College Record 2024/25

College Record 2024/25

Contents Principal’s report ........................................................................................................................................ 3 Bursar’s report ............................................................................................................................................ 5 Development Director’s report ............................................................................................................ 6 Senior Tutor’s report ................................................................................................................................ 8 Tutor for Graduates’ report ................................................................................................................... 9 Visiting Students Programme report ................................................................................................. 11 Access and outreach report ................................................................................................................... 12 Library report .............................................................................................................................................. 14 Fellows’ news ............................................................................................................................................... 16 JCR report .................................................................................................................................................... 18 MCR report ................................................................................................................................................... 19 Sports round up .......................................................................................................................................... 20 MCBC report ................................................................................................................................................ 21 Arts and Culture report ........................................................................................................................... 24 Supporting students ................................................................................................................................. 25 MCAA report ............................................................................................................................................... 26 Bonavero Institute of Human Rights report .................................................................................... 28 Alumni news ................................................................................................................................................. 29 Top social media picks ............................................................................................................................. 31 Mansfield Public Talks archive ............................................................................................................. 32 Obituaries ...................................................................................................................................................... 36 Examination results ................................................................................................................................... 38 College & University prizes..................................................................................................................... 41 Matriculated students .............................................................................................................................. 44 Graduated students .................................................................................................................................. 46 College Fellows ............................................................................................................................................ 48 Our supporters ............................................................................................................................................ 51 The year in pictures ................................................................................................................................... 59

Principal’s report Helen Mountfield KC Welcome to Mansfield’s second College Record - an annual publication dedicated to recording the events and achievements of each academic year.

This past year has once again been a remarkable one for Mansfield – full of ambition, achievement, and the unique energy that defines our community.

Looking back, I feel the same deep pride that I know so many of us share: pride in our students, who continue to bring fresh insight, challenge, and determination; in our academics, whose influence reaches far beyond our walls; and in our alumni and friends, whose support and example help shape the future of our College.

Our students’ successes remain at the heart of what we do, and this year has been no exception. Their academic accomplishments, engagement within the College, and contributions to the wider University continue to inspire us all. This year, 19 students achieved first class degrees, and Mansfielders once again featured prominently in University awards, winning 13 prizes. Notably, Shastikk Kumaran (Jurisprudence, 2021) was elected as an Examination Fellow at All Souls College – an exceptional academic distinction.

Mansfield was also recognised on the global stage this year, receiving a Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) Award for the For Mansfield.

Forever. fundraising campaign, acknowledging its powerful design, clear messaging, and demonstrable impact.

We remain profoundly grateful to our benefactors, especially alumnus Chris Foster (Maths, 1997), whose landmark gift continues to shape Mansfield’s future. This year, we were delighted to welcome him

and his family and friends to a special dinner at College, where he received his Bancroft Fellowship – the College’s highest philanthropic honour – and where we also unveiled our new Board of Benefactors.

Our academic fellowship continues to flourish. Professor Ros Ballaster and Professor Alison Salvesen were elected to the British Academy – two of just eight Oxford academics honoured this year – in recognition of their outstanding scholarship in Eighteenth Century Literature and Early Hebrew scripture, respectively. We also celebrated Dame Professor Jocelyn Bell Burnell’s appointment as a Companion of Honour in the King’s Birthday Honours 2025, acknowledging both her pioneering scientific work and her long-standing commitment to widening participation in science.

A significant milestone for the College this year has been the expansion of graduate scholarships. Thanks to Chris Foster’s £4.7m gift - matched through the University’s Graduate Endowment Matched Scholarship (GEMS) scheme - we have established the Oxford-Foster Scholarships, creating our first fully funded cohort of graduate scholarships in the Humanities and Politics.

Across the College, this has been a year of looking forward as much as celebrating. Our community has been engaged in the series of consultations on the Estate Transformation Project (ETP). These 3

conversations – thoughtful, challenging, and imaginative - are helping us shape a redevelopment that is worthy of Mansfield’s future.

Culturally, too, the College has continued to thrive. We launched a new programme of professional classical concerts, bringing world-class performance to Mansfield. Our first Schwarzman Cultural Fellow, artist Travis Alabanza, hosted our Very Queer Formal, a joyous celebration of identity, creativity, and community – everything Mansfield stands for. Our students also staged a production of As You Like It in the College gardens, bringing Shakespeare to life with characteristic energy and imagination.

Every one of these achievements reflects the values that have always defined us: openness, intellectual curiosity, and a commitment to challenge - including challenging ourselves. Mansfield remains a place where ideas are tested, differences are respected, and community is created through shared purpose. In a world that feels ever more fractured, these principles matter deeply.

It remains the greatest privilege to serve as Principal of our small but mighty College. I look forward to all that the coming year will bring.

Unveiling of the new Board of Benefactors

Chris Foster’s Bancroft Fellowship Dinner, 15 November 2024

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Bursar’s report Clem Brohier It has been an exceptionally busy and exciting year at Mansfield, and we have made considerable progress in several areas. In December 2024, we concluded the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) Stage 2: Concept Design of the Estate Transformation Project, and in January 2025, Governing Body (GB) voted to progress to RIBA Stage 3: Technical Design.

Working with development advisers, Stories, and appointed architects, Feilden Fowles, we planned and completed six pre-application meetings with the Oxford City Council planners. The College submitted an application for planning permission in November 2025.

Looking ahead over the next few months, we are focusing on the design, planning, delivery strategy, and decant strategy, continuing our consultative approach to the project.

During the year, business-as-usual continued through several committees: The Finance and Resources Committee: financial reporting; financial and resources management; development and alumni relations; Human Resources; IT; health and safety; maintenance.

The Remuneration Committee: advising on the salaries and benefits for employees within the College who also serve as trustees.

The Estate Development Sub-Committee: for the Estate Transformation Project.

The Joint Consultative Committee: meeting with student representatives and academics, administrative and operational staff to discuss emerging issues.

The Environment Sustainability Working Group brings staff and students together to support our sustainability goals. We’re delighted that Mansfield has achieved Gold accreditation with Green Impact.

Green Impact is an award-winning programme that helps staff and students take practical steps to improve sustainability in their building, department or college. This fantastic achievement was driven by Sophie Williams (Geography, 2023), JCR Environment & Ethics rep; Clara Cecil (MSc Sustainability, Enterprise & the Environment, 2024), MCR Environment & Ethics rep; and the Colleges Sustainability Officer, Jillian Mowbray.

As part of the College’s Governance Working Group review, we established an Audit and Risk Committee. GB approved the nominations of six external members, and an inaugural meeting took place on Friday 4 April 2025, and two subsequent meetings have been held since then.

The Committee reviews and reports to GB annually on the adequacy of the College’s systems for governance, management controls, and risk management.

In its work, it reviews the comprehensiveness of assurances, assessing the reliability and integrity of those assurances; monitors the relationship with the external auditor; approves the internal audit plan; considers audit reports, ensuring that it understands from management how such findings are being addressed; and reviews the annual external audit of the annual report and accounts.

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Gaudy for 2010-2020 Matriculands, 27 September 2025

Development Director’s report Tess McCormick This year has been one of significant progress for Mansfield’s Development team, with important advances across all areas of fundraising and alumni engagement.

The most notable development was a major gift from Chris Foster (Maths, 1997) of £4.7m, together with match-funding through the University’s Graduate Endowment Matched Scholarship (GEMS) scheme, establishing the Oxford-Foster Scholarships.

These fully endowed graduate scholarships will support up to five Humanities students at any one time, beginning with the first cohort in the 2026/27 academic year. This gift represents a landmark moment in Mansfield’s mission to widen access and ensure that financial barriers do not prevent talented students from pursuing their studies at the graduate level.

The For Mansfield. Forever. campaign has also reached a significant milestone, with funds raised now standing at £52.2 million.

This figure reflects gifts and pledges across the campaign’s three pillars – People, Place, and Culture – as well as unrestricted gifts.

We were proud that the campaign received

international recognition this year, winning both a Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) Global award and a CASE Europe Award for its impact and for Mansfield’s leadership in widening participation at Oxford.

Within the People pillar, Mansfield is delighted to have endowed a second Fellowship in Mathematics, thanks to the generosity of Anthony Dewell (Maths, 2002), supported by matched funding from the College Contribution Scheme. This marks the first subject at Mansfield to benefit from two endowed Fellowships.

The Place pillar – focused on the College’s ambitious estate transformation – has now secured £12.5 million towards a £20 million target. This once-in-a-generation project, scheduled to begin in 2026, will transform the College site, and provide outstanding 6

new facilities for teaching, research, and student life. We are deeply grateful to the alumni and friends whose early support has brought us this far. Securing the remaining funds for this transformation remains a top priority for the coming year.

Our regular giving programme has also seen notable successes. The annual telethon, delivered by 13 student callers, raised more than £78,000 – our strongest result of recent years. Membership of the 1886 Circle, which recognises leadershiplevel annual giving, has grown by 14%, with younger alumni particularly engaged.

Legacy giving remains a vital element of Mansfield’s long-term funding, with pledges continuing to build.

This year also saw the launch of Mansfield Lives, a digital archive of alumni memories that already includes more than 160

contributions. The project is a powerful way to capture the lived history of the College ahead of the significant changes the estate transformation will bring. Alumni relations activity has been extensive, with a busy calendar of lectures, Gaudies, and social events at Mansfield, in London, and internationally. Engagement with our communications remains strong, with open rates for the College’s monthly enewsletters among the highest across Oxford.

We are so grateful to all alumni and friends who have supported Mansfield this year, thanks to whom the College continues to thrive. Their support – whether through major gifts, ongoing donations, legacy pledges, or active participation in the life of the College – plays a crucial role in sustaining Mansfield’s mission, and securing its future.

Gaudy for 2000-09 Matriculands, 28 September 2024

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Senior Tutor’s report Dr Helen Lacey The academic year 2024/25 has been my first as Senior Tutor and one of my main goals has been to learn from my predecessor, Lucinda Rumsey MBE (from 2008-2024), who did so much to champion widening participation at Mansfield. Lucinda, Helen Brooks (Registrar) and the Academic Office team have achieved so much in this field that I thought it right to nominate them for a Vice-Chancellor’s Award. The shortlisting took place in March, and I am very proud to say that we were one of six teams to be shortlisted, in our case for Widening Student Access and Outreach. Although we did not take the top overall prize, being shortlisted was a real recognition of the contribution that Mansfield has made to the University of Oxford, surpassing the targets set in the University’s Access and Participation Plan, and increasing the proportion of successful applicants to Oxford from under-represented groups.

This first year as Senior Tutor has also impressed on me the talents and hard work that our students bring to their studies. We see this when finals results are announced in the summer, but also before that, in dark November days when students are working away on essays in the library or returning to College after a full day in the labs. I am also so pleased to see how our students support each other and get along as a real academic community. They bring their enthusiasm to a wide array of extracurricular activities too, with plays, poetry readings, sports and choir all adding to the enriching environment of the College.

After strong results in the 2023/24 academic year, it is pleasing to report that Mansfield’s results have remained high this year, with 19 first class degrees and seven distinctions in

integrated masters in total. Four of these were in Theology & Religion, four in Maths, three in English, and two each in Geography, History, Materials, Maths & Stats, PPE and Physics (including Mathematical & Theoretical Physics), and one each in Engineering, Human Sciences and Law. Mansfield students scooped several of the top university prizes: the Gibbs Prize for best performance in written examinations in Geography and Herbertson Prize for best human geography dissertation in geography; Gibbs proxime accessit for Law and Faculty Prize for Law, Gibbs Prize for Maths & Statistics, Physics Prize for practical work, Maths Prize for Part B and Maths Prelims Exam Prize.

In the next academic year we look forward to welcoming several new fellows: Inbar Levy, Tutorial Fellow in Law; Mark McInroy, Associate Professor in Contemporary and Systemic Theology; and Christopher Pulte, Tutorial Fellow in Computer Science. Our first cohort of Computer Science students will arrive, and it will be exciting to add this new subject to Mansfield’s repertoire. Our academics continue their world-leading research, with Professor Ros Ballaster and Professor Alison Salvesen elected Fellows of the British Academy.

Mansfield students continue to excel, and our tutors continue to help them to reach their potential.

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Tutor for Graduates’ report Dr Chris Salamone In the 2024/25 academic year, we were very pleased to welcome 97 new students into Mansfield’s thriving graduate community.

Once again, our course offerings increased to reflect the growing and diverse academic expertise within the College. Mansfield gained its first postgraduate students in Computer Science (MSc Advanced Computer Science), who lead the way before our undergraduates in this subject arrive for 2025/26. We also expanded our course offerings for students taking degrees at Oxford’s Department of Education: opening up to students pursuing the DPhil in Education and an MSc in Higher Education, we hope to foster connections between the College’s outstanding, data-driven access work and cutting-edge postgraduate research.

