Summer Graduation Brochure 2024 - Cornwall

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

Thursday 25 July 10:00

IN THE FACULTY OF ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE AND ECONOMY

FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER IN SCIENCE

IN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY

Lucy Barker

Madeleine Catherine Fabusova

Liam Elliot Howes

Katie Elizabeth Oliver

* Benjamin George Rousseau

IN MARINE BIOLOGY

James Christopher Chatfield

Jake Chenoweth

Phoebe Harris

Tara Katherine McEvoy-Wilding

Harry Simon Mortimer

Seren Sharland-Kiersch

Owen Andrew Town-Smith

Jennifer Rose Esme Wakefield

IN ZOOLOGY

Evie Victoria Cosgrove

Cameron Hay

Katie Rose Marsh

Katherine Annabel Prescott

Megan Simkins

William Stazicker

Robyn Warwick

FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE

IN ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Georgia Willow Bingley

Caitlin Alice Blyth

* Jade Clemo

Clarissa Justina Clyde

Mia-Rowan Niamh Hales

Poppy Galatea Hoyle

Finn Robinson

Emma Victoria Stock

Robert Vizitiu

Eliza Charlotte Ellen Ware

IN ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR WITH PROFESSIONAL PLACEMENT

Maria Giulia Checchi

IN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY

Sarah Bellis

Marketa Carruthers

Alexander Chapman

Madelaine Bridget Church

Luke Cranford

Thomas Henry Davies

Francesca-Marie Essex

* Aster Andromeda Evans

Rebecca Louise Fry

Esther Game

Emily Dorothy Phyllis Guy

Leah Harwood

Anoushka Rebecca Helm

Saskia Hendy

Joy Sum Daniel Lam

Joe Leverett

Alexander Charles Levontine

Thalia Olwen Sara Vibeke Lichtenstein

* George Maddison

Ellianna Matisse Manville

Elsie-Ann O’Sullivan

Geordan Orkney

Ellena Parslow

Emma Mary Jane Pike

Tanith Scott-Slater

Christopher Sinanan

IN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY WITH PROFESSIONAL PLACEMENT

Ottilie Bright

Tsz-Hong Chan

Elena Jade Gough

* Laina Joanne Langridge

Colton Theodore Williams

IN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY WITH STUDY ABROAD

Tianna Rae Clarkson

Miles Lane

Oscar Lloyd

IN EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

* Izaak Bowden

Georgina Groves

Gaspar Kaplan

IN EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY WITH PROFESSIONAL PLACEMENT

