Editing Hertford College, Oxford (section)

== Student life ==
Undergraduate students are accommodated for the full three or four years of their study, either on the main site or on college-owned property primarily in [[North Oxford]] and the Folly Bridge area. A new Hertford Graduate Centre fronting [[the Isis]] was built near Folly Bridge and was opened in 2000.{{citation needed|date=March 2021}}

Hertford is home to a college cat named Simpkin, who lives in the College Lodge and is the fourth of his lineage, collectively Simpkins, the collective noun for Hertford College cats;<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.hertford.ox.ac.uk/alumni/hertford-today/the-simpkin-dynasty|title=The Simpkin Dynasty - Hertford College {{!}} University of Oxford|work=Hertford College {{!}} University of Oxford|access-date=2018-07-26|language=en-GB}}</ref> the original was called Simpkin and was introduced by the former college principal [[Geoffrey Warnock]], named after the cat in the Beatrix Potter novel [[The Tailor of Gloucester]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://oxford.openguides.org/wiki/?Hertford_College|title=Hertford College - The Oxford Guide|website=oxford.openguides.org}}</ref> He is provided with a bursary by [[alumnus|alumni]] to cover his food and veterinary treatment.{{citation needed|date=March 2021}}

=== Academic selection ===
Hertford has one of the lowest admission rates in [[Oxbridge]].<ref>{{cite web |url= https://thetab.com/2024/10/07/feeling-lucky-these-are-officially-the-easiest-oxbridge-colleges-to-get-into-in-2024 |title= Feeling lucky? These are officially the easiest Oxbridge colleges to get into in 2024 |work=The Tab}}</ref>
=== Academic achievement ===
Hertford's exam results are slightly above average. In the [[Norrington Table]] of results over the period 2006–2012 it has come 17th, 9th, 18th, 6th, 12th, 5th and 23rd.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ox.ac.uk/about_the_university/facts_and_figures/undergraduate_degree.html |title=Undergraduate Degree Classifications 2006/07 - University of Oxford |website=www.ox.ac.uk |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071024182312/http://www.ox.ac.uk/about_the_university/facts_and_figures/undergraduate_degree.html |archive-date=2007-10-24}}</ref>

=== Sport ===
[[File:Longbridges boathouse - geograph.org.uk - 1253283.jpg|thumb|Hertford College Boathouse at Longbridges on [[the Isis]]]]

[[Hertford College Boat Club]] is among the leading Oxford college boat clubs: both its women's and men's first boats are in the first division of [[Torpids]] and [[Eights Week]], with both M1 and W1 winning "blades" in the 2015 edition of Torpids. The boats and club room are in the Longbridges boathouse on [[the Isis]]. With the transition of Magdalen Hall to Hertford College in 1874, the old blue-black of the hall stopped racing in 1873, and the new red-white of the college took to the river in 1875. Within only seven years of its refoundation, the college came [[Head of the River (disambiguation)|Head of the River]] in the annual college boat races, in 1881. On achieving that victory, the crew carried their boat all the way back to the college and burnt it just inside the gates. The college archives possess a letter detailing the club's celebrations from the sub-librarian of the [[Bodleian Library]], who spent the night on the scaffolding surrounding the work on the Old Schools Tower, directly opposite the Hertford gate, in case the fire spread to the library. In 2005, the boathouse was gutted by an arson attack carried out by the [[Animal Liberation Front]], in protest against animal testing at the university. The new boathouse was rebuilt on the same site.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://boatclub.hertford.ox.ac.uk/about/history.php |title=Hertford College Boat Club |access-date=2 March 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110812183822/http://boatclub.hertford.ox.ac.uk/about/history.php |archive-date=12 August 2011 }}</ref>

The college was endowed with a new gym in 2011 and has playing fields in [[New Marston]], which include a pavilion with facilities for most major team sports.{{citation needed|date=March 2021}} In August 2013 Hertford College Rugby Club became the first team from the UK to tour [[Mongolia]] in official partnership with the Mongolian Rugby Football Union. They played matches against The Mongolia Defense University and the Ulaan Baatar Warriors. Both matches were played in the national stadium and broadcast live on Mongolian national television. In 2017, the team returned to Mongolia, this time playing two matches against the Ulaanbaatar Warriors.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-07-05 |title=HERTFORD RUGBY TEAM OF OXFORD VISITED MONGOLIA – Embassy of Mongolia in the United Kingdom |url=https://en.embassyofmongolia.co.uk/5483 |access-date=2025-01-27 |language=en-US}}</ref>

=== Music ===
Hertford College has the largest and most active music society of any Oxford college, drawing in musicians from around the university, with ensembles including the Hertford College Orchestra, the Hertford College Chapel Choir, the Hertford College Wind Band, the Hertford College Jazz Band and the Hertford College Bruckner Orchestra.<ref>[http://hcms.hertford.ox.ac.uk/ Hertford College Music Society] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120317175316/http://hcms.hertford.ox.ac.uk/ |date=17 March 2012 }}</ref> 
There are two competitive [[organ scholar]]ships. The Chapel's fine acoustic lends itself to concerts and recitals, and it is frequently used for recording.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.hertford.ox.ac.uk/and-more/chapel|title=Chapel - Hertford College {{!}} University of Oxford|work=Hertford College {{!}} University of Oxford|access-date=2018-07-26|language=en-GB}}</ref>