Please stand when the academic procession enters the auditorium.
The academic procession is made up of the members of the Schools, the honorary awardees and their presenters, the Pro-Chancellor, the Vice-Chancellor, the Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Pro Vice-Chancellor, Associate Pro Vice-Chancellor and members of the Students’ Union’s sabbatical officers team.
Formal opening of the degree congregation and award ceremony
Please sit down after the academic procession is in place on stage and the ceremony has been declared open.
Presentation of awards
Please remain seated while awards are presented.
Vote of thanks
You are asked to stand while the academic procession and graduates leave the auditorium.
You are invited to join us after the ceremony for light refreshments in the hospitality zone. This is situated in the Atrium, please use the side entrance under the concourse bridge. Please refer to the Graduation Guide map or follow the marked route signage.
Ceremony schedule
Monday, 22 July - 2.30pm School of Nursing and Midwifery
Tuesday, 23 July - 11.00am School of Art, Design and Performance School of Creative and Digital Industries
Tuesday, 23 July - 2.30pm School of Aviation and Security
Wednesday, 24 July - 11.00am School of Business and Law
Wednesday, 24 July - 2.30pm School of Human and Social Sciences School of Health and Social Care Professions
Thursday, 25 July - 11.00am Partner Institutions
Welcome to Buckinghamshire New University’s graduation ceremony!
This week we celebrate the achievements of our graduating class of 2024. Congratulations to all our students for what I hope has been a successful and rewarding time at Buckinghamshire New University (BNU).
Graduation is the highlight of BNU’s year and we are delighted to bring together our staff and students, along with their friends and families, to share this joyous occasion. We are immensely proud of our students’ achievements and how they overcame various challenges, including the impact of the coronavirus pandemic.
We are very proud that our students are graduating at a time when we are experiencing one of the most successful periods of our history. Our students’ views were integral to BNU being ranked number one in England for student positivity. BNU was also 1 st in the UK for positivity around assessment and feedback for full-time, first degree students. Furthermore, the Research Excellence Framework confirmed that 44% of all research produced by BNU is either internationally excellent or world-leading. In Advance HE’s Postgraduate Research Experience Survey (PRES) 2024, BNU ranked 3 rd in the UK for overall satisfaction, 1 st for resources, 1 st for research culture, 1 st for community, 1 st for progression, 1 st for responsibilities, 1 st for support, 2 nd for research skills, 2 nd for supervision and 4 th for professional development.
The University was delighted to be awarded TEF Silver in the Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) 2023. Judged across 13 features, the TEF panel found that every single feature at BNU was outstanding or very high quality for both student experience and teaching outcomes.
Equality, diversity and inclusion is at the heart of all we do at BNU and we have launched our Being You Inclusivity network within and outside of BNU to create safe spaces, provide mentoring and deliver our Equality Strategy. We have also become a Real Living Wage employer because embedding equality across our organisation is important to us.
At BNU, we have always taken our environmental responsibilities seriously and have a proud track record of making a positive impact on the environment, and within our communities. Last year, we adopted the Nature Positive Pledge; developed plans to decarbonise our buildings and created the Queen Elizabeth II Memorial Garden to provide a new well-being, biodiversity and community space for all to enjoy.
This year we were delighted to unveil our first civic and public engagement strategy which reaffirms BNU’s mission to transform lives and help our local communities to thrive. We are acutely aware of the health, social, economic and environmental challenges our campus communities face, particularly in High Wycombe, and our University proudly welcomes the responsibility to help enhance people’s lives in a targeted and impactful way. Working together with our valued stakeholders, we will continue to deliver longlasting and positive change for our region and beyond.
The University also scooped a prestigious and coveted Whatuni Student Choice Award, the leading higher education awards based solely on student choice, in recognition of our work with Bucks Students’ Union to support students during the cost-of-living crisis. The ways we have responded to help our students cope was judged to be the best in the UK. And BNU was also named University of the Year for Student Support in the Daily Mail’s University Guide.
The University’s sound management and financial strength has also enabled a c. £20m investment in the High Wycombe estate and the acquisition of the Brunel Engine Shed in High Wycombe. The latter will house a business incubation centre, a café and an art gallery showcasing the work of our students and local artists.
In the United Kingdom, we know that higher education brings real and life-long benefits and the qualifications our students obtain today are greatly prized throughout the world. Our students have conquered intellectual and practical challenges, and made valuable connections, and we hope too that they have been able to take advantage of the wider programme of experiences that life at BNU has to offer.