Our determination to provide more funding opportunities for talented students wishing to undertake graduate degrees continued at pace this year. The inaugural recipient of Mansfield’s new Jon Blanchard Scholarship arrived to embark on the MSt in English (1830-1914). With generous donor support and in partnership with the Faculty of English, this Scholarship provides full funding for a postgraduate taking any one-year post-1550 MSt strand in English. We are delighted to offer this opportunity established by Philip Bignell in memory of his partner and our alumnus, the late Jon Blanchard (English, 1972). With financial support from the Council of Lutheran Churches and through the generosity of our donors, Mansfield also partnered with the University’s Graduate Scholarships for Ukraine scheme. Together with a co-funded Mastercard Foundation AfOx Sanctuary Scholarship, these awards are a vital part of Mansfield’s commitment

to nurturing a culture of inclusivity for those seeking sanctuary and further academic study at Oxford. In total, with support from donors, partner organisations and the University’s College Contribution Scheme 7 (CCS7) match-funding scheme, Mansfield helped fund 18 new graduates in this academic year. And with much excitement, thanks to support from alumnus and Bancroft Fellow, Chris Foster (Maths, 1997), we lay the groundwork for what will be a major new, endowed suite of graduate awards at Mansfield, the Oxford-Foster Scholarships. These will focus on five areas of the Humanities that have now sadly experienced significant cuts in the levels of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) funding available for graduates: English, History, Theology, Philosophy, and Politics. The Oxford-Foster Scholarships will fully fund a graduate in each one of these subjects, with the first awardees joining us in 2026/27.

Being the first endowed full-funding scholarships at Mansfield, it is a landmark moment in the graduate landscape at the College. A huge thanks to the alumni and supporters who are enabling us to create these new graduate funding opportunities to attract and enable brilliant students to further their study at Mansfield.

This report is also a chance to reflect on and celebrate the academic achievements of our postgraduate students, 77 of whom successfully completed their degrees across 41 subjects. We were thrilled, for

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example, to see a Mansfield postgraduate awarded the BCL Law Faculty Prize in International Environmental Law. A total of 21 doctoral students completed their DPhils across 11 subjects this year — from English and Theology to Engineering and Theoretical Physics — a testament to the vibrant research culture in College and the breadth of subject expertise within our graduate community. Each termly DPhil Dinner, at which recently completed DPhil graduates are invited to High Table for the SCR so we can congratulate them on their achievements, was warmly attended and a night of celebration.

While the DPhil Dinner celebrates the result of many years of study, Mansfield’s termly MCR/SCR Michael Mahony Seminar showcases the research of our doctoral students at an earlier stage in their academic journey, and gives our Fellows, too, a moment to share with us their own research projects. This year, the Mahony Seminars gave a forum in which we heard fascinating papers from the following DPhil students and SCR members:

A huge thanks to those who gave papers and to the graduates and tutors who joined us in the Auditorium on each occasion. The Hilary term Michael Mahony seminar was particularly noteworthy for its ambition and scope, drawing together ten speakers from the MCR and SCR, in subjects across all divisions, whose research intersects with pressing human rights issues and questions.

The quickfire format of five-minute papers and the breadth of subjects brought into focus interesting crossovers within our unifying theme, moving between matters of law, politics, and human geography, to developments in renewable and environmental technology, and historical approaches to equality and community. The event was just another reminder of the synergies and connections that flourish within Mansfield’s academic community.

Michaelmas term 2024 Richard Foster (DPhil Politics, 2023): ‘Between Fact and Fiction: How can stories improve our politics?’

Dr Ayoush Lazikani (Lecturer in English): ‘Affective Meditation Without Borders’.

Hilary term 2025 Interdisciplinary Human Rights ‘Lightning’ Talks (ten speakers), in collaboration with the Bonavero Institute of Human Rights.

HT25 MCR/SCR Michael Mahony Seminar, 20 February 2025

Trinity term 2025 Liz Wan (DPhil English, 2022): ‘Romantic Dreams and Archival Research’.

Dr Mark Atherton (Lecturer in English): ‘”Him mette a wonder dreem”: Dreaming in the Middle Ages and new beginnings in English history’.

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Visiting Student Programme report I was delighted to take on responsibility for Mansfield College’s prestigious Visiting Student Programme (VSP) last summer, following its handover from our new Senior Tutor, Dr Helen Lacey. This year, 42 visiting students joined our College community, and they have flourished academically - excelling in subjects including English, Geography, History, Human Sciences, PPE, and Theology.

Dr Grace Heaton Programme Director

The year began with a Welcome Dinner held in This year I also had the pleasure of our Chapel, during which the students were meeting representatives from our encouraged to make the most of every partner organisations in the US and other opportunity Oxford offers. The students organisations that we work closely with responded to this call with vigour: they to recruit talented students that wish to organised ‘watch parties’ in the JCR for the US study at the University of Oxford. As the Presidential Election and the Super Bowl, they new academic year approaches, I look took part in events to mark Thanksgiving and forward to welcoming the class of Lunar New Year, and they performed in the 2025/26 who will join us from: annual ‘Mansfieldmas’ celebration – one Bates College, Boston College, Boston student recited a poem they had written, while University, Brown University, College of another performed a rendition of Joni the Holy Cross, Colorado College, Mitchell’s soulful ‘River’. The students also took Cornell University, DePauw University, part in Shakespeare Play-Reading evenings Dickinson College, Harvard University, and became valued members of sports teams.

Haverford College, Lehigh University, As the academic year drew to a close, they Santa Clara University, School of Foreign tried their hands at punting, organised picnics, Languages, Sun Yat-Sen University, The and played croquet. We celebrated their time Chinese University of Hong Kong, Trinity in Oxford with a farewell reception, during College of Connecticut, University of which the students shared their exciting travel Iowa, Washington and Lee University, plans for the summer, and their aspirations for Wellesley College, Wheaton College, and the rest of their academic and professional William Jewell College. careers. It was a pleasure getting to know each of them, and I wish them every success moving forward.

VSP cohort 2024/25 Farewell Reception, 4 June 2025

Photo credit: Keiko Ikeuchi

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Access and outreach report Sarah Large, McBain Senior Access Officer The 2024/25 academic year has been busy with us introducing new programmes and events, while continuing our existing provision. Our residentials for Yorkshire & the Humber continued for a third year, giving 48 students the chance to take part in an academic programme while experiencing student life at Mansfield. We expanded our work with our link schools, hosting multiple Year 10 conferences. The conferences gave students an introduction to Oxford, information about A-Level subject choices, student finance, and a chance to stretch their thinking beyond the curriculum.

157 outreach events 5,000+ students engaged

STEM residential for Yorkshire & the Humber Over the past year, we have embarked on a collaboration with Become, the national charity that supports young people who have experienced the care system. We have delivered three webinars with them to give care-experienced students the information they need to make a competitive application to Oxford, knowledge about the support they can receive, and to encourage them to aim high.

In addition to our work with Become, we hosted a visit to Mansfield for careexperienced students from south London in collaboration with London Virtual Schools (responsible for supporting careexperienced children and young people in education).

Humanities and Social Sciences residential for Yorkshire & the Humber The visit effectively helped to break down barriers by challenging the negative perceptions that some care-experienced students hold about their ability/potential to progress to university. The session with current students was very inspiring and our young people reported that this was one of the key things that helped them to see that they CAN achieve!

Staff member on virtual school visit Subject specific outreach has been a major focus for us this year. It gives students a real taste of what studying the subject at university is like, which helps them feel secure in their subject choice, and allows them to develop subject-specific skills that are essential for the application process.

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In collaboration with St Anne’s and St Catherine’s Colleges, we have delivered an online series for women and non-binary students interested in studying STEM at university. This involved a launch session with admissions guidance and subsequent subject sessions giving a comprehensive overview of each of the STEM courses offered at Oxford. Attendees had the chance to hear more about the course, take part in a short academic taster session, and pose questions to current undergraduate students. We also delivered an in-person event at Mansfield to complement this series.

Working together with Mansfield’s wonderful history tutors, we hosted a History Study Day focused on the theme ‘Politics and Protest’. The highlights of the day were the academic sessions led by our tutors, which covered: popular culture and the Chartist movement, the Peasants’ Revolt of 1381, ‘revolting women’ of the 1970s-1990s, and petitioning as protest in pre-Civil War London. We hope to continue hosting study days for prospective students to empower and equip them with the knowledge and skills they need to make a competitive application, while showcasing the expertise of our subject tutors and the academic community here at Mansfield.

Before these courses I didn't feel confident applying to STEM in such a prestigious university, but this course broke down the stigma and made it feel worth applying!

Thank you.

Attendee of the women and non-binary people in STEM series As I am writing this, we are preparing to welcome a new staff member to the Access Team which will enable us to expand our outreach work. I am particularly looking forward to expanding our digital outreach to widen our reach beyond our in-person events. We will focus on creating relatable and insightful content from current students, as well as engaging academic content and admissions guidance with the help of our tutors. Our aim is for prospective students to feel supported and well-informed and, by centring student voice in our work, see themselves represented at Mansfield.

Students in the Weston Library looking at archival sources on our History Study Day

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Library report Clare Kavanagh, Librarian The year began on a high note as we welcomed over 500 visitors to the Main Library and other areas of the College as part of Oxford Open Doors in September. The event provides the ideal opportunity to get the libraries to look their best in preparation for welcoming the freshers and returning students. This included a deep clean of the books and shelves along with the creation of a fascinating exhibition of recently conserved items from the special collection – among them one of Mansfield’s treasures: a beautifully illustrated William Tyndale Bible dating from 1566-68. Freshers library inductions were again very well attended, helped by the added draw of a subject-specific book gift for the new undergraduates.

Library arm chair

Library by the numbers:

We are always looking to improve the library as a study space and resource, and this year we have added more assistive equipment - including two comfortable armchairs, stress balls, monitors as second screens and, most importantly, red blankets for the chilly weather! The contemporary fiction, study skills and wellbeing book collections have also expanded, and there have been some excellent verses composed on the poetry board. We have communicated much of this via our new Instagram account (@mansfieldcollegelibrary), so give us a follow!

2,158 book loans 610 renewals

Top ten most borrowed books

1,050 new books added 212 donated 15 written by alumni

William Tyndale Bible dating from 1566-68

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Books written by alumni included Give it a Grow by Martha Swales (Human Sciences, 2007) which we celebrated with a pop-up seed library giveaway, and mathematics books purchased by a donation from alum Anthony Dewell (Maths, 2002). And writing of donations, we are currently working through the substantial personal library and papers (65 large boxes!) of former Principal David Marquand, with the invaluable assistance of graduate student Liz Wan (DPhil English, 2022). We have uncovered several hidden gems, including letters written to and from the Prime Minister, James Ramsay MacDonald, and some excellent books to add to our collection. Books not added will be offered to Mansfield staff and students, with any left sent onto Better World Books.

Our vibrant themed book displays are always well received, and this year has been no exception. They have included Black History Month, UK Disability History Month, LGBTQ+ History Month, Neurodiversity Celebration week, and Pride Month, and various literary prize short lists. Currently on display around the Main Library is poetry from the students our Writer in Residence, Kate Clancy, works with at Ethnic Minority Business Service (EMBS), and we were delighted to host them for readings on World Poetry Day.

Maths books donated by Anthony Dewell Our volunteer antiquarian cataloguer, Naomi van Loo, has finished cataloguing our special collection, now searchable on SOLO. This has resulted in several volumes being consulted by external and internal researchers, and we hope to promote greater use by Mansfield students in the future too. This was encouraged by Vice-Principal and English Fellow Professor Ros Ballaster, whose students from her 18thcentury book course examined examples from the collection. The archive collection has also been in regular use, including a visit from residents of Fairbairn Hall in London - the former site of the Mansfield House University Settlement. They are keen to collaborate on a permanent exhibition there, exploring the historic links between Mansfield College and the Settlement, founded on values that continue to shape us today: accessibility, equality, and inclusivity.

Display of 18th century books from the Library's special collection

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Fellows’ News Professor Stephen Blundell Awarded prestigious 2024 Institute of Physics Lawrence Bragg Medal (14 October 2024) This award recognises Stephen’s outstanding contributions to physics scholarship and education, particularly through the publication of influential textbooks.

Professor Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell appointed Rector of Brunel University (20 January 2025) As a ceremonial figurehead of Brunel University, the Rector confers degrees and presents awards, such as at graduation ceremonies, and also holds an important ambassadorial role for the university.

