Nancy Rothwell to erect a statue of herself on Manchester Uni campus Some students have already planned an ‘egg-throwing competition’ 5 days ago Her latest idea, a bronze statue of herself predicted to cost as much as £89,000. The sculpture is planned to be placed in the main quad, behind the Whitworth building on Oxford Road. Famous Manchester alumni including Alan Turing, Ernest Rutherford, and Jennifer Saunders were all also considered for statues. Yet the university management decided that Nancy Rothwell’s contributions surpassed all of them. It has been revealed that the statue will ironically come with its own barrier of fencing, to deter potential vandals.