Today marks the beginning of the next phase of our students’ lives. On the strength of their qualifications, they may be planning the first step in their chosen career, a career move or progression, or perhaps a significant change of direction. We take great pride in how studying at BNU creates new opportunities and helps our students and graduates to realise their ambitions.
As our students celebrate their successes, I ask them to spare a moment for all those who have helped them along the way. Their friends, family and loved ones, supporters, employers and not least the talented and dedicated staff of the University.
They are now a valued member of the Buckinghamshire New University alumni community.
So, as our students take the next steps in their lives, we ask that they please tell us about their continuing success, come back to meet the next generation of students, share their stories, provide support and inspiration, or return to study with us at a higher level. Whatever their future involvement with the University, each of our students will always receive a very warm welcome and forever be part of our very special BNU family.
Today is our students’ day, and I hope they enjoy all that they have achieved and celebrate their success. Well done to them all!
Professor Nick Braisby, Vice-Chancellor
Maggie Galliers CBE Pro-Chancellor and Chair of Council
In 2021, Maggie Galliers was appointed as the University’s Pro-Chancellor and Chair of University Council which is responsible for promoting and upholding BNU’s mission and values and ensuring its effective management. Maggie has a key and valued role in supporting the University to deliver on its commitment to transform lives through inspiring employment and profession focused education.
Maggie is Chair of the National Housing Federation, President of the Learning and Work Institute and an Advisor to the Royal Anniversary Trust. Her extensive experience at Board level in higher education has previously included membership of the Open University Council, the Board of Governors at Coventry University, the Teaching Excellence Framework Review Advisory Group and the HEFCE Teaching Quality and Student Experience Committee. She has also been an Associate Fellow at the University of Warwick, writing and delivering courses to Masters’ level.
A past President of the Association of Colleges, Maggie’s executive career included sixteen years as Principal at Leicester College and Henley College Coventry which she carried out alongside non-executive roles on funding and regulatory bodies including being a member of Ofqual and the Learning and Skills Council.
Maggie was awarded a CBE in 2009 in recognition of her services to local and national further education, and an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Bedfordshire in 2013 for widening participation to higher education.
Honorary awards
Tim Marshall OBE
An award-winning producer/director and former Head of BBC TV Events covering a wide variety of national events, sports, and entertainment programmes. At Walt Disney, Tim was Senior Vice-President responsible for global branded TV production across five continents. Tim’s current interests include AI and virtual production in the TV/Film industry and he has a portfolio of non-executive director roles in the technology/media/education sectors. Tim is a member of the Corporation of Bucks College Group with a special interest in skills for the rapidly expanding South Bucks Film and TV Industry.
June Sarpong OBE
June is a television presenter, diversity expert, awardwinning author and former Director of Creative Diversity at the BBC. She is the founder of Diversify International Limited, a boutique consultancy firm, and co-creator of the Women: Inspiration & Enterprise Network (WIE). In November 2020, June was awarded an OBE for services to diversity and inclusion in the creative and media industries.
Phil Dudderidge OBE
Phil Dudderidge is a sound engineering entrepreneur who began his career in 1967 as a roadie for Fairport Convention and then became the soundman for Led Zeppelin when he was 21-years-old. In 1989, he acquired Focuswrite, a company that supplies audio equipment to professional, commercial, and hobbyist musicians. Focuswrite scooped The Kings Award 2023 for Enterprise in Innovation and was Company of the Year in the 2021 Aim Awards. In 2024, Phil was awarded an OBE for services to business and the music industry.
Dame Amanda Blanc
Amanda Blanc is the Group CEO of Aviva, the UK’s leading insurance, wealth, and retirement business. Amanda is also HM Treasury’s Women in Finance Charter Champion; Co-Chair of the UK Transition Taskforce, which is developing a gold standard for private sector climate transition plans, and is the Senior Independent Director of BP plc, a company listed on the London Stock Exchange, Frankfurt Stock Exchange, and New York Stock Exchange. Amanda was awarded a Damehood in January 2024.
