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For Mansfield. Forever. A timeline of recent milestones

Mansfield’s moment has been years in the making.

2018: Helen Mountfield KC becomes Principal

2019: Jan Fischer (VSP, 1989) establishes the Jan Fischer Social and Educational Opportunity Fund

2019: Antonio Bonchristiano (PPE, 1984) establishes the Bonchristiano Sport Fund

2020: Mansfield partners with the University of Oxford’s prestigious Weidenfeld-Hoffmann Scholarships and Leadership Programme to offer seven new fully funded Kofi Annan Scholarships, also supported by Jan Fischer (VSP, 1989)

2021: Mansfield becomes a College of Sanctuary in recognition of its inclusive culture of welcome

Ilham Abdalla Tagelsir Ali, 2021/22 Sanctuary Scholar

2021: Alastair McBain (Oriental Studies, 1974) and the McBain Family Foundation endow the McBain Access Officer and the McBain Scholarship in Human RIghts Law

2022: Professor Peter Baldwin and Dr Lisbet Rausing endow the Jonathan Cooper Chair of the History of Sexualities at Mansfield College, now held by Professor Matt Cook

Matt Cook

2022: Chris Foster (Maths, 1997), Anthony Dewell (Maths, 2002), and the entire Maths alumni community come together to endow the Janet Dyson Tutorial Fellowship in Mathematics – Mansfield’s first fully endowed Tutorial Fellowship

2022: William Jackson (Exeter, Geography, 1983) endows the Tony Lemon Tutorial Fellowship in Geography

2023: Guy Hands (PPE, 1978) and his wife Julia Hands MBE endow the Michael Freeden Tutorial Fellowship in PPE

2023: Sir Paul Ruddock (Jurisprudence, 1977) pledges generous support towards the College’s transformational redevelopment

2023: Chris Foster (Maths, 1997) makes a historic gift of £25 million to kick-start the For Mansfield. Forever. campaign in support of People, Place and Culture

2023: Stories appointed as Mansfield’s development partner and Feilden Fowles as architects of our transformational redevelopment project

2024: 170 supporters donated more than £150k in our most successful Giving Day yet. Since 2018, more than 1500 generous alumni have made gifts totalling more than £46 million

Next: Championing our world-class teaching and research, transforming our site, taking Mansfield to net zero, and creating lifechanging opportunities for generations of students to come

Find out more www.mansfield.ox.ac.uk/forever

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