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24 March 2025

News of the Passing of St Hugh’s Staff Member and Friend, Damien Turner
It is with great sadness that we have to announce that our Lodge Porter, Damien Turner, died in hospital on the evening of Friday 14 March after a short illness. Damien joined St Hugh’s in 2018 and worked in the Estates and then Lodge teams. St Hugh's Principal, Lady Elish said, 'He was an exceptional colleague who was known, respected, and deeply liked by students, staff, and academics across the College. His friendliness, helpfulness, and unfailing humanity were a credit to the College, a...
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26 February 2025
St Hugh’s College elects Michele Acton as next Principal
St Hugh’s College, Oxford, is delighted to announce that Michele Acton will be its next Principal. She will take up the position in September 2025, ...
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7 February 2025
St Hugh’s Honorary Fellow and alumna appointed visiting Professor of Practice at The Blavatnik School of Government
Congratulations to St Hugh's Honorary Fellow and alumna, Amal Clooney (Law, 1996) who has b...
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6 February 2025
St Hugh’s Graduate student is lead author of paper identifying method to discover fake vaccines
Yohan Arman, a DPhil student in Biochemistry at St Hugh’s College, U...
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5 February 2025
St Hugh’s Fellow publishes monograph showing how museum practices shed new light on literary form.
Emma Bond, Tutorial Fellow in Italian at St Hugh’s, and Professor of Italian and Comparative Studies in the
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4 February 2025
News of the passing of St Hugh’s Fellow and friend, Glen Loutzenhiser
Our colleague Glen Loutzenhiser passed away on Sunday evening at the age of 55, after a two-year struggle with cancer. He was one of the leading tax l...
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29 January 2025
St Hugh’s Alumnus appointed Director at Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology
Congratulations to St Hugh's alumnus Dr Patrick Roberts (Archaeology & An...
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24 January 2025
The Avril Bruten Award for Creative Writing 2025
Applications for the Avril Bruten Award 2025 are now open! This award, supported by the Avril Bruten Fund, is  intended to foster and reward creative...
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21 January 2025
St Hugh’s welcomes new Director of Music
St Hugh's is delighted to announce the appointment of Jacob Collins as the new College Director of Chapel Music. Jacob is an organist, conductor and c...
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13 January 2025
St Hugh’s College launches new Student Support Fund
At St Hugh's College, we believe that exceptional academic potential should never be constrained by financial circumstances. Today, we are proud to an...
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10 December 2024
St Hugh’s Engineering undergraduate student awarded Fellowship to study at Havard
Congratulations to St Hugh's fourth year Engineering undergraduate Tracey Saber who has been awarded the prestigious Michael von Clemm Fellowship by C...
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10 December 2024
St Hugh’s Principal appointed Lord High Commissioner of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland
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9 December 2024
St Hugh’s Fellow in conversation with Amit Chaudhuri
St Hugh's Fellow, Peter D McDonald, Professor of English and Related Lite...
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28 November 2024
St Hugh’s Principal offers her congratulations to the new Chancellor of Oxford University
Warmest congratulations to Lord Hague on his election as Chancellor of the University of Oxford. We look forward to welcoming him warmly to St Hug...
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27 November 2024
St Hugh’s Distinguished Friend and alumna, Dorothy Livingston, has died
We are deeply saddened to learn of the sudden and unexpected death of our Distinguished Friend and alumna Dorothy Livingston (Law, 1966). We send our ...
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21 November 2024
St Hugh’s Honorary Fellow appointed chair of the Medicine and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency
Congratulations to St Hugh's Honorary Fellow, Professor Anthony Harnden,...
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21 November 2024
St Hugh’s Engineering students involved in key development projects
Congratulations to St Hugh's third year Engineering students, Daniel Costache and Huirui Dai whose experiments during their summer internships have si...
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12 November 2024
St Hugh’s College appoints Lady Simler as its Visitor
St Hugh's is delighted to announce the appointment of Lady Ingrid Simler as the College's Visitor. This role is given to an external figure of authori...
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6 November 2024
St Hugh’s student part of Oxford Computer Science team to take second place in United Kingdom and Ireland Programming Contest
St Hugh's student, Masahito Shinokawa (Maths and Computer Sciences, 2020) was part of a team of Oxford students who took second place in the United Ki...
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31 October 2024
St Hugh’s celebrates10th anniversary of Dickson Poon University of Oxford China Centre Building
On Friday 25 October 2024, St Hugh's celebrated the 10th anniversary of the Dickson Poon University of Oxford China Centre Building which was opened i...
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31 October 2024
St Hugh’s hosts inaugural annual AI lecture
St Hugh’s College hosted the inaugural annual lecture on AI entit...
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30 October 2024
St Hugh’s MBiol student wins award for the best research project dissertation
Congratulations to St Hugh's alumna, Eloise Elkington (Mbiol Biology, 2020), who was awarded the Southern Field Studies Prize for 2024. The prize is a...
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29 October 2024
St Hugh’s Elizabeth Wordsworth Fellows appointed to the Chancellor’s Court of Benefactors
We are delighted to announce that St Hugh's College Elizabeth Wordsworth Fellows, Eddy and Emily Tang have been appointed as members of the Chancellor...
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22 October 2024
St Hugh’s Masters Student participates in Summit of the Future at UN General Assembly
St Hugh's graduate student, Shireen Kalra (MSc Education (Higher Education)), attended the United Nations General Assembly Summit of the Future Action...
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18 October 2024
St Hugh’s Fellow announced as the 2024 Vigdís Prize Laureate
Congratulations to St Hugh's Tutorial Fellow in Experimental Psychology, Profess...
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2 October 2024
St Hugh’s graduate student awarded KVNM 2024 Hélène Nolthenius Prize
Congratulations to St Hugh's doctoral student, J...
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1 October 2024
St Hugh’s Fellow presented with Paleontological Society’s Schuchert Award
Congratulations to St Hugh's Tutor in Palaeobiology, Professor Erin Saupe, who has been p...
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30 September 2024
St Hugh’s undergraduate student of French awarded Claude Massart Prize
Congratulations to St Hugh's undergraduate student of French, Poppy Littler-Jennings (Modern Languages, 2023), who has been awarded the Claude Massart...
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24 September 2024
St Hugh’s alumnae jubilee lunch on Sunday 22 September 2024
We were delighted to welcome back St Hugh's alumnae who matriculated in or before 1954, 1964 and 1974.  Guests enjoyed re-connecting with old friends...
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12 September 2024
Applications open for St Hugh’s Principal
St Hugh's Governing Body is now accepting applications for the next Principal. It is seeking an inspirational figure who will lead the academic missio...
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11 September 2024
Feminism Confronts AI: The Gender Relations of Digitalisation
We are delighted to be able to welcome Professor Judy Wajcman to St Hugh's on Tuesday 15 October 2024 when she will deliver the annual lecture on AI e...
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