This year’s prizes
School of Art, Design and Performance
INTERNAL PRIZES
Undergraduate Best Overall Performance in School
Amber-Lili Watts
Undergraduate Best Performance in a Project/Dissertation
Lauren Feagan
EXTERNAL PRIZES
Stitch Festival Menswear Award
Angel Tertullien
1 st Prize Arts Society Thames Awards
Celeste Fisher
2 nd Prize Arts Society Chiltern Hills Awards
Becca Cash
2 nd Prize Arts Society Awards
Chloe O’Dell
School of Aviation and Security
INTERNAL PRIZES
Undergraduate Best Overall Performance in School
Edward Booth
Undergraduate Best Performance in a Project/Dissertation
Stephen Smith
Postgraduate Best Overall Performance in School
Mike Slade
Postgraduate Best Performance in a Project/Dissertation
James Davis
EXTERNAL PRIZES
Thames Valley Police Shield
Dwayne Jesus Estrocio
Heathrow Airport’s Best Aviation Student Award
Ed Booth
Heathrow Airport’s Best Aviation Student Award
Joana De Almeida Diogo Bettencourt E Avila
School of Business and Law
INTERNAL PRIZES
Undergraduate Best Overall Performance in School
Abida Frazdaq
Undergraduate Best Performance in a Project/Dissertation
Sakile Runako Graham
Postgraduate Best Overall Performance in School
Emily Joy Holzer
Postgraduate Best Performance in a Project/Dissertation
Emily Joy Holzer
Head of School prize for civic engagement
Rishabh Jindal
Head of School prize for high academic achievement
Sakile Runako Graham
EXTERNAL PRIZES
Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA)
Best Student Awards
Sukhmani Bhogal
Heidi Davy
Reiham Elzaidi
Abida Frazdaq
Sally-Marie Smith
Raymeisha Proctor
Charlotte Vargas
School of Creative and Digital Industries
INTERNAL PRIZES
Undergraduate Best Overall Performance in School
Tomas Morato Roxo Ribeiro Pinto
Undergraduate Best Performance in a Project/Dissertation
Mohsin Raza
Postgraduate Best Overall Performance in School
Thejaswi Bezawada
Postgraduate Best Performance in a Project/Dissertation
Gunjan Gupta
EXTERNAL PRIZES
JAMES Outstanding Achievement Award
Wisdom Amadasun
The Institute of Engineering and Technology (IET)
Buckinghamshire Awards
Milena Michalska
Tomas Pinto
School of Human and Social Sciences
INTERNAL PRIZES
Undergraduate Best Overall Performance in School
Louise Elizabeth Chandler
Undergraduate Best Performance in a Project/Dissertation
Joshua Mynard
Postgraduate Best Overall Performance in School
Sumaera Zia Hasan
Postgraduate Best Performance in a Project/Dissertation
Corinne Teyssedou
School of Nursing and Midwifery
INTERNAL PRIZES
Undergraduate - The Nancy Hussey Award for Outstanding Student in the School of Nursing & Midwifery
Debora Di Paola
Undergraduate Best Performance in a Project/Dissertation
Izabela Monika Bozetka
School of Health and Social Care Professions
INTERNAL PRIZES
Undergraduate Best Overall Performance in School
Tiegan Marie Smith
Undergraduate Best Performance in a Project/Dissertation
Tiegan Marie Smith
Postgraduate Best Overall Performance in School
Terry-Anne Leeson
Postgraduate Best Performance in a Project/Dissertation
Ben Richardson
Proud to be BNU
Our University has been transforming lives for more than 130 years, from developing our students’ full potential to making a positive impact on the environment and in our communities.
We support the local economy through the activity of our students, staff and alumni, with our beneficial impact estimated to be in the region of £0.95bn annually. BNU students work in and support many key local industries, including the vitally important health and social care sector, and are active contributors to local and regional charities and voluntary groups.
We provide an education that works for all regardless of background or circumstance, and equips our students with skills for life, helping them rise to the global challenges of the 21 st century. While at BNU, we aim to give students the best possible experience. Last year’s student responses in the National Student Survey led to us being ranked in the top four among all UK universities for student positivity, averaged across all questions, and for the experience of our postgraduate research students we were ranked 3 rd in the UK.
Our students are the heartbeat of our thriving campuses and we do everything we can to help them. In the past year, their personal efforts led to multiple nominations for our healthcare students at the Student Nursing Times Awards; through our support schemes for talented athletes we supported 28 student-athletes, helping them thrive in their academic studies whilst competing at domestic and global levels; and our annual Art & Design Show showcased to the public and to employers the high calibre of work our talented students produce.
Our campuses
High Wycombe Campus
Queen Alexandra Road
High Wycombe
Buckinghamshire HP11 2JZ
Missenden Abbey
London Road
Great Missenden
Buckinghamshire
HP16 0BD
Aylesbury Campus
59 Walton Street
Aylesbury
Buckinghamshire HP21 7QG
BNU based at Pinewood Studios
Pinewood Studios
Pinewood Road
Iver Heath
Buckinghamshire
SL0 0NH
Uxbridge Campus
106 Oxford Road
Uxbridge
Middlesex UB8 1NA
Highlights of the year
Invested £120m+ Over the past 10 years to create state-of-the-art facilities.