Professor Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell named Companion of Honour in King’s Birthday Honours 2025 (13 June 2025) Jocelyn continues to receive many accolades, and in 2025 she was appointed a Companion of Honour - the most prestigious award in the King’s Birthday Honours. Other Mansfield ties to this distinction include Sir Antony Gormley, creator of Present Time, the cast iron sculpture in our Quad; and Lord Patten of Barnes, former Chancellor of the University of Oxford and Visitor of Mansfield College, who was appointed in the 1998 New Year Honours.

Dr Lyndsey Jenkins, awarded £215K Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) Catalyst Grant (January 2025) The award was granted for Lyndsey’s research project ‘The National Women’s MP: Joyce Butler, women’s rights, and women’s liberation from the 1950s to the 1970s’. This is a collaborative project with Haringey Archive and Museum Service at Bruce Castle Museum, which holds Butler’s uncatalogued papers.

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Dr Lyndsey Jenkins, History Fellow, curates free exhibition in London (June 2025) As part of Lyndsey’s AHRC’s Catalyst Grant project, Lyndsey has curated a free exhibition on the life and work of Joyce Butler, MP for Wood Green 1955-1979 which opened at Bruce Castle Museum and Archive in Tottenham, London.

Photo: Lyndsey (on the right) with guests at the opening event, June 2025

Professor Alison Salvesen and Professor Ros Ballaster elected to British Academy Fellowship (18 July 2025) Alison and Ros are two of eight Oxford academics elected to the 2025 Fellowship cohort, honoured for their outstanding research and contributions to Theology and English.

Professor James Marrow to help lead Oxford’s role in £13m nuclear materials programme (13 August 2025) James will be leading the University of Oxford’s contribution to ENLIGHT (Enabling a Lifecycle Approach to Graphite for Advanced Modular Reactors) - a new £13m, five-year programme to develop sustainable nuclear graphite. Oxford will lead one of ENLIGHT’s three strands: designing new graphite materials engineered to withstand the extreme conditions inside next-generation reactors.

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JCR report Sebastian Coxon Vadillo (Engineering Science, 2023), JCR President The 2024/25 JCR events have followed a similar structure to previous years. The main elements are two BOPs (weeks 0 and 7), two Champagne and Chocolates (C&Cs, weeks 1 and 6) and welfare week in week 5 every term. These events have become fixtures because of their unique character - from C&Cs to the ever-popular Cakes and Compliments during welfare week - bringing Mansfield students together and even drawing in students from other colleges who want to experience our community for themselves.

Mansfield’s JCR Bench has three Entertainment Officers (ENTZ) who often prioritise organising events that include alcohol, while the Welfare Bench runs plenty of activities without alcohol. The ENTZ organise music, decorations, and in-College venues for each of the BOPs and C&Cs. Collaborating with other college ENTZ, they also provide tickets to mega BOPs (multicollege exclusive nights out) which allows Mansfield students to mix with students from other colleges in a safe environment. Most of these events were well received, however, the second BOP of the term is usually less popular as there are many other end of term events happening at the same time.

JCR welfare event Within the JCR Bench is the ‘Welfare Bench’ which includes all representative officers led by the Vice President of Welfare. Each member of the Bench is expected to run one event a term, allowing for a diverse range of accessible events that fill the term and ensure all groups feel included. A drawback of this system is that when a representative role isn’t filled, the community it’s meant to support can end up overlooked.

JCR BOP

Examples of well-received events include the International Women’s Day postcarddecorating session and Super Bowl watch party. In addition, each fifth week of term features a welfare event, with the longstanding favourites being Cakes and Compliments and Cookie Fairy. The Welfare Bench helps us to uphold our commitment to access, inclusivity, and student wellbeing, giving all students a chance to take a break from their studies in a fun and welcoming space.

All of the events are promoted through weekly mailouts, as well as the JCR and ENTZ Instagram accounts and Facebook, ensuring they reach the full student community.

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MCR report Alec Xu (DPhil Engineering Science, 2022), MCR President In 2024/25, Mansfield College continued to build a strong MCR community, welcoming students from 24 countries, studying subjects as diverse and multi-faceted as 18th century Anglo-Italian espionage, to optical microscopy, to the nature of animal souls. Over this period, our MCR members found a home in the College, winding down their intensive academic work with a weekly wine and cheese and welfare tea. We also hosted breakfast bootcamps, creating a focused environment where MCR members could make progress on their thesis writing together. We also continued our strong tradition of jointly hosted MCR-SCR dinners, allowing our members to fully engage with the wide range of academic interests represented at College. Many also became avid members of the College Choir and weekly life drawing sessions, allowing their artistic talent to flourish.

Diversity and Welfare continue to be strong focus points of the MCR, with queer and Black, Indigenous, and People of Colour (BIPOC) brunches dotting our already busy schedule.

To allow our members to flourish to the fullest, we also piloted the introduction of a welfare fund and a small projects fund, giving our members some support to achieve their extracurricular pursuits.

be hosting Magdalen College at one of our 18 formal exchange dinners this year, joining Jesus College at a Halloween-themed BOP, or advocating alongside Somerville College against college disparities at the Conference of Common Rooms, the Mansfield MCR has worked hard to reach out and integrate itself with the Oxford community at large.

Additionally, we also expanded our horizons beyond College, beginning our freshers’ week with a tour of the Ashmolean as well as a historic walk through the town itself. We also expanded our horizons outside of Oxford leading our members on a meandering walk through the Cotswolds. We brought our members on a gruelling eight-hour hike, before finally relaxing for a pint down by Lower Slaughter.

We were quick to celebrate the end of the year with the annual boat party, and said goodbye to our graduating students on a cruise down the Isis. The MCR also continued the tradition of a tight-knit community and This year, we also found a home in the fabric of looks forward to welcoming our new the broader university community. Whether it members of the 2025/26 academic year.

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Sports round up Sebastian Coxon Vadillo (Engineering Science, 2023) For women’s football, Wertonfield (Wadham, Merton, and Mansfield teams merged) finished second in the top league and made it to the Cupper’s final. Their numbers have grown from 12 to 25 this year, thanks to funding which helped them rebuild and expand.

The men’s football teams fielded two sides this year: the 2s finished as runners-up of their league, and the 1s beat Hughdam (St Hugh’s and Wadham Colleges), who had knocked them out the last three years - great moment for the team. The men’s and women’s squads also came together for the first-ever M’s alumni day (M’s being the Mansfield-Merton combination), showing strong social growth and closer links between the two sides.

The men’s rugby is merged with St Catherine’s, Corpus Christi, Somerville, and Merton colleges. The team won the plate and went on to win the main cup competition in Rugby 7s Cuppers. The structure is shifting next year, with plans to join Keble College for league games. We hope to attract new players to maintain a strong squad moving forward.

For cricket, Mansfield-Merton Cricket Club was knocked out in the first round of Cuppers.

However, the team won four out of five league games, including a victory over New College, who went on to win both the Cuppers and the league. Despite a very competitive season, we did not progress to the next round.

For netball, the Mansfield club has seen tremendous growth this year, finishing second in the mixed league. Funding allowed them to purchase bibs, balls, and shirts, a huge step up from starting the year using a football and borrowing bibs from Hertford College for every match.

Men’s football team at the alumni football dinner, 13 March 2025

Although knocked out of Cuppers early, the team reached the final of the plate. While usually joined with Merton, they combined with Balliol and University colleges in Trinity term, with discussions underway about continuing this partnership as the latter two teams were short on numbers. The club also hosted a great alumni game and dinner in Hilary term!

Hockey team

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MCBC Summer VIIIs - Celebrating 60 years on Saturday 31 May

MCBC report James Bennett (Materials Science, 2021), MCBC President In its 60th anniversary year, Mansfield College Boat Club (MCBC) had a brilliant year, and it has been an honour to be the President of such a vibrant club. It has been a great year for recruitment and involvement in the sport.

Despite the tricky river conditions throughout Michaelmas and Hilary, we welcomed many new novice athletes to the club, who filled four seats in the W1 and five seats in the O1 in the Summer VIIIs! The success of all our novices is a testament to their hard work and dedication, not to mention the hard work of the captains and coaches throughout the year.

river conditions were poor. In Michaelmas this year, we were lucky to be able to purchase a brand new W2 shell, correctly weighted for women, which was very generously supported by Anthony Dewell (Maths, 2002). In addition, I would like to extend our gratitude to Antonio Bonchristiano (PPE, 1984) for his continued support funding coaching, and Chris Foster for his commitment to funding our training camp and future Head Coach position, making the club more accessible to all.

For many members, the highlight of the year was our training camp at Ely over the Easter break, generously supported by Chris Foster (Maths, 1997), making it accessible for everyone. The camp was a roaring success with beautiful sunshine, and a full men’s and women’s boat taking to the 7km stretch of river. Staying in Cambridge with the whole squad was great fun; hopefully this tradition can carry on to even bigger things in future years. In addition to this camp, we also had several away days in Swindon throughout Hilary term, vital for training our novices when

In April, MCBC’s Imogen Boxall (Human Sciences, 2022) was selected to represent the University in Osiris in the Boat Race, an inspiration to many members of the club. I wish all future trialists from Mansfield similar success!

In addition, in May, MCBC alumni and former coach Martha Birtles (English, 2018) won gold for GB in the European rowing championships in Plovdiv, an incredible achievement. The culmination of a year of hard work was, as always, Summer VIIIs. This year, the O2 had the

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best performance, being only one day away from blades and going +3 on the river, which was their largest increase since the blades winning crew of 2016. After a hiccup with the cannon firing early, the W2 were declared ‘non-persons’ by Oxford University Rowing Clubs but it didn’t stop them from bumping on day two, and avoiding spoons. The O1 maintained its position near the top of Division 3, conceding just one bump to St Peter’s College. The W1 also avoided spoons

with a valiant row over on the final day – maintaining a solid position in Division 2. We welcomed many alumni to College for the 60th anniversary dinner, which was a lovely evening of sharing memories of the club, both new and old.

I cannot wait to see the club go from strength to strength over the coming years, with the hiring of our new Head Coach position, and in the capable hands of our new committee!

Oxford University Osiris Crew 2025, Imogen Boxall (Human Sciences, 2022) 4th from the right

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Music at Mansfield Concert Simon Kelly 1 March 2025

Arts and Culture Report James Brown, Director of Music

The musical year at Mansfield began with a Newcomers Concert in November, showcasing some of the solo talent in the new intake of students. In Michaelmas term we also hosted the choir of Harris Manchester College at two of our Wednesday chapel services while their Chapel was closed for restoration, and we much enjoyed combining the two choirs. The choir sang grace at the dinner in honour of Chris Foster (Maths, 1997), the principal donor in November, and then the end of term saw in quick succession the fifth annual Mansfieldmas celebration, and the carol service, both enjoyed by a packed Chapel.

Hilary term saw the launch of a new termly professional concert series called ‘Music at Mansfield’, with the inaugural concert featuring a programme of French music for flute performed by Simon Kelly. This series of three concerts a year has been made possible by the generosity of an anonymous donor and Jan Fischer (PPE, 1989), and was followed in May by the second in the series - a programme of ‘Shakespeare in Song’ by soprano and harpist Eloise Irving, at which the sopranos and altos of the Mansfield choir also performed a number with Eloise. On Ash Wednesday, the choir combined with the choirs of Corpus Christi College and Lady Margaret Hall for a joint Eucharist at Corpus Christi College.

In March we were very sorry to say goodbye to Chaplain Nathan Mulcock who moved on to a position at Birmingham Cathedral. Nathan was a much loved and popular figure in the College,

whose warmth will be much missed.

Trinity term brought with it our new Chaplain Nathan Eddy, who has already settled in well and we look forward greatly to the future with him. As usual, Chapel worship in 2024-25 featured a range of themes and guest preachers, including Bible scholar Professor John Barton, and many more.

Also, in the summer term we had our leavers concert, a concert by SCR members, and a piano recital by leaving student Alice Tsang (VSP: Economics, 2024) who dazzled those who had heard her at various concerts this year as well as at this outstanding final recital. The choir also sang another joint service with Harris Manchester choir, this time at their newly restored Chapel, and the year was rounded off by the leavers service at which we were able to thank choir members in particular for their valued contribution to the choir.

I would like to thank all who make music at Mansfield and those who support them by attending what we put on. To Music Society presidents, to George Caird for his excellent work with the College wind ensemble, to our organist, and both Chaplains this past year, much thanks is due.

