March 2026 Fellows' update: Jeff O'Loughlin
Jeff O’Loughlin (CF 2025) presented his Churchill Fellowship research at the Palliative Care Congress, exploring a psychosocial framework for assisted dying in the UK.
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March 2026 Fellows' update: Judith Vickress
Judith Vickress’s (CF 2023) spoke at the National Rural Crime Annual Conference 2026, the first conference focused on vulnerability in rural areas.
She addressed violence against women, girls, and children in rural communities, highlighting how survivor experiences differ from urban contexts and the need for policymakers to embed rural perspectives and lived experience into strategy from the outset.
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March 2026 Fellows' update: Emma Tilley
Emma Tilley (CF 2020) had her PhD research cited in the Law Commission’s final report on burial and cremation, which supports her recommendations (see pages 302-308) on the importance of burying unidentified remains to preserve opportunities for future identification through DNA testing and genetic genealogy.
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March 2026 Fellows' update: Patrick Vernon
Patrick Vernon (CF 2018) has been appointed UK South representative to the Global Jamaica Diaspora Council.
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March 2026 Fellows' update: Joy O'Neill
Joy O'Neill (CF 2020) has been appointed as Chair of Trustees of Real Farming Trust, a national farming charity.
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