Invested £1m to help students meet everyday living costs
BNU and Bucks Students’ Union are proudly committed to the Real Living Wage and have been able to support our students with £375,739 valuable paid work and experience during 2023-24
Provided free products in BNU bathrooms to tackle period and hygiene poverty
Student satisfaction
No.1 university in England for student satisfaction, 4 th in the UK for overall student positivity and No.1 university in the UK for Assessment and Feedback for full-time, first degree students
3 rd in the UK for overall satisfaction with our postgraduate research experience
University of the Year for Student Support in the Daily Mail University Guide 2024
WhatUni 2024: Top 10 for both Student Support & Students’ Union
NSS 2023 No.1 in England for Student Satisfaction
BIG
THE DEAL
Curated by the SU, and funded by BNU, the Big Deal provides free access to recreation, sports and skills development sessions, offering our students average monthly savings of £200.
TEF Silver 2023: BNU is proudly rated Silver in the Teaching Excellence Framework 2023. Judged across 13 features, the TEF panel found that every single feature at BNU was either very high quality or outstanding.
We funded collaborative projects with Bucks Students’ Union to help our learners cope with the cost-of-living crisis:
12,397 free breakfasts, lunches and dinners were provided to hundreds of students
£973,434 given to students in bursaries, hardship funds, scholorships and BNU Learning Resource Fund
£55k projected savings from catering initiatives for our student community in 2023-24
Fulfilling out commitment to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal (DSGs), BNU has continued in its efforts to improve the lives of it’s local communities. Guided by our recently launched Public and Community Engagement Strategy 2023-28, we have launched several initiatives in the past year to help improve the health and wellbeing of our local communities and advance social inclusion. A new weekly Wellness Warriors on the Run social prescribing programme is helping to rehabilitate those facing drug and alcohol addiction, whist ‘one stop shop’ community advice drop in sessions are offering residents the opportunity to receive free welfare, debt, careers advice and much more from local organisations on multiple challenges at the University’s High Wycombe Campus.
The University works with local schools and colleges to help improve attainment, supporting pupils to realise their potential. Over half (51%) of BNU students are first-generation university students; around 50% were members of the Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic communities; a third registered with the University’s disability service. In addition, we welcomed students from the Probation Service, Young Carers, service children and care-experienced students.
Building on the University’s pioneering work in creating a nationally important pledge scheme, to improve access to and success in higher education for members of the Gypsy, Traveller, Roma, Showman and Boater communities, we are proud to have designated special bursaries in support of these goals. We have also created bursaries to support students estranged from their families; care-experienced students; and refugees and asylum seekers, enabling them to benefit from tailored financial, accommodation and pastoral support. While proud of how far we’ve come, we are always striving to increase our positive impact for the benefit of our learners, staff, partners and communities.
CSR Accreditation Gold Award
Recognising BNU’s excellence across the environment, philanthropy, community and workplace.
Carbon footprint
Successfully reduced our carbon footprint by 69% since 2005.
MoD Defence Employer Recognition Scheme Gold Award
Celebrating BNU’s outstanding support for those who serve, veterans and their families.
BNU ranked in the top 80 of all universities for the fourth consecutive year
Top 10 for teaching quality and top 20 for student experience in The Times and Sunday Times University Guide
Message from our Students’ Union
On behalf of your elected officer team, and the rest of Bucks Students’ Union, huge congratulations to you as you complete your studies and graduate today.
Every one of you can take great pride in how you’ve risen to the challenges you’ve successfully faced during your time here at BNU.
We know that BNU students are special because of the way in which we overcome the obstacles we may face with courage, determination, and tenacity.
We believe strongly in all BNU students getting to fully experience university life and forging friendships that will last a lifetime. Each of you has had opportunities to connect with people from all over the world, embracing different cultures and experiences through the breadth of free opportunities offered as part of The Big Deal which is curated by Bucks Students’ Union and generously funded by the University.
We want to take a moment to thank every student who contributed to Bucks Students’ Union, from our executive officers, charity ambassadors, volunteers, student reps, school officers, and committee members. From learning new skills, joining in with societies, sports, joining us on nights out, and being part of our diverse community, you have all created memories that we hope will last a lifetime. Over your time at BNU, you really have made a difference and should be proud of everything you have achieved.
It has been a pleasure working with you and we know, along with everyone else at Bucks Students’ Union, that you will continue to do incredible things and break down barriers. We’re so excited to see what comes next in your chosen careers, and you are always welcome to come back and visit us!
