Summer Graduation Brochure 2024 - Mon 15

THE MACE AND ARMORIAL BEARINGS OF THE UNIVERSITY

The Mace was presented to the University in 1933 by University architect Emanuel Vincent Harris. It is approximately four feet long with a solid silver shaft and head. The finial at the top contains a representation in enamel of the University’s coat of arms. This symbolises the historical associations of the University with the locality. The triangular gold castle with three towers comes from Exeter’s coat of arms and is thought to represent the Rougemont Castle as alluded to by the red background. The 15 gold bezants around the edge of the shield are from Cornwall’s coat of arms, whilst the green cross on a white background is from Devon County Council’s coat of arms. The theme of learning is symbolised by the book with gold edges and a Latin inscription translating roughly as “We follow the light”.

YOUR CEREMONY

We hope you have a fantastic day and enjoy the ceremony. Just to let you know, we undertake filming and photography during the day which we may use for promotional purposes at a later date. We’ve done our best to ensure that the information presented in this brochure is correct at the time of going to print (June 2024).

History

The Congregation for the Conferment of Degrees is the occasion whereby a ‘graduand’ receives the degree of the University. The graduates are then known as alumni and are entitled to use post-nominal letters.

The ceremony has its origins in medieval times. This is reflected in the use of Latin phrases such as in absentia for graduands being awarded in their absence and honoris causa which is applied to honorary degrees.

Academic dress of gown, cap and hood worn by graduates, University officers and academic colleagues also originated in the medieval period. The varying colours of the gowns and hoods and the subtle variations in their style and cut indicate the degree obtained and the awarding university.

Music

The music for the ceremonies is performed by the Chapel Choir and Graduation Brass.

Processional music: Introit and Flourish was commissioned through the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra by the University to mark the Diamond Jubilee of the University in 2015. The music was composed by Stephen Montague.

Order of ceremony

• Processions enter

Please rise and remain standing until all the processions have taken their position and the Chancellor has invited you to be seated.

Processions enter in the following order after the Marshal’s address:

Academic, Senate, Council and Emeritus Professors’ procession;

Civic procession (if attending);

Chancellor’s procession including the Honorary Graduand and/or College of Benefactors inductee (if attending);

The Chancellor and the President and Vice-Chancellor are the last people to enter and are preceded by the University Mace Bearer.

• Welcoming address by Sir Michael Barber, Chancellor, University of Exeter (or his representative)

• Address by Professor Lisa Roberts, President and Vice-Chancellor, University of Exeter (or her representative)

• Conferment of the first cohort of graduands

• Public oration and award of Honorary Degree and/or College of Benefactors induction, or external speaker if applicable

• Conferment of additional cohorts of graduands

• Vote of thanks from the Students’ Guild/Falmouth & Exeter Students’ Union Sabbatical Officer, or nominated apprentice for Degree Apprenticeship ceremonies

• Closing address by Sir Michael Barber, Chancellor, University of Exeter (or his representative)

• Processions exit

Please stand while the processions leave in reverse order. The processions are then followed by the graduates as directed by the Marshals. Guests may then leave the ceremony venue to meet their graduates outside.

THE CHANCELLOR

Sir Michael Barber

The Chancellor’s Role

The post of Chancellor dates back to 1955, when the University of Exeter was created with the award of a Royal Charter from Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. Sir Michael Barber is the seventh Chancellor of the University of Exeter. The first Chancellor was Mary Dowager Duchess of Devonshire. She was followed by Lord Amory, a former Chancellor of the Exchequer; the scientist Sir Rex Richards; and the barrister Lord Alexander. In 2006, the actress and writer Baroness Floella Benjamin was installed as Chancellor, stepping down in 2016. Businessman and former government minister, The Lord Myners of Truro CBE, succeeded Baroness Benjamin in 2016, and was Chancellor until he stepped down at the end of 2021.

The Chancellor is the ceremonial head of the University and is a part-time, honorary appointment. The Chancellor’s most public role is to preside over degree ceremonies, and behind the scenes to act as an important adviser and advocate for the University.

Sir Michael Barber has been Chancellor of the University of Exeter since 1 January 2022. He is a world-leading authority on education and public service delivery and the Founder and Chairman of Delivery Associates, which works with government leaders across the world to enable them to deliver their domestic policy priorities. He is the author of ‘Accomplishment: How to Achieve Ambitious and Challenging Things’ (Penguin 2023).

Sir Michael was educated in York and studied history at the University of Oxford, where he was President of the Queen’s College Student Union. He was a teacher from 1979 to 1985 and subsequently a Professor of Education, first at the University of Keele and then at the Institute of Education, London.

In 1997, Sir Michael embarked on a highly successful career in central government, initially as the Chief Adviser on School Standards in the Department for Education. In 2001, he founded the Prime Minister’s Delivery Unit at No 10 Downing Street, which he ran until 2005.

From 2005 to 2011 he was a partner at McKinsey and Company and Head of its global education practice. From 2011 to 2017 he was Chief Education Advisor at Pearson, where he played a key role in Pearson’s strategy for education.

Most recently, Sir Michael was inaugural Chair of the higher education regulator, the Office for Students, a role from which he stepped down in March 2021. From January to July 2021 he assisted the Prime Minister and government in delivering their domestic policy priorities following the pandemic. In November 2022 it was announced that Sir Michael would lead a review of the government’s skills reform programme, and in June 2023, he took up the role of Chair of the South West Social Mobility Commission, which aims to drive forward transformational change in education and employment outcomes for disadvantaged young people in our region.

Sir Michael lives in North Devon with his family, and in 2022 took up the role of Chair of Somerset County Cricket Club. In 2009, the University of Exeter awarded Sir Michael an Honorary Doctorate of Laws in recognition of his many achievements. For several years Sir Michael was a distinguished visiting scholar at Harvard School of Public Health. In 2005, he was knighted for his services to improving government.

THE PRESIDENT AND VICE-CHANCELLOR

Professor Lisa Roberts

Professor Lisa Roberts became President and ViceChancellor of the University of Exeter on 1 September 2020. In her role, Professor Roberts is responsible for the leadership and management of the University, promoting and advocating for the University globally, nationally and locally, and ensuring the delivery of the University’s Strategy 2030, with its vision to use the power of our education and research to create a sustainable, healthy and socially just future.

Before joining Exeter, Lisa was Deputy Vice-Chancellor for Research and Innovation at the University of Leeds, where she led on the development of the university research and innovation strategy. During this time she led a major step change in the quality and impact of the university research and in business collaborations, launching a new innovation hub and leading a city-wide team of senior city stakeholders through the MIT Regional Entrepreneurship Acceleration Programme (REAP). Before joining Leeds, Lisa was Executive Dean of the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences at the University of Surrey, leading the Schools of Bioscience and Medicine, Psychology and Health Sciences, where she also developed and launched only the eighth School of Veterinary Medicine in the UK, and developed a successful One Health Strategy.

Professor Roberts is a Professor of Virology, having studied for her PhD at the BBSRC Institute for Animal Health (now the Pirbright Institute) and the University of Kent. Earlier in her career, she worked as a Product Development Manager for Procter and Gamble in the UK and Belgium. Lisa is a Board member of the Russell Group, a Board member of Jisc, and a Board member of Universities UK, where she was also recently elected as the Policy Lead for Student Experience, Education and Skills. Lisa also chairs the IDP Connect Strategic Advisory Board, and is an inaugural Commissioner for the South-West Social Mobility Commission. In 2023, she was awarded an honorary degree from the University of Surrey.

A Welcome from the President and Vice-Chancellor

A warm welcome to this wonderful graduation celebration. On behalf of everyone at the University, I would like to say what an honour it is for us to share this very special day with you. Graduation is a chance for all of us at the University to join you in celebrating your achievements, and give thanks to the friends and family who have supported you during your studies. I hope that this special day will be a memorable occasion, and that you enjoy your celebrations.

Graduation is also a time to reflect on your university journey, and on everything that you have achieved. A university education is about more than your degree – it is about growing and developing yourself, challenging your own assumptions and absorbing new perspectives, so that you are equipped for the global workplace. You graduate today having demonstrated the knowledge and skills you need to go out into the world and help forge a greener, healthier and fairer future, and I know that you will be successful in whatever you choose to do next.

As a graduate of the University of Exeter, you now join a vibrant alumni community which extends to more than 185,000 people across the world. These people carry Exeter with them in everything they do, and I encourage you to become an active participant of our alumni family.

Congratulations again on your fantastic achievements, you should be very proud of your success.

I hope you leave Exeter with fabulous memories that will last a lifetime, and that you continue to stay in touch in the years ahead.

THE PROVOST AND DEPUTY VICE-CHANCELLORS

Professor Dan Charman

Senior

Vice-President and Provost

Professor Dan Charman has held the role of Provost and Senior Vice-President at the University of Exeter since August 2023. He was previously the inaugural Pro-Vice-Chancellor for the new Faculty of Environment, Science and Economy and before that was the Dean, and then Pro-Vice-Chancellor, of the College of Life and Environmental Sciences. He undertook his undergraduate degree in Agricultural and Environmental Science at the University of Newcastle and completed his PhD in physical geography at the University of Southampton, subsequently working at the University of Waterloo, Canada, and the University of Plymouth before coming to Exeter in 2009. He is a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and is an Earth system scientist researching long-term ecosystem and climate change, with a focus on peat-forming wetlands and the global carbon cycle.

As Provost, he is deputy to the President and Vice-Chancellor and represents the University externally through Universities UK, Russell Group and other networks. Dan leads the academic community, working with the Pro-Vice Chancellors of the University’s three faculties and the Deputy Vice-Chancellors across research and impact, education and student experience and business engagement and innovation. His primary responsibility is to lead the delivery of the University’s Strategy 2030, through the development and implementation of the major academic strategies, and the University academic planning, resourcing and budgeting process.

Professor Krasimira TsanevaAtanasova

Vice-President and Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research and Impact)

Professor Krasimira Tsaneva-Atanasova is Vice-President and Deputy Vice-Chancellor for Research and Impact and Professor of Mathematics for Healthcare.

Professor Tsaneva-Atanasova earned her undergraduate and MSc degrees in mathematics at the University of Plovdiv, Bulgaria and her PhD in applied mathematics at the University of Auckland, New Zealand. Following postdoctoral fellow positions in the USA and France she spent five years at the University of Bristol. She joined the University of Exeter in 2013. She has previously held a number of leadership roles at Exeter including the Associate Dean for Global and the Associate Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Research and Impact in the Faculty of Environment, Science and Economy. Professor TsanevaAtanasova’s research addresses open questions in Health and Life Sciences by means of mathematical modelling and analysis including advanced data analytics.

As Vice-President and Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research and Impact), Professor Tsaneva-Atanasova oversees a total research portfolio of more than £500 million and leads the research and impact strategy for the University. Her overarching responsibilities include our preparation and submission for the Research Excellence Framework in 2029; interdisciplinary institutes, networks and centres; strategic leadership of our Doctoral College, the University Ethics Committee and the Research and Impact Executive Committee; and ensuring our research is utilised and impacts positively on the wider world. Professor Tsaneva-Atanasova represents the University externally via a number of research-related groups including GW4, our regional alliance of the Universities of Bristol, Bath, Cardiff and Exeter.

Professor Richard Follett

Vice-President and Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Global Engagement)

Professor Richard Follett leads the development and delivery of the University’s Global Strategy and has oversight of the University’s global activities, including student recruitment, global experiences for staff and students, establishing and leading the University’s relationships with key global partners, and engaging alumni around the world.

An elected Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, Richard is also Professor of American History and a specialist on the history of African American slavery. Richard joined Exeter in January 2023 from the University of Sussex where he worked for 23 years, latterly as Associate Vice-President (International). He is a graduate of the University of Wales, the University of London, and the University of Illinois. He obtained his doctorate from Louisiana State University where he was a Fulbright scholar.

Exeter’s Global Strategy lays out the University’s vision to be a truly global institution by extending our presence, reach and impact around the world. We aim to be an internationally recognised leader in human health and wellbeing, sustainability, and social justice; to grow our mutually beneficial partnerships; to diversify our international student community; and to provide an inclusive and world-class staff and student experience. In his role Richard works with Exeter’s leading international partners, including the University of Queensland, Duke University, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi and Tsinghua University. This year, Exeter also joined the prestigious Worldwide Universities Network.

Richard has lived in Spain, Ireland and the US, and worked in more than 30 countries, including visiting appointments at the Universities of Lagos, Nanjing, Peking and Heidelberg, and the National Autonomous University of Mexico. He was Chair of Universities UK Africa and Middle East Network from 2020-2023.

Professor Tim Quine

Vice-President and Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Education and Student Experience)

Professor Tim Quine is the Vice-President and Deputy Vice-Chancellor for Education and Student Experience and Professor of Earth Surface Science. Tim is responsible for leading the delivery of the University’s Education Strategy, and the Education and Student Experience vision within our Strategy 2030.

Tim’s brief is captured in the Education Strategy commitments to Success for All our Students and Valuing Educators, and encompasses the undergraduate and taught postgraduate student journey from arrival, through excellent teaching, learning and assessment, to the next stages in graduate life. He maintains a close partnership with the Students’ Guild in Exeter and the Falmouth & Exeter Students’ Union in Cornwall to ensure that our students’ interests are central to our plans for continuous enhancement. He also works closely with the Education Leadership Team including the three Faculty Associate Pro-Vice-Chancellors (Education) to ensure that the University maintains its excellent academic standards and continues to innovate in teaching and learning for the benefit of all students, as was recently evidenced by the University’s Gold rating in the Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) 2023.

