Give to Herts
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Your donations fuel enterprise, spark new breakthroughs and broaden global outlooks. You can help students launch businesses, gain insight into their future careers and take on research that drives real‑world innovation and impact. You can fund scholarships and prizes that help talented students overcome challenging circumstances. And you can contribute to life‑changing support that eases the pressures of the rising cost of living, enabling promising students to achieve their dreams. Donors like you have enabled transformational change for our students, such as our multimillion‑pound Spectra building, an advanced STEM hub that elevates learning, drives research, and strengthens industry partnerships. Together, we can power the potential of our students.
Remove barriers. Power ambition.
Donations help create the conditions students need to fulfil their potential and strengthen our university for generations to come.
Our current fundraising priorities are focused on shaping the future of health and medicine at Herts; investing in cutting-edge facilities, driving pioneering research and empowering talented students to succeed. This work will not only transform opportunities on our campus but also play a vital role in supporting the health, wellbeing and economic prosperity of our region.
Alongside this and with your help, we continue to raise funds to support our students with scholarships and emergency grants, enabling them to reach their full potential.
The impact of your support
Your donations create life-changing spaces and experiences. You help students move beyond financial and personal barriers, ensuring they can progress with confidence. Through generous legacies, you empower future generations to take their ideas and talents from Herts to the world.
When you give to Herts, you don’t just fund possibility – you keep potential moving.
Transform learning and research
Your support can make a real difference at Herts. By championing student innovation, global experiences and cutting-edge research, you help students unlock their potential and gain the skills and experiences that shape their futures. Donations fund student start-ups, open doors to international opportunities, and advance world-leading research that drives real impact. Every gift helps Herts students grow and achieve, while strengthening discovery, enterprise, and global connections that benefit communities locally and across the world
Major giving and legacies
We work with businesses, charitable trusts and foundations and individuals who want to be part of our mission to transform lives through higher education. Our supporters are helping to strengthen our community for generations to come through philanthropic and corporate donations, legacy giving, and by supporting our students and partners with their time and expertise.
Impact reports
The University as a charity
The Office for Students (OfS) is the principal regulator for higher education providers in England that are exempt charities. The University therefore complies with the OfS’s requirements as set out in the regulatory framework for higher education in England. In addition, as an exempt charity, the University complies with relevant charity law, including the Charities Act 2011 and the Charity Commission’s guidance for charitable trustees regarding their legal duties and responsibilities. The relationship between the OfS and the Charity Commission is governed by a memorandum of understanding that sets out how they work together to regulate higher education charities in England that are exempt from Charity Commission regulation.