Five Honorary Fellows Sworn in at St Edmund Hall

The College’s Governing Body swore in five new Honorary Fellows of St Edmund Hall on Thursday 10 October. Each Fellow is distinguished in their respective fields, which include journalism, education, law, politics, literature and medicine.

Samira Ahmed (1986, English) in recognition of her work as an award-winning journalist with 20 years’ experience in both the print and broadcast media. She began her career as a BBC News Trainee and has worked as a News Correspondent and a reporter on the Today programme and Newsnight. She is a Visiting Professor of Journalism at Kingston University and her work explores the relationship between popular culture, politics and social change. She currently presents Front Row and Newswatch and won a Stonewall Broadcast of the Year award while working for Channel 4 News.

Dame Sarah Asplin QC DBE (1982, Bachelor of Civil Law) in recognition of her distinguished career in the British Judiciary system; she was called to the Bar at Gray’s Inn in 1984, and has been a Judge of the High Court of Justice, Chancery Division, since 2012.

Dr Sundeep Dhillon MBE (1988, Medicine) in recognition of his distinguished career in the British Army as a military GP in Afghanistan, Iraq, the Balkans and the Congo; and for his subsequent work at the Centre for Altitude Space and Extreme Environment Medicine (CASE Medicine) at University College London in understanding human biology at extremes, including altitude, heat and cold; and for his achievements in the world of extreme mountaineering – in 1998 he became the youngest person in the world to climb the highest mountain on each continent, The Seven Summits.