Millie Cole

* George Angus Falcon May

IN HUMAN SCIENCES

Phoebe Croft

Ruby Lily Day Skelcher

Imogen Doolan

Alfie Jack Furber

Elinor Grant

Stefan Liskiewicz

Abigail Staines

Mia Todorovic

IN HUMAN SCIENCES WITH STUDY ABROAD

Molly Grain

IN MARINE BIOLOGY

Jessica Rose Arthur

Adam Barfield

* Tiegan Beresford

Ayla Jane Ogilvie Boag

Thea Burgess-Pritchard

Laura Chapel

Amber Church

Lily Mae Clark

Talia Clark

Rachel Lucy Coombs

* Owen Davies

* Robert Dendle

Erin Louise Doherty

Rachel Edworthy

Melanija Feges

Joseph James Gallagher

James Luca Gentile

Ashley Ginguene-Mizuno

Georgina Roberts Griskeviciene

James Frederick Humphrey

Mia Lorrain-Smith

India Naughton

Dylan Johnathan Pegg

Danae Polykarpou

* Julie Pompliano

Charlotte Powell

Elise Reed

Francesca Carmen Jessica Rolfe

Katherine Elisabetta Ross

Joseph Scahill

Amy Louise Speakman

Rowen Emily Stepney

Florence Daisy Taylor

Charlotte Jane Trigg

Eleanor Natasha Moore Wills

IN MARINE BIOLOGY WITH PROFESSIONAL PLACEMENT

Holly Anderson

Augustin Marc-Aurele Crepelle

Charlotte Ruby Fordham

Lauren Millie Greengrass

IN MARINE BIOLOGY WITH STUDY ABROAD

Ellen Laura Callander

Emma Louise Holborn

Rory Qing Houghton

Alyssa Ellen MacFarlane

IN ZOOLOGY

Emma Stephanie Abel

Eleanor Benson

Celine Bentz

Jenna Maire Buckler

Francesca Burrows

Josie Anne Case-Green

Joelle Lucy Cattermole

Chan Wai Hing

Kelly Cherry

* Lai Yin Cheung

Leah Marie Creak

Jacob Arthur James Cupit

Serafina Day

Darcy Ellis

Brooke Atalya Paige Fanson

Aoife Forde

Seren Niamh Freestone

Daniel Harris

* Benjamin Julius Hayter

Lauren Emily Hayward

Ruby Alexandra Hellman-Stenhouse

Charlotte Jennifer Jackson

* Toby Littlejohn

Lucy Mansfield

Oliver Caleb Millman

Lara-Grace Mount

Tyler Neave

Nitasha Nehal

Oliver David Ronald Northfield

Benjamin Richard O’Hara

* James Ethan Powers

Thomas Henry Price

* Fionnuala Anne Regan

Emma Roscoe

Imara Katherine Silvester

Charlotte Victoria Stafford

Megan Stokes

Alfred Tudor Stone

William Stubbs

Amy Mei Sue

Alexandra Olivia Szewczyk

* Chun Yeung Tan

Iona Walby

Patrick Bennett Wood

Molly Sky Worboys Sayers

IN ZOOLOGY WITH PROFESSIONAL PLACEMENT

Annie Bittlestone

Chastity Clark

Fausto Rene’ Dal Monte

Anna Christina Higgins

Isaac Kilroy

Jasmine Lowe

Amber Jade Osborne

Maisie Passam

Isabel Lee Richards

Matilda Tryon

Lily Waller

Annabelle Usborne Williams

IN ZOOLOGY WITH STUDY ABROAD

Emily Ann Driscoll

Caian Llyr Edwards

Tiffany Rose Farrant-Clark

Emma April Griffiths

Holly Hicks

Presenterreturnstotheirseat

IN THE FACULTY OF HEALTH AND LIFE SCIENCES

FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY IN MEDICAL STUDIES

April Sarah Hayes

Thesis: Investigatingselectionfor antimicrobialresistancebynon-antibiotic drugsinmicrobialcommunities

Macaulay Ralph Winter

Thesis: Context-DependentAcquisitionof AntimicrobialResistanceMechanisms

Mark Ferguson

Thesis: AnExaminationoftheRelationship BetweenObjectiveandSubjective GreenspaceExposureandChildSocialEmotionalandCognitiveDevelopment: FindingsfromTwoUKBirthCohorts

* Alexander Smalley

Thesis: Optimisingdigitalnaturefor wellbeing

Katherine Strick

Thesis: ThePurposeofMeaningful OccupationforPeopleLivingwithDementia inResidentialCareSettings

Emily Alice Taylor

Thesis: UsingMixedMethodstoInformour UnderstandingofIndependenceinOlder People

FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF SCIENCE IN ENVIRONMENT AND HUMAN HEALTH

Abdulrahman Saad O Al Qethami

Min Na Eii

Kirsty Magee

FOR THE DEGREE OF POSTGRADUATE DIPLOMA IN ENVIRONMENT AND HUMAN HEALTH

* Mohammed Almutairi

Presenterreturnstotheirseat

PRESENTATION OF GRADUATES

Thursday 25 July 14:00

IN THE FACULTY OF ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE AND ECONOMY

FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY IN GEOGRAPHY

Hannah Louise Green

Thesis: Enablingspatiallyresolvedmapping ofthechangingsurfacecarbonatesystem acrosstheArcticOceantowardsassessing wildfishstockhealth

Jennifer Helen Watts

Thesis: Advancingtheroleanduseof remotesensingforunderstandingthe impactofseaiceonair-seagasexchange inpolaroceans

Daniel Robert Wilson

Thesis: Modellingthesurfacetransport andspatio-temporalextentofmicroplastic pollutionintheSouthernOceanand Antarcticwaters

Emily Judson

Thesis: GoverningtheGBdigitalenergy revolutiontosupportnetzeroby2050

Andrea Rochner

Thesis: Simulationofair-seaCO2fluxinan oceanmodel:understandingprocessesand usingdataassimilation

FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF SCIENCE BY RESEARCH

* Matthew James Mason

Thesis: Sedimentaccumulationratesand carbonburialinWestAntarcticPeninsula fjords

FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF RESEARCH IN SUSTAINABLE FUTURES