He is a graduate of University College London where he obtained his Bachelors degree in Archaeology. Tim went on to complete his doctorate at the University of Strathclyde, and his research in earth surface science focuses on perturbation of the terrestrial carbon cycle and ecosystem services by soil erosion and sediment deposition. Tim’s research projects have seen him collaborate with researchers in universities and research institutes in China, India, Zimbabwe, Lesotho, Bolivia, Saudi Arabia, Australia, New Zealand and many European countries. He is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, Principal Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and member of the Russell Group Education Network.

THE PROVOST AND DEPUTY VICE-CHANCELLORS

Stuart Brocklehurst Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Business Engagement and Innovation), Director, Green Futures Solutions

Stuart Brocklehurst is Deputy Vice-Chancellor for Business Engagement and Innovation, leading the University’s collaboration with business and our drive to deliver innovation through our research and education. In addition, as Director of Green Futures Solutions he heads up the University’s drive to translate our world leading work on climate change into practical impact.

Stuart started his career in banking, holding a number of roles with Barclays in the UK and Africa, then as Senior Vice President for Digital Commerce at Visa International CEMEA leading the adoption of new business models and technologies. Following a period as a Partner at consultancy Carbon, Stuart joined Amadeus in support of its initial public offering and served as Group Communications Director after the flotation. He went on to run his own business up to its sale to the Troy Group, where he remains a board advisor.

Stuart is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, a Fellow of the British Computer Society, a Companion of the Chartered Management Institute, a Chartered IT Professional, a Chartered Manager, a Freeman of the City of London, and holds a degree in theology from Oxford.

He has served on numerous company boards, on the synod and Bishop’s Council of the Diocese of Exeter, as a Governor of Petroc College in North Devon and as a Leadership Fellow of Exeter Business School. He chairs the Exeter Science Centre Advisory Board and serves on the boards of Great South West Pan Regional Partnership; SETsquared; GW4; the Centre for Resilience in the Environment, Water and Waste; the South West Investment Fund’s Strategic Advisory Board; and, the Liveable Exeter Place Board. Additionally, he is on the Executive Committee of parliament’s Rural Economy Research Group and the Selection Committee for the Zayed Sustainability Prize.

Professor Martin Siegert Vice-President and Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Cornwall)

Professor Martin Siegert is Vice-President and Deputy ViceChancellor for Cornwall and is responsible for the strategic development of the University of Exeter’s activities in Cornwall. Martin joined the University of Exeter in November 2022. Previously, he was Co-Director of the Grantham Institute for Climate Change at Imperial College London, and Head of the School of Geosciences and Assistant Principal for Climate Change and Energy at the University of Edinburgh.

Martin is a polar scientist who uses airborne and ground-based geophysics to explore the subglacial environment of Antarctica, and to understand how the ice sheet has changed in the past and how it may change in the future. He has undertaken three Antarctic expeditions and has been the UK lead on over a dozen international scientific exploration programmes across the continent. He has published over 250 papers, has written/ edited eight books and has convened four major international conferences concerning Antarctic exploration.

Using his knowledge of polar change, Martin has offered talks on the necessity of the net-zero transition to a variety of audiences, including major corporates (HSBC, Octopus, SAF), TV and radio (such as the Life Scientific and Inside Science), and to secondary schools (through the Speakers for Schools programme).

Professor Rajani Naidoo Vice-President and Deputy Vice-Chancellor (People and Culture)

Professor Rajani Naidoo was appointed Vice-President and Deputy Vice-Chancellor for People and Culture at the University in January 2024. She holds a UNESCO Chair in Higher Education Management; sits on the European Foundation for Management Development Research and Development Committee; and is a member of the British Council Education Advisory Group.

Rajani was featured in the Stanford/Elsevier top 2 per cent most highly cited scholars in her field and her research focusses on the transformation of contemporary universities and their contribution to the global good. She has been involved in global research projects on the changing academic profession, international higher education partnerships, and the contribution of higher education to social justice; and has presented numerous keynotes at major conferences in Europe, the US, Canada, Asia and Africa.

As the Deputy Vice-Chancellor for People and Culture, Rajani leads on the development and implementation of the ‘Our People’ theme of the University’s Strategy 2030 with overall responsibility for championing and driving a step change in Exeter’s people and culture priorities across the whole University community. She co-chairs the Wellbeing, Inclusivity and Culture Committee, providing senior leadership and ensuring the integrated delivery of our strategic vision for culture, inclusion and performance. She works closely with Faculty Deputy Vice-Chancellors, Divisional Directors and the Community and Inclusion team to co-create support, development and inclusive leadership strategies.

Rajani is a graduate of the University of Cambridge; University College London; and the University of KwaZulu-Natal with majors in Law, English, Psychology, Education and Management.

BEHIND THE SCENES OF YOUR GRADUATION

Mike Shore-Nye Senior Vice-President and Registrar & Secretary

My role is to lead the University’s Professional Services teams, ensuring the effective and efficient operations and governance of the University. These teams cover everything from accommodation to wellbeing services; libraries, IT and sports facilities to careers advice and guidance.

Professional Services play a pivotal and vital role in University life, no more so than for graduation. We take pride in supporting every aspect of the ceremonies each year, with over 2,000 team members involved in making it a very special day for our graduands, their friends and families. There is a huge amount of work behind the scenes during the 12 months prior to the ceremonies; many colleagues volunteer away from their day jobs to help the events run smoothly on the day.

I hope you have a wonderful day, enjoy every moment and I wish you all the best for whatever the future brings.

In Summer 2024 we are holding 25 graduation ceremonies:

In the average ceremony, each person claps approximately 7,000 TIMES

7,312 STUDENTS GRADUATE with 18,995 GUESTS in attendance

The Mace Bearer

The role of the Mace Bearer is a historic one dating back to the 12th century. The Mace Bearer’s role is to protect the dignitary who follows them: in our case, the Chancellor. Original maces were weapons which could be used if necessary to protect the King.

As time progressed, maces became increasingly decorative and the use of silver-covered maces in Exeter can be traced back to the late 14th century. You can read more about the University of Exeter’s mace on the inside front cover.

The Mace Bearer and Marshals, who lead the procession carrying the less ornate wooden ‘wand’, are selected from Professional Services to ensure both the academic and professional support functions are reflected in the ceremonies. The remainder of the procession and stage party comprises academic staff, and representatives from the University’s Council, University executive staff and the University’s Multifaith Chaplaincy.

During our typical winter and summer graduation ceremonies:

Over 6,000 HOURS WORKED by hospitality team members

26 GROUNDS TEAM MEMBERS prepare the grounds, set the stage and make the displays

More than 100 CLEANERS spend nearly 1,000 HOURS CLEANING

HONORARY GRADUATES AND GUEST SPEAKERS

Each year, we award Honorary degrees to a number of exceptional people who demonstrate outstanding merit in their field. Since 195556, over 600 people from all walks of life have been honoured in this way. The following abbreviations for Honorary degrees are used: LLD Doctor of Laws; DLitt Doctor of Letters; and DSc Doctor of Science.

A full list of Honorary degrees conferred by the University is available at: exeter.ac.uk/honorarygraduates

During the Summer and Winter 2023 ceremonies, we honoured:

Lord David Puttnam CBE (DLitt)

Amanda Pritchard (LLD)

Professor Sir Steve Smith (LLD)

Dame Melinda Simmons DCMG (LLD)

Leslie McLoughlin FRGS, FRHistS (DLitt)

Bernardine Evaristo OBE, FRSL, FRSA (DLitt)

Reverend Prebendary Professor Georgina Radford (DSc)

Melanie Eusebe MBE (LLD)

Dr Nicholas Tregenza (DSc)

In acknowledgment of the importance of philanthropy, the University of Exeter invites its most generous donors to become members of the prestigious College of Benefactors. Induction into the College is the highest honour that the University can bestow upon its donors. The following became members in 2023:

J P Moulton Charitable Foundation

Mr David and Mrs Kirsten Higgins

A MESSAGE FROM A RECENT HONORARY GRADUATE:

Kamila Shamsie FRSL (DLitt)

Kamila Shamsie is the author of eight novels which have been translated into over 30 languages. One of her award-winning novels, Home Fire, won the Women’s Prize for Fiction and the Hellenic Prize, was long listed for the Man Booker Prize, and shortlisted for eight other prizes. Vice-President and Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and Professor of Creative Writing at the University of Manchester, she was one of Granta’s ‘Best of Young British Novelists’ in 2013.

When I graduated, I had no idea what was ahead of me. Believe me when I tell you that you are only at the very start of knowing what your time at Exeter will truly mean for your lives. So much is possible, so much is still ahead, but right now let me congratulate you on this present moment and the achievement of being here, graduates and graduands of this fine University into which I am so delighted to have been welcomed.

HONORARY GRADUATES

Damon Albarn OBE (DLitt)

Musical polymath Damon Albarn is one of the UK’s most prolific and influential artists. The creative force on over 40 albums: band projects, solo albums, collaborations, operas and film soundtracks. The singer and songwriter of blur, Gorillaz and more, he is the recipient of six BRIT Awards, two Ivor Novellos and two Grammy Awards.

blur’s debut Leisure in 1991 marked the start of an extensive and eclectic career. Iconic works for blur and later Gorillaz are interspersed with writing for film soundtracks including Ravenous (1999), 101 Reykjavík (2001) and Broken (2012).

An Oxfam commission gave rise to the transformative Mali Music (2002) made in Bamako with Afel Bocoum & Toumani Diabaté , and Kinshasa One Two (2011). Then, with Africa Express, came Maison De Jeunes (2013) and Egoli (2019), as well as the formation of The Orchestra of Syrian Musicians for an eponymous studio album and the opening slot at Glastonbury Festival in 2016.

Albarn’s first full opera Monkey: Journey To The West debuted at Manchester International Festival in 2007 and was followed by the operas and musicals Dr Dee (2011), Wonder.land (2015) and most recently, Le Vol du Boli (2021).

In addition to nine studio albums with blur and eight with Gorillaz, Albarn has also recorded two albums with The Good, The Bad & The Queen and two solo albums, the Mercury Prize-nominated Everyday Robots (2014) and The Nearer The Fountain, More Pure The Stream Flows (2021). He has also produced for multiple artists from Kano to Amadou & Mariam, and most proudly, wrote and produced Bobby Womack’s final album The Bravest Man In The Universe, released in 2012.

Stephen Catlin (LLD)

Stephen Catlin began his insurance career in 1973. He founded Catlin Underwriting Agencies Limited in 1984, which later became part of Catlin Group Limited.

Stephen served as Catlin Group’s Chief Executive throughout its history and also served as the active underwriter of Lloyd’s Syndicate 1003 and later Syndicate 2003 until May 2003. He assumed the position of Executive Deputy Chairman of XL Group Ltd from May 2015 (upon the completion of XL’s acquisition of Catlin Group Limited) to May 2017.

From May to December 2017, he acted as a special advisor to XL’s Chief Executive Officer, Mike McGavick. In April 2019, Stephen and Paul Brand founded international specialty insurer and reinsurer, Convex Group Limited. Stephen was CEO and Chairman until June 2022, when he became Executive Chairman.

Tom Chapman (LLD)

The multi award winning Tom Chapman is an author, barber, educator, ambassador, TEDx speaker, and founder of The Lions Barber Collective, an international network of barbers who have come together to help raise awareness for the prevention of suicide. He is an author four times over including a children’s book called The Mighty Lions and in 2022 published his life-saving lessons from BarberTalk training titled How to Listen so Men Will Talk.

After opening his own hair salon in 2011, Tom quickly realised that from inside the safe environment of his barbershop there was an opportunity to not only look after what’s on his customers heads but also what’s inside their heads. In 2015, he founded The Lions Barber Collective, with a vision of a world free from suicide, to educate and raise awareness about mental health and suicide prevention. Tom created a life-saving education programme, that trains hair and beauty professionals, and now anybody (in BarberTalk, Hair&BeautyTalk and HereToTalk training) giving participants the skills to recognise, ask, listen and help those around them with their mental health and suicide prevention.

Dr Alex George (DSc)

Dr Alex George is a presenter, best-selling author, and Youth Mental Health Ambassador to the government. He is also the co-founder of Mettle, the mental fitness app for men.

Alex has become a well-known and respected figure amongst healthcare professionals in the UK, from his years as an A&E doctor, bringing the nation accessible and reassuring advice directly from the frontline throughout the pandemic. He has published three Sunday Times Bestsellers, Live Well Every Day, The Mind Manual for adults, and A Better Day for children, which also won Book of the Year for Children’s Non-Fiction at The British Book Awards. Most recently Alex published his fourth book, A Better Day Journal: Fun and Calming Activities for Positive Mental Health in January 2024.

Alex is on a mission to improve mental health support for young people, and has become prolific throughout the UK for his campaigning for Early Support Hubs as well as his recent work alongside the Royal Foundation with the Prince and Princess of Wales. He also has a hugely successful podcast, Stompcast, which promotes the importance of walking in nature for mental and physical wellbeing.

Alex’s TV work includes presenting his documentary for BBC One and Children Need, Dr Alex: Our Young Mental Health Crisis as well as fronting Naked Education for Channel 4 and All4. Most recently, Alex released his first single with Decca Records at Universal Music, a spoken word track called The Dreaded Pill, in collaboration with pianist Luke Howard, with the ambition to break down stigma around mental health medication.

HONORARY GRADUATES

Cush Jumbo OBE (DLitt)

Cush Jumbo OBE, born in South London, graduated from the Central School of Speech and Drama in 2006 before embarking on an acting, writing and producing career. In 2013, Cush performed in her self-penned play Josephine and I, a one-woman play about jazz singer Josephine Baker, which premiered at the Bush Theatre, London and transferred to The Public Theater in New York. She won an Emerging Talent Award at the London Evening Standard Theatre Awards in November 2013 for this performance. She made her Broadway debut in the autumn of 2014 when she appeared in the transfer of the Royal Court Theatre production of The River by Jez Butterworth opposite Hugh Jackman.