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Supporting students Rachel O’Nunain, Academic Support Tutor The Mansfield community continued to enjoy a wide variety of academic support events this academic year. Enticed by the promise of free food, students made the most of several initiatives designed to aid productivity and foster a sense of academic community. The ‘Postgraduate Writing Bootcamp’, in which students enjoy a breakfast together before settling down to write for the morning, has become a mainstay of the MCR community.

There have also been a variety of breakfast clubs for STEM students in which the students and their subject mentor meet before heading out to the day’s lectures.

‘Shut-Up and Focus’ also proved popular, with a number of dedicated attendees, especially among the visiting student community.

Alongside opportunities to connect with their peers, students were also supported to develop their academic skills. The Tutor for Academic Support, postgraduate subject mentors, and Royal Literary Fund Writing Fellow Anjali Joseph were all available throughout the year for individual meetings with students. There was also an extensive programme of academic support workshops running throughout the year, ranging from academic skills induction for incoming freshers to revision advice sessions for battle-hardened finalists.

Sarah Beattie, Welfare and Wellbeing Lead This year’s welfare and wellbeing can be summed up in three words: communicating, responding, and reconciling. We began the year by nurturing a student community grounded in compassion - a challenging but essential task for a college committed to sanctuary. While the academic demands on our students remain constant, our wellbeing provision ensures that every student has their voice heard and their concerns addressed.

Part of this work has involved reflecting honestly on areas where we can do better. We invited students to share their experiences of loneliness at College, recognising that loneliness often stems from unmet needs.

Through this insight, we aim to understand our community more fully and to respond more effectively to the factors that underlie isolation.

This year we also consulted with The Mint House, an Oxford-based charity supporting educational institutions in adopting restorative practices. This collaboration alongside initiatives such as Listening Circles - is helping us review and strengthen how we communicate. In addition to our core activities, we introduced new wellbeing initiatives, including coding for relaxation sessions and wildflower arranging, which were warmly received.

These initiatives reflect a year of growth listening to students, responding with care, and strengthening our sense of community.

Our priority is helping every student thrive academically while feeling supported.

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MCAA report Daniel Tarry (Geography, 2011), President Throughout the year, the Mansfield College Alumni Association (MCAA) has worked to ensure alumni receive ongoing support from the College. We have actively engaged with the For Mansfield. Forever. campaign to ensure alumni perspectives are considered regarding the proposed redevelopment.

This year's alumni events included notable highlights such as the annual London drinks at the Oxford and Cambridge Club in March, as well as the Summer Garden Party and Benefactors’ Dinner in June. Looking ahead, the Committee is particularly excited about the increased frequency of the Gaudy celebrations and is eager to contribute to the evolving development plans.

At the end of the academic year, we were delighted to welcome the latest graduands into the alumni family at the Leavers' Celebration and present the award of the 2025 John Muddiman Student of the Year Awards. Congratulations to Leigh Balment (Human Sciences, 2022) for receiving the JCR award, and to Alec Xu (DPhil Engineering Science, 2022) and Liz Wan (DPhil English, 2022) as joint MCR winners.

The MCAA Committee collaborates closely with the College’s Development and Alumni Relations team to ensure our global alumni community of 5,000 members remains connected, engaged, and actively contributing to the College life. We are always eager to welcome new members, aiming to represent a diverse range of subjects and matriculation years. Whether you wish to join the Committee or assist in reconnecting alumni through events or communications, please reach out to us at MansfieldCollegeAlumniAssociation@outlo ok.com.

Alumni Reception in London, 27 March 2025

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Bonavero Institute of Human Rights report Catherine O’Regan, BIHR Director The past year has been profoundly challenging for human rights globally.

Conflicts such as the devastating situation in Gaza and the ongoing war in Ukraine, coupled with declining democratic and human rights indices and the rise of populist leaders hostile to international norms, have created an alarming landscape. In such times, hope can feel elusive. Reflecting on this, Nelson Mandela’s words to Albertina Sisulu in 1970 resonate deeply: ‘Hope is a powerful weapon even when nothing else may remain.’ Despite the darkness of apartheid, hope fueled decades of activism that ultimately led to South Africa’s democratic transition - an imperfect but inspiring reminder that, as Seamus Heaney wrote, ‘hope and history rhyme.’

Against this backdrop, the Bonavero Institute of Human Rights has continued its mission, guided by five strategic goals. First, Building a Community of Scholars: the Institute hosted 16 research visitors, two early career fellows, and 23 graduate research residents.

Second, Fostering collaborative world-class research: work focused on two themes human rights frontiers and human rights actors; institutions and processes. Several major projects were undertaken, including studies on modern slavery, artificial intelligence in employment, digital rights, climate litigation, sovereignty in South Asia, and European human rights law.

Third, Enriching student exposure to human rights: initiatives included a Summer School with GWU, the Monroe E Price Media Law Moot Court, global internships with leading

organisations such as Amnesty International and the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights, and legal aid clinics for prisoners at risk of deportation. The Bonavero Graduate Research Forum also provided a platform for scholarly exchange.

Fourth, Capacity building for early career scholars and practitioners: the Institute partnered with the Symposium on Strength and Solidarity for Human Rights, developed training materials, and hosted webinars on international human rights litigation. Weekly Bonavero Perspectives workshops further strengthened academic engagement.

Finally, Fostering public understanding of human rights: through lectures, panels, and roundtables, including the Eric Barendt Annual Media Law Lecture and a workshop on democratic backsliding, the Institute promoted dialogue on pressing global issues.

As I write this final report, I am grateful for the opportunity I have had to lead the Institute as its first Director and to have worked alongside such a committed community. In the 2025/26 academic year, I pass the reins to Professor Rachel Murray, whose academic leadership and thoughtful approach position the Institute well for its continued development. I am confident that it will thrive under her direction.

Thank you, Mansfield College, for providing such a strong and supportive institutional home for both the Institute and me.

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Alumni News Chris Foster (Maths, 1997) welcomed as a Fellow of the Chancellor’s Court of Benefactors (10 October 2024) Oxford University honoured Chris for his magnificent support of the College, welcoming him as a Fellow of the Chancellor’s Court of Benefactors within the University of Oxford in recognition of his cornerstone gift of £25 million to Mansfield in March 2024.

Andrew Seaton (History, 2009) won the 2024 Morris D Forkosch Prize in British History and shortlisted for the Wolfson History Prize 2024 (September 2024) Andrew received these honours for his book, Our NHS: A History of Britain’s Best-Loved Institution, which explores the history and cultural significance of the National Health Service. He also returned to Mansfield to deliver a public talk on the book when it was first published in October 2023.

Alastair McBain (Oriental Studies, 1974) awarded Bancroft Fellowship (10 December 2024) Alastair received the College’s highest philanthropic honour, the Bancroft Fellowship, in recognition of his exceptional support. He is also listed among the distinguished members of the Chancellor’s Court of Benefactors.

Shastikk Kumaran (Jurisprudence, 2021) elected Examinations Fellow at All Souls College (2 November 2024) Examination Fellows (formerly known as Prize Fellows) are chosen through a highly competitive examination process, often referred to as 'the hardest exam in the world.'

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Tim Shortis (English, 1977) awarded MBE in King’s New Year Honours for Services to Education (1 January 2025) This honour was in recognition of Dr Shortis' work as pioneering codirector of the nation’s premier poetry speaking competition Poetry

by Heart.

Jaee Samant (Modern History, 1985) appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath (1 January 2025) This honour is in recognition of her Public Service as Director General for Public Safety at the Home Office.

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Torsten Bell (PPE, 2002) appointed Pensions Minister (14 January 2025) Torsten was appointed in a joint ministerial role as the government’s minister for Pensions and as a Treasury Minister. This significant joint ministerial role comes just six months after Torsten was elected as the Member of Parliament for Swansea West during the July 2024 General Election.

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Sarah Jeehan Khan (Theology & Religion, 2017) selected for Rockefeller Foundation Residency at the Bellagio Centre (4 March 2025) Sarah has become the youngest ever resident in a programme that includes world leaders such as the President of Peru - recognised for her commitment to creating meaningful change.

Martha Birtles (English, 2018) wins gold and bronze for GB at World Rowing Cup 2025 Former Mansfield College Boat Club member and coach, Martha, competed at international level for Great Britain. She won a gold medal at the 2025 European Championships in Plovdiv and a bronze at the World Rowing Cup I in Varese.

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Top Social Media picks 10K followers reached on Facebook and Instagram Our social media channels capture daily moments of College life - from College news, academic achievements to community celebrations. Each platform reaches a different audience, but together they reflect the breadth of Mansfield’s activity. In March 2025, we were pleased to reach a significant milestone, passing 10,000 followers on both Instagram and Facebook. This year also marked a shift in our digital presence: Governing Body voted to leave X (formerly Twitter) and establish a presence on Bluesky.

The five posts highlighted here were among the most engaging of the year, with our Ramadan Dinner post reaching just under 3 million views, offering a snapshot of what resonated most with students, staff, alumni and online viewers.

Ramadan Dinner collaboration with Dialogue Society 11/03/2025 Ziggy’s office views - Principal’s cat 20/02/2025 November 2024 snowfall 19/11/2024 Endowment of graduate scholarships announcement 23/06/2025 April Fools’ prank - reshaping the Quad into a quadrangle 01/04/2025

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Mansfield Public Talks archive Michaelmas term 2024 Wednesday 23 October 2024, 5:30pm Schona Jolly KC Reflections on race equality in the UK: has the law delivered?

Schona Jolly KC’s talk brought together the history of race equality legislation in the UK, important cases in which advances have been made, and some personal reflections from over 20 years of practising in the field on the changes that need to come next.

Friday 25 October 2024, 5:30pm Eunjo Lee, Jamie Bragg and Brandon Saunders Artists of the future: the Mansfield-Ruddock Art Prize talk and private view How does an Oxford college build a contemporary art collection? Where do successful artists come from? Attendees met the rising stars of the art world: the winners of the Mansfield-Ruddock Art Prize. This event was followed by a free drinks reception with the artists.

Friday 01 November 2024, 5:30pm Colin Crouch Rethinking political identity: citizens and parties in Europe The political party identities that seemed so strongly entrenched among citizens in the post-war period have now inevitably weakened. This talk covered western European societies from the post-war years onwards, and central and eastern European ones since 1990.

Friday 08 November 2024, 5:30pm Evgenia Kara-Murza The Adam von Trott Lecture Why moral courage matters - especially in time of repression Time and again, history shows that moral courage proves to be stronger than military might and that even a handful of dissidents bravely opposing a dictatorship can contribute to its downfall.

Friday 15 November 2024, 5:30pm Stefan Stern “If it were done”- what Macbeth and Lady Macbeth teach us about ambition Drawing on his new book, ‘Fair or Foul – the Lady Macbeth Guide to Ambition’, Stefan talked about the good and the bad things about ambition – why we need it, how it can lead us astray, and explore our love/hate relationship with ambition and the ambitious.

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Friday 06 December 2024, 5:30pm Mansfieldmas - a celebration of creativity Mansfield’s sixth annual celebration of music, poetry and creativity was held in our joyful, multi-cultural, non-conformist College, curated by our Honorary Fellows Lemn Sissay and Errollyn Wallen; our Director of Music James Brown; and Poet in Residence Kate Clanchy.

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Friday 31 January 2025, 5:30pm Simon Finch Capturing the Holocaust: Documentary filmmaking, remembrance and family stories Holocaust Memorial Day encourages remembrance in a world scarred by genocide. Now, as the last Holocaust survivors die, BAFTA-winning filmmaker Simon Finch (himself the child of a Holocaust survivor) asked how their stories can still be told.

Friday 7 February 2025, 5:30pm Professor Myles Allen CBE The Jocelyn Bell-Burnell Lecture: The politics of Net Zero and the future of fossil fuels Net zero is becoming political. Professor Allen, the Appleton awardwinning ‘physicist behind net zero’, talked about what steps can be taken, by whom and when, to address global warming caused by fossil fuels and to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement before we stop using fossil fuels altogether.

Friday 14 February 2025, 5:30pm Kate Clanchy MBE Grow your own love poem Attendees were able to celebrate Valentine’s Day by growing their own love poem with Mansfield’s acclaimed Poet in Residence Kate Clanchy.

Friday 21 February 2025, 5:30pm Baroness Sayeeda Warsi The Hands Lecture: Who matters?

Baroness Warsi, Britain’s first Muslim cabinet minister, author, and co-host of podcast ‘A Muslim and a Jew Go There’ talked about whose voices matter in public life, what works in widening political participation, and what does not.

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Friday 28 February 2025, 5:30pm Luke Tryl More in Common?