Veronica Marie White

FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF SCIENCE IN MARINE AND COASTAL SUSTAINABILITY

Sinéad Keogh

Charlotte Pearson

Shyanti Sengupta

Lucy Wakley

IN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

Chloe Bayliss

George Thomas Brock

Max Carter

* Anna Katrenakova

Paradise Adline Ozibo

FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF ARTS IN GEOGRAPHY

Ethan Brooks

Rebecca Broyd

Mia Catton

Imogen Myra Jane Clark

Ella Geldard

Amrik Didier Mendiaux Grover

Archie Geoffrey Hall

Ruby Jayne Hancox

Ayla Huseyin

Karlo Joseph Jawo

Marianne Luke

Gabriel Michael Aston McNaught

Hugo Carrick Saxton

Emily Shakeshaft

Olivia Jayne Shepherd

Nathalie Pierrette Nancy Sparks

Georgia Sophia Capobianchi Thomas

Maya Louise Williams

IN GEOGRAPHY WITH STUDY ABROAD

Isabella Jupe

Cameron Penrhyn Marshall

Louis Blue Russell

FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE

Richard Iain Adams

Iona Davina Maire Allen

* Matthew Beale

Jacob James Challenger

Rui An Chan / Rian Yamazaki

Phoebe David

Cieran Davison

Florence Elwood

Megan England

Eloise Fleur Evans

Georgia Godwin

Tallulah Mae Harpur

Isabelle May Harrison

Gemma Hawkes

Daniel Paul Hind

Alexander Holden-Crowther

* Euan James Mark Leach

Jemma Lock

Emma Northey

Alexander Oldcorn

Cathryn Read

Hugh Christopher David Shackleton

Ella Poppy Tanner

Hollie Taynton

Elya Volchkov

Ellis Waissen

* Clodagh Isobel Mary West

Isaac Thomas Whale

Napatr Wipulakorn

Lauren Kate Woodley

* Yizhi Wu

IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE WITH PROFESSIONAL PLACEMENT

Lauren Katie Baker

Lucy Gwendoline Batten

Thomas Christian Jack Bond

Colette Rebekah Grady

Amy Elizabeth Long

IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE WITH STUDY ABROAD

Ellen Rose Gregory

Elizabeth McCallum Webster

Dewi Williams

IN GEOGRAPHY

Georgia Allen

Amelia Baggott

Jennifer Storm De Hauteville Bell

Benjamin Irving

Drew Henry Thomas Johnson

Oscar Samuel Keene

Kieran King

Georgina May Ratcliffe

Maisie Sherlock

William Stacey

Emily Caroline Elizabeth Sutherland

Lara Zoe Tomlinson

Matthew Wightman

Sophie Wilkinson

Adela Wilson

IN GEOGRAPHY AND GEOLOGY

Amelia Griffiths

Tilda Hughes

Aniela Maria Rowland

IN GEOGRAPHY WITH PROFESSIONAL PLACEMENT

Zara Louise Beale

Rebecca Jayne Newall

Presenterreturnstotheirseat

IN THE FACULTY OF HUMANITIES, ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES

FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF ARTS IN GLOBAL POLITICS

Jamie Burks

Edward Pritchard

Victoria Sophia Cristina Urbano Lagus Andersson Bettencourt

Lauren Wells

IN POLITICS AND GEOGRAPHY

Samuel Robert Francis Dawson

Laurence Goddard

Hugo Miguel Jose Da Costa Neto

Isabel Lee

Amy Massey

Keira Owens

Thomas Rixon

IN POLITICS AND GEOGRAPHY WITH STUDY ABROAD

* Matilda Riley Ferguson

Freya Elana Taylor Reese

Olivia Rose Whittle

IN POLITICS AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

Alfie Alderman

Megan Aley

Elizabeth Allen

Hayden Beckett

Nathaniel Black

Amelia Grace Caldecott

* Oscar John Connolly-Connell

Toby Court

Isaac Gardiner

Jack Geldard

Aidan Grant

Rachael Harris

Megan Elizabeth Healy

Beatrix Herbert

Anya Hulley

Ben Ingram

Dion Tom Joseph

Joseph Mathers

Tyler Mensah

Vinay Chido Nayak

Lucy Renville

Mohammed Sheikh

Charlotte Stoten

Charlie Street

Joseph Stephen Taylor

Benjamin Waite

* Kira Williams

Hanna Wittek

Noah Woodard

* Ka Chuen Peter Yau

Nour Hayssam Ibrahim Mohamed

Mohamed Youssef

IN POLITICS AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS WITH EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE ABROAD

Akar Tayib

IN POLITICS AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS WITH STUDY ABROAD

Roland Jay Garen Balbag

* James Busuttil

Joseph Fitzpatrick

* George Arthur Paget

FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE

IN POLITICS AND MANAGEMENT

Connor Hall

Ashley Julie Wheeler

Presenterreturnstotheirseat

PRESENTATION OF GRADUATES

IN THE FACULTY OF HUMANITIES, ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES

FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY IN CORNISH STUDIES

Kensa Broadhurst

Thesis: TheStatusoftheCornishLanguage intheyearsbetweenthedeathofDolly Pentreathin1777andHenryJenner’s publicationofAHandbookoftheCornish Languagein1904

FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF PHILOSOPHY IN CORNISH STUDIES

* Thomas Jonathan Fidler

Thesis: Cornwall’sBorder:CelticFrontieror AnglicisedTerritory?

FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF ARTS IN ENGLISH

Mary-Ellen Cheryl Hartnup

Miriam Leyshon

IN ENGLISH AND POLITICS

Chloe Isobel Penrose

IN HISTORY

Kathryn Klare Blacknell

Lily Burge

Matthew Ciccone

Cara Elizabeth Devlin Deacon

Benjamin Decesare

Keir Jones

Kathryn Lashmar

* Katja Rae Ledward

Isabel Sophie Mayes

Yianni Andrew Ponos

Emily Roberts

Phoebe Maya Rolfe

Findlay Roland Moffat Scott

Rebecca Simmons

Tom Stevens

Matthew Turner

IN HISTORY AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

Jessie Bayliss

Nicolas Bonisch

Eric Golub

* Anderson Green

* William Hooper

Elizaveta Javitsa

Sugiti Kumar

* Nathan Pelc

Eve Polly Rooney

Emilia Russon

Archie Tomes

IN HISTORY AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS WITH EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE ABROAD

Jana Frindtová

William Robert Rawlings

IN HISTORY AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS WITH STUDY ABROAD

* Olivia Catherine Foulds

Ethan Taitt

IN HISTORY AND POLITICS

Susannah Boydell

Jacob Christopher-Chambers

Charlie Collins

Joseph De La Cruz

Samuel Deans

Harley Dyson

Oliver William Martin Eastham

* Soy George

Edward James Hart

Catherine Tiger-Lily Hodges

Daisy Lewis

* David Rhys Phillips

Benjamin Hal Smith

Hannah Victoria Ellen Wasmuth

Christopher James Williams

IN HISTORY AND POLITICS WITH STUDY ABROAD

Mary Buckley

Abigail Higgs

William Rhys Sanvoisin

Presenterreturnstotheirseat

Friday 26 July 10:00

IN THE FACULTY OF HUMANITIES, ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES

FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF ARTS IN LAW AND HISTORY

Elena May Dearing IN LAW WITH BUSINESS

Laura Emilie-May Benney

Jovasco Connor

Nkosizile Emmanuel Andrew Ndlovu

Daniella Rodgers

FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF BUSINESS AND LAWS IN BUSINESS AND LAWS

Georgia Smalley-Tattersall

Jennifer Eloise Turner

Joe Francis Whelan

FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF LAWS IN LAW WITH BUSINESS

