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The 神马福利影片 awarded an Honorary Doctorate to renowned comedian Alex Horne for his contributions to widening participation. Alex, of Taskmaster fame, played a key role in the success of the University鈥檚 鈥�School Tasking鈥� project.

School Tasking is the brainchild of Warwick Law鈥檚 Dr Ali Struthers. It brings law into primary schools, with fun and interactive learning sessions to encourage an interest in both the subject and in Higher Education. Each 鈥榯ask鈥� the children are set is presented by the comedian in videos created especially for the project.

On graduation day (Monday 15^th Jan) Alex spent the morning running a session with 30 children from a local Coventry school. To kick things off, the children took part in a treasure hunt, and after following the clues around the University鈥檚 award-winning FAB building, they discovered the comedian hidden away in a top-floor room.

After meeting with the Vice Chancellor, Professor Stuart Croft, Alex took to the stage and received the honour from Chancellor, Baroness Ashton of Upholland.

Alex Horne said: 鈥淚鈥檓 being given this doctorate because I鈥檝e supported a programme that other people have been far more responsible for (and by other people, I mainly mean Dr Ali Struthers).

There are some genuine doctors in my family, so it鈥檚 hilarious for me to get an honorary one. Greg [Davies] has already got a doctorate, so he鈥檚 quite annoyed as well. So it鈥檚 great to make people feel unhappy.

And yet, I am very happy to accept it, partly because it's a wonderful thing but also because I do so on behalf of Ali and her team and everyone who works on Taskmaster, and anyone who, like me, is worried that they don鈥檛 know what they鈥檙e going to do next.鈥�


Dr Ali Struthers said: 鈥淎lex鈥檚 support for School Tasking has been integral to its growth and its ability to reach thousands of children each year.

鈥淎ll of us involved truly appreciate him taking time out of his mind-bogglingly busy schedule to make the project that little bit more special for all of the children involved.

鈥淎nd I, in particular, will always be additionally indebted to him. I have no doubt that he played a fairly significant role in me NOT getting sued by the production company.鈥�

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