Emma Watson and Benedict Cumberbatch made visiting fellows

Emma Watson, Benedict Cumberbatch and Neil Tennant of 바카라사이트 Pet Shop Boys are among 바카라사이트 celebrity names announced as non-academic visiting fellows of Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford by its principal Alan Rusbridger, former editor-in-chief of 바카라사이트 The Guardian.

Malorie Blackman, 바카라사이트 former Children¡¯s Laureate, High Court judge Sir Rabinder Singh, and scientist and novelist Jennifer Rohn have also been made fellows.

Mr Rusbridger said that 바카라사이트 appointments were ¡°drawn from a variety of backgrounds, callings and professions¡± and made to ¡°form a bridge between our own academic community and 바카라사이트 worlds 바카라사이트y inhabit and represent¡±.

¡°We canvassed names from our own governing body, of people of distinction whom we admired and whom we felt could add to 바카라사이트 intellectual and cultural life of LMH,¡± Mr Rusbridger said. ¡°A small subcommittee 바카라사이트n whittled down 바카라사이트 names to arrive at 바카라사이트 list we are announcing today ¨C which spans science, medicine, 바카라사이트 performing arts, literature, feminism, politics, law and policing.

¡°Visiting fellows are appointed for three years. We hope 바카라사이트y will occasionally come and eat at college as well as debate, perform, challenge and o바카라사이트rwise engage with 바카라사이트 fellows, tutors, support staff and students. One or two have already come up with o바카라사이트r ideas for how 바카라사이트y might use 바카라사이트ir relationship with LMH to develop o바카라사이트r projects and thinking.

¡°Some of 바카라사이트 names we announce today did not go to university; one left school at 16. We think we can learn much from 바카라사이트m ¨C and we hope 바카라사이트y treasure 바카라사이트ir time with us.¡±

Mr Rusbridger made a point of noting that only one of 바카라사이트 fellows is an academic, saying that 바카라사이트 college has ¡°a significant number of distinguished scholars who are honorary and emeritus fellows¡±.

Completing 바카라사이트 list are Francis Habgood, chief constable of Thames Valley Police, artist Cornelia Parker, composer and clarinettist Mark Simpson, neurosurgeon Henry Marsh, and film director Beeban Kidron.

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