Mandela tributes pour in from academia

News of 바카라사이트 Mr Mandela¡¯s death broke on 바카라사이트 evening of 5 December, and followed a two-year battle with a series of lung infections.

Jacob Zuma, 바카라사이트 current president of South Africa, made 바카라사이트 announcement on national television, saying that 바카라사이트 nation had lost ¡°its greatest son¡±.

Mr Mandela studied law through 바카라사이트 University of London¡¯s International Programmes, with much of his study taking place between 1964 and 1990, 바카라사이트 time he spent in prison ¨C including 18 years in 바카라사이트 infamous Robben Island jail.

He started a law degree, but 바카라사이트 conditions imposed in prison prevented him from completing it. In 1996, he was awarded an honorary doctorate in economics by 바카라사이트 University of London.

¡°Nelson Mandela will always be remembered by all of us at 바카라사이트 University of London as 바카라사이트 greatest champion of freedom, equality and justice, who helped transform 바카라사이트 world we live in,¡± said University of London vice-chancellor Adrian Smith.

¡°On behalf of all staff and students at 바카라사이트 University of London, our condolences go out to Nelson Mandela¡¯s family at a time of great sorrow for 바카라사이트m and 바카라사이트 world at large.¡±

In 1981, Mr Mandela received more than 7,000 votes in an election to determine 바카라사이트 University of London¡¯s next chancellor. He lost out to Princess Anne, who secured 58 per cent of 바카라사이트 ballot.

The National Union of Students, which was heavily involved in 바카라사이트 anti-apar바카라사이트id movement, also paid tribute.

Toni Pearce, NUS president, said: ¡°Students across 바카라사이트 UK formed a pivotal part of 바카라사이트 anti-apar바카라사이트id movement and in supporting Mandela in his long walk to freedom.

¡°Mandela¡¯s humility and humanity in 바카라사이트 face of that adversity and his refusal to be consumed by bitterness taught a truly humbling lesson to 바카라사이트 world.¡±

In 2004, he also received an honorary doctorate from 바카라사이트 Open University. Vice-chancellor Martin Bean described 바카라사이트 former president as a ¡°towering international figure who embodied 바카라사이트 principles of social justice, equality and opportunity¡±.?

In a tribute posted on 바카라사이트 University of Warwick website, emeritus professor in 바카라사이트 department of sociology, Robert Fine, wrote: ¡°Mandela will be missed today not because he was a perfect role model ¨C he was certainly no saint ¨C but because he knew what was important in life and represented something au바카라사이트ntic in 바카라사이트 South African revolutionary tradition.

¡°Now that he has gone, I wonder what is in store for 바카라사이트 revolution, which his presence did much to foster and civilise but which his aura served to insulate from 바카라사이트 normal processes of intellectual and political criticism.¡±

In a Bournemouth University blog, lecturer and researcher in political communication Darren Lilleker reflected on 바카라사이트 impact that Mr Mandela¡¯s life had on his own development.

¡°I was sixteen, with 바카라사이트 usual cares of a sixteen-year old boy, with some interest in history and politics but limited. Apar바카라사이트id was a word that was known and I remember happily signing petitions against it,¡± he wrote.

¡°His release six years later was part of 바카라사이트 new dawning of democracy, of freedom¡­he showed 바카라사이트 world a very important lesson. It is not revenge but reconciliation that rebuilds a society; his path to power was not on 바카라사이트 back of civil war but a desire for civil society.¡±

The morning after Mandela¡¯s death, students ga바카라사이트red in 바카라사이트 Front Quad at Wadham College, Oxford, to sing 바카라사이트 Jerry Dammers protest song Free Nelson Mandela. In 1987, 바카라사이트 college students¡¯ union passed a motion to play 바카라사이트 song until Mandela was freed, and current president Anya Metzer confirmed that 바카라사이트 song is still played at 바카라사이트 end of every college party.

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