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25 July 2019

Professor Andrew Burrows QC appointed to Supreme Court
The College offers its warmest congratulations to Professor Andrew Burrows QC on his appointment to the Supreme Court. Professor Burrows is an Honorary Fellow of St Hugh’s College, and from 1999 to 2010 he was the Norton Rose Professor of Commercial Law. He is a Fellow of All Souls College. He served as a Deputy High Court Judge and Recorder on the South-Eastern Circuit, Law Commissioner for England and Wales and President of the Society of Legal Scholars. His previous academic posts include...
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17 July 2019
The St Hugh’s Coast Run tally!
Outreach Officer Lena Sorochina has completed the first St Hugh's Coast Run! The run was a massive outreach project in which she... visite...
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12 July 2019
Professor Stuart Conway becomes President of the RSC Organic Division
Professor Stuart Conway began his presidency of the Royal Society of Chemistry’s Organic Division on July 10th.  The RSC’s Organic Div...
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10 July 2019
Law finalist Antonia Kendrick wins prize for student journal publication
Finalist Antonia Kendrick (Law with German Law, 2015) has won a prize for the Best Private Law Submission to the Oxford University Undergraduate Law J...
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8 July 2019
The St Hugh’s Coast Run has begun!
Outreach Officer Lena Sorochina has begun her 130km run, a five-day tour in which she will visit secondary and primary schools along the Kent coast, r...
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3 July 2019
St Hugh’s Garden Party – 29 June 2019
Last Saturday, 29 June, over 550 alumni, neighbours, Fellows, staff and students, and their guests, joined us for the annual St Hugh’s Garden Party....
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3 July 2019
‘Language, World, and Limits: Essays in the Philosophy of Language and Metaphysics’, by Professor Adrian Moore
Congratulations to Professor Adrian Moore on the publication of
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2 July 2019
Oxford Alumni Weekend 2019 – Reunion Dinner: 1992-1995 and our annual Jubilee Lunch
The University-wide ‘Meeting Minds: Alumni Weekend in Oxford’ will take place this year between 20 and 22 September 2019. Alumni from all years ar...
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20 June 2019
Professor Sue Hartley (Biochemistry, 1980) awarded an OBE
Congratulations to our alumna Professor Sue Hartley (Biochemistry, 1980), Director of the York Environmental Sustainability Institute, on being awarde...
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18 June 2019
Bursar Vicki Stott comes 6th in Endure24 relay race
Congratulations to our College Bursar, Vicki Stott, on her pair coming a very impressive 6th in the Endure24...
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18 June 2019
Congratulations to Genevieve Adams on the presentation of her medal as a Chevalier, in the l’Ordre des Palmes Académiques
Genevieve Adams, Lecturer in French, was presented with her medal on Saturday, by Jean-Pierre Jouyet, the French Ambassador to the United Kingdom. Sh...
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12 June 2019
In memory of Dr John Iles
The entire College was deeply saddened by the death of Dr John Iles, on Saturday 8th June 2019, after a long illness, at the age of 72. Dr...
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10 June 2019
Novelist Joanna Trollope named in Queen’s Birthday Honours
The College was delighted to see our alumna, the novelist Joanna Trollope (English Language and Literature, 1962), recognised in the Birthday Honours ...
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3 June 2019
Summer Eights 2019
Well done to our rowers as Summer Eights 2019 comes to an end. The St Hugh's Boat Club wrote on ...
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31 May 2019
Principal awarded honorary membership of the Law Society of Scotland
The Rt Hon Dame Elish Angiolini DBE QC FRSE has been awarded an honorary membership of the Law Society of Scotland. The honour was presented at the L...
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31 May 2019
Finalists BBQ celebration
A handful of photos from the recent very popular barbeque for finalists, hosted by the Principal each year.
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28 May 2019
26th Henry Bickley Memorial Lecture delivered by Professor Stephen Milner
St Hugh’s was delighted to host the 26th Bickley Memorial Lecture on Tuesday 21st May, which was given this year by Professor ...
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14 May 2019
Town and Gown 2019
Well done to our race team! As always the Town and Gown 10km race was great fun, bringing together a team of students, staff, alumni, and academics. ...
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13 May 2019
Congratulations to Margit Dirscherl on the publication of ‘Schachnovelle: Stefan Zweigs letztes Werk neu gelesen’
‘Schachnovelle. Stefan Zweigs letztes Werk neu gelesen’ is co-edited by Dr Margit Dirscherl, Lecturer in German, along with Dr Laura Sc...
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8 May 2019
Congratulations to Professor Ève Morisi on the publication of ‘Death Sentences: Literature and State Killing’
Death Sentences: Literature and State Killing, co-edited by Professor Ève Morisi, Tutorial Fellow in French, along with Dr Birte Christ, has...
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9 April 2019
Armistice tree centenary celebration
On Saturday 6th April, St Hugh’s marked the centenary of the planting in 1919 by students of the beautiful magnolia tree in the College gardens, to ...
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9 April 2019
Gender pay gap report
The College has published its report on the gender pay ga...
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8 April 2019
Report by Alison Levitt QC
On 6 March 2019 the Governing Body of the College received and considered an independent Report commissioned by it from Alison Levitt QC in response t...
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3 April 2019
Good luck to Beth Bridgman in the Boat Race this weekend
Beth Bridgman (Mathematics) is once again rowing in the Boat Race this year. She will be sitting at number 6 in the Blue Boat and has the best wishes...
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22 March 2019
Baroness Warnock, 1924-2019
The College is saddened to learn of the death of Mary Warnock, the Baroness Warnock CH DBE, who died on 20th March 2019, aged 94. Baroness...
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12 March 2019
Dr Tom Crawford to present his research at event in Parliament
Congratulations to Dr Tom Crawford, lecturer in Maths, who has been shortlisted from hundreds of applicants to present his research to politicians and...
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8 March 2019
Recreation of ‘lost’ suffrage banner unveiled
St Hugh's is delighted to be displaying, in a prominent position at the entrance to Main Building, a recreation of a banner carried by the Oxford Wome...
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8 March 2019
St Hugh’s Torpids success
Both the women’s and men’s seconds earned a place in fixed divisions this year in Torpids meaning they will no longer have to compete for a place ...
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26 February 2019
Professor Susana Carvalho to lead new Paleo-Primate Project
St Hugh’s Associate Professor Susana Carvalho, Fellow in Paleoanthroplogy, is to lead a multi-year collaboration between the University of Oxford an...
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25 February 2019
Edward Hector Burn, 20 November 1922 – 6 February 2019
Edward Hector Burn of the Oxford Law Faculty, a beloved tutor at Christ Church and St Hugh's, has died at the age of 97. He served in the Second Worl...
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11 February 2019
Celebrating the Year of the Pig: Chinese/Lunar New Year 2019
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