Lucy Cavendish Receives Historic £2.6 Million Gift
Lucy Cavendish has received a donation of £2.6 million from Christina and Peter Dawson, the largest in the College’s history.
Margaret has been a member of the College since 2001, a Senior Associate of Lucy since 2016 and is Professor Emeritus at Edinburgh Napier University
Margaret has confirmed an incredibly generous donation of £50,000 that will fund a Master's student to commence in 2021 to collaborate with Karen Thomas, (Public Health and Primary Care, 2017). Margaret anticipates that Karen's Supervisor, Professor Jonathan Mant, will work with the new student. It will again be known as the Malati Kanbur Studentship in memory of her husband Ravi's late mother.
Margaret and her husband Ravi have funded Karen’s research into post-stroke fatigue since 2017, when they established the Malati Kanbur Studentship.
Margaret said: “I’ve been particularly privileged to fund the Studentship for Karen Thomas in stroke research. This is a cause which is very dear to my heart, and I would recommend that all people think about the impact their support of future Lucy students can have.
We’ve been so pleased with the experience that we’re ready to fund - that’s my good husband Ravi Kanbur and myself - yet another studentship in the name of his mother who had problems with strokes. Karen has been such a delight, such a performer… So thank you Karen, and thank you to Lucy Cavendish and to the Department of Public Health, for bringing research on strokes into the front of the field.”
Professor Margaret has been a member of the College since 2001, a Senior Associate of Lucy since 2016 and is Professor Emeritus at Edinburgh Napier University. She is widely published in the fields of gender, education and transportation.
