St Hugh's College

SHBC Novice Women's team outside the boathouse

Congratulations to St Hugh's Boat Club (SHBC) Novice Women's team who won the Tamesis Regatta (formerly known as Christ Church Regatta) - the first time this has been achieved in 41 years bit.ly/49TNsEZ #rowing #women #oxford

We were delighted to welcome back alumni who matriculated 1992-1995 for a reunion full of reminiscence and nostalgia. The range of careers represented and many successes celebrated were true reminder of the vibrant, inspiring community that makes St Hugh’s so special bit.ly/3MbwpEM #alumni #reunion

As Nell Gwyn's naughty pop-up book goes to auction at Christies @davidftaylor.bsky.social comments in @theobserveruk.bsky.social on how rare it is for book to be specifically linked to Nell Gwyn who was known to be illiterate bit.ly/4p6erC9 #literature #auction

Fascinating paper by Tutorial Fellow in Biology, @sjportugal.bsky.social published in 'Biology Letters': ‘The visual impediment of cranial ornamentation in male Chrysolophus pheasants’, reports on unusually obstructive plumage which compromises vision of two types of pheasants bit.ly/48keZ01 #birds

Professor Adrian Moore

In 5th episode of 'A Philosopher and a Child' entitled 'Can a child outsmart an Oxford philosopher?', Prof Adrian Moore, Tutorial Fellow in Philosophy debates whether the universe is infinite with Cara Margiotta - could the universe be infinitely big and old bit.ly/482wnYb #philosophy #infinity

Michele Acton is pictured above with Amal Clooney and Philippa Webb at the launch.

College Principal, Michele Acton joined Honorary Fellow and alumna, Amal Clooney at launch of Oxford Institute of Technology and Justice by @blavatnikschool.bsky.social in partnership with The Clooney Foundation for Justice dedicated to harnessing power of AI for justice bit.ly/4ivBT9q #ai #justice

We were delighted to welcome psychiatrist, psychotherapist and writer Marchelle Farrell to our annual Lady Ademola Lecture to discuss her thoughts about relationships between internal and external landscapes with staff and students. Recording available: bit.ly/43VAhj0 #oxford #blackhistorymonth

Congratulations to Fellow by Resolution in Physics and alumnus Dr Jack Miller who has been awarded @ipem.ac.uk Gold Medal in Academia given to members with substantial and sustained track record at outstanding level of contribution to advancement of academic practice bit.ly/4p1o7Nx #award #phyiscs

St Hugh’s College has become an accredited #oxfordlivingwage employer for 2025-26 reflecting the College's ongoing commitment to fair pay and supporting our employees to live and work in one of the UK’s most expensive cities bit.ly/43RFUyG #oxford #employer

St Hugh's College Chapel on All Souls day

Students and staff marked All Souls by gathering in Chapel for a short service to remember those who died in the last year and in years past. Amongst those remembered were members of St Hugh's College community who sadly died earlier this year #allsouls

St Hugh's Honorary Fellow to give Dorothy Whitelock Lecture 2025 - St Hugh's College St Hugh's Honorary Fellow, Professor Jane Roberts will give this year's Dorothy Whitelock Lecture on 3 December at St Peter's College Chapel. Oxford.

Honorary Fellow and alumna Prof Jane Roberts (Eng Lang & Lit, 1959) will give this year’s Dorothy Whitelock Lecture on: ‘Guthlac: what the early medieval records tell us’ on Wed 3 Dec 5.15pm at St Peter’s College Chapel followed by drinks reception.Tickets only: bit.ly/4qDnMT6
#medieval #english

Join us for this year's Lady Ademola Lecture in conversation with psychiatrist, psychotherapist and writer Marchelle Farrell. In 1935 Kofoworola Ademola became the first Black African woman to achieve a degree @ox.ac.uk Register for the lecture at: bit.ly/48IO0wW #blackhistorymonth #lecture

Principal Michele Acton was delighted to formally welcome our new Fellows to St Hugh's: Prof Thomas Aubrey, Prof Luca Furieri, Michele Acton, Prof Noam Vogt-Vincent and Dr Mary Tzaawa-Krenzler. Profiles available in latest Chronicle: bit.ly/4nfJ2Lx #academic #oxford

Black and white image of the first degree day for women, 14th October 1920.