Luke Tryl is the director of More in Common, a thinktank which uses segmented data and public opinion research to understand the forces driving us apart, to counter division, find common ground, and to tackle our shared challenges. He discussed the state of public opinion, the rise of populism and how we can build a united, inclusive and better functioning democracy.

Friday 07 March 2025, 5:30pm Professor Leah DeVun The Shape of Sex: A history of nonbinary gender before modernity Professor Leah DeVun of Rutgers University challenged the idea of nonbinary gender as a modern phenomenon, using her research from 200-1400 CE.

Friday 14 March 2025, 5:30pm Martha Swales Give it a Grow: Why gardening might just change your life Martha Swales is an urban gardener, social media influencer (1m+ followers) and TV producer, and a Mansfield alumna. Martha talked about science, stories, gardening tips, and how growing food – even in small and transient spaces - can connect us to nature and bring joy.

Trinity term 2025 Friday 2 May 2025, 5:30pm Dr Ryan Hanley Robert Wedderburn: Anti-racist solidarity and the life of Britain’s most radical Black abolitionist Ryan Hanley explored the extraordinary life of Robert Wedderburn, radical and charismatic eighteenth century British-Jamaican preacher, abolitionist, and writer.

Friday 16 May 2025, 5:30pm Jemimah Steinfeld The actual most dangerous speech in the UK

Jemimah Steinfeld asked whose speech is most seriously under attack today, and considers whether the greatest threats to free speech in the UK come from beyond its shores.

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Friday 23 May 2025, 5:30pm Professor David Cole The Jonathan Cooper Memorial Lecture The unhinged presidency: Donald Trump's attacks on the Constitution After President Trump launched his second term in office with an all-out attack on constitutional norms and civil rights, David Cole, former National Legal Director of the ACLU, explored if constitutional democracy will survive and how America's civil society institutions have responded.

Friday 30 May 2025, 5:30pm Richard Ovenden OBE The Milton Lecture Attacks on knowledge Richard Ovenden, Keeper of the Bodleian Library and author of Burning the Books, discussed the long history of the deliberate destruction of knowledge, and the social importance of its preservation, through the lens of libraries and archives.

Friday 6 June 2025, 5:30pm Professor Elisa Morgera

The right to a liveable planet Joint talk with the Bonavero Institute of Human Rights

Elisa discussed how to promote, protect, and realise human rights while mitigating and adapting to climate change, in conversation with Helen Mountfield KC, Principal of Mansfield College.

Friday 13 June 2025, 5:30pm Professor Dame Marina Warner CBE The Colleges of Sanctuary Lecture Maps of home: imagining sanctuary now Acclaimed historian mythographer, art critic and novelist, Marina Warner reflected on the idea of home, and how we can imagine sanctuary today.

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Obituaries To read the obituaries, please visit our website at: www.mansfield.ox.ac.uk/alumni/obituaries/

Martin Collier

Helen (Sian) Hiller

Jurisprudence, 1978 1959-2025

Jurisprudence, 1984 1965-2024

Roger Jackson

The Revd Dr Roy Long

Jurisprudence, 1970 1952-2025

Theology 1967 1942-2024

Bruce Robinson

William Rusch

Geography, 1972 1953-2025

DPhil Theology, 1963 1937-2025

Catherine Thomas

John Plant

Jurisprudence, 2001 1983-2025

Modern Languages, 1963 1943-2025

The Revd Robert Jack McKelvey

The Revd Ian Kirby

DPhil Theology, 1956 1929-2025

Theology, 1992 1962-2024

The Revd James Gould

Peter Froebel

Theology, 1980 1938-2024

Mathematics, 1966 1948-2024

George Rupert Hill Geography, 1978 1959-2024

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Examination results

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21 postgraduate research degrees awarded in 11 subjects: Asian & Middle Eastern Studies Condensed Matter Physics Engineering Science English

History Materials Particle Physics Theology

Theology & Religion Theoretical Physics Industrially Focused Mathematical Modelling

77 postgraduate final awards in 41 subjects: Magister Juris (MJur) 1 Merit 2 Pass

Master of Philosophy (MPhil) Economics Environmental Change & Management Bachelor of Civil Law (BCL) History - Early Modern History 2 Distinction 1500-1700 2 Merit International Relations 1 Pass Modern Middle Eastern Bachelor of Philosophy (BPhil) Studies 1 Merit Politics: Comparative Master of Public Policy (MPP) Government 1 Distinction Politics: European Politics and 1 Merit Society 1 Pass Theology Master of Business Administration (MBA) 5 Distinction 3 Pass 3 Merit 2 Pass Master of Studies (MSt) English (1830-1914) English & American Studies Postgraduate Certificate in Global & Imperial History Education (PGCE) History - British & European English History 1700-1850 History - Medieval History 1 Pass History - Women's, Gender & Queer History Jewish Studies Theology Women's, Gender & Sexuality Studies 7 Distinction 3 Merit 3 Pass

Master of Science (MSc) Advanced Computer Science Biodiversity, Conservation & Management Digital Scholarship Education (Higher Education) Environmental Change and Management International Human Rights Law Mathematical Modelling & Scientific Computing Mathematical & Theoretical Physics Mathematical & Computational Finance Mathematics & Foundations of Computer Science Modern Middle Eastern Studies Political Theory Research Politics Research Social Data Science Social Science of the Internet Statistical Science Sustainability, Enterprise & the Environment Water Science, Policy & Management 19 Distinction 11 Merit 9 Pass

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74 undergraduate final awards made in 17 subjects: Master of Engineering (MEng) Engineering Science Materials Science 3 Class I 4 Class IIi Master of Mathematics (MMath) Mathematics Mathematics and Statistics 6 Distinction 2 Merit Master of Mathematical & Theoretical Physics (MMathPhys) Mathematical & Theoretical Physics 1 Distinction

Bachelor of Arts (BA) Arabic & Islamic Studies English Language & Literature Geography History Human Sciences Jurisprudence Jurisprudence (with Law Studies in Europe) Mathematics & Statistics Philosophy, Politics & Economics Philosophy & Theology Theology & Religion 15 Class I 35 Class IIi 2 Class IIii 2 Honours

Master of Physics (MPhys) Physics 1 Class I 2 Class IIi

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Colleg eP riz es Scholarships Lauren Aitken (Mathematics) Matthew An (Mathematics & Statistics) Dan Arkell (Philosophy, Politics & Economics) Kirsten Attfield (Mathematics) Arianne Banks (Jurisprudence) James Bennett (Materials Science) Imogen Boxall (Human Sciences) Matthew Burrow (Engineering) Kaiyue Cai (Physics) Jerry Cao (Physics) Alfred Cheung (Physics) Angus Cousins Brown (Mathematics) Seb Coxon Vadillo (Engineering) Tasneem Edoo (Arabic) Hester Edwards (Theology & Religion) Amy Feng (Materials Science) Max Festenstein (PPE) Toby Folkes (Materials Science) Nicole Gibbons (English Language & Literature) Sam Hudspith (History) Andrew Jackson (History) Emily Jenkins (History) Kian Jepson (Jurisprudence) Kristine Jiang (Engineering) Anna Johnston (Human Sciences) Lavender Lacoult (Mathematics)

An Lam (Materials Science) Norris Lam (Mathematics) Lucy Lansdown (PPE) Dominic Le-Mar (Mathematics) Jo Lewis (English Language & Literature) Silas Lloyd (Physics) Isabel Luetchford (PPE) Mingze Lyu (Engineering) Gellért Miklossy (Arabic & Islamic Studies) Leah Ng (Theology & Religion) Mia Norman (Theology & Religion) Casey Parnes (Engineering) Kira Patel (Mathematics) Ellie Powlesland (History) Rosie Robinson (Theology & Religion) Izzy Rulten (PPE) Kiran S/O Kasinathan (Geography) Erin Sage (English Language & Literature) Henry Saunders (Mathematics) Anyu Shan (Engineering) Milan Singh (Human Sciences) Sophie Williams (Geography) Chen Zhang (Physics) Hanwen Zhang (Engineering) Qingyang Zhang (Physics) Yannan Zhang (Engineering)

Exhibitions Thomas Chamberlain (Mathematics) Xyn Ci Puai (Materials Science) Nick Ni (Physics) Davis Duka (Jurisprudence) Daisy O’Connell (Geography) Karma Gad (Jurisprudence) Amie Putland (Mathematics) Rachel Gallagher (Jurisprudence with Law Studies in Europe) Afsah Rasool (Jurisprudence) Jade Glendinning (History) Raymond Wang (Mathematics) Esther Hughes (History) John Whittingdale (Geography) William Li (Engineering) Orli Wilkins (History) Ryan Loh (Jurisprudence) Yaojia Xue (Engineering) Finley Longshaw (Jurisprudence) Nadia Zouaoui (Arabic) Anna Monger (Mathematics) 41

Engineering

Law

Zibo Hu Kwabena Osei-Boateng Prize - best performance in Prelims

Ellie Bean Simon Calhaem Scholarship - best performance in first year Law

Hanwen Zhang Engineering Finals Prize

Finley Longshaw Anthony Bradley Prize - most commendable second year performance

English Ella O’Shea Mason Lowance Prize in memory of Malcolm Parkes - best performance in Mods Erin Sage Mason Lowance Prize in honour of John Creaser - best performance in second year Molly Cartwright Flavius Covaci Mason Lowance Prize in memory of Stephen Wall - best performance in Finals

Geography Sophie Williams Henty Prize – best performance in second year Kiran S/O Kasinathan Geography Finals Prize

History Erin Griffiths David and Judith Marquand Prize – best performance in Prelims Ellie Powlesland Mahony Prize - most commendable second year performance Andrew Jackson History Finals Prize

Human Sciences Anna Johnston Human Sciences Finals Prize

Kian Jepson Worsley Prize – best academic performance and contribution to the College & Law Finals Prize

Materials James Bennett Materials Finals Prize

Mathematics Aakash Shankar Adam Monk Scholarship in Mathematics Kira Patel Bob Coates Prize – best performance in Part A or Part B Norris Lam Mathematics Finals Prize

PPE George Bannon Mo Cook David and Judith Marquand Prize – most commendable first year performance Andrew Olive Prize – best performance in first or second year Economics Max Festenstein Isabel Luetchford PPE Finals Prize

Physics Qingyang Zhang Physics Finals Prize Silas Lloyd Mathematical and Theoretical Physics Finals Prize 42

Theology

General

Evie Williams Lynda Patterson Scholarship – best distinction in Prelims Rosie Robinson Horton Davies Prize – best performance in second year Hester Edwards Theology Finals Prize

Visiting Student

Jake Brown Sarah and Peter Harkness Prize Sally Sheridan Thomas Chamberlain Jake Brown Sarah and Peter Harkness Bursary 2024/25 Anyu Shan Principal’s Prize for Outstanding Performance

Sofy Sabogal Grenader Visiting Student Prize MT24 Samiksh Jain Grenader Visiting Student Prize HT25 Josephine Bernier Kandace-Rose Gill Grenader Family Visiting Student Prize TT25 Alice Tsang Grenader Visiting Student Prize overall 2024/25

Kian Jepson (Law, Year 3) Gibbs proxime accessit, for the second best performance across Land Law, Trusts, Contract, and Tort Ryan Loh (Law, Year 3) Faculty Prize in International Trade Aakash Shankar (Mathematics, Year 3) Mathematics Prelims Examinations Prize Kira Patel (Mathematics, Year 4) IMA Prize Part B Yiyang An (Mathematics and Statistics, Year 4) Gibbs Prize - Best Overall Performance in Part C

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Kiran S/O Kasinathan (Geography, Year 3) Gibbs Prize for best performance in written examinations, Herbertson Prize for best human geography dissertation in FHS Geography, and SSQRG Undergraduate Dissertation Prize

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Alfred Cheung (Physics, Year 3) Physics Prize for practical work

Charlotte Hudson (BCL) Law Faculty Prize in International Environmental Law (shared)

James Bennett (Materials, Year 4) IoM3 Royal Charter Prize for best Materials graduate Evie Williams (Theology, Year 1) Gibbs Prize for Prelims in Theology and Religion Flavius Covaci (English, Year 3) English Language and Literature 2024/25 Gibbs Prize for Best Dissertation 43

Freshers 2024/25 official group photo by Gillman & Soame photographers

Matriculated students Mumina Abdulvohidzoda Walaa Ahmed J.A. Aiita Yağmur Akarken Veronika Alieksieienko Liv Allan Konrad Almås Francisco Alvarado García Abdul Arab Danny Ash George Bannon Johanna Barop Ellie Bean Safoua Berady Nandini Bhatia Cameron Bilsland Thierry Blankenstein Felix Brandon Clara Brooks Jake Brown Uri Brun Adele Burbidge Jordan Calverley Inti Carhuancho Mantripp Clara Cecil Jin Cheevaprawatdomrong Mozhuo Chen Emile Chhowalla Aditi Chidambaram Eunju Choe Zacharias Christodoulou

