The University of Leeds has announced its list of honorary degrees for 2022 in fields including law, art and science - with Alison Lowe OBE among the people selected.
A Leeds alumna, Alison Lowe OBE recently stepped down after a 29-year tenure as Labour councillor for Armley – a seat she took up at the age of 25 as the first black female councillor in Leeds City Council. She is the former CEO of Touchstone, undertaking vital advocacy work for individuals and communities.
She has been an advocate for indigenous rights and climate justice since childhood, and most notably has been involved in the struggle to protect indigenous lands in the Ecuadorian Amazon from the ravages of oil extraction. Nina received the World Wildlife Fund’s International President’s Youth Award in 2018.Since graduating in Textile Management at Leeds, Mark Tucker has enjoyed distinguished careers in insurance and the financial sector.
Lady Hale has been a consistent and determined advocate for diversity, equal opportunity and access for all, and a champion of the rights of women, showing a deep humanity alongside her formidable intellect, integrity and courage. David became Pro-Chancellor and Chair of Council – the University’s governing body – on 1 August 2013, a role from which he will step down this summer.Eleanor Dobson FRS is a computational biologist specialising in the investigation of protein structures using X-ray crystallography, and an Emeritus Professor at the University of York. A highly skilled mathematician, she realised that only through computational techniques could we routinely crack complex mathematical problems.
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