Who runs the Ruth First Educational Trust?
Members of the Executive Committee in 2012-13
Trustees
Other members
Chair: Mike Thompson
(Modern Languages & Cultures)Margaret Masson
(St Chad's College)Treasurer: Barbara Ewin
(Non-University)Peter Okeno Ong’are
(Ruth First Scholar 2007-08, PhD student in Music)Secretary: Cheryl McEwan
(Geography)Councillor Mac Williams
(Durham County Council)Lotte Shankland
(Non-University)Councillor Grenville Holland
(Earth Sciences; Durham County Council)John Tierney
(Non-University)Martha Young-Scholten
(University of Newcastle)
Bongani Ndimba
(University of the Western Cape)Patrick Dorey
(Mathematical Sciences; visiting lecturer at African Institute for Mathematical Sciences)Mark Booth
(Medicine & Health, Wolfson Research Institute; convenor of the Durham University Africa Regional Interest Group)John & Jeanette Bygate
(Non-University)Pearson Nkhoma
(Ruth First Scholar 2011-12, PhD student in Applied Social Sciences)Helen Charnley
(Applied Social Sciences)Ruth First Scholar: Agnes Wizi
(Applied Social Sciences)The Ruth First Educational Trust is a registered UK charity (no. 1019975).
Patrons:
Dr Bill Bryson – writer, former Chancellor of Durham University
Sir Thomas Allen – Chancellor of Durham University
Professor Christopher Higgins – Vice-Chancellor of Durham University
Gillian Slovo – writer, daughter of Ruth First and Joe Slovo
Updated Nov 2012 Mike Thompson
m.p.thompson@durham.ac.uk
