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Secretary Hillary Clinton unveils statue of Eleanor Roosevelt and becomes Honorary Fellow.
09/10/2018
Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton unveiled a statue of Eleanor Roosevelt outside the Bonavero Institute in Mansfield College on Monday 8th October and was made an Honorary Fellow of Mansfield College.  Eleanor Roosevelt, wife of President Franklin D…
Prof. Helen Margetts to receive Friedrich Schiedel Prize for Politics & Technology
27/09/2018
The prize is endowed with 30,000 euros and will be awarded annually by the Friedrich Schiedel-Stiftung. The newly-established prize will be awarded to outstanding individuals who contribute to inter- and transdisciplinary projects linking politics…
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Secretary Clinton to honour human rights champion Eleanor Roosevelt
27/09/2018
Eleanor Roosevelt, wife of President Franklin D. Roosevelt of the United States of America, played a key role in drafting the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which was adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations on 10 December 1948…
Ten years of the Harkness Awards at Mansfield
21/09/2018
2018 will be the 10th year of two awards, the Sarah and Peter Harkness Prize and Harkness Bursary, for Mansfield students from Yorkshire and the North East. These awards were established with the generous help of Yorkshire-based Sarah and Peter…
Jocelyn Bell Burnell wins £2.3m Breakthrough Prize
06/09/2018
The Selection Committee of the Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics announced that Jocelyn Bell Burnell would be receiving the Prize 'for fundamental contributions to the discovery of pulsars, and a lifetime of inspiring leadership in the…