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COLLEGE LIFE
Generous donation by the Laces Trust
funds new Fellowship in Philosophy of Mind
The College is delighted to announce the
creation of a new Tutorial Fellowship in
Philosophy of Mind and Philosophy of
Cognitive Science, thanks to a generous
donation from the Laces Trust, an
educational charity with particular interests
in philosophy of psychiatry. The post will be
known as the Fulford Fellowship, in honour
of Professor Bill Fulford, a central figure in
psychiatry teaching and research.
The post, which was advertised in Michaelmas
2012, is currently being filled and the College
is looking forward to the successful candidate
taking up research in fields of psychiatry,
psychology, neuroscience, cognitive science
or related areas. In addition to the College
teaching opportunities associated with the
post, the new Fellow will also hold a University
Lectureship.
Professor Bill Fulford, in whose name the
Fellowship has been endowed, is a leading
figure in the development of psychiatric
teaching and research. In addition to his
membership of the Oxford Philosophy Faculty,
he is a Distinguished Research Fellow in
Practical Ethics at Oxford, and Emeritus
Professor of Philosophy and Mental Health
in the University of Warwick Medical School.
Alongside his academic commitments, he
serves as a Special Advisor to the Department
of Health, where he is leading a review of the
1983 Mental Health Act.
The Master, Professor Roger Ainsworth, said
that, ‘we are deeply grateful to the Laces Trust
for their generosity in enabling us to widen
even further the array of disciplines covered
in College. As an academic community, united
in the pursuit and enhancement of creative
thinking, we are constantly focussed on the
ways in which we can contribute to society
at large. The Fulford Fellowship will facilitate
substantial intellectual appraisal of critical
issues associated with mental health’.
The funding of for the Fellowship follows
sustained support to the University from
the Laces Trust. Between 2007 and 2012,
the Trust provided some £100,000 to fund
scholarships for Oxford Philosophy graduate
students working in areas connected with the
philosophy of psychiatry. n
We are deeply grateful to
the Laces Trust for their
generosity in enabling us
to widen even further the
array of disciplines covered
in College
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