#OnThisDay in 1920, the first women received their Oxford degrees 🎓

📷 | St Anne's College Oxford

Join us on 1 November for annual Lady Ademola Lecture in conversation with psychiatrist, psychotherapist and writer Marchelle Farrell who is curious about the relationships between internal and external landscapes. Registration: bit.ly/43j0Q1d #blackhistorymonth

Our annual college magazine Chronicle is out - full of college and alumni news, interviews and features. Read the digital version here: online.fliphtml5.com/uwbnc/dqef/#... #news #alumni #oxford #mustread

We were delighted to welcome alumni who matriculated in 1975, 1965, 1955, and earlier for our Jubilee Lunch. We were joined by Principal, Michele Acton and Senior Tutor, Prof Robert Vilain who expressed College's gratitude for continued support of our alumni bit.ly/4mEt39E #alumni #reunion #oxford

Dame Jane Glover, Michele Acton (St Hugh's Principal), Professor Jonathan Cross

We were delighted to welcome back Dame Jane Glover (Music, 1968) Honorary Fellow and musicologist/conductor. She shared how College was pivotal in shaping her future. She was joined by Ertegun Director, Professor Jonathan Cross, who co-hosted the event. bit.ly/46UG4Hn #alumni #music #memories

Congratulations to St Hugh's Fellow and Senior Tutor, Professor Robert Vilain who has received the Recognition of Distinction award. @ox.ac.uk Divisional Distinctions Committee has conferred on Robert the title of Professor of German and Comparative Literature bit.ly/4mHGxBK #award #academia #oxford

Looking forward to welcoming Amelie who will be studying Law at here at St Hugh's.

Congratulations to Eloise and Amelia on their graduation. We hope that they and all our new graduates will stay in touch with St Hugh's. To update your details please go to: www.st-hughs.ox.ac.uk/update-your-... #alumni #graduates

Congratulations to undergraduate, Ruokai Zhao on being awarded @ox.ac.uk 'Undergraduate Prize' for Best Overall Performance in Part A Mathematics & Statistics 2024-25, awarded annually by the Examiners to recognise outstanding performances in examinations bit.ly/4lRDirt #award #maths #statistics

In July we're celebrating life-saving achievements of alumna Prof Freda Stevenson (Biochemistry, 1961) who showed antibodies can be used to treat cancer cells, creating vaccine that uses DNA to increase immunity to cancers and found way to use genes to better understand subsets of leukaemia #science

What happens when St Hugh's Tutorial Fellow in Philosophy discusses 'Morality and Meaning'? In the third episode of philosophy interviews with children Prof Moore discusses the meaning of life, morality and the difficult moral dilemma of the trolley problem bit.ly/40eQM8e #philosophy #morality

Congratulations to Tutorial Fellow in Experimental Psychology and Prof of Cognitive Science @ox.ac.uk ‪@asifamajid‬ on her induction as Fellow @aaas.org‬ in Washington DC. This honour began in 1874 for meritorious contribution to advancement of science and engineering bit.ly/4egt6WF #science #award

Congratulations to winners of Art & Photography Prizes:
Student Photography Prize: shared by Raghu Krishnan and Vinzent Wesselmann; Student Art Prize: Fern Kruger-Paget; Staff Art Prize: Mary Helen Last, Accommodation Officer; Staff Photography Prize:  Anna Xiong, Librarian Assistant bit.ly/4kK7cxt

Join us on Thursday 29 May 5-9pm at St Hugh's for Keep It Real - @ox.ac.uk OxWoCS’ flagship event highlighting unfiltered journeys of women in STEM, with honest storytelling, career insight, and community building. Sign up: forms.gle/eGYLoQfQPmz4... #stem #conference #oxford

Professor Adrian Moore sitting in the gardens at St Hugh's College

Tutorial Fellow in Philosophy, Professor Adrian Moore to appear in series of fascinating philosophy interviews with children on YouTube. First episode features schoolgirl Cara Margiotta with whom he debates whether the universe needs to have had a beginning and a cause. View at: bit.ly/4lZtDj7

Professors Rachel Tanner and Thomas Cousins are working together as part of new inter-disciplinary @ox.ac.uk consortium awarded £5 million funding from @ineosoxford.bsky.social to develop novel therapies for drug-resistant tuberculosis bit.ly/42ZMCRT #research #tuberculosis

The Colin Matthew Fund 2025 is open to applications for graduate and undergraduate students @ox.ac.uk for small grants to support travel for the purposes of research for a thesis or dissertation on an historical topic. Apply at: bit.ly/42ZzJHv #travel #grant