She is a Deputy Lieutenant of Greater Manchester[16][17] and since September 2020 has been chair of the Russell Group, which represents 24 of the leading universities in the UK.[18] In March 2021, students at the University of Manchester passed a vote of no confidence in Rothwell due to her response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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