News archive

  • Academic to question society's online ethics

    Thursday 18 March

    A University of Hertfordshire academic will claim that people are experiencing a fourth revolution as they make sense of their place in an information-filled world, in a lecture at the University next week.

  • Historian to question Britain's 'credible commitment'

    Thursday 18 March

    A lecturer in History at the University of Hertfordshire will question Britain’s commitment to sound public finance when she speaks at a conference at the University of Cambridge next week (20-23 March 2010).

  • Conference to discuss the search for the 'Happy productive worker'

    Thursday 18 March

    Guru of happiness

    A paper at the conference on happiness at the University of Hertfordshire tomorrow (17 March) will explore the possibility of work providing a route to happiness.

  • London Fashion Week welcomes Hertfordshire Students

    Monday 15 March

    High Profile Catwalk show

    A new magazine, FAME, run by a graduate from the University of Hertfordshire has received permission to cover London’s most popular, celebrity attended event – London Fashion Week.

  • Conference to discuss routes to lasting 'Happiness'

    Wednesday 10 March

    Professionals explain happiness

    Philosophers, historians, economists, social scientists and creative arts practitioners will gather next week at the University of Hertfordshire to discuss what happiness means and how a greater depth of the state can be achieved.

    A highlight of the conference - entitled Happiness – Perspectives from the Social Sciences, Humanities and Creative Arts, to be held at the University on Wednesday 17 March - is a keynote on the The Art of Happiness by Professor Richard Schoch from Queen Mary, University of London.

  • New funding to explore ethics of Information Warfare

    Wednesday 10 March

    Information e-bomb

    In a climate where society is more likely to be hit by an e-bomb than an atomic one, a philosopher has just received funding to provide an ethical analysis of information warfare.

    Professor Luciano Floridi at the University of Hertfordshire’s Social, Sciences Arts and Humanities Research Institute, has received €170,000 from the Marie Curie Fellowship programme to embark on the two-year The Ethics of Information Warfare: Risks, Rights and Responsibilities project.

  • Free support for graduates in Hertfordshire

    Tuesday 9 March

    Fund to help unemployed graduates

    The deadline is approaching for graduates living or working in Hertfordshire to qualify for free support from the University of Hertfordshire to help manage their career out of the recession.

  • Need for graduate involvement in international markets

    Tuesday 9 March

    Graduates need to add International dimension to their profile

    Jude Thomas, Marketing Manager of Erasmus for the British Council attended the launch of Europe Week 2010 at the University of Hertfordshire last week and highlighted the need for graduates interacting in the international market.

    Speaking at the event Ms Thomas said Europe Week is a unique and excellent way of raising awareness of the Erasmus programme amongst students and staff.

  • Silver Surfers not quite bridging the social drive

    Thursday 4 March

    People over fifty are well educated and well off

    A study into the adoption of high-speed broadband by people of over fifty (silver surfers) found that the majority of them are educated and well off.

  • Philosophers examine 'expertise' and how it is acquired

    Thursday 4 March

    How expertise is developed

    Philosophers at the University of Hertfordshire are collaborating with Australian partners to understand expertise and how it is developed through interactive practices.

  • Call for parents to take children into the countryside

    Thursday 4 March

    Comfort in the countryside

    A University of Hertfordshire academic will call for parents to come out of their comfort zone and allow their children to spend time in the countryside, when she speaks at a conference next week.

  • Academics provide insights into the future of education

    Thursday 4 March

    Higher Education in twenty-five years time

    A report published this week provides the basis for insights from University of Hertfordshire academics into how Higher Education (HE) could look in twenty-five years time.

  • Recruits needed to explore 'perfectionism'

    Thursday 4 March

    A psychologist at the University of Hertfordshire is calling for people who identify themselves as ‘perfectionists’ to take part in a study which is starting this month.

  • Silver Surfers not quite bridging the social divide

    Thursday 4 March

    A study into the adoption of high-speed broadband by people of over fifty (silver surfers) found that the majority of users are educated and well off. The study, conducted via an online survey by Dr Jyoti Choudrie, Dr Susan Grey and Dr Nicholas Tsitsianis at the Business School, has just been published in Electronic Government, an International Journal.

  • Youngest Extra-Solar Planet Discovered

    Tuesday 23 February

    University of Hertfordshire astronomers, Dr Maria Cruz Gálvez-Ortiz andDr John Barnes, are part of an international collaboration that hasdiscovered the youngest extra-solar planet around a solar-type star,named BD+20 1790b.

  • The Graduate Internships Programme ? bringing employers and graduates together

    Tuesday 23 February

    The University of Hertfordshire (UH), the UK’s leading business-facing university, is proud to announce the award of funding to support the Graduate Internships Programme. Funded through HEFCE (Higher Education Funding Council for England) with a total programme fund of £640,000, the UH Graduate Internships Programme is designed to subsidise 400 internships across the region.

  • Homecoming gig for Hertfordshire band

    Thursday 18 February

    On Thursday 18 February 2010, well known Hertfordshire-based Indie Pop band, Cardinal Jack is to headline at the multi-million Forum venue in Hatfield.

  • Red dwarf/red giant binary found in Uk/China Collaboration

    Tuesday 16 February

    A binary pair of red stars, one giant one dwarf, has been discovered by a collaboration of astrophysicists from the University of Hertfordshire and The Chinese Academy of Sciences.

