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Methane detection on-board of hyperspectral satellites using AI

I was excited the be invited to present a TED AI talk in Vienna in October 2024 – the first TED conference fully focusing on..

Experience

Sparks

In October, I returned to Oxford to celebrate fifty years of co-education at Hertford College, and to speak about my time as a student. I..

Experience

The Hertford Law Network Event

The relentless pursuit of excellence, the weight of extensive hours, the advent of AI … these were some of the topics discussed at Hertford’s inaugural..

Experience

Envisioning Liveable Futures – a workshop with Kim Stanley Robinson

Editors note: In June 2024, cli-fi author Kim Stanley Robinson visited Hertford College as part of the Oxford Ministry for the Future initiative. Hertford students..

Experience

A Reflection on the Head, Hand & Hertford Course 2024

Look outside. In our academic and professional lives, we often get caught up by what is most obvious (and internal?) to us: getting on with..

Spotlight on history and literature

Research

IWD 2024: Spotlighting MCR women’s* research at Hertford

Sylvana Vilca-Melendez, President of Oxford Psychedelic Society, DPhil in Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, Hertford College, University of Oxford My name is Sylvana and I am a..

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Sappho: Songs and Poems / translated from the Greek (by) Chris Preddle.

Chris Preddle, Modern Languages, 1962

Research

Calais – England’s First Colony

Calais, A History of England's First Colony, by Julian Whitehead, book cover.

Experience

In the Tongue and Talk of the People

Catherine Harvey, BA English (1989)

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Experience

Hertford Made Me…a life-long learner

I applied to Hertford after spending a week in Oxford at the UNIQ summer school, which was paradise on earth for a nerdy 17 year-old...

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Mexico’s Humanitarian Diplomacy and the Afghan Dream

My time in Oxford extended for almost a decade. Firstly, as a student, then as a tutor in comparative government and then as a part..

Experience

‘Youthening’ the dream of a sustainable and equitable world: a week in the life of an EU youth COP28 delegate

It was an honour to represent European youth at COP28 UAE, where I was committed to advocate for our future, enshrine our values and amplify..

Research

Archaeology at the heart of the coral triangle

In the summer of 2023, Dr Dylan Gaffney undertook archaeological fieldwork in the Raja Ampat archipelago of Indonesian Papua. Literally meaning the ‘four kings,’ the..

Research

The future of PPE

One of my main memories of studying Philosophy, Politics and Economics at Hertford during the early 90s was having to decide which of the numerous..

Experience

Hertford, Sourbut (rationality lessons from University Challenge)

Amongst the huge range of excitements offered by joining the University of Oxford was the unexpected opportunity to join this lovely bunch above. As a..