We are delighted that Faustine Petron, a final-year Human, Social and Political Sciences student specialising in sociology and Mayumi Sato (pictured above), a PhD student here at the Dept of Sociology, both received awards in recognition of their exceptional achievement in contributing to society.
The University of Cambridge Vice-Chancellor Professor Deborah Prentice hosted the ceremony last month, which saw 15 students recognised with awards.
As well as her studies at Cambridge, Faustine is an award-winning campaigner, who founded Make it Mandatory (MiM) which calls on the government to include mandatory education on all forms of domestic abuse among 16-19-year-olds. She is interested in gendered violence and feminist modes of resistance in the Maghreb and South Asia.
Mayumi Sato is a Gates Scholar and co-founder of SustainED, an organisation which works with local climate organisations and partners in the Global South and racialised organisations in the Global North to implement and communicate grassroots interventions addressing climate, economic, social and political injustices in a wide range of academic and non-academic formats.