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17 November 2020

Black History Month: Virtual Film Screening
On Sunday 8 November, St Hugh's students were treated to a virtual screening of "Queen and Slim", a 2019 American road crime drama centred on a young Black couple who go on the run after killing a police officer in self-defence during a traffic stop. Students were invited to sign up in households to receive a 'household pack' containing Krispy Kremes, Cadbury hot chocolate powder, whipped cream and marshmallows. The packs were delivered in time for the film screening on Sunday. In total 25 ho...
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6 November 2020
“Snapshot 2020” Exhibition
Each term, we put on a display of items from the library and archive collections in our library exhibition cases. Inspired by the nationwide projec...
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26 October 2020
Black History Month profile: Patrice Wellesley-Cole (Law, 1971)
In the early 1970s Patrice Wellesley-Cole (Law, 1971) was the only black undergraduate at the College, and she describes her time at Oxford as "one of...
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21 October 2020
Black History Month profile: Melvin Mezue (Neuroscience, 2010)
As part of our programme for Black History Month 2020 we are taking the opportunity to recognise and share the outstanding contributions alumni of Afr...
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21 October 2020
In Conversation with Kalli Purie (PPE, 1991), Vice Chairperson of the India Today Group
On Friday 9 October 2020 we were honoured and delighted to welcome award-winning entrepreneur and businesswoman Kalli Purie (Philosophy, Politics and ...
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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...
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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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