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Quantum information leaks away from a muon implanted in a fluoride crystal
Decoding decoherence
27/08/2020
Professor Stephen Blundell and DPhil student (and former Mansfield MCR President) John Wilkinson have observed the decoherence process that occurs within quantum mechanical systems. Their recent paper is the "Editors’ Suggestion” article in the…
Statement on Admissions 2020
15/08/2020
Update: 19/08/2020 We are delighted that candidates can now use their Centre Assessed Grades to meet their offer. Particular praise and thanks must go to impressive (and largely unsung) teacher heroes at so many schools, and to this year’s A Level…
Ros Ballaster's new book Fictions of Presence. A painting of a young woman from the 18th century on the cover.
Ros Ballaster releases new book
12/08/2020
Professor Ros Ballaster has recently published ‘Fictions of Presence’, a study of the contested embodiment of the idea of "presence" in the plays and novels of the eighteenth century.  In the years following the 1737 Licensing Act, the English…
Dorothy Wilson pictured centrally in this close up shot of her in the year group photo. In the foreground row are men in academic dress. Behind them, three women.
Celebrating 40 years of Women At Mansfield
29/07/2020
In 2020 the University of Oxford celebrates 100 years of women having the right to matriculate. Similarly, the academic year of 2019 – 2020 marks 40 years of mixed-gender undergraduate cohorts here at Mansfield. To mark both occasions, we are…
The London Mozart Players Chamber Orchestra in Mansfield Library. Musicians at in two socially-distances lines down each side of the central aisle, with the violinist Jennifer standing in the middle at the front.
London Mozart Players Perform Live from Mansfield
22/07/2020
Violin virtuoso Jennifer Pike joined the London Mozart Players (LMP) for a streamed performance of Vivaldi’s Four Seasons from Mansfield Library on 22nd July. This socially-distanced concert was part of the LMP’s ‘Live!’ series of performances…