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OXFORD Martin Parr by Oxford University Press is available from 7 September 2017
Photographs of life and work at the University of Oxford, captured by Martin Parr, the world renowned British photographer, are on display at Oxford’s Weston Library from 8 September – 22 October 2017. The sixty-nine images, including some from St Hilda's College, are the culmination of three...
We're taking part in Oxford Open Doors! Visit St Hilda's and the Jacqueline du Pré Music Building on 10 September.
The theme of this year’s Oxford Open Doors is Hidden Oxford. Come and find St Hilda's! We will be open between 11am - 4pm, no advance booking required. Visitors can join a tour of the Kathleen Major Library at 11am, 12.30pm and 2pm, or take a self-guided tour. There will be live performances of...
Dr Kate Millett has died at the age of 82
We are deeply saddened by the death of our alumna, Dr Kate Millett.
2017 Gaudy Celebrations and Reunions 15 - 16 September 2017
A special, live version of University Challenge pitting the recent, triumphant graduate team of Dr Daisy Dunn (Classics, 2005), Dame Fiona Caldicott (Physiology, 1960), Dr Val McDermid (English, 1972) and Adele Geras (Modern Languages, 1966) against another vintage team reuniting Gill Elliott (...
Laura Cumming has won the James Tait Black Prize.
Our alumna and the Observer's art critic Laura Cumming was announced as one of the winners of the James Tait Black Prize at the Edinburgh International Book Festival on 14 August 2017.
The £10,000 prize for biography counts among its former winners Lytton Strachey, John Buchan, Antonia...
The 2017 St Hilda's Mystery and Crime Conference is taking place 18-20 August!
Launched in 1994, this conference offers the audience the unique experience of hearing their favourite authors exploring a theme. It has become a significant entry in the calendar of crime fiction conferences and is a wonderful way to spend a weekend with like-minded devotees of crime fiction....
'Professor Bulte's Incredible Medical Machines' has launched on YouTube
'Professor Bulte's Incredible Medical Machines' has just launched on YouTube. This new series of three bite-sized factual films by Oxford Digital Media and our Fellow and Tutor in Engineering...
Dr Aris Katzourakis and Dr Amr Aswad discover unknown virus in ‘throwaway’ DNA
In research published in the journal Virus Evolution, our Tutorial Fellow in Zoology Dr Aris...
Nicola Dandridge to be CEO of England’s Office for Students
Our alumna Nicola Dandridge (Classics, 1978) will be come the first chief executive of England's Office for Students on 1 September 2017. She will leave her current position of chief executive of Universities UK to take up this role, joining Sir Michael Barber, who has been appointed as chair of...
Professor Selina Todd will be the new President of the Socialist Education Association
Professor Selina Todd, Tutorial Fellow in History at St Hilda's College and Professor in Modern British History, History Faculty, University of Oxford, has accepted nomination as the new President of the Socialist...
Professor Sir Gordon Duff receives an Honorary Degree from the University of Sheffield.
Each year the University of Sheffield recognises a series of individuals who have made significant achievements in their fields or profession, or who have contributed to the betterment of Sheffield.
St Hilda's Alumnae are presenting their work at the Edinburgh Fringe 2017
Works by two recent graduates are featuring this year at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe – look out for Olly Jackson and Madeleine Perham on the programme!
Olly Jackson, actor, writer, director is Herr Falkenstein in The Red Emerald: A Farce for the...