Cush can currently be seen opposite Peter Capaldi in her Apple TV series Criminal Record in which she stars and Executive Produces. Cush has just played Lady Macbeth opposite David Tennant at the Donmar Warehouse. She is well known for starring in US series The Good Wife and The Good Fight, and can be seen as the lead in Britbox drama The Beast Must Die, and Netflix series Stay Close. Cush is three-time Olivier Nominated, most recently in 2022 for playing Hamlet at The Young Vic Theatre. Jumbo was appointed an OBE in the 2019 Birthday Honours for services to drama.

General Sir Patrick Sanders KCB CBE DSO ADC Gen (LLD)

Born in Tidworth Garrison military hospital and raised in Norway, Gibraltar and Iraq, General Sir Patrick Sanders was commissioned in 1986 and spent his early service as an Infantry Officer in The Royal Green Jackets in Germany, Norway and the UK. He has commanded on operations in Northern Ireland, Kosovo, Bosnia, Iraq and Afghanistan. His staff appointments have been in operational and strategic roles. He has been a member of the Directing Staff at the Joint Staff College, Pol/Mil adviser for the Commander of Coalition Forces in Iraq in 2003-4, Colonel Army Strategy, Chief of Defence Staff’s Liaison Officer to the US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Assistant Chief of Defence Staff (Operations) in the MOD.

He has commanded 20 Armoured Brigade, the 3rd (UK) Division, and the Field Army. Promoted to General in May 2019, he commanded UK Strategic Command until May 2022 and became Chief of the General Staff in June 2022.

He is Colonel Commandant of The Honourable Artillery Company, Honorary Colonel of the Turks and Caicos Islands Regiment and President of the Armed Forces Winter Sports Association. He speaks French and Norwegian, colloquial Spanish and can tell when he is being insulted in Arabic, Pashtun, Dari, Albanian and Serbo-Croat. Married to Fiona Bullen, a successful author, they have made their home in a small Wiltshire village. General Sanders enjoys cycling, all forms of skiing, shooting and whisky. A season ticket holder with their son Kit, he is a dedicated Tottenham Hotspur FC fan.

Dougie Scarfe OBE DL (DLitt)

Having held senior roles as both administrator, educator and performer in a career spanning over three decades, Dougie is currently Chief Executive at Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra (BSO) where he has led transformational change since 2012. He was formerly Chorus & Orchestra Director and Concerts Director at Opera North, where he began his career as a professional horn player.

Dougie was recognised with an OBE for services to the Arts in His Majesty King Charles III’s inaugural Birthday Honours list.

A passionate advocate for culture, Dougie’s ongoing efforts to improve access and inclusion in classical music has been widely praised. His work in improving outcomes for disabled musicians — from the creation of the world’s first disabled-led ensemble at the core of a major symphony orchestra, BSO Resound, to the commissioning of new music for inclusive forces — has been regarded as a world-leading approach for the sector.

Dougie has remained dedicated to music education throughout his career, from conducting youth groups to teaching at a range of levels. Alongside his role in founding Yorkshire Young Musicians, a talent development organisation for exceptional young performers, his conducting commitments have included 18 years as Principal Conductor of the City of Leeds Youth Orchestra, through which he has inspired generations of young performers.

In 2019, he was awarded an Honorary Fellowship at Arts University Bournemouth (AUB), for Services to Music and in March 2023, won the Association of British Orchestras, Orchestra Manager of the Year award. In November 2023, Dougie was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant for Dorset.

Rachel Skinner CBE FREng FICE (DSc)

Rachel Skinner is an Executive Director at WSP, a global company that provides engineering, environmental and advisory services. Prior to this, she led WSP’s UK transport planning and advisory team.

From 2020-21, Rachel served as the youngest ever President of the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE). Her theme of climate action explained the role of civil engineers in making faster, real-world change. She is a long-standing patron of Women in Transport (a not-for-profit that seeks to improve sector diversity). Rachel was awarded a CBE for services to infrastructure in 2022.

Rachel was invited to become a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering in 2019, is a chartered engineer and a chartered transport planner. She was awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Leeds in 2022 and is an honorary fellow of the Society for the Environment. She continues to work closely with the UK’s largest infrastructure clients as chair of the Carbon Task Group of the Infrastructure Client Group (ICG), also the ICE’s Decarbonisation Advisory Board and the UK Department for Transport’s employment and skills taskforce. She also served two years as an Infrastructure Commissioner for Scotland from late 2018.

In 2016, Rachel was listed as one of The Telegraph’s inaugural UK Top 50 Influential Women in Engineering; in 2017 she was named the Most Distinguished Winner and Best Woman Civil Engineer at the Women in Civil Engineering Awards, and in 2019 she was confirmed by the Financial Times as one of the UK’s Top 100 Women in Engineering.

HONORARY GRADUATES

Emeritus Professor Desmond Walling (DSc)

One of the world’s most eminent Geography scholars, Des Walling arrived in Exeter as a student in 1963 and was both an undergraduate and postgraduate (PhD) in the Geography Department. He became an Assistant Lecturer in 1968, retiring as a Professor in 2010.

His doctoral research focussed on hydrology, then a new area of Physical Geography, and compared the hydrological behaviour of five small instrumented catchments in southeast Devon. Most of his subsequent work has concentrated on suspended sediment in streams and rivers (muddy water) and associated catchment sediment budgets. Continuing to work in the UK, he also extended the global coverage of his research into contrasting environments, including China, southeast Asia, Africa, Chile and Greenland. In addition, he has investigated recent changes in the sediment loads of the world’s rivers in response to human impact and climate change. He has supervised more than 60 PhD students to successful completion and has published widely, credited with more than 54,000 citations by Google Scholar.

He has been heavily involved with international activity in his field and has served as President of the International Commission on Continental Erosion (1983-91), the International Association for Sediment Water Science (1993-96) and the World Association for Sedimentation and Erosion Research (2004-10). He has been awarded the Victoria Medal of the Royal Geographical Society, the Linton Award of the British Society for Geomorphology, the International Hydrology Prize of the International Association of Hydrological Sciences, UNESCO and WMO, and the AGU Hydrologic Sciences Award.

Sir Robert Tony Watson CMG FRS (DSc)

Sir Robert Tony Watson is one of the most influential environmental scientists worldwide, contributing to multiple assessments of sciences to inform international and national policies and actions. His research interests include biodiversity and ecosystem services, agriculture, climate change, and stratospheric ozone.

Among key positions held, Sir Robert was a former Scientific Advisor in the Office of Science and Technology Policy, White House; Chief Scientist at the World Bank; Chief Scientific Advisor in the UK Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs; Strategic Director for the Tyndall Center, University of East Anglia; and he is currently Professor Emeritus at the University of East Anglia.

He has chaired, co-chaired or directed several influential scientific assessments. Three of the assessments he has chaired have received prestigious awards - the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment won the 2006 Zayed Prize; the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize; and the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, the 2022 Gulbenkian Prize for Humanity.

He is the recipient of numerous awards, fellowships, and honorary degrees which include a Knights Bachelor (2012), Companion of the Order of Saint Michael and Saint George (2003); Fellow of the Royal Society (2011), member of the American Philosophical Society (2020), honorary member of the AMS (2021), UN Champion of the World for Science and Innovation (2014), the Asahi Glass Blue Planet Prize (2010), the Global Green Award for International Environmental Leadership (2003), and several Honorary Doctor of Sciences.

Josh Widdicombe (DLitt)

Josh Widdicombe is a highly popular comedian, presenter and actor, originally from Devon. He has starred in thirty series of the multi award-winning Channel 4 series The Last Leg, as team captain on Sky Max’s show Rob Beckett’s Smart TV and alongside Nish Kumar on Hold the Front Page. Josh has also had multiple appearances on shows such as Hypothetical, QI, Live at the Apollo, A League of Their Own, Have I Got News for You and Taskmaster, as well as performing onstage at the Royal Albert Hall for The Royal Variety Performance.

Josh co-hosts two popular podcasts, Parenting Hell with Rob Beckett and, Quickly Kevin will he score? The 90s Football Show. Both podcasts have been performed as multiple live shows. In addition, Josh has authored two Sunday Times Bestsellers – his first a childhood memoir about growing up watching too much TV in the 1990s, Watching Neighbours Twice a Day…How 90’s TV (Almost) Prepared Me For Life and the second based on his podcast, Parenting Hell – How to Cope (or Not) With Being a Parent.

His most recent stand-up tour Bit Much… culminated in a night at the iconic London Palladium and aired on Channel 4 in summer 2022.

This year, Josh will feature in Big Lizard, a new animated comedy adventure coming to CBeebies.

Will Young (DLitt)

Will Young, the singer, songwriter and actor studied politics at the University of Exeter prior to being voted the original Pop Idol winner in 2001 and the launch of his successful career. Will released his debut album in 2002 and in the two decades since has achieved six chart topping albums, two BRIT Awards, four UK number one singles and hits including Leave Right Now, Evergreen and Jealousy.

His acting career blossomed concurrently, with roles on stage and screen including the Judi Dench film Mrs Henderson Presents as well as numerous presenting gigs on TV and radio.

Will’s mental health

podcast The Wellbeing Lab has run for 2 seasons, and he has recently published two books focusing on mental health, To Be A Gay Man and Be Yourself And Happier. Will’s latest release, the single Falling Deep will be accompanied by an album due for release in August this year, followed by a tour in the autumn.

ALUMNI ANNIVERSARY SPEAKERS

Sarah Dusek

Sarah Dusek graduated from Exeter in 1995 with a Law degree. After an early career working for non-profit organisations in Africa and the Far East, Sarah became an entrepreneur and pioneered the glamping industry in the US by founding upscale outdoor hospitality brand Under Canvas, which she sold in 2018 for over $100 million. Today, Sarah is the Managing Partner and co-founder of Enygma Ventures, a venture capital investment fund investing in women-led businesses in Africa. Sarah is also the co-founder and CEO of an eco-travel company, Few & Far, which is heavily invested in conservation and carbon sequestration initiatives and protecting critical biodiversity. Her upcoming book, Thinking Bigger: A Pitch-Deck Formula for Women Who Want to Change the World is due to be released in September.

Sarah has been recognised as an Ernst & Young Entrepreneurial Winning Woman and regularly contributes to various publications such as Forbes, The Telegraph, TRT World and Inc. magazine, Fast Company and more. She sits on the board of 10 startups in Africa and divides her time between the US and South Africa with her husband and two children.

Frank Gardner OBE

Frank Gardner OBE graduated from the University in 1984 with a degree in Arabic and Islamic Studies. After an early career in investment banking in New York and Bahrain he switched to journalism and became the BBC’s Middle East Correspondent in Cairo.

Following the 9/11 attacks he became BBC Security Correspondent covering events in Ukraine, Afghanistan, Yemen, and across the Middle East. In 2004 he was shot six times by Al-Qaida terrorists while filming in Saudi Arabia, leaving him paralysed in the legs.

He was awarded an OBE by Queen Elizabeth in 2005 and received Honorary Doctorates from five universities including Exeter. He is the author of five bestselling books including Blood and Sand. His latest novel Invasion was published in May.

Paul Hammersley

Since studying Economic and Political Development at the University, Paul has spent his career in the advertising business. The first ten years of his working life were at Saatchi & Saatchi in London, from Graduate Trainee to Executive Board member. He then moved to New York to work for Lowe and Partners where he ran their Coca Cola account and oversaw the development of the Lowe network across South America. He later returned to London to run Lowe Howard-Spink and then Lowe Lintas. After the agency was made Campaign’s and AdAge’s Agency of the Year in 2000, Paul moved back to New York to be CEO of Lowe North America. He left Lowe in 2004 and returned to London to be Chairman and CEO of DDB London and then a founding partner of The Red Brick Road. Following a management buyout of the agency, Paul left to run the private equity-backed EDC group and in June 2017 he founded The Harbour Collective, a group of specialist marketing communications agencies, which he still runs. Outside of work Paul spends as much time as possible with his three, now grown-up, children and his wife Alex. Both Alex and their eldest daughter, Mia, are also Exeter Alumni. He is a keen runner, tennis player and golfer and a fanatical skier and watches as much rugby and cricket as he can get away with. He lives in Oxfordshire and London.

Oussama Kardi

Oussama Kardi studied Politics and International Studies, graduating in 2016, before undertaking an MSc in International Relations at the London School of Economics. After a brief stint in journalism, he joined the Civil Service’s Fast Stream programme in 2018. He has undertaken a number of Civil Service roles, mostly in crisis response and resilience, working in HM Revenue and Customs; the Cabinet Office; and the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. He has been deployed on diplomatic engagements abroad and currently leads a resilience team in the Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs.

COLLEGE OF BENEFACTORS

Roger de Freitas (Politics, 1971)

We are delighted to welcome Roger de Freitas, a dedicated philanthropist and conservationist, to the University of Exeter College of Benefactors. Roger graduated in Politics in 1971 and has generously supported the University’s marine research community, amplifying the global reach and impact of our research, beginning with funding a Postdoctoral studentship in Ecology and Conservation in 2015.

Since then, Roger has supported PhD studentships looking at the ecological impact of marine pollution and microplastic debris in water systems worldwide, and further scholarships for Masters’ students within the European Centre for Environment and Human Health. Roger’s ongoing support and participation in the marine community continues to assist a growing Exeter student body to drive innovation, foster collaboration and deliver impact in some of the biggest global challenges we face.

