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Jocelyn Bell Burnell Wins Prestigious RAS Award
21/01/2021
The Gold Medal was first awarded in 1824 and previous winners include Albert Einstein, Edwin Hubble, Arthur Eddington and Stephen Hawking.   Since 1964 there have only been two Gold Medals awarded each year, one for geophysics and one for astronomy…
Prof Tarun Khaitan
Professor Tarun Khaita
15/01/2021
Mansfield College is delighted to announce that from 1 July 2021, Professor Tarun Khaitan will become a Governing Body Fellow, upon taking up his position as  Head of Research at the Bonavero Institute of Human Rights, which has its home at…
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Mansfield Public Talks
13/01/2021
Held each Friday from 5.30pm during Oxford University term time, Mansfield's lively and engaging series of public talks are free and open to all, with current students, alumni, colleagues and interested members of the public all warmly welcomed and…
Sir Guy Weston and Prof Shearer West
New Year Honours 2021
11/01/2021
We are excited to announce that two members of our Mansfield College community have been recognised in the 2021 Queen's New Year's Honours list.    Professor Shearer West, Mansfield Honorary Fellow and former Head of the Humanities Division at the…
Donald Sykes_Image courtesy of Roger Sykes
Remembering Donald Sykes
04/01/2021
We are deeply saddened to announce the passing of Donald Sykes, Principal of Mansfield College from 1977 to 1986, who died peacefully on 26th December 2020 after a long illness. Donald was a well-remembered and much-loved figure in our community,…