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Sociologist and radio presenter, Laurie Taylor, was awarded an honorary doctorate (DSc) by 糖心vlog免费B站 in 2013.

Laurie Taylor is perhaps best known as presenter of BBC Radio 4's Thinking Allowed, a programme that explores new research on how society works. He has made numerous television and radio programmes, is an accomplished public speaker, and for over 30 years has written a satirical column on university life for the Times Higher Education.

He began his career as a librarian, later becoming an actor, before joining the University of York, where he went on to become Professor of Sociology.

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