PRESENTATION OF GRADUATES

This programme lists the names of those upon whom substantive degrees are to be conferred at this Congregation. The programme also lists those who elected to receive their award in absence earlier in the session. Graduands who have elected to receive their award in absence at this Congregation are indicated by an asterisk.

PRESENTATION OF GRADUATES

Monday 15 July 09:00

IN THE FACULTY OF HUMANITIES, ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES

FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY IN CREATIVE WRITING

* Rinat Harel

Thesis: NarrativeDis/Repair:Interlinked Stories,Trauma,andNarrativeRepair

IN ENGLISH

Yousef Hamdan Alshammari

Thesis: EgyptWritesBacktoImperialBritain

* Kirby Allison Archer

Thesis: TheEnvironmentalActivistin ContemporaryU.S.andCanadianNovels

Kai Wen Ada Cheong

Thesis: TheAlimentaryUnconscious: ScienceFictionandtheWorld-Food-System intheCapitalocene

Laura Cox

Thesis: WessexWomen,Land,andClass: ThomasHardy’sMilkmaids,Farmers,and PropertyOwners,1865-1914

Ashley Jonathan Gannicott

Thesis: AlienCommunication:Sign LanguageandWorldlyEncountersinFiction

Yahia Hakami

Thesis: Colonial/PostcolonialEcologies andtheWildernessMythinAustralianand CanadianLiterature

* Michelle Louise Honeybun

Thesis: FiguresofWarandCotton:British andAmericanPoetryduringtheAmerican CivilWar(1861-65)

* Abhik Maiti

Thesis: AlltheComputer’saStage: Ludo-literaryAestheticsofVideogame AdaptationsofShakespeare’sPlays

Zakiya Amelia McKenzie

Thesis: ASocialHistoryofBlackBritish Journalism:CaribbeanWritersinBritain

Fatima Naveed

Thesis: ALiteraryHistoryofDissent:The WorkoftheSouthAsianProgressive Writers’Association(1932-1975)

Pichaya Waiprib

Thesis: QueerTemporalities,theGothic, andRepresentationsofFemaleQueer SubjectivitiesandNon-NormativeDesiresin LateVictorianandNeo-VictorianLiterature

Yanping Wu

Thesis: KatherineMansfield,Ancient ChineseLiterature,ArtandCulture

* Anna Milon

Thesis: TheHornedGodasEnvironmental FigureinAnglophoneFantasyFictionand LiveActionRole-Play

Denise Ross

Thesis: Sacredwells:Understanding survivorsofculturalchange

Joanne Victoria Hill

Thesis: ChristopherMarloweandtheCrisis ofEnglishProtestantisms

* Judy Dexter Rye

Thesis: TedHughesandTheatre:The EmergingDramatist1956-1959

FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY BY PUBLICATION IN ENGLISH

Anna Livia Plurabelle Kiernan

Thesis: Content:Exploringthetheoryand practice(s)ofliterarymediainachanging publishingmarketplace

FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF ARTS IN CREATIVE WRITING

Bridgitt Alison Sanders

Rachael Wilson

IN ENGLISH LITERARY STUDIES

Aqeelah Rahamathulla

IN ENGLISH LITERARY STUDIES (CRITICISM AND THEORY PATHWAY)

Owen Morgan Hughes

FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF ARTS IN ENGLISH

Damian Ellis Abbott

Cosima Matilda Addison

Melina Aggarwal

James Allen

Caris Jayne Arnold

Hope Mary Ashford

Amelie Jo Faye Ashley-Timms

Angelica Austin

Sarah-Louise Bailey

Kaylee Louise Patricia Bancroft

Archie Barker

Jack Oliver Barry

Clara Beddows

Freja Tomasina Chaplin Bedell

Sharon Bijoy

Kiara Bird

Ellie Louise Blanchard

Lucy Bowles

Alice Bradfield

Leonora Breheny

Megan Buchanan

Adele Buckley

Emily Charlotte Buckroyd

Anna Bungay

Elizabeth Callaghan

Simona Campanile

Eve Carroll

Olivia Rose Casci

Naomi Claire Chadwick

Menna Kate Chandler

Charlotte Cole

Joseph John Combellack

Madeline Jane Conlan

Erica Hope Connelly

Anabel Ruby Costa-Ferreira

Scarlett Roux Cracknell

Olivia Cronin

Thomas Cunningham

Amelia Elizabeth Sophie Curtis

Hannah Danes

Aimee Robin Davis

Rebecca Louise Derbyshire

Zara Dosanjh

Hannah Dow

Eleanor Escott

Maya Fernandes

Juliet Frobisher-Hought

Sofia Grace Glenville

Amy Georgina Goodall

Kobe Elizabeth Grant

Harvey Gration

Zahra Groves

Kate Hailwood

Megan Eleanor Hall

Gemma Harbour

Matilda May Harrison

Sacha Hemingway

Zoe Heslop

James Angus Robert MacLean Hill

Charlotte Emmy Holland

Rosey Elizabeth Holland

Finn Horton

Lulu Howells

Helena Sophia Elisabeth Hughes

Natalya Hutchinson

Jasmine Irvine-Scott

Caspar James Jansa

Freya Louise Johnson

Harry Jones

Anna Kane

Ben Charles Kelpie

Grace Kemp

* Tomos Knox

Isobel Lane

Laura Lanham

Jolyon William Clive Leavesley

Oliver Lindsey-Clark

Olivia Lorimer

* Elizabeth Loydell

Arthur Dylan Ralph Ludlam

Kate Lyttle

* Ben MacNaughton

Arabella Mansfield

Mimi Martiello

Bethany Martin

Olivia Jade Mason-Myhill

Florence Matthews

Maia Rose McGill

Abbie McGurrell

Olivia Elizabeth Elliot McKee

Ambar Elizabeth Minhas

Amelia Honey Moran

Freya Moss

Tyler Mundie

Rosa Newell

Jessie O’Keeffe

Charlotte Oldroyd

Bethany Owen-Ffoulkes

Phoebe Ozanne

Henry Michael Parker

Isobel Parry

Amelia Pearce

Emily Pamela Anne Peck

Grace Perrett

Megan Perry

Jake Phillips

Luke Phipps

Emily Pink

Ria Pollard

* Hayden Olivia Nankivell Price

Lucy Ann Rawlings

Angus Regan

Oliver Matthew Rickwood

Florence Roberts

Jennifer Lucy Robinson

Chloe Rookes

Katie Rowe

Maria Rowse

Olivia Rumbold

Florence Eveline Sabry

Libby Tabitha Sandell

Madeleine Sanders

Ellie Sassienie Honeyball

Esme Bea Sawyers

Emily Ann Shaw-Goodall

Jennifer Silver

Anya Simons

Martyna Antonina Smolińska

Madison Sohngen

Rafael Solimeno-Harris

Zoe Sperry

Annabelle Lucy Spiers

Imogen Fleur Stephens

Amelia Stewart

Jemima Stratton

James Sullivan

Thomas James Summers

Lara Louisa Sutton

Caitlin Taylor

William Taylor

Millie Louise Trunks

Livia Turnock

Lauren Uttley

William Robert Vaughan-Long

Antonia Tyler Wahl

Erin Amber Ward

Honor Watson

Isobel Octavia Clementine Webb

Florence Rose Weller

Joshua Wells

* Tom West

Isabella Wharton

Natalie Charlotte White

Freya Williams

Holly Williams

Isobel Williams

Scarlet Woods

Jessica May Wormald

Ailsa Yuille

IN ENGLISH AND COMMUNICATIONS

Moyosoluwa Akinseye

Leila Sophie Benabid

George Patrick Bonner

Francesca Anne Brown

Amy Margaret Cummins

Amelia Deer

Nina Charlotte Harris

Cameron Connie Lamont-Brown

Benjamin Gerard MacManus

Joshua Merricks

Toby Barnabas Murr

Natasha Musto

Caitlin Lisa Nagle

Annabel Juliette Nicholls

Sophie Nye

Ella Sowerbutts

Jamie Speka

Isobel Vautier

Sonny William Welch

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PRESENTATION OF GRADUATES

IN THE FACULTY OF HUMANITIES, ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES

FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF ARTS

IN ENGLISH AND CREATIVE WRITING

Matthew Aaronson

Sofia Aira

Daniel Felipe Araujo Martins

Alice Arnold

Georgia Catherine Evelyn Barnes

Abigail Barrow

Eleanor Catharine Jane Bartlett

Lois Megan Beasley

Penelope Beretta

Ben Blackwell

Eliza Brecheisen

Rachel Bulman

Mollie Burns

Olivia Coghlan

Madeline Grace Cooper

Alexander Crofts

Cora Joy Sian Davies

Charlotte Dolden

Alexandra Marta Sofia Evans

James Richard Thomas Evans

Milton Jude Gibney

Sophie Anne Gillard

Florence Hardy

Chloe Yitian He

Ruby Adele Hodge

Ella Hughes

Amelia Kettle

Annabelle Law

Joseph Lupton

Grace Lyne

Mia Manton

Zoe McBrown

Ellie Rebecca McLaughlin

Emily Victoria McLoughlin

Amy Melvin

* Toby Mosedale

Yoshi Cristina Ortiz Leal

Rebecca Star Powell

* Bethany Rose

Madeline Dinah Saunders

Gracie May Smith

Jack Tickner

Thomas Tuankhoa Tran

Jessica Anwuli Iquo Ubaka

* Aimee Whitaker

Emily Wilson

Andrea Zaneva

IN ENGLISH AND CREATIVE WRITING WITH EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE ABROAD

Anna-Lena Kristin Konder

Fergal Marsh

IN ENGLISH AND CREATIVE WRITING WITH STUDY ABROAD

Rebecca Elin Phillips

Abigail Sumpter

IN ENGLISH AND DRAMA

Chloe Elizabeth Atkinson

Soraya Baig-Garrick

Fenella Elizabeth Barling

Tristan Noah Hyde Berry

Poppy Booker

Elizabeth Bourne

Rosalind Broom

Harriet Sophie Cook

Georgina Grace Cordy

James Edmund Desmier

Rex Simon Elliott

Madalin Chrisleen George

Charlotte Millie Goodall

Dexter John Hodgson Harding

Nina Hopley

William Albert Johnson

Niamh Reene Kemp

Phoebe King

Jack Taylor Landale

Annabel Lucy McMenemy

Jodie Braxten Lauryn O’Sullivan

Maximilian Richardson

Emma Rickerd

Olivia Poppy Rodgers

Poppy May Seagrove

Alexander Andrew Leetham Taylor

Niamh Walton

Isabel Watson

IN ENGLISH AND DRAMA WITH EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE

Chung Yu Man

IN ENGLISH AND DRAMA WITH STUDY ABROAD

Holly Hartley

IN ENGLISH AND FILM AND TELEVISION STUDIES

Jessica Rose Beresford

Eva Bonds

Norah Betty Delahaye

Alfred Valentine Dollimore

Amelia Elizabeth Hammond

Ella Harding

Eloise Jane Heywood-Phillips

Jonah Huskisson

Guy Keen

Nevah Simone Law

Findley-Broch Iain McCallum

Joseph McErlean

Rosetta May Mitchell

India Jane Nicholson

Emma Hazel Pattison

Samuel Phelan

Dillon Phillips

Ellen Pickering

Tom Price

Benjamin Purkiss

Romany Ryan

Ellie Sawbridge

Bess Scambler

Tabatha Sherborne

Caitlin Souber

Abby Stewart

Mena Erin Griffin Tapp

Jessica Wallbank

George Alexander Platou Wardwell

Viktorija Zekaite

IN ENGLISH AND FILM AND TELEVISION STUDIES WITH EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE

Gabriel Arya Behzadi

IN ENGLISH AND FILM AND TELEVISION STUDIES WITH STUDY ABROAD

Finley David Cooper

Thalia Sampayo

IN ENGLISH AND HISTORY

Louise Molly Powell

IN ENGLISH AND PHILOSOPHY

Abbey May Hill

Neve Finlay Pullan

IN ENGLISH AND POLITICS

Poppy Molly Daisy Mitchell-Wright

IN ENGLISH WITH EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE

Lani Abigail Lawrence

IN ENGLISH WITH STUDY ABROAD

Flóra Cecilia Alaksza

Edward Arnold

Joseph Bamford

Sophy Cullington

Ella Sally Duke

Lily Egleton

Sophie Elliman

Paris Myra Elizabeth Gill

Zachary Jeffery

Anna Constance Jones

Miya Elizabeth Jones

Nadiya Khair

Molly May Lewis

Isabella Lopes

Hyce Galleposo Moore

Lucy Olivia Peaches Sansom

Megan Kate Smith

Henry Spurdell

Monday 15 July // 09:00

IN ENGLISH WITH STUDY IN NORTH AMERICA

Joseph Claxton

Sophie Helen Hancock

Angus Hodgson

Araminta Plumptre

Oscar Edward Rendall Todd * George Warburton

Lauren Alicia Woodall

IN ENGLISH, POLITICS AND SUSTAINABILITY

Amy Brown

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PRESENTATION OF GRADUATES

Monday 15 July 11:45

IN THE FACULTY OF HUMANITIES, ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES

FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY

IN ADVANCED QUANTITATIVE METHODS (AQM) IN SOCIAL SCIENCES (SWDTP)

Yiyang Gao

Thesis: Ethnicsegregationinschoolsin England

IN ANTHROPOLOGY

Megan Cathryn Larmer

Thesis: HopeAgainstHope:Futuremaking praxesintheHudsonValleyalternativefood movement