Mo Cook Alexia Cooper Katrina Culshaw Daisy Dashwood Nancy Dawe Tobias Drinkall James Drummond Edward Du Intissar Eddajraoui Cody Fang Yuan Fang Mariana Fedchyshyn Jahbari Ferdinand George Ford Amy Fu Zofia Gajewska Yunfei Gao Madeleine George Niamat Gill Daniela Gonzalez Saya Vishnu Gor Grace Goslin Erin Griffiths Josh Grimond Clint Grohmann Markus Gstoettner Ananya Guduri Alex Gunning Haoxiang Guo Ellie Hancock Sophi Hayes-Hoyle

Siyuan He Tianyi He Peter Hebel Izzy Hedges Matt Heydon Grace Hind Zibo Hu Rex Huang Charlotte Hudson Hannah Hunt Maya Iozzi Leonorah Iverson Harriet Jakeman Ella Jarrett Fang Jia Christine Kahari Yuval Kay James Kearns Ali Khan Maira Khan Salina Khan Ryan King Rik Knowles Maria Kornarou Alina Kravchuk Charles Kremer Nidhi Kulkarni Max Kunzelmann Anna Lee Amala Leonard Han Li

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Jihai Li Puxu Li Jason Liao Isaac Lim Katya Lindley Joshua MacRae Benedetta Mammi Alex Mather Ivy McCalla Luke McCarvill Clare McGrade Grace McQuillan Mariam Meskhi Levente Mezei Laura Mills Darragh Monaghan George Murichu Maab Nayou Riccardo Neri Dana Nguyen Ellen Nicol Meadow Osborne Ella O'Shea Jacob Owen Kate Panter Sanchi Pathak Matthew Paule Tom Perneczky Yajju Pradhan Elise Pryke Lídia Pujol Calderon Aria Puri Zihan Qi Vatsal Raj Atel Rassoli Gabriel Rigby Melissa Roden Josephine Rosman Alexandra Russell Joelle Saunders Leo Schwede Aakash Shankar Sally Sheridan Danni Shi Austin Shiner Kai Siderman-Wolter Tom Silvester-Ratcliffe Guech Sok

Tom Storey Hannah Stovin Zac Stowell Aye Swe Ali Tanrikulu Somesh Taori He Tian Yasmin Trivedi Dave Sarah Underwood Shaurya Upadhyay Juan Vásquez Pedraza Elleotte Walters Elaine Wang Gavin Wang Kai Wang Peiren Wang Sam Wang Marjorie Watts Evie Williams Ari Wilson Ben Winckler-Olick Abigail Wong Florence Wrake Chloe Wu Coleman Yanagisawa Kevin Yang Manuel Yepes Mohad Yusuf Lingxiao Zhang Sophie Zwick

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Graduated students Ilham Abdalla Tagelsir Ali Muminakhon Abdulvohidzoda Walaa Ahmed Joshua Apamaku Aiita Lauren Aitken Oluwatomi Ajinomoh Yagmur Akarken Veronika Alieksieienko Thomas Amos Yiyang An Stephen Appiah Kubi Daniel Arkell Leigh Balment Eric Balonwu Joseph Bangbala Arianne Banks James Bennett Reuben Bennett Safoua Berady Amelia Betts Nandini Bhatia Cameron Bilsland Thierry Blankenstein Jamie Boachie Elsie Borez Imogen Boxall Lorin Bozkurt Natalie Brown Gideon Burrows Jordan Calverley Inti-Raymi Carhuancho Mantripp Hannah Carter Molly Cartwright Clara Cecil Jin Cheevaprawatdomrong Rahul Chelvarajah-Lopez Mozhuo Chen Zacharias Christodoulou Candela Cottis Flavius Covaci Daisy Dashwood Saris Dave Davis Duka Srija Dutta Intissar Eddajraoui

Hester Edwards Cody Fang Yuan Fang Amirmohammad Farzaneh Max Festenstein Toby Folkes Zofia Gajewska Giulia Galatolo Nicole Gibbons Nathalia Gonzalez Gutierrez Szymon Gorczyca Joshua Grimond Ellie Hancock Peter Hebel Grace Hind Yoshiaki Hori Charlotte Hudson Samuel Hudspith Jun Yu Hue Hannah Ickes Andrew Jackson Emily Jenkins Kian Jepson Kyran Johal Anna Johnston Gareth Jones Yuval Kay Astrid Kiernan Madeleine Kinson Katharina Johanna Klotz Yui Kondo Alina Kravchuk Charles Kremer Nidhi Kulkarni Chun Ho Lam Justin Hiu-Lok Lam Anna Lee Jo Lewis Jihai Li Mengmeng Li Puxu Li Silas Lloyd Eily Lo Lucy Lockyear Ryan Loh

Isabel Luetchford Joshua MacRae Tsimafei Malakhouski Benedetta Mammi Ariana Manduku Luke McCarvill Mariam Meskhi Brady Metherall Ferenc Miklossy Anna Monger George Murichu Laura Murphy Maab Nayou Leah Ng Duong Nguyen Barbara Niven Mia Norman Mariam Nossair Daisy O'Connell Mora Ognian Jonathan Oko Faye Oldfield-Woods Rachel O'Nunain John O'Sullivan Amelia Oxlade Tioluwani Oyedeji Tom Perneczky Komninos-John Plows Yajju Pradhan Huan Qi Vatsal Raj Upasana Rajesh Afsah Rasool Vasily Romanovskiy Josephine Rosman Kiran S/O Kasinathan Lowis Sanders Henry Saunders Joelle Saunders Ramunas Savanevskis Robert Scales Isabel Schulze Froning Connor Searston Emma Semaan Danni Shi 46

Li Shi Atsushi Shibata Luca Siepmann Jude Smith Seakguech Sok Eireann Staunton Calum Stewart Hasnain Sumar Thomas Surridge Aye Kyithar Swe Filip Sylwestrowicz Mehmet-Ali Tanrikulu Somesh Taori Andrew Thayer Yasmin Trivedi Dave Noé Vagner-Clévenot Juan Pablo Vasquez Pedraza

Caspian Wagner Yingxiang Wang Yintong Wang Yuqiao Elaine Wang Marjorie Watts Orli Wilkins Nyuk Lin Abigail Wong Xinyu Wu Lixi Xu Jasmine Yang Jingxuan Yang Kaichuang Yang Yumeng Yin Qimu Yuan Yi Yuan Lingxiao Zhang Qingyang Zhang

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College Fellows Fellows

Emeritus

Professor Sinan Acikgoz (Engineering) Dr Antoni Chawluk (Economics) Professor Ros Ballaster (English) Dr Pam Berry (Geography) Professor Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell (Physics) Professor John Creaser (English) Professor Vanessa Berenguer-Rico (Economics) Dr Janet Dyson (Maths) Professor Sara Bernardini (Computer Science) Professor Pavlos Eleutheriadēs (Law) Dr Andrea Bernini (Economics) Professor Michael Freeden (Politics) Professor Steve Biller (Physics) Dr Michael Freeman (Geography) Professor Stephen Blundell (Physics) Professor Kathryn Gleadle (History) Clem Brohier (Bursar) Professor Başak Çalı (Bonavero Institute of Human Dr John Harding (Engineering) Revd Dr Walter Houston (Theology & Rights) Religion) Professor Jon Chapman (Maths) Professor Ian Jones (Management) James Colman (Communications) Dr Tony Lemon (Geography) Dr Andrei Constantin (Physics) Dr Peggy Morgan (Theology) Dr Carmen Constantin (Maths) Ron Nettler (Asian & Middle Eastern Professor Matt Cook (History) Studies) Elizabeth Drummond (Law) Dr John Odling-Smee (Human Sciences) Professor Carl Frey (AI) John Oxlade (Music) Professor Marina Galano (Materials Science) Professor Colin Please (Maths) Professor Andrew Gosler (Human Sciences) Professor Joel Rasmussen (Theology & Professor Vicente Grau (Engineering) Religion) Professor Ian Griffiths (Maths) Lucinda Rumsey MBE (English) Professor Andrew Higgins (Law) Professor Ian Sargent (Reproductive Dr Lyndsey Jenkins (History) Science) Professor Peter Keevash (Maths) Dr Neil Summertown (Environmental Dr Helen Lacey (History) Policy) Professor David Leopold (Politics) John Sykes (Materials Science) Professor Paul Lodge (Philosophy) Professor Helen Margetts (AI) In memoriam: Professor James Marrow (Materials Science) Professor Chris Martin (Engineering) Revd Charles Brock (Theology) Professor Derek McCormack (Geography) Revd Dr John Muddiman (Theology) Tess McCormick (Development Director) Dr Donald Sykes (Theology and Professor Michèle Mendelssohn (English) Principal) Dr Katherine Morris (Philosophy) Dennis Trevelyan (Principal) Helen Mountfield KC (Principal) Dr Amber Murrey-Ndewa (Geography) Professor Catherine O'Regan (BIHR) Professor Tom Rainforth (Statistics) Dr Chris Salamone (English) Professor Alison Salvesen (Asian & Middle Eastern Studies) Professor Jason Smith (Materials Science) Professor Jennifer Strawbridge (Theology & Religion)

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Honorary Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock Professor Sir John Beddington Sir Ian Blatchford John Caird Baroness Shami Chakrabarti CBE Hillary Rodham Clinton, 67th Secretary of State of the United States of America Paul Crossley CBE General Sir Chris Deverell KCB MBE Rt Hon Lord Justice Dingemans Ben Emmerson KC Sir Bob Geldof KBE Rt Hon the Baroness Hale of Richmond, DBE PC LLD FBA Sarah Harkness Will Hutton Admiral Sir Philip Jones GCB DL Baroness Helena Kennedy of the Shaws KC FRSA Hon FRSE Professor Dame Parveen Kumar CBE DBE BSc MD FRCP FRCP (E) Dr Art McDonald Baroness Julia Neuberger Dame Bridget Ogilvie Ben Okri OBE FRSL John Oxlade Ms Marilynne Robinson Professor Carol Sanger Rt Hon Sir Stephen Sedley PC Lemn Sissay OBE FRSL Professor Dame Julia Slingo DBE FRS Lord Taverne KC Dr Andrew Taylor Dr Diana Walford CBE Errollyn Wallen CBE Professor Marina Warner CBE Professor Shearer West CBE In memoriam: Lord Ashdown of Norton-sub-Hamdon GCMG KBE PC Revd Dr Alex Boraine President Jimmy Carter, 39th President of the United States of America Professor David Marquand Dame Maggie Smith CH DBE Dennis Trevelyan

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Photo credit: Advait Tambe, 06 February 2026

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Our Supporters We give our sincere thanks to the 520 people who have made donations to Mansfield in the last financial year (1 August 2024 to 31 July 2025), including those who have chosen to remain anonymous. We would like to give particular thanks and recognition to the members of our Sarah Glover Society, the 61 alumni and friends who have chosen to pledge a legacy gift to Mansfield.

