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University of Hertfordshire Law Clinic shortlisted for pro bono awards

The University of Hertfordshire’s Law Clinic has been shortlisted for two LawWorks and Attorney General Student Pro Bono Awards....

22 April 2024

University of Hertfordshire-led team awarded more than half a million to research faith-based mental health programme for young Muslim women

A University of Hertfordshire-led research team has won more than half a million in funding to evaluate a new faith-based mental health intervention aimed at supporting young Muslim women....

17 April 2024

British sporting greats including Dame Liz Nicholl DBE to discuss breaking barriers in women’s sport at University of Hertfordshire’s Festival of Ideas

An all-female panel of British sporting greats will be headlining the University of Hertfordshire’s Festival of Ideas....

16 April 2024

Hosts of daily podcast The News Agents to headline University of Hertfordshire’s Festival of Ideas

Two co-hosts of hit podcast The News Agents have been announced as headline speakers at the University of Hertfordshire’s Festival of Ideas....

15 April 2024

University of Hertfordshire to support delivery of £1.1 million project to provide digital innovations for vulnerable residents

In a successful joint application with Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes Integrated Care System’s (BLMK ICS) Digitising Social Care (DiSC) programme and Health Innovation England, a team of researchers from the University of Hertfordshire has secured £1.1m funding from the latest wave of NHS England’s Adult Social Care Technology Fund....

5 April 2024

University of Hertfordshire to launch eight new degree apprenticeships after securing £1.25m in funding

Following two successful funding bids, the University of Hertfordshire has secured £1.25m from the Office for Students (OfS) to rapidly expand its degree apprenticeship provision over the next 12 months....

21 March 2024

Herts artists explore the aftermath of human activity in Cambridge exhibition

Two University of Hertfordshire artists are launching an exhibition of small scale works that explore the aftermath of human activity on our ecology....

20 March 2024

Public invited to help create melting ice-artworks in artist’s homecoming show

Festivalgoers will use melting ink-infused ice to create two ambitious works of art at the University of Hertfordshire this May....

19 March 2024

Wheelchair basketball documentary wins Royal Television Society student award

A University of Hertfordshire student documentary following a team of wheelchair basketball players has won best factual film at the Royal Television Society East Student Awards....

18 March 2024

Make school meals free at the point of delivery and adopt a whole system approach to tackle UK’s obesity problem, expert in food and public health tells Parliament

A leading academic from the University of Hertfordshire has advised members of the House of Lords that a whole system approach is necessary to tackle inequalities relating to food, diet and obesity....

15 March 2024

University of Hertfordshire to produce doctorates in aerosol science after huge UK investment

Ten aerosol science PhD students will be trained at the University of Hertfordshire during 2024 to help investigate how diseases are spread through the air and into the lungs, and how aerosols can also treat asthma, among other critical uses....

12 March 2024

University of Hertfordshire ranked the country’s Best Design Education institution

The University of Hertfordshire has been ranked as the best place in the UK to study design – and seventh in the world....

11 March 2024

University of Hertfordshire scientist solves the riddle of nitrogen-rich galaxy 440 million light years away – unlocking how our own galaxy developed

For the first time, scientists have been able to explain the mystery behind the unusual chemical composition in one of the universe’s most distant galaxies. The state-of-the-art theoretical model that the breakthrough research has established, could be a key to our better understanding of the far universe....

9 March 2024

University of Hertfordshire highlighted as bucking the “leaky pipeline” trend with high number of female professors

Times Higher Education highlighted Herts' impressive number of professorships and senior academic positions held by women....

8 March 2024

Bookings now open for University of Hertfordshire’s FREE Festival of Ideas

Bookings officially opened today (Thursday, 7 March) for the University of Hertfordshire’s Festival of Ideas, where you’ll be able to meet robots, visit virtual worlds, learn how to use magic to boost happiness, hear about what life is really like on the set of Hollywood blockbusters – and so much...

6 March 2024

New African sci-fi series Iwájú on Disney+ created by University of Hertfordshire alumnus

A University of Hertfordshire alumnus' epic new, African sci-fi series is available on Disney+ from today (Wednesday, 28 February)....

27 February 2024