IN ANTHROZOOLOGY

* Tiamat Johanna Warda

Thesis: GuidingEmotions:Defininghumane interspeciesemotionallabourperformed byguidedogsandinstructorswithandfor eachotherduringtheirsharedwork-lives

* Melani Nardone

Thesis: (Un)responsiveScience:A MultispeciesEthnographicInvestigation ofUpstreamEngagementinaGeneDrive ResearchProjectforTick-BorneDisease

IN PHILOSOPHY

Juan Diego Bogotá Johnson

Thesis: LifeandMind:Between Phenomenology,Enactivism,andtheFree EnergyPrinciple

* Ahmet Karakaya

Thesis: MoralReasoninginTurkish Bioethics:AStudyofitsGenealogyand ContemporaryEvaluations

IN SOCIOLOGY

Catherine Broomfield

Thesis: Towardsasociallicencetofarm: anAristotelianapproachtofarmers’ engagementwithnonfarmingpeople

Courtney Buckler

Thesis: GoverningSadness:AnInstitutional EthnographyofEvidence-BasedMedicine andtheNICEGuidelineonDepressionin Adults

Elis Rhys Jones

Thesis: Understandingtheroleofvaluein coralreefscience

Oliver John Pritchard Moore

Thesis: More-than-food:Diplomats, practitioners,andanimalfeedinginthezoo. Ahistoricalandsociologicalinvestigation intothechangeovertimeofzoofeeding andnutrition

Alexandra Onofrei

Thesis: Ro-minimalidentityandcommunity: Fandom,gender,healing,andtheimpactof COVID-19onaRomanian-bornelectronic musicsubculture

* Sergio Sorcia Reyes

Thesis: TheMusicEcologyofNarcocorridos inMexico’sEverydayLife

Inés Fernández Moral

Thesis: FamilyChangeinBahrain: PerceptionsandPractices

* David Lindsay

Thesis: TheRoleofMusic-Makingin CarceralEnvironmentsinEnglandand Wales

Elena Teodora Manea Hauskeller

Thesis: TheOtherVoiceofMedical Consultations.AnalysisofMedical InterpretingintheNHS

FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF ARTS IN ANTHROZOOLOGY

* Rowan Bagenal-Lowe

* Rebekah Gallagher

* Rebecca Madrid

IN SOCIETY AND CULTURE

* Liang Wei

* Dongyu Zhang

IN SOCIETY AND CULTURE: MEANING, MAKING, CONSUMING

Shuo Ye

FOR THE DEGREE OF POSTGRADUATE DIPLOMA IN SOCIETY AND CULTURE

* Ho Ki Lo

FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF ARTS IN ANTHROPOLOGY

Hannah Rose Bolt

Elena Lily Alys Bott

Inigo Ranjan Rhodri Devoy

Eleanor Friend

Laurie Holmes

Rhianna Levy

Hetian Lyu

Evelyn Grace Painter

* Hattie Quinn

Zakiya Smedley

Madeline Suckling

Poppy Taylor

* Luke Tulsi Wandless

Hannah Grace Ward

IN ANTHROPOLOGY AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

Georgina Annice Newbold

IN ANTHROPOLOGY WITH STUDY ABROAD

Martha Frances Clifford

Isabel May Crossland

Matthew Stephen Firth

Claire Fossick

Tabitha Sarah Elizabeth Jayasuriya

Eleanor Niblett

Verity Toman-Baker

Madeleine Votaw

IN LIBERAL ARTS (ANCIENT HISTORY)

Amelia Harris

IN LIBERAL ARTS (ANTHROPOLOGY)

Yan Wing Choi

Sophia D’Apice

Hallow Foster

Louisa Woodward

IN LIBERAL ARTS (ANTHROPOLOGY) WITH EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE

Phoebe Kemp

IN LIBERAL ARTS (ANTHROPOLOGY) WITH EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE

ABROAD

Molly Culme-Seymour

IN LIBERAL ARTS (ART HISTORY AND VISUAL CULTURE)

Eliza Grant

Tyra Maya Gunnarsson

Charlotte Simpson

IN LIBERAL ARTS (COMMUNICATIONS)

Shannon Jane Breaden-Boyce

Lucy Margaret Saul

IN LIBERAL ARTS (CRIMINOLOGY)

Holly Price

Amaya Saunders

Bethan Yates

IN LIBERAL ARTS (DRAMA)

Marguerite Hyvernat

Eleanor Morris

Georgia Rose Thomas

IN LIBERAL ARTS (ECONOMICS)

Tallula Harris

Bethan Witchell

IN LIBERAL ARTS (ECONOMICS) WITH STUDY ABROAD

Denil Manuel

IN LIBERAL ARTS (ENGLISH)

Niamh Christine Beagon

Scarlett Isabelle Chalk

Josephine Gibilaro

Emilia Habicher

Evan Juno Hodgson

Kyra Kewalramani Amin

Nancy Mansell

Mikhail Shklover

Emily Smith

Felicity Townend

Elinor Sarah Wallis

Scarlett Amelia Zein

IN LIBERAL ARTS (ENGLISH) WITH EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE

Elizabeth Kenny

Catherine May Phillips

IN LIBERAL ARTS (ENGLISH) WITH STUDY ABROAD

Ella Grace Jenkins

Anna Eugenia Young

IN LIBERAL ARTS (FILM AND TELEVISION STUDIES) WITH STUDY ABROAD

Emily Lloyd

IN LIBERAL ARTS (FRENCH) WITH EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE ABROAD

Florence May Erith

Lara Emily Iqbal Gilling

Victoria Louise Whitewick

IN LIBERAL ARTS (FRENCH) WITH STUDY ABROAD

Amelie Rose Alice Smith

IN LIBERAL ARTS (GEOGRAPHY)

Sophie Lauren Maynard

IN LIBERAL ARTS (GEOGRAPHY) WITH STUDY ABROAD

Daisy Wong

IN LIBERAL ARTS (HISTORY)

* Harry Norman

Joseph Steward

Bethany Wallis

IN LIBERAL ARTS (HISTORY) WITH STUDY ABROAD

Christopher Clark

IN LIBERAL ARTS (INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS)

Jolyon Baker

Kirsty Ruth McKendrick

Emily Ann Grace Player

IN LIBERAL ARTS (INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS) WITH STUDY ABROAD

Jane Mitchell

Isabella Sophie Trobe

IN LIBERAL ARTS (MANAGEMENT AND MARKETING)

Declan Bos

Serena Drew

Charles McCaig

Joseph James Norman

Archie O’Callaghan

IN LIBERAL ARTS (MIDDLE EAST STUDIES)

* Jacob Joseph Alsop

IN LIBERAL ARTS (PHILOSOPHY)

Brandon Matchett

IN LIBERAL ARTS (PHILOSOPHY) WITH STUDY ABROAD

Molly Elizabeth Smith Reilly

IN LIBERAL ARTS (POLITICS)

Hannah Elizabeth Bodoano

Finlay McEwan

Chloe Gabrielle Huguette Schuber

Joseph Ronald Vladimir Ward

IN LIBERAL ARTS (POLITICS) WITH STUDY ABROAD

Loic Xavier Rana

IN LIBERAL ARTS (SOCIOLOGY) WITH EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE

Chloe Grainger

IN LIBERAL ARTS (SPANISH) WITH EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE ABROAD

Tazmin Sarah Charlotte Barnes

Amelia Simpson

IN LIBERAL ARTS (SPANISH) WITH STUDY ABROAD

Asha Jade Chatterjee

IN PHILOSOPHY

Chloe Emma Beeton

Noa Ben Menahem

Olivia Sydney Alice Brumby

Katie Rose Bullock

Jamie Burns

* Isaac Christmas

Imogen Clarke

James Constant

James William Cooke

Thomas Cox

Samuel Dykes

Olivia Rose Edwards

Annabella Mary Fleming

* Phoebe Fogarty

Silas Francis-Restall

Katherine Gilbert

Katy Iona Jancis Houston

* Spencer Johnson

Max Robert Kroon

Isabelle Emily Lewis

Luke MacArthur

Amy Olivia Mackley

* Eliza Alexander McCubbin

Madeleine McKinnon-Wardell

Sophie Meir

Romy Mukerjee

George William Murray

Joshua Stephen Alfred Norman

Daniel Palmer

Catrin Platt

Zachary Price

Megan Reed

Harry William Rodway

Esme Russell

Fergus Russell

Marc-Antoine Xavier Saywell

* Ula Skrudupaite

* Joselin Smit

Charlotte Tupman

Eva Francesca Whittle

IN PHILOSOPHY AND FILM AND TELEVISION STUDIES

Yuet Ching Chiu

IN PHILOSOPHY AND HISTORY

James Canham

Josh Collett

Benjamin Howard

Georgiana Mary Grace Nunn

Cameron Steele

Christian Tiley

Alexander Sean Wegener

IN PHILOSOPHY AND HISTORY WITH STUDY ABROAD

Alice Deasy

Elizabeth Grace Morrell

IN PHILOSOPHY AND POLITICS

Emily Bird

Amy Cabella

Regan Coughlan

Edward Ross Hawkins

Dominic David Creed Helliwell

Ben Richard Irwin

Luciana Gabriela Mena Fernandez

Sueanne Phee

Alfie Racjan

Dwayne Serwaa

Amelie Singleton

James Sidney Mounsey Temple

Lucy Jane Thirkettle

Edward Volley

Mark Waddington

James Edward Sutton Wheeler

Eleanor Wilson

Patrick Choy Winters

IN PHILOSOPHY AND POLITICS WITH EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE

Annabel Jane Lunson

IN PHILOSOPHY AND POLITICS WITH STUDY ABROAD

Daniel Heymoz

Emily Marie Moore

Katie Rose Openshaw

Oscar Walton

IN PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGION

Jessica Plant

Monday 15 July // 11:45

IN PHILOSOPHY AND SOCIOLOGY

Amelie Caroline Perry Gerard

Chun Ho Lee

Poppy Madden

IN PHILOSOPHY AND THEOLOGY

Quentin Bailey

Douglas Morgan Sinclair Barber

Bethany Jane Cantello

Timothy Cort

Hannah Davis

Eden Dennis

Elsa Fillingham

Isabelle Gallagher

Emily Gray

* Laura Jenkins

Amelie Jade Le Blancq

Francesca Long

Abigail Sasha Lowe

Ali Noor

Maryalice Ogunlana

Genevieve Jane Shaw

Jemma Josephine Steele

Charles William Theodosius

Skye Eversden Turnbull

Anna Lea Warburton

IN PHILOSOPHY AND THEOLOGY WITH STUDY ABROAD

Frederick Duncan Scott Goddard

IN PHILOSOPHY WITH EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE

Phoebe Harriet Harland

IN PHILOSOPHY WITH ENGLISH

George Henry James Clements

IN PHILOSOPHY WITH STUDY ABROAD

Amber Jupp

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PRESENTATION OF GRADUATES

IN THE FACULTY OF HUMANITIES, ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES

FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF ARTS IN SOCIOLOGY

Abigail Akosua Amakye-Addai

Isabella Ena Beck

Eloise Lucy Brown

Sarah Chan

Tsun Hin Chu

Benjamin Clatworthy

Ciara Connolly

Lucia Mary Crolla-Hopley

Frederick Guy Montfort De La Guerra

Emily Dix

Thea Elphick

Rhiannon Fouracre

Rhys David Gullick

Emily Alexandra Hammond

Chuk Hang Hung

Can Ilkbahar Masa

Emily Grace Kirkham

Hiu Yau Leung

* Phoebe Lewis-Carpenter

Kya Maddison

Kayley Marks

Grace Mary Mitchell

Sarah Noy

Abigail Victoria Pratten

Beatrice Smith

Emma Rebecca Tompkins

Rebekah Daisy Waldron

IN SOCIOLOGY AND ANTHROPOLOGY

Emily Birkett

Rachel Coombs

Matilda Daw

Aimee O’Connell

Sophie Pain

Risako Tanaka

Heidi Megan Wort

IN SOCIOLOGY AND ANTHROPOLOGY WITH STUDY ABROAD

Iona May Beynon

IN SOCIOLOGY AND CRIMINOLOGY

Nicole Jayne Baron

Tabitha Bird

Svetlana Boyd-Livingston

Cora Bridgeman

Rachel Jane Burns

Poppy Butt

Samuel Ewart

Isobel Hopkins

Sian Louise Howard

Lauren Chelsea Hughes

Flora Kuehn

Bethan Mair Lang-Thomas

Luc Levett

Maicy Littlejohn

Donna Marie Lowe

Zofia Maria Maciejewska

Alyazia Mahmood

Laura Michelle Martin-Brooks

Niamh Isobel McDonald

Daria Miszta

Charlotte Payne

Nancy Rasch

Cole Rees-Williams

Byron Roberts

Maisie Rodford

* Abby May Shepherd

Alice Nina Sheppard

Alice Steuart-Feilding

India Yorke

IN SOCIOLOGY AND CRIMINOLOGY WITH STUDY ABROAD

Alice Barnes

Cai Elis Dallimore

Molly Reeves

IN SOCIOLOGY AND ENGLISH

Rosa Bell

IN SOCIOLOGY AND LEADERSHIP WITH STUDY ABROAD

Skye Gourley

IN SOCIOLOGY WITH EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE

Ria Isabelle Stach

IN SOCIOLOGY WITH STUDY ABROAD

Rosa-Lynette Dignadice Baverstock

Rebecca Victoria Hjelt

Lois Smith

Bethan Grace Swain

FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN CRIMINOLOGY

Chardonnay Summer Rose Abbott

Lucas Askeland

Kerstin Louise Baylis

Jak Brassington

Oliver Bray

Niamh Coburn

Ben Cornwell

Emma Crouch

Danielle Dale

Molly Moon Doak

Maia Edmonds

Aimee Charlotte Gemma Fanning

Hannah Marie Fisher

Annabelle Rose Hammett

Oliver John Hodges

Alice May Holcroft

Madeleine Louise Hounsfield

Isabel Talia Kelly

Emily Keogh

Alexander Joseph Kirkby

Ruben Lippiatt

Nicoletta Marneros

Georgia Jay McGahon

James McKnight

Tara Michael

Grace Louise Mitchell

Elena Morris

Sophia Nevin

Ella Rose Parker

* Elena Pearce

Hector Price

Mollie Przystupa

Lydia Kay Marshall Read

Daisy Ricci

Daniel Robinson

Ellie Scriven

Bethan Sunderland

Dylan Thomas

Ella Grace Thompson-Ives

Ines Wargui

Tea Weaver

Maya Yamaguchi

Monday 15 July // 11:45

IN CRIMINOLOGY WITH DRAMA

Cydney Prior

IN CRIMINOLOGY WITH EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE

Alys Cummins

IN CRIMINOLOGY WITH STUDY ABROAD

Alfie Panchaud

IN SOCIOLOGY

* Charles Loveland

Isabel Grace Tyler

IN SOCIOLOGY AND CRIMINOLOGY WITH STUDY ABROAD

Andi Sue Sam Waters

IN SOCIOLOGY WITH STUDY ABROAD

Urszula Ewa Madycka

FOR THE DEGREE OF CERTIFICATE OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN PHILOSOPHY

* Jack Timothy Lex Aggett

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Monday 15 July 15:00

IN THE FACULTY OF HUMANITIES, ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES

FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY IN ARCHAEOLOGY

Wouter Johan Bonhof

Thesis: MigrationsoftheMassive: ThePredictabilityandPerilsofWoolly MammothHuntingintheUpperPalaeolithic ofNorthernEurasia

Crystal Allison Hollis

Thesis: ContextualisingandInterpreting HistoricChurchGraffitiintheRisbridge HundredSuffolk

IN HISTORY

Samuel Gillis Hogan

Thesis: CommuningWithNature:Fairiesin EnglishRitualMagicandOccultPhilosophy, 1400-1700

Eleanor Frances March

Thesis: TewkesburyAbbey:An InterdisciplinaryStudyoftheBenedictine MedievalMonasteryanditsMaterialCulture

Daniel Phillips

Thesis: BeyondtheBarsoftheLondon Zoo:Curating,Collecting,andClassifying AnimalsattheZoologicalSocietyof London,ca.1847-1903

Linda Kay Henderson

Thesis: “LookingaftertheBabes”:Class, Gender,andtheNatureofScientific Improvement–acasestudyofthe AylesburyDuckIndustrycirca1820-1920

IN MEDICAL HISTORY

Hannah Frances Slajus

Thesis: TheBodyasMedicine:Human IngredientsinSeventeenth-Century England

IN MEDIEVAL STUDIES

Camille Mai Lan Vo Van Qui

Thesis: TheEducationofaNobleBeast: TheBreaking-inandTrainingofHorsesin MedievalFrance(1250-1550)

FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY BY PUBLICATION

IN MEDICAL HISTORY

Rachael Jane Pymm

Thesis: Snakestones:sources,samplesand suppliers.AnalexipharmicintheEuropean medicalmarket

FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF ARTS IN HISTORY

Robert Jones

* Jamie William Maher-Lander

IN MEDIEVAL STUDIES

Richard Manuel Diogo Caldeira

FOR THE DEGREE OF POSTGRADUATE DIPLOMA IN HISTORY

Tierney Clare Cronin

David Wright

FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF ARTS

IN ANCIENT HISTORY WITH INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

Anton Madinaveitia

IN ARCHAEOLOGY

Basalt Aegis

Jorgia Jacey Andrews

Abeer Nasser A Asiri

Jennifer May Barrs

* Charlotte Grace Browne

Rory Robert Frederick Davidson

Miles Goulding Corkhill

Amy Louise Kennedy

Chun Hang Marco Sew

Christopher Studholme-Wilson

Edward Treherne Pollock

IN ARCHAEOLOGY AND ANTHROPOLOGY

Sarah Rebecca Raisman

IN ARCHAEOLOGY AND ANTHROPOLOGY WITH EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE ABROAD

Kate Laura Paterson

IN ARCHAEOLOGY AND ANTHROPOLOGY WITH STUDY ABROAD

Millie Hope Browning

Robert William Smith

IN ARCHAEOLOGY AND ART HISTORY AND VISUAL CULTURE

Sofia Cecilia Ali-Shah

IN ARCHAEOLOGY AND CLASSICAL STUDIES

Rebecca Mia Sampson

IN ARCHAEOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY WITH STUDY ABROAD

Victoria Louise Wright

IN HISTORY

Eleanor Aarnes-Olsen

Lara Abrahams

Emily Kate Adam

Luke Ahearn

Ben Matthew Alderson

Kathleen Amina Russell Alguel

Polly Isabella Bowes Allan

Joshua Ethan Allen

Cristina Ines Alvarez

Charles Amaee

Gus Ames

James Andrews

George Ardley

Charlie Ashford

Hannah Louise Joy Attree

Fleur Baker

Isobel Muriel Balmer

Liam Bannister

Sophie Barnard

Linus Bates

Oliver George Beasley

Francesca Alice Catharine Bell

Oliver Bennett

Catherine Martha Cecilia Birch

PRESENTATION OF GRADUATES

Matthew Aaron Bishop

Rupert Blackwell

Katherine Lucy Victoria Bliss

Stephen James Booth

Alice Clare Bowes-Smith

Emily Rose Bowler

Alexander Boyer

Hannah Charlotte Bramsden

* Libby Brettell

Margaux Brewin

Thomas Broad

Jack Thomas Brosi

Frederick Ziggy Brown

William Thomas George Brown

* Edward Bryant

Charlotte Nicole Buchanan

Scott Anderson Buckley

Dominic Burns

Aishah Bux

Imogen Callaghan

Lauryn Campbell

Hugo Alexander Nicholas Carey

Ella Jane Carroll

Matilda May Cathcart

James Chalk

Luke Charlesworth

Evie Emily Clark

Samuel Robert Clark

Elliot Dino Clarke

Beatrice Alexandra Cookman

Eloise Rebecca Cooper

George Alexander Horatio Corbett

Edward Corfield

Rosie Elizabeth Cottrell

Ethan Cowie

Harry Michael Craig

William Craigie

Jasmine Emily Crang

Emma Elizabeth Crawford

Emma Crossman

Orla Cullens

James Christian Dack

Georgia Daniells

Rory Nathaniel Evan Davies

Ella Myra Alice Day

Maisie Anna Day

* Thibault De Bray

Hannah Cara Diamond

Harry Lucas Dickenson

Jack Dickson

Rose Docherty

Isabella Katie Doherty

Abigail Emma Dopson

Erena Katrina Dovydaitis

Eleanor Dowler

Benjamin Abraham Drew

Victoria Joyce Drew

Samuel Driscoll

Frederick William Dunn

Thomas Dyer

Jacob Joseph Eales

Hayden Eccles

Henry Douglas Edge

Henrietta Hope Edwards

Holly Elliott

Lucas Elliott

Jack William Evans

Olivia Grace Evans

Tara Louise Fitzgerald

Samuel Floyd

James Franklin

Katie Cherry Joanne French

Jessica Ann Frost

Luke Fullard

Amy Funnell

Erin Gallagher

* Jacob Garnham-Warnock

Samuel John Gate

Laura Jane Gent

Charlie Gershinson

Nell Honey Gibbs

* Sebastian Martin Goodson

Emilie Grant

Ethan Grant

William David Grant

Caitlyn Daisy Gregory

Emily Gurney

Ben Harry Halligan

Thomas Halstead

Connor Hamilton

Oscar Hamilton-Russell

Olivia Hannam

Alfie Harding

Laura Hart

Holly Amelia Hathway

Luke James Haworth

Ella Mae Headlam

Ella Rose Herd

Thomas David Paul Hitchin

Ellen Margaret Hobbs

Kieron Hopkins

Harrison Hoy

Samuel William Hughes

Matthew Stephen Hull

Abigail Hyden

Emma Francesca Hynes

Eva Elizabeth Blease IsherwoodHalliwell

Daniel James Jackson

David Michael Jackson

Bethan Rosemary James

Cordelia James

Mia Rebecca Jefferies

Rhiannon Jenkins

Shreya Anaya John

Annabel Mary Johnson

Felicity Johnson

Nicholas Johnston

Amelia Jones

Ariana Jones

James Jeffrey Jones

Annabelle Susan Rachel Joseph

Rebecca Ingrid Christine Kelly

Thaahiyat Khan

Eleanor Kirk

Isabella Knight

Angus Kottler

Olivia Landenberger

Max Louis Langdale

Sarah Elizabeth Lannin

Dharma Rae Lewis

Francesca Lupoli

Alexander William George MacPherson

Ciaran Maher

Benedict Patrick Breslin Mangat

Oliver Anton Marke

Sebastian Marks

Henry William Marriage

Jobe Horace Marsh

Connor Patrick McDyre

Joseph McGale

Henry Benedict Graham McGinty

Poppy Grace McGlynn

Callum Stephen McHale

Fay Louise Finnis McLachlan

Amber Lily McLean

Robert McMaw

Meg Elizabeth McMonagle

Lucy Merry

Madeline Mae Moore

Abbie Lauren Mortimer-Ford

Elora Rose Moss

Joseph William Dixon Moss

Luke Murray-Russell

Sophia Mykhaylyuk

Charlotte Newell

* Frederick North

Lewis O’Neill

Daniel O’Regan Jones

Maia Anna Oleksy

Lilah Rose Osman

Victoria Paddle

Katie Alice Page

Charlotte Emma Parker

Kathryn Elizabeth Parkes

Flora Dillon Parkinson

Lauren Parsons

Edward Payton

Gabriella Peck

Michael Perkins

Gabriela Paola Pinero Nunez

Daniel Pratt

Marika-Rose Price-Timmins

Gabriella Priestley

Archie Probert

* Alfred Anthony Chandley Pugh

Douglas Ralston

Harry Christopher Ratcliffe

Louis Ratcliffe

Michael Reece

Amari Richards

Jocelyn William Edward Richardson

Rebekah Sophie Ridgway

Helen Marie Louise Ritchie

Clare Elizabeth Rudolph

Daisy Eleanor Amy Salter-Rafferty

Elizabeth Jane Saveall

Louis Schofield

Benjamin Scott

Felix Scott

Thomas Joshua Walter Scott-Brown

Saad Shahid

Jamie Sebastian Sharp

Samuel Tommy Sharp

Kaitlyn Elizabeth Shuttleworth

Joshua Sims

Carys Skingle

Lia Florence Slater

Finlay Sly

Ella Grace Smith

Emily Smith

Antigone Diana Grace Spencer

Aidan Patrick Stephens

Robin Stone

Serena Sutherland

Henry Sutton

Georgina Sykes

Isabella Maia Syms

Lily Syred-Smith

Maisie Tame

* Martin Tandau

Richard Tapper

James Taylor

Benedict Arthur Zouch Thompson

Elodie Thompson

Charles Benjamin James Tierney

Ellen Tilly

James Alberto Clifford Trenchard

Andrew Trovalusci

Francesca Tuohy-Farmer

Jemima Rose Jubilee Turner

James Tyrrel

Elizabeth Holly Urquhart

Amy Walsh

Harry Alan John Walsh

Mary Walters

Amelia Poppy Sophia Ward

Joseph Isaac Richard Ward

Amelia Watmough

Daniel Webber

Macy Webber

Evan Sam Wells

Alan Wheatcraft

Connor Joseph Wheatley

Evelynn Whitebridges

Chloe Maria Whitworth

Eleanor Margaret Wibberley

Benjamin Alan Wilcox

Edie Jennifer Wilde

Wynn Wong

Robert James Thomas Worthington

Rex Wright

Charlotte Zeyssolff

IN HISTORY AND ANCIENT HISTORY

Bradley Cebreiro

Sophie Charter

Jacob James Coupe

Rosie Barbara Grist

Max Daniel Alexander McCoshan

Angus McGregor

Mark McKenzie

Alasdair McLean

Harrison James Moore

Liam James Nigh

Alexander O’Sullivan

Ryan Page

William Archer Pritchard

Gwilym Richards

Ellie Louise Sarro

Liberty Luna Selby

Benedict William Tweddle

Emma Weaver

Emma Diana Monique Weir

Abigail Grace White

Monday 15 July // 15:00

IN HISTORY AND ANCIENT HISTORY WITH STUDY ABROAD

Eleanor Smith

IN HISTORY AND ARCHAEOLOGY

Rodger Shay Broomhall

Logan Gallagher

Anwen Mansel John

Rebecca Grace Lea

* Hugo Lloyd

Tsz Yan Ng

Caitlin Parry

Isabelle Partridge

Hector James Watch

IN HISTORY AND ARCHAEOLOGY WITH STUDY ABROAD

* Alicja Kibort

Lucy Elizabeth Ward

IN HISTORY AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

* Oliver Edward Thomas Brindley

Samuel John Gifford Hobbins

IN HISTORY AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS WITH STUDY ABROAD

George Thomas Baker

IN HISTORY AND RELIGION

Abigail Rhona Louise Hayward

IN HISTORY AND SOCIOLOGY

Shyra Ann Louise Blundell

Harriet Grace Garvey

IN HISTORY WITH ECONOMICS AND WORK ABROAD

Christian Marie Guy Eudes Raymond De Nicolay

IN HISTORY WITH EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE

Anna Rose Craig

Alexander Thomas Jones

Anna Cameron Ross

PRESENTATION OF GRADUATES

IN HISTORY WITH EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE ABROAD

Edouard Delemarre

Tiffene Duggan-Hill

IN HISTORY WITH STUDY ABROAD

Katie Elizabeth Campsall

Siena Mae De Antonis

Annie Beatrice Dye

Ella Hannah Haffey

Joseph Lord

Jamie Travis Lowery

Eleanor Rosemary Milton

Tallulah Kinzett Thomas

Lauren Tweed

Wing Yan Wong

FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN ARCHAEOLOGICAL SCIENCE

* Rachel Lewis

IN ARCHAEOLOGY WITH FORENSIC SCIENCE

Katie Josephine Claire Armstrong

Alexander Philip George Batterby

Phoebe Gunstone

Kaitlin Hammond

Imogen Verity Lancaster

Sophie Jane Lefouili

Lucy Diana Littlejohns

Xiaoxi Liu

Lakeisha Pollock

Thalia Jane Powell

Courtney-Rose Rennick

Hannah Ulcoq

Ruan Louise Welsman

Oscar Scott Wilkinson

IN ARCHAEOLOGY WITH FORENSIC SCIENCE WITH EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE

Benjamin Joel Cooper

IN ARCHAEOLOGY WITH FORENSIC SCIENCE WITH STUDY ABROAD

Madelaine Hart

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STUDENT ACHIEVEMENTS

So many of our students have achieved great things over the past year. Here we feature just a few examples where our students have excelled in academia, sport, arts, entrepreneurship and community.