The Bancroft Fellowship This is the College’s highest recognition of philanthropy. We thank our Bancroft Fellows for their exceptionally generous support: Mr Antonio Bonchristiano (PPE, 1984) Mr Jan Fischer (PPE, 1989) Mr Chris Foster (Maths, 1997) Mr Guy Hands (PPE, 1978) and Mrs Julia Hands MBE Mr William Jackson (Exeter, Geography, 1983) Mr Harry Leventis Mr Alastair McBain (Oriental Studies, 1974) Dame Lisbet Rausing PhD and Professor Peter Baldwin Sir Paul Ruddock (Jurisprudence, 1977) In memoriam: The late Revd Dr Charles Brock (Theology, 1967) The late Sir Joseph Hotung We give thanks to the following who have given over £25,000 in support of Mansfield: The A B Charitable Trust (The Bonavero Family Charitable Foundation) The A&S Burton Trust The late Professor Robert Adams (Theology, 1959) Dr Kazuo Araki (Medical Anthropology, 2018) Atlantic Philanthropies (GB) Ltd Mr David Bailey KC (Jurisprudence, 1984) Mr Richard Baker (Maths, 1980) and Mrs Lorraine Baker Mr Sean Beck (Geography, 2001) Professor Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell FRS CH Mr Philip Bignell (Christ Church, Maths, 1972) in memory of Jon Blanchard (English, 1972)

Mr Yves Bonavero (Philosophy & Modern Languages, 1996) The late Revd Dr Charles Brock (Theology, 1967) The GB Caird Memorial Trust Mr John Caird Carnegie Corporation of New York The late Mrs Ursula Casswell Mrs Deborah Chism (Jurisprudence, 1987) Mr Nick Chism (Theology, 1987) The City Solicitors’ Educational Trust The Council of Lutheran Churches Mr Anthony Dewell (Maths, 2002) Mr Jo Elliot (New College, Physics, 1970) Mr David Elsbury OBE Mr Roger Finbow (Jurisprudence, 1971) Mr Ronald Freeman The late Mr Geoffrey Fuller (Jurisprudence, 1980) The Garfield Weston Foundation Mr Toby Gosnall (Engineering, 1989) Mr Emmanuel Grenader (VSP, 2002) Mr Vinod Gupta Mrs Sarah Harkness (PPE, 1980) and Mr Peter Harkness Mr Steve Harris (Jurisprudence, 1982) Mr Giles Harrison (Geography, 1986) Mr Rhys Hedges and the late Mrs Jillian Hedges Mr Yang-Wahn Hew (History, 1997) The John Hodgson Theatre Trust Mr James Hopkins (History, 1978) Mr Ian Howard MBE (Jurisprudence, 1974) Kanto Gakuin University The late Dr Elaine Kaye (St Anne’s, History, 1948) Mr Matthew Keats (Geography, 1989) Mr Robin Ketteridge (Geography, 1984) Mr Jason Klein (Jurisprudence, 1988) Mr Donald Macdonald (English, 1984) 51

Mr Steven Paull (Jurisprudence, 1974) and Mrs Frances Paull The Michael Peacock Charitable Foundation Mr James Pearson (PPE, 1993) Phoenix Asset Management Partners Mr and Mrs J A Pye’s Charitable Settlement Mr Philip Rattle (English, 1984) Mr Noel Reilly (Jurisprudence, 1977) The Rhodes Trust Mrs Kathleen Russ (History, 1986) Mr Juan Sabater (VSP, 1984) and Mrs Marianne Sabater Mr Stephen Sayers (History, 1972) and Mrs Cynthia Sayers Schmidt Futures The Schroder Foundation Mr Martyn Scrivens (Jurisprudence, 1975) The late Mr Robert Skelly (English, 1965) Mr Jonathan Steinberg (VSP, 1988) Mr Martin Stott (Geography, 1973) Mr Timothy Throsby (Jurisprudence, 2009) Mr Matthew Tipper (Geography, 1983) The Trusthouse Charitable Foundation Mr Carl Vine (PPE, 1994) Mr Michael Walls (PPE, 1988) Waste Management International Mr Joshua Weisenbeck (VSP, 2002) and Mrs Janine Weisenbeck Mr John Willis (Geography, 1980) The Wolfson Foundation

Alumni donors 1951 Revd Anthony Tucker 1959 Mr Victor O’Connell 1960 Revd Peter Moth Revd Robert Scribbins 1961 Revd Robert Blows Mr George Carcagno Professor John Creaser 1962 Mr Antony Payn Revd Donald Rudalevige 1963 Revd George Agar Mr Andrew Daykin Mr Chris Horrocks CBE

Revd Dr Bruce Matthews Dr Kenneth Parker Mr Robert Porrer Mr David Reston Mr Robert Smith Mr John Thorndyke 1964 Mr Roy Foster Revd Stephen Haine 1965 Revd Dr Noel Davies Dr Fisher Humphreys Mr Keith Lock Revd Julian Macro 1966 Mr John Cooper Mr John Dorrell Mr Peter Froebel Mr Christopher Hayman

Mr Ralph Holmes Mr Peter Lerner His Honour Paul Worsley KC 1967 Mr Sidney Blankenship Mr Gregory Bowden Mr Paul Jay Mr Peter Johnson Mr Frank Jurksaitis Mr Malcolm Levi The late Revd Dr Roy Long 1968 Mr Geoffrey Bott Mr Michael Harris Professor Dabney Townsend Jr 1970 Dr Philip Aylett Mr John Bell

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Revd David Ivorson The late Mr Roger Jackson Revd Dr Arnold Klukas Revd John Landon Dr Robert Lively Mr Charles Long Mr Jonathan Rooper Mr Stephen Sheedy 1971 Dr Douglas Connor Mr John Higgs Mr Stewart Rutter 1972 Professor Eric Lund Mr Craig Nelson Mr James Roe Professor Homer Rogers Mr Stephen Sayers 1973 Mr Jonathan Arkush OBE Mr Martin Stott 1974 Mr William Annandale Mr Andrew Eastgate Mr Ian Howard MBE Mr Stephen Maguire Mr Alastair McBain Mr Ian Neville Mr Steven Paull 1975 Mr David Bailey Mr Ian Davison Mr Chris Frewer Mr Simon Gregory Mr Charles Linaker Dr Arthur Mielke Mr Simon Morrow Mr Martyn Scrivens 1976 Mr Crispin Barker Mr Sean Crane Mr Philip Dean Mr Hugh Purkiss Mr Robert Wakely 1977 Mr Chris Jenkins OBE

Mr Simon McKinnon CB CBE Sir Paul Ruddock Mr Jonathan Wells 1978 Mr Timothy Booth Revd Richard Church Mr Antony Cook Mr Simon Dolan Mr Philip Jemielita The Rt Hon. George Krol Mr Colin Sedgewick Mr Steven Thomas Revd Richard Wolff 1979 Mr Bashir Ahmed Mr Mark Beardwood Mr Andrew Cannons Mr Martin Christensen Mr Martin Clemmey Mrs Patricia Dean Professor Jonathan Goss Professor Glenn Holland Mr Michael Ingledow Mr Gavin Prosser Mr Martin Riley Mr Anthony Rybicki 1980 Mr Richard Baker Mr Mark Jones Mr Henry Kopel Mr Paul Midwinter Mr Paul Palmarozza Mr Michael Russell Mr Timothy Waters 1981 Mrs Melanie Clemmey Miss Jane Coughlin Mrs Melinda Cripps Mr Geraint Rees Mr Paul Vine 1982 Mr Rolf Howarth Mr Richard Klein Revd Iain McLaren Mr Sean Moriarty Mr David Testa

Mr John Weston Mr Richard Young 1983 Mr Yogesh Bhagat Mrs Lisa De Silva The Rt Hon Lord Justice Dingemans Mr Saul Jones Mr Daniel Pollick Mr Matthew Tipper 1984 Mr Brian Ashe Mr David Bailey KC Mr Antonio Bonchristiano Mr Andrew Davies Mr Timothy Harris Mr Andrew Hurst Mr Robin Ketteridge Mr Donald Macdonald Mr Robert Mison 1985 Revd John Bremner Mr Michael Holyoake Mr Douglas Jeffery Dr Joanne Musominari Mr Stephen Pollard Mrs Jane Roberts Ms Jaee Samant CBE Mrs Veronica Williams 1986 Mr Giles Atkinson Ms Alexandra Clark Mr Jon Fish Dr Matthew Scott Mr Timothy Storrie KC Mr Rik Tozzi 1987 Mrs Deborah Chism Mr Nick Chism Mr Richard Darby Revd Sandra Pickard 1988 Ms Lisa Baglin Mr Timothy Burroughs Mr Simon Jones

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Mr Jason Klein Ms Catherine McClen Mr Jonathan Steinberg Dr Richard Underhill Mr Stewart Wilkinson

Mrs Alexandra Harle Mr Marc Murray von Gusovius Mr James Pearson Mr Zachary Schlappi Mr John Zolidis

1989

1994

Mr Neil Elton Mr Jan Fischer Mr Matthew Keats Dr Toby Purser Miss Frances Reynolds

Mr Tom Bray Mrs Kumiko Brocklebank Mr Finbar Clenaghan Mr Alexander Coakley Mr Richard Davies Revd Tiffany-Alice Ewins Mr Zachary Finley Revd Derek Hopkins The late Mr Christopher Hoskin Ms Jeanane Jiles Hecht Mr Simon Kennedy Mr Andrew MacDonald Revd Iain McDonald Ms Shannon Tennant Ms Brigitte Worth Mr Andrew Young

1990 Mr Angelo Basu Ms Joanna Jameson Mr Joseph Nuttall Mr Duncan Ruckledge 1991 Mrs Sian Croxson Dr Paul Deslandes Mrs Kathryn Flanders Mr Andrew Fraiser Dr Edward Goodwin Mrs Shevaun Haviland CBE Mr Alexander Johnson Mr Thomas Joyce Ms Gill Kirk Mr Tom Lacy Mr Daneree Lambeth Professor Markus Mobius Revd Martin Smith 1992 Mr Brian Arnold Mr Simon Carmichael Mr Andrew Croxson Mr Paul Jackson Mr Richard Kelly Mrs Ellen Loughnan Revd Kathleen Pryde Mr Benjamin Shaw Dr Matthew Simpson Mr Matthew Sweeney 1993 Mr Stuart Ferguson The Rt Hon John Glen MP Mr Stephen Gough Ms Barbara Guenther

1995 Mrs Catrin Bennett Mr Simon Calhaem Ms Olwen Greany Mr Michael Margolis Dr Deya Sanchez Mr Stephen Tall Mr Marcus Williamson 1996 Ms Laura Baggaley Mr Timothy Berry Mr Charles Classen Ms Dawn Craig Mr Rishi Dastidar Professor Jane Hamlett Mr Marcus Haywood Miss Anna Jenkins Mr Matthew Maclaren Ms Munira Mirza Mr James Selby Mr Rhys Watkin Ms Amber Wheeler 1997 Mr Philip Avery

Mr David Clyde Mr John Doy Mrs Deborah Edwards Mr David Falkner Mr Christopher Foster Mr Yang-Wahn Hew Mr Assad Maqbool Ms Hayley McRae-White Dr Jayne Nicholson Mr Matthew Reed Mr James Uffindell 1998 Ms Helen Bray Mr Richard Colebourn Dr Kate Flynn Mr Martin Hall Mrs Catherine Hodgkinson Ms Chantal Hughes Mr Damian King Dr Rebecca Lodwick Mr Sean Mackenzie Ms Helen McShane Mrs Emma Pell CBE Mrs Mary Pert Miss Emily Watt 1999 Mrs Marie-Anne Barnes Mr Adrian Clark Dr Christine McCulloch Mr Tom McLaren Webb Ms Elizabeth McManus Mr Liam McShane Mr Alexander Wright Mrs Catherine Wright 2000 Mr Adrian Barlow Ms Katherine Bilsborrow Mr Thomas Casarella Mr Robert Cumberland Mr Marcus Edwards Dr Emilie Prattico Mr David Robson Mrs Rebecca Sumner Smith 2001 Mr Sean Beck Mr William Bonner 54

Mr Tom Buttle Mr James Chatterjee Dr Richard Day Mr Simon Hale Mr Timothy Hirst Mr Onyemachi Njamma Mr Nigel Simkin The late Ms Catherine Thomas Mrs Alina Turetskaya Mr Jonas Twitchen Mr Andrew Walker 2002 Mr Ryan Amesbury-Cooke Mr Richard Bazzaz Mr Erik Darcey Ms Alexis Faulkner Mr Jonathan Lord Mr Markus Mittermaier Mr Gregory Smye-Rumsby Mr William Tyzack Mr Georg von Kalckreuth Mr Joshua Weisenbeck 2003 Mr Alastair Brown Mr Matthew Castle Revd Dr Chigor Chike Miss Eleanor Coombs Mr Mark Fennell Dr Carlos Jaramillo IV Mr Edward Mayne Dr Katie Moore Mrs Celia Newman Mr Christopher Opie Major Matthew Paterson Mr Peter Ringlee Mr Jack Sheldon Mr David Wall 2004 Mr William Brewster Mr Johnny Elliot Mr Giacomo Fassina Mr Emmanuel Grenader Miss Alyssa Heath Dr Valentina Iotchkova Miss Alexandra Jezeph

Mr Benjamin Jones Ms Helen McKenzie Mr Matthew Putorti Mr Richard Saynor Miss Carina Watney Mr Joseph Zhou 2005 Dr Horatio Boedihardjo Mr Roy Cooper Mr Richard Dyble Ms Emma Gerrard-Jones Mr Alex Guerra Noriega Dr Daniel Harvey Mr Charles Joseph Miss Melissa Julian-Jones Mr Thomas Leveson Gower Miss Katherine Moore Dr Caroline Roberts Mrs Kate Shockley Mr Daniel Thompson 2006 Mrs Kesar Andrews Ms Ruth Cook Mr David Hartmann Ms Felicity Hawksley Mr Reuben Holt Mr Paul Maiden Miss Lauren O’Donnell Mr Michael Shaw 2007 Mr Luke Bullock Mr Daniel Cowley Mrs Marianne Dring-Turner Mr Nicholas Gomes Mr Chirag Goyate Mr Perry Hartland-Asbury Mr John Kerr Mr Giles Rabbitts Mr Daniel Seiderer Mr Luke Webster Mrs Joanna Wood 2008 Dr Nesrine Abdel-Sattar Mr Andrew Campbell Mrs Lydia Cocom Mr Christopher Du Boulay