Amy, Wren, Bethany and Harry Bucks Students’ Union elected officer team 2024-25
Jay Blades MBE at his Investiture as BNU’s inaugural Chancellor in March 2023.
Monday 22 July 2024, 2.30pm
School of Nursing and Midwifery
UNDERGRADUATE
Certificate Of Higher Education Health Related Care
• Chiedza Ndhlamini
• Tace Peacock
Diploma Of Higher Education Health Related Care
• Munyaradzi Willard Mutizira
Foundation Degree (Science) Assistant Practitioner (Adult)
Graduate Certificate Mental Health Wellbeing Practitioner
• Susannah Faye Boddington
POSTGRADUATE
Postgraduate Certificate Mental Health Wellbeing Practitioner
• Jesutoni Awoseyi
• Aneesa Kareema Aziz
• Chloe Brown
• Juliette Elizabeth Chan
• Laura Cole
• Elisabete Coutinho
• Rhea Cownley
• Leah Goff
• Rory Darrian Goodman
• Muna Hassan
• Grace Margaret Hunt
• Saima Iqbal
• Sophia Kaatee
• Valerie Malesi Maingot
• Kathryn Amy Peace
• Bogdan-Vlad Pocol
• Stanislava Reidy
• Natasha Relton
• Christian Rousell
• Lubna Sabir
• Julian Velasquez
• Gemma Vernon
• Annabelle Whiting
• Debbie Willis
• Celine Wood
• Maddison York
• Kalubi Zola
Regent College
UNDERGRADUATE
Diploma of Higher Education Business Management
• Gheorghe-Bogdan Burlacu
• Luciana Giosanu
• George Valentin Iatan
• Elena-Loredana Soiu
Bachelor of Arts Business Management
• Rachel Ewan
• Ramona Ionela Loluta
• Laurentiu Miriut
• Lacramioara Nour
• Ovidiu Stefan Zait
Bachelor of Arts with Honours Business Management with Foundation Year
• Maria Joaquina Alberto Jone Magalhaes
• Dragos Catalin Alexandru
• Konstantin Iliev Asenov
• Stefan Bodnar
• Gabriel Cornea
• Aglaia Danila
• Florina Daniela Danila
• Andrei Florea
• Ionel Gabriel Gheorghe
• Sergej Larionov
• Mihaela Leczfalvi
• George-Laurentiu Lupascu
• Oleg Malcoci
• Pavla Atanasova Petkova
• Ion Racorean
• Iulia Simion
• Nicolae Stan
Bachelor of Science with Honours Health and Social Science with Foundation Year
• Snezhana Aleksovska
• Maricica Alius
• Mariana Bechir
• Akua Bubabeng
• Jumore Junior Chavhundura
• Dona Priyadarshani Gurusinghe
• Monique Hamilton
• Rasika Krishanthi Kumarage Dona
• Ioana Pop
• Nicoleta Prisecaru
• Iurie Roman
• Mihaela Gabriela Sebok
Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead LA
POSTGRADUATE
Postgraduate Certificate Educational Practice
• Abigail Addy
• Amit Arora
• Nazish Azam
• Charlotte Beattie
• Eliza Bennett
• Jamieson Joseph Brady
• Nadia El Midaoui
• Rachael Garston
• James Hart
• Zulekha Henriques
• Lindsay Alexandra Hill
• Sangita Kanade
• Kate Kenny
• Adrian Ildefonso Manez Gomez
• Amna Naseem
• Rebecca Panteli
• Maryam Rehman
• Karim Salem
• Edward Salter
• Laura Tammaro
• Anna Teodoridis
• Minal Wahid
• Edward Whitson
Thursday 25 July 2024, 11.00am
Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Foundation
Trust
POSTGRADUATE
Post Graduate Certificate Cardio-Respiratory Nursing
• Stacey Marie Davies
• Claire Griffith
• Carmen Wong
Post Graduate Diploma CardioRespiratory Nursing
• Pearl Yvonne Andre
Master of Science CardioRespiratory Nursing
• Sheeba Joseph
• Nicky Shahi
• Victoria Ugochukwu
UniCAM
UNDERGRADUATE
Certificate of Higher Education in Airline and Airport Management
• Loshny Nadarjan
Bachelor of Arts with Honours Airline and Airport Management
• Afiq Fikri Ahmad Jafri
• Afifah Liyana Azlan Binti Abdul Rahman
• Kay Wee Calvin Tan
• Miskat Jahan
• Dhevanantharaj Kalai Selvar
• Lushyindaran M. Gobi
• Muhammad Hazim Ajwad Mohd Assuan
• Vi Anne Ng
• Ruhen Sandran
• Nancy Selvam
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