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University of Hertfordshire brings forward plans to open county’s first medical school as new NHS reforms revealed

The University of Hertfordshire has advised it will be opening the county’s first medical school in September 2026 – a year earlier than originally proposed – as the government announced tough new NHS reforms earlier this week....

15 November 2024

Legal and professional guidance must allow assisted dying to be properly discussed, says University research with Dignitas families

The Government’s existing legal guidance on assisted dying produces a ‘grey area’ that is confusing patients and healthcare professionals, and professional guidelines are needed to allow an informed discussion about assisted dying with patients, new research with families whose loved ones have accessed assisted deaths in Switzerland has found....

13 November 2024

University of Hertfordshire and PSB Academy host first graduation event in Singapore

(Pictured left to right: Naveen Kumar, previous BABA SDL Programme Manager, Dr Charles Ong, Dean for PSB Academy, Prof Damien Ward, Dean of Hertfordshire Business School at University of Hertfordshire) Dr Gomathy, new SDL Programme Leader, Pearly Wong, Director for Business Programmes). In a landmark event, the University of Hertfordshire...

31 October 2024

Breaking down financial barriers for Brighter Futures

To support students in as many ways as possible, the University is very happy to announce the return of the Brighter Futures Grants programme in partnership with Santander. Herts students will have the chance to win one of ten £1,000 grants to amplify their educational journey....

23 October 2024

Herts launches pop-up play café to promote healthy digital use

A free, pop-up play café, aimed at promoting healthy digital use, is being launched by the University of Hertfordshire in partnership with The Galleria for October half term....

18 October 2024

‘Inflexible thinking style’ behind why some people won’t accept vaccines, says new research

An ‘inflexible thinking style’ could explain why some people are hesitant about taking a vaccine, new research by the University of Hertfordshire has revealed. It is a finding that could have implications for public health policy, especially during pandemics....

17 October 2024

Herts joins pioneering work researching scattering amplitudes

The University of Hertfordshire has received funding to investigate scattering amplitudes, fundamental quantities which describe interactions between elementary particles and are of vital importance for our understanding of the laws of nature....

15 October 2024

University formally presented with King’s Awards Grant of Appointment and crystal trophy by His Majesty’s Lord Lieutenant of Hertfordshire

During a prominent ceremony held at the University of Hertfordshire’s College Lane campus yesterday (Thursday, 10 October), the institute was formally presented with a Grant of Appointment scroll and crystal trophy to affirm its status as a 2024 winner of the King’s Award for Enterprise in International Trade....

11 October 2024

A pop-up play café and free, online ‘cookalong’ are just some of the Herts activities for the ESRC Festival of Social Science 2024

For the second year running, the University of Hertfordshire is supporting the national ESRC Festival of Social Science 2024 with a host of free, interactive public events showcasing some of the social science research being undertaken at the University....

10 October 2024

Antarctic ‘greening’ at dramatic rate – study from Universities of Hertfordshire, Exeter and the British Antarctic Survey

Vegetation cover across the Antarctic Peninsula has increased more than tenfold over the last four decades, new research shows....

6 October 2024

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