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Climb Every Mountain: Two Pembroke Students Complete the Three Peaks Challenge in Aid of Local Charities

Oxford life isn’t just about the libraries – our students do all sorts of interesting things in between lectures and tutorials, including climbing three mountains in one go! Last month, two medical students took on the Three Peaks Challenge, climbing the three tallest peaks in the UK within 24 hours in order to raise money for two local charities.

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Lord John Alderdice Elected to Honorary Fellowship at Pembroke College

We are delighted to announce that Lord John Alderdice has been elected to an Honorary Fellowship in recognition of his distinguished political and academic career.

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Sir Roger Bannister Made Companion of Honour in New Year’s Honours List

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Sir Roger Bannister CBE, Honorary Fellow of Pembroke who served as Master of the College between 1985 and 1993, has been made a Companion of Honour in the New Year’s Honours List for his services to sport. He is one of just fifty-four other living people that have this honour.

Sir Roger has had a distinguished career in neuroscience and is perhaps more widely known for being the first man to run a mile in four minutes, in 1954 on the Iffley Road Track in Oxford.

Over the years, Sir Roger has made numerous valuable contributions to the(?) sports industry, including serving as Chairman of the Sports Council (now called Sports England) between 1971 and 1974. Moreover, during his forty-year career as neurologist, he contributed to significant advancements in the field of autonomic failure. The merging of his interests as a physician and an athlete calls attention to the intersection between the fields.

Sir Roger was delighted to receive the award. He said:

'I have always been astonishingly lucky in my career, which has encompassed both sport and neurology. I never anticipated or predicted or wished particularly for a further honour but I am delighted to receive this.'

Click here to view a full list of members of the University of Oxford that have been recognised in the New Year’s Honours list for 2017.