Mr Kevin Koplan Dr Alasdair Morrison Mr James Nettleton Miss Eilise Norris Miss Adina Wass Mr Matthew Williams Mr Simon Williamson 2009 Dr Cheng Cheng Miss Rebecca Dragovic Mr Alexander Ford Miss Rachel Freeman Mr Christopher Major Dr Andrew McCormack Mr Frederick Overton Dr Andrew Parker Ms Alisha Patel Mr Alec Selwyn Mr Nathan Webster 2010 Mr Oliver Cohen Mr Matthew Dodd Dr Sarah Harrold Miss Rosemary Hart Mr George HasellMcCosh Dr Andrew Jungclaus Mr Christopher Lee Evans Mr David Lukic Dr David Macdougal Mr Amir Sokolowski Miss Sophie Wilson Mr Oliver Wood 2011 Mr Kevin Ashby Mr Matthew Bradbury Mr James Fisher Miss Natasha Halligan Dr Franziska Kirschner Mr Karl Laird Dr Harry Mason Mr Joseph Morris MP Dr Erin Nyborg Mr Daniel Orford Mrs Bethany Roope Mr Timothy Smith

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2012

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Mr Thomas Bates Dr Peter Bergamin Mr Thomas Blower Mr Daniel Burridge Miss Katherine Danks Mr Adam Deane Miss Nastassia Dhanraj Miss Amy Francis Miss Victoria Hawley Ms Ariane Moshiri Mr Ulysse Schnyder Ms Dong Hee Seo Miss Alice Willcox Miss Tamsyn Woodman

Mr Tariq Ali Mr Jonathan Barrow Dr Liyang Han Mr James Howard Miss Chloe Lettington Mr Vladimir Lovric Ms Margaret McGuirk Miss Alicia Vidal Miss Grace Walker Mr Laurent Wu

We are extremely grateful for the following legacy gifts: The late Mr Christopher Rivington OBE (English, 1970) The late Professor David Marquand FBA FRHistS FRSA (Magdalen, 1954)

Friends and supporters The AB Charitable Trust (The Bonavero Family Charitable Foundation) 2017 Mr Pedro-José Cazorla García Professor Ros Ballaster Mr Philip Bignell Ms Maya Little Mr Ian Bowles Dr Alvaro Menduina Ms Jillian Brown 2013 Mr Qihao Wang Carnegie Corporation of New Mr Dalton Hale Ms Fanmei Xia York Dr Tabitha Jones 2018 Mrs Kathryn Cooper and Mr Miss Emmeline Skinner Cassidy Miss Julia Adamo David Cooper Miss Gina Sternberg Mr Oluwafemi Fakokunde The Council of Lutheran Miss Miranda Stock Mr Alexander Feldhaus Churches Mr Pei Wang Mr Thomas Heyen-Dubé Mr Derek Cowdery Miss Fay Watson Mr Patryk Imielski Mr Kenneth Davies Mr Tinger Wen Ms Marygrace King The Dennis Family 2014 Miss Charlotte Moore Foundation Ms Josephine Bearden Miss Boluwatife Soyebo The Dewell Family Charitable Mr Toby Chapman Mr Veera Vudathu Trust Mr Owen Clarridge Dr John Wilkinson Mrs Alison Edwards and the Mr Sebastian Fox Ms Charlotte Withyman late Mr Michael Edwards Professor Lukas Hensel 2019 Mrs Jacquie Featherstone Mr Louis Jamart Dr Heinz Fuchs Mr Alex Beck Mr Kiran Modi Mr Adam Gwilt and Mrs Diane Miss Sophie Gwilt Mr John Tinsman Gwilt Mr Ewan Van Der Poel 2015 Mr Rhys Hedges Ms Flora Walker Ms Kat Collison Mr Richard Hitchcock Ms Kyana Washington Mr Michael Corbett Mrs Brenda Hunt Miss Boston Rose Wyatt Ms Lydia Felty Dr Gueorgui Kantor 2020 Miss Ella Grodzinski Mr Alistair Kennedy Hatam Barma Ms Zoe Hodge The McBain Family Mr Matthew Bowen Mr Joseph Inwood Foundation Mr Akram Ghauri Ms Lucy McInerney Mrs Carol Mahoney Greatorex Mr Eric Zhang Miss Miriam Nemmaoui Anne Mountfield 2021 - 2022 Mr Alexander Oscroft Ms Helen Mountfield KC Mr Matthew Palmer Mr Jesse Addai-Poku Mr Joe Muddiman Mr Michael Railton Miss Jessica Critchlow Mr David Perry Dr Tarlan Suleymanov Ms Ananya Jain Mr John Pettit Mr Matthew Sylva Mr Daniel Levin Dr Colin Podmore MBE

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The Ruddock Foundation for the Arts The Sigrid Rausing Trust Ms Colette Stein Mr Richard Thomas Mrs Margaret Wilmot Members of the 1886 Circle: Mr Tariq Ali (History, 2016) Mr David Bailey (Modern History, 1975) Mr Richard Baker (Maths, 1980) and Mrs Lorraine Baker Mr Jonathan Barrow (English, 2016) Mr Alex Beck (MBA, 2019) Mr Philip Bignell (Christ Church, Maths, 1972) Mr Antonio Bonchristiano (PPE, 1984) Mr Matthew Bradbury (Materials, Economics & Management, 2011) Mr Thomas Casarella (PPE, 2000) Mr Martin Clemmey (Geography, 1979) Mrs Melanie Clemmey (English, 1981) Mr Anthony Dewell (Maths, 2002) Mr Simon Dolan (Maths, 1978) Ms Lydia Felty (VSP, 2015) Mr Jan Fischer (PPE, 1989) Mr Christopher Foster (Maths, 1997) and Mrs Katherine Foster Miss Amy Francis (Physics, 2012) Mr Christopher Hayman (History, 1966) Mr Thomas Heyen-Dubé (History, 2018) Mr Ian Howard MBE (Jurisprudence, 1974) Mr James Howard (Geography, 2016) Mr Andrew Hurst (Jurisprudence, 1984) Mr Patryk Imielski (Theology & Religion, 2018) Mr Thomas Joyce (VSP, 1991) Mr Matthew Keats (Geography, 1989) Mr Robin Ketteridge (Geography, 1984) Mr Jason Klein (Jurisprudence, 1988) Ms Cheryl Law (Human Sciences, 1999) Miss Chloe Lettington (Jurisprudence, 2016) Mr Donald Macdonald (English, 1984) Mr Sean Mackenzie (History, 1998) Revd Julian Macro (Theology, 1965) Ms Elizabeth McManus (VSP, 1999) Professor Markus Mobius (Maths, 1991) Mr Kiran Modi (PPE, 2014) Miss Charlotte Moore (Theology, 2018) Mr Marc Murray von Gusovius (PPE, 1993) Mr Steven Paull (Jurisprudence, 1974) and Mrs Frances Paull Mr James Pearson (PPE, 1993) Revd Donald Rudalevige (Theology, 1962) and Mrs Suzanne Rudalevige (St Hugh’s, Theology, 1962) Sir Paul Ruddock (Jurisprudence, 1977) and Lady Jill Shaw Ruddock

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Mr Juan Sabater (VSP, 1984) and Mrs Marianna Sabater Mr Stephen Sayers (History, 1972) and Mrs Cynthia Sayers Mr Jonathan Steinberg (VSP, 1988) Mr Martin Stott (Geography, 1973) Mr Matthew Tipper (Geography, 1983) Mr Rik Tozzi (VSP, 1986) Revd Anthony Tucker (Theology, 1951) Mr William Tyzack (Geography, 2002) Mr Gregory Wall (Maths, 1995) Mrs Maaike Wall (English, 1995) Mr Michael Walls (PPE, 1988) Mr Qihao Wang (Physics, 2017) Ms Kyana Washington (VSP, 2019) Mr Joshua Weisenbeck (VSP, 2002) and Mrs Janine Weisenbeck Mr Tinger Wen (Materials Science, 2013) Ms Charlotte Withyman (Materials Science, 2018) Mr Alexander Wright (Modern History, 1999) Mrs Catherine Wright (Modern History, 1999) Mr Laurent Wu (Maths, 2016) Special thanks to: Professor Myles Allen CBE Mr David Bailey KC Mr Jamie Bragg Ms Kate Clanchy MBE Professor David Cole Professor Matt Cook Professor Colin Crouch Professor Leah DeVun The Rt Hon Lord Justice Dingemans Mr Simon Giddings The Rt Hon Baroness Hale of Richmond DBE PC FBA Dr Ryan Hanley Ms Schona Jolly KC Ms Evgenia Kara-Murza Upper Tribunal Judge John Keith Ms Eunjo Lee Mr Andrew MacDonald Mr Sean Mackenzie Dr Albrecht von Moltke and Mrs Loraine von Moltke Professor Elisa Morgera Dr Reuben Ng Professor Kate O’Regan Mr Richard Ovenden OBE

Mr James Pearson Mr Anuvrat Rao Mr Noel Reilly Sir Paul Ruddock Ms Lucinda Rumsey MBE Mrs Kathleen Russ Mr Brandon Saunders Mr Joel Semakula Mr Lemn Sissay OBE FRSL Ms Jemimah Steinfeld Mr Stefan Stern Mr Timothy Storrie KC Dr Stephanie Straine Ms Martha Swales Mr Luke Tryl Ms Errollyn Wallen CBE Professor Dame Marina Warner DBE CBE FBA FRSL Baroness Sayeeda Warsi Members of the Mansfield College Campaign Board Mansfield College Alumni Association Committee Mansfield’s 2025 Telethon Team 58

The year in pictures

Gaudy for 2000–09 Matriculands, 28 September 2024

Dr Helen Lacey becomes new Senior Tutor

Chris Foster welcomed as Fellow of the Chancellor’s Court of Benefactors, 10 October 2024

Mansfield-Ruddock Art Prize talk and private viewing with artists Brandon Saunders, Eunjo Lee, and Jamie Bragg, 25 October 2024

Geography 1887 Society Lecture and Dinner, 26 October 2024

Diwali Dinner, 7 November 2024

Kofi Annan Scholar’s Lunch, 8 November 2024

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The Adam von Trott Lecture

by Evgenia Kara-Murza, 8 November 2024

Chris Foster’s Fellowship Bestowment and Dinner, 15 November 2024

Law Moot and Dinner, 23 November 2024

Shab-e-Yalda (Winter Solstice) celebration, 2 December 2024

Christmas Jumper Day, 12 December 2024

Staff Winter Party, 13 December 2024

The Jocelyn Bell Burnell Lecture with Professor Myles Allen CBE, 7 February 2025

The Alan Kurdi Lecture with Tigan Hadisi and Yevhen Yashchuk, 19 February 2025

The Hands Lecture by Baroness Sayeda Warsi, 21 February 2025 60

Sarah Glover Society Tea and Lecture, 15 March 2025

Geography 1887 Society Lecture and Dinner, 3 May 2025

Mansfield Ball: Secret Society, 10 May 2025

Gaudy for 1969 and previous Matriculands, 15 March 2025

As you Like It: Mansfield Players, 6 – 9 May 2025

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A Very Queer Formal, 15 May 2025

The Jonathan Cooper Memorial Lecture with Professor David Cole, 23 May 2025

Music at Mansfield Concert with Eloise Irving, 24 May 2025

The Milton Lecture with Richard Ovenden OBE, 30 May 2025

Sanctuary Poetry Reading by Nematullah Ahangosh, 13 June 2025

Colleges of Sanctuary Lecture by Dame Marina Warner, 14 June 2025

The Inaugural Lecture of the Jonathan Cooper Chair of the History of Sexualities, 20 May 2025 62

Student Leavers’ Celebration, 18 June 2025

SCR/MCR/JCR Croquet Match, 19 June 2025

Alumni Garden Party and Benefactors’ Dinner, 28 June 2025

Alumni gathering in Singapore, 2 July 2025

Staff Summer Party, 27 June 2025

Mansfield Wins Green Impact award, 7 July 2025

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