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Revealed: Bristol university names four in line for centenary degrees.
(From Bristol Evening Post)
By Jacqueline Dolanj.dolan A nurse, a campaigner, a volunteer, and a fundraiser will be awarded special degrees from the University of Bristol in recognition of extraordinary service to their communities.
To mark its centenary year, the university is to honour the four with Master of Arts degrees for selflessly serving their communities for years, sometimes without any recognition.
Almost 60 people have been nominated through the Post since January this year. But a special university committee had the difficult task of whittling down all the entries to just four very special people, who will receive this honorary degree in the university's Great Hall on July 15.
Today, thePost can reveal these four extraordinary people. They are Caroline James, nurse and founder member and chairwoman of the Frenchay After Burns (FAB) children's club; Sue McMullen, the founder and chairwoman of the Vassall Centre Trust, which works to break down the barriers that challenge people with disabilities; John Wilkins, who has raised more than GBP100,000 for Wallace and Gromit's Grand Appeal; and Batook Pandya, who has been involved with SARI, Support Against Racist Incidents, ever since it was formed in 1988.
Sue, 74, who lives in Westbury-on- Trym, said she was "amazed" to be given the honour. But it is not the first time the former social worker has worn a mortar board and gown - in 1975 she earned a PhD in medical sociology from the University of Warwick.
Sue said: "I was amazed and totally honoured to be nominated, but when I saw the amazing people who had been nominated alongside me, I didn't think I would be offered one. This is unbelievable.
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