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22 May 2018

College hosts 2018 Bookfeast festival
More than 1700 primary school children visited St Hugh’s earlier this month, to attend the annual Bookfeast festival. The festival promotes a love of reading and gives children an opportunity to meet authors and illustrators. St Hugh’s was delighted to host over 18 events during the three days that Bookfeast was in College. The BBC reported on the events, charmingly describing College as “like a floral Tardis” hidden away between Banbury and Woodstock Road, and singing the praises of ...
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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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18 May 2018
Royal Society’s Biology Letters publishes Professor Ruth Baker’s and Professor Antoine Jerusalem’s opinion piece on machine learning
Professors Ruth Baker and Antoine Jerusalem have had an article on mechanistic versus machine learning published in Biology Letters. The ful...
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15 May 2018
Congratulations to Professor Katherine Willis!
Congratulations from all at St Hugh's to our Honorary Fellow, Professor Katherine Willis, on her election as Principal of St Edmund Hall. Professor ...
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14 May 2018
Well done to our Town and Gown runners!
St Hugh's fielded a very large team for the Town and Gown yesterday. Congratulations to everyone who completed the race! It was for a very worthwhile...
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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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26 April 2018
Statement on independent investigation
The College has received allegations of non-recent misconduct and sexual harassment about a now deceased retired Fellow from two former students. The...
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20 April 2018
Congratulations to Harriet Aldrich on winning the prestigious Harry Hodson Prize
St Hugh’s doctoral student Harriet Aldrich has been awarded the prestigious Harry Hodson Prize, for her essay entitled ‘The Commonwealth, Aparthei...
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29 March 2018
Gender pay gap report
The College has today published its report on the gender pay gap. The report can be found
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29 March 2018
Congratulations to Catherine Ennis on receiving the RCO Medal
Congratulations from all at St Hugh's to Catherine Ennis, our former Organ Scholar, who has been
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22 March 2018
Dr Shaun Henson on science, religion, and dual vocations
Our chaplain, Dr Shaun Henson, has written for the Faculty of Theology and Religion on his dual roles. In addition to being the chaplain here at Coll...
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19 March 2018
The Oxford Town and Gown is fast approaching!
Last year we fielded our largest ever team, just narrowly missing out to Oriel for the Largest Team title. We have a good chance of claiming that titl...
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16 March 2018
Oxford University Media Society relaunched
St Hugh’s student Theo Davies-Lewis has relaunched the Oxford University Media Society (OUMS), whic...
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16 March 2018
Dhruv Sarma awarded prestigious Ledingham Prize in Medicine
Many congratulations to St Hugh’s student Dhruv Sarma, who has been awarded the Ledingham Prize. The honour is given for outstanding performance in...
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14 March 2018
Professor Senia Paseta speaks to the BBC on the ‘Sappho to Suffrage’ exhibition
Professor Senia Paseta, Tutorial Fellow in History at St Hugh's College and co-Director of Women in the Humanities, has spoken to the BBC about the ...
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13 March 2018
Good luck to Anders Weiss!
St Hugh’s is delighted to have two of our students in the Boat Race next Saturday! Congratulations and best of luck from St Hugh’s to Anders Weis...
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12 March 2018
The St David’s Day Lecture: First Minister Carwyn Jones
College was delighted to welcome the Rt. Hon Carwyn Jones AM, First Minister of Wales, to St Hugh’s on 8 March. The First Minister gave our inaugur...
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12 March 2018
Congratulations to Beth Bridgman!
St Hugh’s Maths student Beth Bridgman will be stroking the Blue Boat in the Women’s Boat Race on Saturda...
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9 March 2018
The 2018 Dr Mok Hing Yiu Lecture
On 22 February, we were delighted to welcome The Honourable Mr Justice Robert Tang Kwok-ching, SBS, Permanent Judge of the Hong Kong Court of Final Ap...
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6 March 2018
‘Artefacts of Writing’ discussion event
On Sunday 4 March more than 180 guests joined the celebrated Chinese artist Xu Bing in conversation with St Hugh’s Professor Peter D. McDonald in th...
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2 March 2018
Event cancelled – Alumni Association Lunch and General Meeting
Unfortunately, due to the poor weather conditions, the Alumni Association Lunch and General Meeting has been cancelled. We will contact all ticket ...
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22 February 2018
The Donkey in Human History: An Archaeological Perspective
Congratulations to Professor Peter Mitchell, whose book, The Donkey in Human History: An Archaeological Perspective, has been published by ...
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21 February 2018
Chinese New Year celebrations
St Hugh's held a two hour Chinese New Year Hall on Friday 16th February 2018 to celebrate the Year of the Dog. See photos from the event
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21 February 2018
Julia Wood and Mary Renault prizes now open!
St Hugh’s is very pleased to announce that both the Julia Wood and Mary Renault 2018 prizes are now open for submissions. Established in 1971, in m...
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12 February 2018
St Hugh’s marks 100 years of women’s suffrage
On 6th February 2018 the College hosted a well-attended discussion event to mark the centenary of the Representation of the People Act,  which gave (...
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5 February 2018
Professor George Garnett speaks to Talk Radio Europe
St Hugh's Fellow Professor George Garnett has been interviewed by Talk Radio Europe....
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23 January 2018
St Hugh’s College welcomes Distinguished Friends
Governing Body was delighted to welcome four new Distinguished Friends of the College at a special ceremony conducted by the Principal, the Rt Hon Dam...
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18 January 2018
“From Sappho to Suffrage: women who dared”
St Hugh’s Professor Senia Paseta, Tutorial Fellow in History, has been quoted by the
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4 January 2018
Maths outreach from St Hugh’s Dr Tom Crawford
St Hugh’s mathematics tutor and Naked Mathematician Dr Tom Crawford has been very b...
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15 December 2017
St Hugh’s student Olayemi Anifowose-Eso granted prestigious Schwarzman Scholarship
St Hugh’s College offers its warmest congratulations to Olayemi Anifowose-Eso, who has been awarded a highly competitive Schwarzman Scholarship. St...
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22 November 2017
Maria Sibylla Merian, Artist, Scientist, Adventurer
Jeyaraney Kathirithamby has co-authored a book with Sarah Pomeroy, Maria Sibylla Merian, Artist, Scientist, Adventurer (Getty Publications) w...
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