22 September 2025

St Hugh’s College welcomes new Principal, Michele Acton

St Hugh’s College is delighted to announce that Michele Acton has joined the College as its new Principal, following the retirement of Lady Elish Angiolini LT DBE PC KC after 13 years of dedicated service to the College. Michele joins the College from the Royal Society of Medicine (RSM) where she was Chief Executive – a post she had held since 2019. Her leadership at the RSM followed 12 years as Chief Executive of Fight for Sight, which she helped transform into a leading national fundrai...

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22 September 2025

St Hugh’s Fellow and Philosopher asks the question: ‘Is it ok to eat meat?’

As the fourth in his series of interviews with children began, Professor Adrian Moore, Tutorial Fellow in Philosophy said, 'People often ask me what a...

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30 July 2025

Outstanding performance of St Hugh’s student recognised by Oxford University

Congratulations to St Hugh's undergraduate student, Ruokai Zhao (Mathematics and Statistics, 2023) who has been awarded the Oxfo...

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14 July 2025

What happens when St Hugh’s Tutorial Fellow in Philosophy discusses ‘Morality and Meaning’?

Cara Margiotta returns for the latest episode in a series of philosophy interviews with children by

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2 July 2025

St Hugh’s Fellow leads a new UKRI-funded grant on the African collections of Italian explorer, Luigi Robecchi Bricchetti (1855-1926)

St Hugh’s College is pleased to announce the start of a new UK Research Innovation (UKRI) funded research grant led by Tutorial Fellow in Italian,

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30 June 2025

The house that AI, robotics, and 3D printing built: alumni-led company pioneers digital house-building

Harnessing cutting-edge digital technologies and automated construction methods, Nexus Innovations is poised to transform how homes are built. Co-foun...

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24 June 2025

St Hugh’s Tutorial Fellow inducted as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science

Congratulations to St Hugh's Tutorial Fellow in Experimental Psychology and Professor of Cognitive Science at the University of Oxford,

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17 June 2025

Winning entries for St Hugh’s Art and Photography Prizes announced

Congratulations to all the winners of this year's St Hugh’s Art and Photography Prizes who are as follows: Student Photography Prize: Shared by...

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11 June 2025

Informal alumni networking in London

Last week we hosted a group of recent graduates for an informal after-work drinks event in London. As well as an opportunity to reconnect, it also gav...

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11 June 2025

St Hugh’s Fellow debates God and the multiverse in second episode of philosophy interviews series

In the second episode of a series of philosophy interviews with children, St Hugh's Tutorial Fellow in Philosophy,

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7 May 2025

St Hugh’s Fellow embarks on series of philosophy interviews with children

St Hugh's Tutorial Fellow in Philosophy, Professor Adrian Moore, has appe...

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6 May 2025

News of the passing of St Hugh’s Honorary and Emeritus Fellow

It is with great sadness that we have heard of the death of our much loved Honorary & Emeritus Fellow,

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5 May 2025

St Hugh’s Fellows team up to tackle tuberculosis

Professor Rachel Tanner, Tutorial Fellow in Biology, and Professor Thomas Cousins, Tutorial Fellow in Human Sciences, are working together as part of ...

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1 May 2025

The Colin Matthew Fund 2025 is open to applications

This fund offers travel awards for historical research to all undergraduate and graduate members of the University of Oxford. Professor Coli...

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30 April 2025

St Hugh’s hosts art exhibition as part of Oxfordshire Art Weeks entitled “Hue, Colour and Form”

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24 April 2025

St Hugh’s presents Avril Bruten Award 2025 for creative writing

This year’s Avril Gilchrist Bruten Award for Creative Writing again revealed the range and invention of our students’ writing. Among the shortlist...

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22 April 2025

Seth Insua in conversation with Han Smith at St Hugh’s College

Please join us at St Hugh's College on Tuesday 6 May 2205, 5.30pm-6.30pm when St Hugh's alumni Han Smith (Modern Languages, 2008) and Seth Insua (Engl...

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21 April 2025

St Hugh’s students travel to Chilean Patagonia to study pumas

St Hugh's undergraduate students, Montague Pierce Jones (Archaeology and Anthropology, 2021) and Sebastian Rumfitt (Biology, 2021) travelled to Chilea...

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10 April 2025

St Hugh’s students win two awards at All-Innovate competition

Congratulations to St Hugh's undergraduate student, Shangyu Cao (Economics and Management, 2023), and graduate student, Qing Han...

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4 April 2025

St Hugh’s Tutorial Fellow in Music discusses the history of medieval love songs

Spring is the season of love, and St Hugh's Tutorial Fellow in Music, Professor Elizabeth Eva Leach, discusses her research into the way people used t...

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31 March 2025

St Hugh’s Fellow awarded Senior Investigator award by National Institute for Health and Care Research

Congratulations to

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27 March 2025

St Hugh’s Tutorial Fellow elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science

Congratulations to St Hugh's Tutorial Fellow in Experimental Psychology and Professor of Cognitive Science at the University of Oxford,

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24 March 2025

St Hugh’s Principal to make history by becoming first Catholic to hold role of Lord High Commissioner

St Hugh's Principal, Lady Elish Angiolini will make history by becoming the first Catholic to hold the position of Lord High Commissioner to the 2025 ...

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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 sho...

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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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