Margot Brown - has worked tirelessly for
the Centre for Global Education based at York St John University
since 1988, coming from a background in teaching, educational work
with OXFAM and tutoring with the multi-ethnic inspectorate of the
Inner London Education Authority (ILEA). Margot’s work at the
Centre included developing training and publications in human
rights education, global issues in modern foreign languages and
facilitating workshops in citizenship. She has worked in many
countries on global and human rights education, often working
alongside the British Council and with many partner organisations
in Japan offering a series of Summer Schools. She retired in
November 2007.
Rebecca Cooper - made a huge local,
regional and national contribution in her field of work, the
self-advocacy movement for people with learning difficulties.
Rebecca is a founding member of ‘York People First’, which has a
local membership of over 100 people and has provided consultation
and training to 29 organisations. She has been involved in and
undertaken three national roles concerned with the advancement of
learning and public affairs including serving on the National Forum
for People with Learning Difficulties. Rebecca herself has
learning difficulties and left school with no formal
qualifications. This fellowship recognises Rebecca’s dedication to
her work and to those with learning difficulties within the local
community.
Professor James Walvin - renowned
historian, awarded a Doctor of Letters Honorary Degree to for
his exceptional work as a historian of national and international
repute, with the quality and importance of his work having been
recognised at teaching institutions across the world including the
USA, West Indies and Australia.
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