Exeter medical student becomes first British student to win international racial justice award

A University of Exeter medical student has been awarded the Racial Justice in Medicine Award by the American Medical Student Association (AMSA), for supporting aspiring medical students and tackling inequality in teaching materials.

Naabil Khan, a third year student, was presented the award at the Future Physicians for Change conference in Washington DC. It is the first time a British student has won the award, which recognises exceptional individuals who have done unparallelled work and seek to mitigate health disparities.

Naabil’s achievements outside of her medical studies include hosting the Very Junior Doctors podcast which introduces life as a medical student in a friendly, accessible, personal manner, creating the Skin For All website which shows different skin conditions on a range of skin tones, and founding the Future Dr newsletter which encourages student participation in both extracurricular and super curricular activities covering over 12 medical specialities.

Data Science student leads new paper on Multiple Sclerosis

MSc Data Science student, Pavel Loginovic, has led on an important paper published on research into a genetic risk tool that could spare young people from going blind and also help diagnose MS earlier. Pavel is taking a break from his Medicine studies at Exeter to study the MSc. The research developed from a summer studentship with the INSPIRE programme, which supports students to engage with research.

Pavel said “Leading this analysis while staying on top of my medical studies has been a challenge and an immense opportunity for growth, professional and personal. I’ve enjoyed the academic journey so far, and I’m excited for what’s to come.”

Powerful research outlining discrimination and lack of diversity honoured by Hutton Prize for Excellence

Millie Urquhart and Mathys Reiss have both won the 2023 Hutton Prize for Excellence for their research projects. The award is given annually to undergraduate or postgraduate students in either the Faculty of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences or the Business School. It rewards, encourages and inspires those who put ethical conduct and transparency at the forefront of government, business and the professions.

Millie’s research explored how African migrant women experience unsatisfactory perinatal care and health outcomes in the French maternity system. Mathys’s research showed how third sector institutions lack BAME volunteers and sets out recommendations on how to improve diversity and participation across the sector.

Thousands of students have trained to become active bystanders

Nearly 3,000 students have engaged with the University’s active bystander training which gives them skills to intervene if they see someone else being harassed or experiencing unpleasant behaviour.

The training has been open to all students across all campuses for the past two academic years and will continue to be offered in the future. It instils an ethos of proactive involvement, encouraging individuals to challenge and intervene, allowing them to leave the session having practised in a supportive environment.

Bystander Intervention Training has been open to all students and among the many who have signed up to take part have been committee members of sports societies. Already students who have participated have reported occasions where they’ve checked on fellow students, managed to diffuse a situation, or diverted attention away from an individual who was receiving unwanted attention.

Sea, sand and sound legal advice

This summer, Law students have widened access to justice with the Law on the Beach project. They have been working with local solicitors to provide beachgoers with free legal advice in Exmouth and Teignmouth.

The Law School recognises the financial and geographic challenges people face in accessing professional legal advice and runs its own Community Law Clinic. In their final year students can be part of the Clinic by taking the Access to Justice module. Over two terms, they work alongside local solicitors gaining experience of client interviewing, exploring areas of law in depth, and preparing legal paperwork.

During the two days of Law on the Beach, students provided advice to many people on topics such as family, property and employment issues.

Exeter rugby has starring role in Six Nations 2024

A strong contingent of rugby stars from the University of Exeter were on show and in supporting roles at the Six Nations Championship earlier this year.

Ten players with ties to the University were selected for their nation’s squads for the prestigious tournament. 21 year-old, Dafydd Jenkins, was named captain of the Wales Men’s squad. Dafydd, who also represents the Exeter Chiefs, has been studying Exercise and Sport Sciences.

Immanuel Feyi-Waboso, who also plays on the wing for the Exeter Chiefs and is studying medicine, received his first call to the England Men’s squad for the Six Nations. Immanuel played alongside Henry Slade, an alumnus of the University. Joe Bailey, studying Exercise and Sport Sciences, played in the Six Nations Under 20s England Men’s squad. Lizzie Hanlon, an alumna of the University, played for England in the Women’s Squad (the Red Roses), receiving her first cap at Twickenham playing Ireland.

In support of the Red Roses, graduating Exercise and Sport Sciences students Maisy Allen and Katie Buchanan were called up for the training squad before and during the tournament. The Red Roses won the Grand Slam Six Nations title. Maisy, Katie, and their fellow Exercise and Sport Sciences graduate Nancy McGillivray all play for the Exeter Chiefs and alongside Lizzie Hanlon, have been offered transitional contracts to play with the Red Roses.

Meanwhile, Ross Vintcent, an Economics student, was called up for the Italian squad. Sam Skinner, another alumnus of the University, was also included in the Scotland squad for the championship. Elliot Young, studying Anthropology, played in the Under 20s Men’s squad for Scotland.

Medical student’s study links playing music to better brain health

A new study that links playing an instrument with better brain health, came about thanks to one of our medical students.

Gaia Vetere, who has been studying on our Truro Campus and is graduating this summer, reached out to the PROTECT team who are researching how brains age. Gaia and the team decided to explore the relationship between music and brain health with those taking part in the online PROTECT research, and published their study earlier this year.

Gaia said “As a pianist I was interested in researching the impact of music on cognition. Being fairly new to the world of research and publishing, this was a challenging but also truly enriching experience.”

20 hour walk for period poverty

In February, graduating medical students Ella Daly and Maisie Harvey from our Truro Campus completed a 20 hour continuous walking challenge, raising more than £2,500 to help tackle period poverty in Ghana.

They travelled to Ghana in April, as part of their self-funded medical elective, to shadow doctors in hospitals and outreach clinics. In Ghana, 95% of schoolgirls miss 20% of school due to their menstrual period, so Ella and Maisie used their free time there to produce an education programme and distribute sanitary products that they’d bought with the money they raised. In advance of their trip, Ella and Maisie trained to become women’s health ambassadors which enabled them to hold six period product education sessions and distributions across Ghana, reaching 370 girls and capturing the interest of the children and men of the communities they visited.

A local leader who helped the pair with translation and provided organisational support, is now going to undertake training to continue the education programme.

Cornish nature search reveals new spider species

A spider species previously unknown to science has been discovered on the University of Exeter’s Penryn Campus in Cornwall.

Several tiny jumping spiders were collected during the annual BioBlitz nature survey last year which was co-organised by Finley Hutchinson, a BSc Conservation Biology and Ecology student.

Spider experts thought the species was unlikely to be a Cornish native, and sent it to Dmitri Logunov, Europe’s leading jumping spider expert, at Manchester Museum.

No record of the species was found anywhere in the world – but it is related to other species known in the Caribbean, so probably arrived in the UK on imported plants.

The species has been named Anasaitis milesae.

Psychology student represents Team GB in Sailing

Matilda Nicholls, graduating Psychology student at the University, has regularly represented Team GB in sailing internationally throughout her studies.

Earlier this year, Matilda won bronze in the ILCA 6 – the women’s single-handed dinghy series – at the Princess Sofia World Cup in Palma. Matilda has also represented the University several times in the British Universities and Colleges Sport (BUCS), including winning gold in the BUCS Fleet Racing Championships, as well as being part of an all women’s BUCS Match Racing team.

Matilda is currently a training partner for the Team GB ILCA 6 Olympic representative (Hannah Snellgrove) selected for the Paris 2024 Olympics. She is supporting Hannah with her training ahead of the Olympic sailing regatta.

Matilda said, “It’s been a long summer of hard work and training but it has allowed me to gain lots of experience and insights ahead of the next Olympic cycle ... I am really excited to use all I have learned this summer to go on and win a medal at the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games.”

Exeter apprentice wins at Multicultural Apprenticeship Awards

A University of Exeter apprentice is celebrating after winning at the Multicultural Apprenticeship Awards. Mamadou Kone, who was one of six shortlisted apprentices studying at Exeter, won in the Transport and Logistics category.

Mamadou chose a Degree Apprenticeship as a way of accessing higher education and developing his skills and knowledge after focusing much of his childhood and teenage years on pursuing a career in football. He is now an apprentice on the Chartered Manager Degree Apprenticeship programme, where he combines studying for a degree in Responsible Business Management with a full-time job working for Amazon.

Mamadou described his first year on the programme as ‘incredible’, culminating in a promotion to the position of Area Manager, overseeing a team of 100.

“It was an honour to be shortlisted for this prestigious award alongside so many other inspiring apprentices, so I am thrilled to have actually won it! It signifies that those around me recognise my commitment, my efforts and determination to succeed on what has been a challenging journey.”

BSc Animal Behaviour student wins £4,000 funding bid

Galatea Hoyle, who has been studying BSc Animal Behaviour on our Penryn Campus, together with a group of friends successfully bid for £4,000 of funding from the Wildlife Trust. Galatea and friends bid for the funding through the Igniting Innovation Challenge to support the creation of their podcast, Generation Nature. Their bid was successful as the team showed passion, creativity and drive during the three-stage application process. In addition to the funding, they have also been paired with an experienced communications expert to act as a mentor for 12 months.

Generation Nature is a podcast of stories for nature for young people, by young people. Galatea and team are hoping to use the podcast to address the reservations many young people may have about getting involved with nature, as well as to showcase incredible stories about nature and share their own passion for nature. Galatea is graduating this summer and the podcast is currently in production and due to launch later this year.

STORIES FROM YOUR TIME AT EXETER

Exeter secures global top 10 position in THE Impact Rankings

The University of Exeter has retained its position as number one in the world for its pivotal research, actions and commitment towards clean water and better sanitation in the latest influential rankings.

Exeter has been ranked first in the world for the second year running in the Clean Water and Sanitation category of The Times Higher Education Impact Rankings 2024, released in June this year.

The University also ranked 10th overall, and 2nd in the UK, in the influential rankings, in recognition of its steadfast commitment to sustainability, improving health and tackling inequality.

The rankings, established in 2019, measure universities’ overall impact through their work towards meeting the United Nations’ 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). The overall ranking is produced based on individual data for SDG 17: Partnership for the Goals, plus their best three results on the remaining SDGs.

Exeter achieved an overall score of 96 out of 100 to secure its position in the global top 10.

University of Exeter rated leading institution in the country for ecology and evolution research

The quality of research undertaken by the University of Exeter in the fields of ecology and evolution has been ranked as the best in the country by a new international league table.

The rankings, compiled by Research.com, also place Exeter 14th in the world for the discipline, above the likes of Oxford, Cambridge, Stanford and University of California, Berkley.

It reveals that Exeter is home to a number of the most highlycited researchers, among the most of any institution, including Professor Kevin Gaston, who is ranked second overall.

Exeter features amongst top institutions for graduate employers

The University of Exeter has featured in a list of the most targeted institutions by top graduate employers.

Exeter is listed 10th most targeted university nationwide by the Times Top 100 Graduate Employers, published in ‘The Graduate Market 2024’.

Compiled by independent research company High Fliers, the list ranks UK universities most targeted by leading UK national and multi-national graduate employers.

The report forecasts improvements in the level of graduate vacancies available in 2024, which are expected to increase by 1.5%. Graduate vacancies are set to increase significantly with engineering and industrial employers, with extra opportunities for graduates available in the public sector.

Exeter hosts the British Science Festival

Exeter hosted the 2023 British Science Festival. This annual event is a celebration of the people, stories and ideas central to science. Over 70 free events were held on campus and throughout the city, offering a diverse range of activities, from talks to interactive sessions.

The Festival’s headline speaker was Hamza Yassin, a renowned wildlife cameraman, photographer, author, and winner of Strictly Come Dancing in 2022. Our President and ViceChancellor, Lisa Roberts, had the pleasure of conversing with Hamza about his life, career, and passion for nature at an event held in Exeter Cathedral.

Exeter secures global top 30 place in Sustainability Rankings

The University of Exeter has risen into the global top 30 in an influential environmental and social impact ranking.

Exeter is ranked 30th overall in the QS Sustainability Ranking 2024, which recognises the steps universities worldwide are taking to tackle the greatest Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) challenges. The University was also placed 15th= in Europe, and 10th= in the UK.

The rankings are calculated using publicly available information. Information has also been previously submitted by universities to QS in relation to sustainability goals.

