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It is with great sadness that we report the death of Professor Jim Mansell on 13 March following a long illness.
Professor Mansell founded the University’s Tizard Centre in 1983. A respected and influential figure in the field of learning disabilities and care environments, he was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) for services to people with intellectual disabilities in January 2012. He retired from the University in December 2010.
Among those to pay tribute to Professor Mansell were colleagues from the Tizard Centre. Peter McGill, Co-director of the Centre, said: ‘We have been overwhelmed with the volume and strength of feeling of those who have contacted us to express their condolences since Jim’s death. Over the past 40 years Jim not only established and developed university teaching and research in learning disability, he also made a great difference to the lives of disabled people and their families through his personal contact with them and his impact on policy and service change. We will miss him greatly. Our thoughts are with all his family, friends and colleagues at this time.’
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