives Matter
The Principal and Junior Common Room (JCR)  of the College have made the following statements: "The Black Lives Matter protests that have followed...
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2 June 2020
St Hugh’s announces new Director of Development
We are delighted Bruce Lawrence has been appointed as the College's Director of Development, responsible for philanthropy and alumni engagement across...
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20 May 2020
Alumnus’ passion for engineering provides much needed PPE for NHS
St Hugh's alumnus, Adam Gibbons (Engineering Science, 2013) has used his passion for engineering to produce face shields for the NHS using 3D printing...
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19 May 2020
St Hugh’s students step up to join battle against COVID-19
As the NHS continues to fight the pressures brought on by COVID-19, St Hugh's could not be more proud of its students who are using their skills by wo...
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4 May 2020
St Hugh’s music student hits the right note
Congratulations to second-year music student Jonty Watt whose latest composition called “Apogee” for full orchestra, was chosen as the winner of t...
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29 April 2020
St Hugh’s College Chapel introduces virtual services
Throughout Trinity term College Chapel services will be broadcast on a dedicated Facebook page each Sunday evening at 6.15pm. Anyone can watch, wheth...
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25 March 2020
Coronavirus (COVID-19): Advice and Update
In line with Government COVID-19 directions, St Hugh’s College is no longer accessible to visitors. We are supporting a small number of students an...
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23 March 2020
St Hugh’s celebrates the life and work of alumna, Kofoworola Ademola
We were delighted to welcome the Vice-Chancellor of the University, Professor Louise Richardson to St Hugh's College, to unveil a photograph of Kofowo...
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23 March 2020
Women Codebreakers: From Station X to Generation Z
On Saturday 7 March 2020 we were delighted to welcome over 150 guests to the College for the symposium ‘Women Codebreakers: From Station X to Genera...
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16 March 2020
Dr Mimi Zou named in the ‘Young Women to Watch in International Affairs’ award
Congratulations to Dr Mimi Zou, Fangda Partners Career Development Fellow in Chinese Commercial Law at St Hugh's, who has been announced as one of the...
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6 March 2020
Former ambassador and current MSc student gives public lecture
Fergus Cochrane-Dyet OBE spoke to a large audience this week about his diplomatic career in Africa. Formerly British ambassador to Liberia, Seychelle...
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6 March 2020
College hosts exhibition on the history of the DPhil
St Hugh's is very pleased to be hosting an exhibition on the history of the DPhil at Oxford. One of our alumna, Dr Evelyn Simpson, was the first woma...
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4 March 2020
Alumna Joanna Trollope speaks to the ‘Guardian’ about families, fiction and feminism
Our alumna Joanna Trollope CBE (English Language and Literature, 1962) has been interviewed by the Guardian. The novelist spoke to Claire ...
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20 February 2020
Celebrating the Avril Bruten Award for Creative Writing
The College will be celebrating the Avril Bruten Award for Creative Writing, at an event hosted by award-winning writer Kirsty Gunn, this year's compe...
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7 February 2020
‘Anachronism and Antiquity’
Congratulations to Professor Tim Rood, former St Hugh's Junior Research Fellow Dr Carol Atack and alumnus Dr Tom Phillips (Classics, 2003) on the publ...
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27 January 2020
Congratulations to Lindsay Croisdale-Appleby who was named in the New Year’s Honours list
We are delighted to offer our congratulations to St Hugh’s alumnus Lindsay Croisdale-Appleby (Modern History, 1992), who was appointed Companion of ...
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