Pioneering research centre designed to revolutionise the future of water supplies officially open

A pioneering new £30 million research facility, designed to explore sustainable solutions to challenges facing the water sector, has been officially opened. The Centre for Resilience in Environment, Water and Waste (CREWW) is a joint facility between the University of Exeter, South West Water and Research England, and is based at the University’s Streatham Campus.

CREWW has been established to undertake research into some of the most pressing environmental challengesnamely how we can manage our precious natural resources in ways which are sustainable, innovative and resilient in the face of climate change and population growth.

Exeter retains top 15 position in Complete University Guide 2025

The University of Exeter has retained its position in the top 15 of the latest influential league ranking.

Exeter is ranked in 14th place – up one position - in the Complete University Guide’s league table 2025. The University has also been ranked 2nd in the South West region.

Professor Amanda Chetwynd, Chair of the Complete University Guide Advisory Board, said: “The competitive landscape within the top 20 underscores the exceptional standards upheld by UK universities.”

Camborne School of Mines celebrates a double anniversary and the launch of a new Degree Apprenticeship programme

In 2023, the Camborne School of Mines celebrated the 135th anniversary of its inception, and 30th anniversary of being located at the University’s Penryn Campus in Cornwall.

Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal was welcomed to the Camborne School of Mines by students, staff and representatives from the Cornish community during a special visit in October. The Princess Royal toured the mining school to gain a deeper understanding of its crucial role in global sustainable mining and in the development of the UK’s Critical Minerals Strategy.

Following the tour, The Princess Royal was invited to unveil a special plaque, officially commemorating the launch of the Camborne School of Mines’ new Degree Apprenticeship programme.

Exeter secures top 50 place in new European rankings

The University of Exeter was ranked =47th in Europe in the inaugural QS World Universities Rankings: Europe league table. Exeter’s position is based on its ranking in 12 key indicators. The University’s strongest performance was in the ‘Sustainability’ (24th) and the ‘Citations per Paper’ (42nd) categories. The new rankings are produced by global higher education analyst QS Quacquarelli Symonds, and represent the only significant regional ranking of solely European universities.

OUR HISTORY

The University of Exeter received its Royal Charter in 1955, although its origins can actually be traced further back to the nineteenth century.

Our ‘founding father’ was Sir Stafford Northcote, a prominent politician in the Disraeli government, who seized on the popular enthusiasm for learning following the Great Exhibition. In 1855 he backed the establishment of a School of Art in Exeter, offering subjects ranging from construction to freehand drawing. A School of Science quickly followed.

Following Sir Stafford’s death, Jessie Montgomery became secretary of the University Extension Committee in 1888, and put forward an ambitious plan, leading to the Exeter Technical and University Extension College being created, with generous

funding from the University of Cambridge. By 1895 students had formed a guild and in 1898 the first student magazine was published. In 1900 the title of Royal Albert Memorial College was adopted, which is where the students’ RAM bar of today gets its name. The College offered external degrees of the University of London and teacher training.

Scots philosopher Hector Hetherington became Principal in 1920 and pushed for university status. To succeed, a more impressive home was needed and in 1922 a local benefactor, Alderman W H Reed, was persuaded to buy the Streatham Estate. Shortly afterwards, the University Grants Committee visited the campus and awarded the status of University College and an annual government grant.

In 1926 John Murray was appointed Principal of the University College and led an expansion programme which included the opening of the Washington Singer building in 1931 and Mardon Hall two years later.

University status was awarded in 1955 with James Cook our first Vice-Chancellor. Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II visited the following year to present the charter and unveil the foundation stone of the Queen’s Building. In the 1960s we secured sufficient government funding to radically develop the campus; over a dozen major new buildings were constructed, including the Great Hall and the Physics building, while student numbers rose from 1,400 to 3,300.

Higher education funding was tight in the 1970s and 80s but Exeter saw some positive developments. In 1978 we became a two campus university when St Luke’s College merged with the University to become its School of Education. A new library was built in 1983, thanks to a gift from the Ruler of Dubai in recognition of our research and teaching on the Arab world.

By 1991, we had 6,500 students, and in 1993 the Camborne School of Mines in Cornwall became a part of the University. We also became a founding member of the research-intensive 1994 Group.

The new century saw an unparalleled period of progress and success, beginning in 2001 when His Highness Sheikh Dr Sultan bin Muhammad Al-Qasimi, the Ruler of Sharjah and an Exeter graduate, provided a new building for the Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies. In 2002 we secured government backing for the Peninsula Medical School, a joint project with the University of Plymouth, and two years later opened our Penryn Campus with Falmouth University in Cornwall. In 2007, we were named University of the Year at the Times Higher Education Awards.

In recent years we have invested significantly in our campuses, constructing new student accommodation, refurbishing labs and study spaces, and developing new buildings such as the Forum in Exeter and the Exchange in Cornwall, which seamlessly merge academic and social space through spectacular architecture. Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II returned to our Streatham Campus in 2012 to officially open the Forum.

Other significant developments included the creation of the Environment and Sustainability Institute – an interdisciplinary research centre at Penryn – and the Research, Innovation, Learning and Development building, a partnership with what is now called the Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, which was part-funded by the Wellcome Trust and The Wolfson Foundation.

In 2012 we were invited to join the prestigious Russell Group of research-intensive universities, and in 2013 we were crowned The Sunday Times University of the Year. In the same year we also accepted the first students into the new University of Exeter Medical School, created after we formed our own medical school following our successful 10-year partnership with the University of Plymouth. In 2014 the Research Excellence Framework, which assesses the quality of universities’ research, saw us awarded an additional £3.8 million for research, the third highest gain amongst English universities. We were named Sports University of the Year 2016 by The Times and The Sunday Times Good University Guide.

2017 saw us open the Living Systems Institute (LSI) on our Streatham Campus. The Institute pioneers novel approaches to understanding diseases and how they can be better diagnosed.

On the Penryn Campus the Stella Turk building was completed in 2019, enabling the continued growth and success of a range of subject areas. In 2020, we were awarded our fourth Queen’s Anniversary Prize in recognition of our world-leading research for combatting the effects of marine plastic pollution.

President and Vice-Chancellor, Professor Lisa Roberts took up her post on 1 September 2020. The following year Professor Roberts launched the University’s exciting Strategy 2030 which aims to use the power of our education and research to create a sustainable, healthy and socially just future.

The 2021 Research Excellence Framework review showed that we are doing more research, of better quality, with a bigger impact on the world than ever before. Our world-leading research impact grew more than any other Russell Group university, more than 99 per cent of our research was rated of international quality* and 12 of our subjects were in the Top 10 for world-leading impact.**

We ranked Top 10 in the Russell Group for student satisfaction in six out of seven themes in the National Student Survey 2023.

The last 12 months have seen us secure a ‘solid’ Gold standard for our commitment to providing world-class teaching in the Teaching Excellence Framework assessment. Our prestigious Gold rating was underpinned by Gold ratings in the two aspects of the assessment – Student Experience and Student Outcomes. We were of only four Russell Group institutions to achieve this ‘solid’ Gold assessment. The National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Exeter Biomedical Research Centre (BRC), and the Centre for Resilience in Environment, Water and Waste (CREWW) Building were also officially opened.

Today, our courses and research cover every aspect of the sciences, humanities and social sciences. We attract 30,000 of the best and brightest students from more than 150 countries around the world.

OUR ACHIEVEMENTS

RATED ‘TRIPLE’ GOLD in the 2023 Teaching Excellence Framework. Gold Overall rating, with Gold aspect ratings in both Student Experience and Student Outcomes.

TOP 10 in the RUSSELL GROUP for student satisfaction in six out of seven themes in the National Student Survey (NSS) 2023.

MORE THAN 99% OF OUR RESEARCH is rated of international quality in the latest Research Excellence Framework (REF 2021) with 12 OF OUR SUBJECTS IN THE TOP 10 for world-leading impact.

UK LEAGUE TABLE RISES: 11th in The Times and The Sunday Times Good University Guide 2024 and 14th in the Complete University Guide 2025.

We achieved the ATHENA SWAN SILVER AWARD for the advancement of gender equality and a BRONZE RACE EQUALITY CHARTER MARK for our commitment to race equality.

TOP 50

30TH in the QS Sustainability World University Rankings 2024, demonstrating how we are tackling the greatest ENVIRONMENTAL, SOCIAL and GOVERNANCE CHALLENGES.

We’re home to the UK’S TOP FIVE MOST INFLUENTIAL CLIMATE SCIENTISTS – the only UK climate scientists to secure places in the global top 21 –according to The Reuters Hot List.

4TH in the British University and College Sport (BUCS) Points 2022-23 Overall league and 1st in the South of England and Wales.

RANKED 10TH GLOBALLY in the Times Higher Education Impact Rankings 2024*.

Exeter graduates are among the TOP 10 MOST TARGETED by LEADING EMPLOYERS in the UK, as highlighted in The Graduate Market in 2024 report by High Fliers Research.

*TheTHEImpactRankingsareglobalperformancetablesthatassess universitiesagainsttheUnitedNations’SustainableDevelopmentGoals (SDGs).Exeterisplaced1stgloballyforCleanWaterandSanitation; 6thglobally(1stintheUK)forLifeBelowWater,=7thgloballyfor ResponsibleConsumptionandProduction;12thglobally(1stintheUK) forClimateAction;Top 20globally(2ndintheUK)forZeroHunger.

WHAT DOES YOUR TIME AT EXETER MEAN TO YOU?

There often isn’t a clear and direct path to roles in the real world! I think you need to be proactive, and willing to volunteer your time to start making links. You need to be genuinely interested and passionate about the cause you want to pursue. Don’t worry if your course does not feel very specific. When I graduated from Exeter, I had no idea how to apply my course to real world roles! But the skills and knowledge I gained through my course have been invaluable when starting out in the charity sector.

Izzie Ballantine Dykes Philosophy and Theology, 2016

During my time at Exeter, I have enjoyed deepening my knowledge of such an interesting sector of law whilst sharing this space with so many amazing, like-minded people, both students and staff. Studying in such a great environment has really made my time at Exeter much more special. Exeter is such a great place to meet so many amazing people. Being part of this community for four years has really been so instrumental in my time being so magical.

Max Bennett

Law with Business/Commercial Law, 2022

I loved living in Cornwall during my time at university and would not trade that experience for the world. My advice to recent graduates would be to spend time doing lots of different things. Casting a wide net for experience isn’t a bad thing and it really makes you take a step back and think about what you really want out of life. You can’t possibly know what you want to do for the next 50 years straight out of university so allow yourself the grace and space to figure that out.

Caitlin Bynre History, 2015

Exeter is a fantastic University with its teaching and research excellence, alongside the campus, the location and the people you meet. There are so many opportunities open to you and who wouldn’t want to be able to write half of their dissertation on a beach, or on a rowing boat doing the Topsham ten (not sure if that even exists anymore!). I studied at Exeter because it had a charm about it that no other university had for me - I wouldn’t have chosen anywhere else. Plus, I was extremely lucky that on top of that Exeter was one of the leading universities for my course and had some of the most inspiring and engaging lecturers.

Katie Baker English Literature, 2008

An education from the University of Exeter is about so much more than just a line on your CV. It’s an incredible opportunity to explore your interests and potential, to discover new things, and to build relationships that will last a lifetime. Luckily those are also all skills that will serve you well in your career and in your personal life thereafter. The highlight for me, and what will stay with me forever, are the people I have met, the discussions I have participated in, and the kindness I have received.

Tristan Coleshaw Modern Languages, 2020

I chose to study at Exeter due to the quality of the facilities and the breadth of topics available for my chosen course. Taking advantage of the opportunities that university presents you with can really help you make more informed decisions when it comes to post-university life. If you’re looking for a career in research specifically, don’t underestimate the importance of your dissertation, and the research methods you use as padding out your experience. If, like me, you’re not certain what you want to do, don’t be afraid to try things, and don’t be scared if you don’t enjoy them. Finding out what you don’t like can be just as valuable as realizing what you do like when finding a job that works for you.

William Cafferky Politics, 2016

There have been many highlights for me during my time at Exeter. However, the biggest for me was graduating in the presence of my family and friends! My dream since I was a kid was to one day walk up the ramp in my graduation gown and collect my degree certificate and make my parents proud. To say that becoming the first to graduate in my family was one of the proudest moments of my life would be a massive understatement!

Radwaan Djama Neuroscience, 2022

I enjoyed how international my experience in Exeter was. I got to meet people from all over the world, to live among them, and learn a lot from them. It expanded my horizons a lot. The University of Exeter was one of the most prestigious and recognized universities available within the scholarship programme I was a part of. At the time, though I was studying engineering, I very much wanted to pursue a career in business. The Engineering and Management course seemed like a great fit for what I wanted, and my experience at Exeter and how it has influenced me since underscores how great that choice has been for me.

André Luis Martins Filho Engineering and Management, 2016

STUDENT LIFE...

...FROM THEN TO NOW

THIS IS NOT GOODBYE...

Congratulations on completing your studies and welcome to your community of University of Exeter alumni. Today you have joined a supportive global community of more than 185,000 alumni willing to help you achieve your full potential.

WELCOME TO YOUR ALUMNI COMMUNITY

Our alumni go on to do amazing things and we hope you’ll keep in touch to tell us your story, get involved in our events, and continue to play an active role in your Exeter community.

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For more information, visit exeter.ac.uk/alumni

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Our alumni and friends have helped Exeter become one of the very best universities in the world. Alumni support the University in many different ways. Some volunteer their time helping current students. Others donate to support our students, our research, or our facilities. Some are ‘country contacts’, organising alumni networks and events in cities around the world. Some simply inspire us with their incredible achievements.

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