  • Astronomers discover cool stars in nearby space

    Friday 29 January

    An international team, led by astronomers at the University of Hertfordshire have discovered what may be the coolest sub-stellar body ever found outside our own solar system.

  • Fatality rates among young drug users a cause for concern

    Friday 29 January

    A paper by a University of Hertfordshire academic published today (29 January 2010), reports that excess ecstasy-related death rates in young users is a cause for concern.

  • An Exploding Star Shoots Out Material At Close To The Speed Of Light

    Thursday 28 January

    An international team of scientists, including Dr. Jonathan Granot from the University of Hertfordshire in the UK, have studied a supernova explosion (known as SN 2007gr) of a star and have found long-sought evidence that certain types of supernovae produce “relativistic” jets of particles, travelling at more than half the speed of light.

  • New treatment for hyperactivity in children

    Thursday 14 January

    A new thought-operated computer system which can reduce the symptoms of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in children will be rolled out across the UK this month.

  • Hertfordshire Astronomer Awarded For World-Leading Contribution

    Tuesday 12 January

    Professor James Hough, Director of the University of Hertfordshire’s Centre for Astronomy Research, has been honoured by the Royal Society of Astronomy (RAS) for his contribution to astronomy.

    The RAS has just announced that it will award the Herschel Medal to Professor Hough at the 2010 National Astronomy Meeting (NAM 2010) to be held in Glasgow from 12-16 April.

  • STRATEGY FOR THE SUPERVISION OF MIDWIVES: A FIRST IN HIGHER EDUCATION

    Monday 11 January

    The University of Hertfordshire has launched its Supervision of Midwives (SoM) strategy, the first of its kind to be published by a University in the UK.

  • First Class Philosophy Student Benefits From Local Scholarship

    Monday 21 December

    Lee Whittington of Harpenden graduated from the University of Hertfordshire with a first class honours degree and is the first student to be awarded the Jarvis Group Centenary Scholarship.

  • Previous flare contestant Mad Professor Ltd Showcases BIG Piano Event Live on Blue Peter

    Thursday 17 December

    Mad Professor Ltd, a Corporate Events Company born out of the University of Hertfordshire’s flare Business Ideas Challenge, showed off their unique BIG piano event live on the BBC children’s television programme Blue Peter yesterday.

  • First stunning images captured by VISTA

    Tuesday 15 December

    A new UK-designed telescope, that can map the sky much faster and deeper than any other infrared telescope, has made its first release of stunning images.

  • New planets found around sun-like stars

    Tuesday 15 December

    Astronomers at the University of Hertfordshire and an international team of planet hunters have today announced the discovery of four new planets orbiting nearby stars like our Sun.

  • Men think their dance moves improve with age

    Tuesday 15 December

    Men may shuffle on to the dance floor this Christmas, but once there, they will be impressed by their moves, according to research carried out by the ‘Doctor of Dance’ at the University of Hertfordshire.

  • New Planets found Around Sun-like Stars

    Tuesday 15 December

    Astronomers at the University of Hertfordshire and an international team of planet hunters have today announced the discovery of four new planets orbiting nearby stars like our Sun.

  • Haslers Foundation Presents Award and Prize to University of Hertfordshire Graduate Kieran Munns

    Thursday 10 December

    On Wednesday 18 November 2009, Christine Inch, HR Manager at Haslers Chartered Accountants and Business Advisers in Loughton, Essex presented University Graduate, Kieran Munns, with an award and prize for achieving the highest marks in his Finals for his degree in Accounting and Finance at the University of Hertfordshire.

  • Old Bailey website set to trial revolutionary web searches

    Friday 4 December

    A team of academics from across the globe has received funding from an international grant competition to test and develop new tools for electronic research, using the innovative and popular Old Bailey Proceedings Online website (www.oldbaileyonline.org).

  • Help at Hand for the Local Voluntary Sector

    Wednesday 2 December

    Tomorrow, the University of Hertfordshire is launching a ‘Social Enterprise Unit’ (SEU) aimed at assisting charitable and not for profit organisations in Hertfordshire with free advice and resources to boost support in the community.

  • Full house at the University of Hertfordshire for multi-millionaire investor, Richard Farleigh

    Wednesday 2 December

    Over 400 students, practising professionals and local businesspeople turned out last week to hear Richard Farleigh, multi-millionaire investor who appeared on The BBC’s Dragons’ Den programme, give an inspiring talk at the University of Hertfordshire’s Enterprise Spotlight event.

  • Concerns about 'Spice' drugs

    Tuesday 1 December

    A paper to be published this month by University of Hertfordshire researchers about the availability of ‘Spice’ drugs online will raise new concerns about its mood altering effects.

  • The Gift That Keeps On Giving? Brits catch US ?re-gifting? bug according to festive research

    Monday 30 November

    Already a recognised Stateside phenomenon , ‘re-gifting’ is fast becoming popular in the UK with figures released today revealing that half of all Brits think it’s acceptable to ‘re-gift’ bad presents

  • PhD Researches Ice Age In Hertfordshire

    Friday 27 November

    Wendy Brownsell has received her PhD from the University of Hertfordshire following research which has contributed to the discussion around the extent and duration of ice cover in Hertfordshire during the Anglian Glaciation around 400,000 years ago

  • First Class Degree and Two Scholarships for Slovakian Student

    Friday 27 November

    Eva Smit has graduated with a first class honours degree in Law from the University of Hertfordshire and two scholarships for outstanding performance

  • Sports Therapy Graduate Worked With Top Rugby Players

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