Kamil Adamski

Oluwatimileyin Adepoju

Karo Samuel Akwenuke

Ranya Alkadhem

Zoe Alyx Andrea

Samyucthaa Aravindan

Thomas Balcombe

Cristo Brodie

* Benedict Atticus Thomas Brown

Zara Jane Burnett

Anna Campbell

Wai Chung Chan

Jia Wen Chin

Stephanie Jinfeng Choi

Jadzia Cobb

Caius Datt

Alice Hope Day

Klyvert Moses De Almeida Pereira

Hackman Dickson

Dalal Eljishi

Marcus Ellis

Faz Khairiah Binti Mohamed Fadhil

Anna Korina Felizardo

Thomas Fox

Maria Gavoci

Pippa Goldstein

Dermot Gray

Simge Hayta

Vahishta Paurushasp Jila

Sara Ellen Louise Kelly

Patricija Gabriela Kruma

Thomas Paul Marshall

* Matthew Mcclymont

Ryan McLaughlin

Camille Alyssa Meaney

Samantha Jayne Miskimmon

Cameron James Fredrik Moore

* Reyan Nadji

Anwesha Nanda

Mikaela Nish

Chloe Nyamweda- Foster

Cody O’Callaghan

Kiana Owen-Pritchatt

Emmanuel Owojori

Katie Samantha Palmer

Jamila Sophia Ikra Rafiq

Finley Rogers

Daniel Santos Maocha

* Muqaddas Shabbir

Ashna Shah

Sneha Anna Shaji

Sarah Sheikh

Imogen Simmonds

Riya Singhal

Honor Steer

Samuel Stroud

Keziah Ella Louise Sugden

Celine Gillian Tamosaitis

Samuel Taverner

Amelia Grace Tresidder

Callum Tyler

Jacob George Waumsley

Sidney Tyler Webb

Shanaya Weerakkody

Francesca Grace Whetstone

Mastura Yusupova

IN LAW WITH BUSINESS WITH INDUSTRIAL PLACEMENT

Dione Elise Marion Canvin

Umar Khan

Tariq Usher

IN LAW WITH BUSINESS WITH PROFESSIONAL PLACEMENT

Angela Marie Amazigo

Kate Flowers

Avika Prem Korrin

Mananya Amit Mehta

* Rio Michael Lanfranchi Tucker

Patrick Walton

IN LAW WITH BUSINESS

Megan Graham

Presenterreturnstotheirseat

PRESENTATION OF GRADUATES

IN THE FACULTY OF ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE AND ECONOMY

FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY IN GEOLOGY

Rami Alshembari

Thesis: ExploringtheInfluenceofTransCrustalMagmaticSystemsonVolcano Deformation

Charlie Compton-Jones

Thesis: Petrogenesisofalkalinerocksand thelithosphericmantleevolutionofthe KaapvaalCraton,southernAfrica

* Christopher John Dalby

Thesis: GeologicalControlsonUpper CrustalHeatFlowforDeepGeothermal EnergyinCornwall

Thomas Andrew Gibson

Thesis: ABiostratigraphicandGeochemical InvestigationofEarlyJurassicHyperthermal Events

Stefan Horn

Thesis: Europe’scobaltresourcepotential forsupplytolowcarbonvehicles

* Gabriel Ziwa

Thesis: Theenvironmentalgeochemistry andmineralogyofcobaltinmining-affected environments

IN MINING AND MINERALS ENGINEERING

Keiran Peter Doyle

Thesis: Thesafetyandsustainabilityof miningatdiversescales:Placinghealthand safetyatthecoreofresponsibility

* Johannes Michael Meusburger

Thesis: Computationalandexperimental studiesofselectedmagnesiumand ferroussulfatehydrates:implications forthecharacterisationofextremeand extraterrestrialenvironments

FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF SCIENCE BY RESEARCH

* Eliana Katherine Molina Ramirez

Thesis: RemediationofSoilsContaminated withMercuryDuringArtisanalandSmallScaleGoldMiningOperationsinColombia UsingSilver-CoatedPlates

FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF SCIENCE

IN EXPLORATION GEOLOGY

* Patrick John Conway

* William Finn Harvey

Gabriela Alexandra Pazos Marin

IN GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING

Aaron Nigel Court

* Ezra Drieka

Mompoloki Kgotlhane

IN MINERALS PROCESSING

* Thomas Rigby Evans

Sophie Victoria Sykes

* Ramanan Thanikachalam

IN MINING ENGINEERING

Julian Ojonugwa Adah

* William Coleman

* Meric Can Dikmen

William Stephen John Parker

* Yagiz Tunc

* Joseph James Wade

* Merlin Wright

IN MINING ENGINEERING (PROFESSIONAL)

Jeffrey Hawman

IN MINING ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

* Shubham Betala

Olivia Zara Green

Imogen Sparks

IN MINING GEOLOGY

* Joseph Carruthers

IN SURVEYING AND LAND/ ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

Megan Elizabeth Ackers

Zyad Elhadari

Carenza Ruth Kippax

Jack Piercy

* Thomas Runciman

Lamorran Trevenna

Ben Trevorrow

FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER IN SCIENCE IN GEOLOGY

Annie Matthews

FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF ENGINEERING IN MINING ENGINEERING

Codi-Lilli Brooks

Joshua Alexander Duncan

Sally Anna Lago Salter

Joseph James McCarthy

FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF ENGINEERING IN MINING ENGINEERING

Daniel Anthony Beckerleg

Edward Ndodana Kwelagobe

* Kealeboga Patrick Mminatau

Kabelo Mmutle

* Kitsoyaone Mokgele

Dimpho Isaac Monageng

Kaipa Phineas

Tlhalefang Rasekoko

Botshelo Shane Setoutwe

FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE

IN ENGINEERING GEOLOGY AND GEOTECHNICS

James Crow

Abdenour Kaabouni

Trevelyan Chen Wei Khor

Saffron Mallinson

Ben Raczkowski

IN ENVIRONMENTAL GEOSCIENCE

Thomas Michael Bolt

Amber Marie Case

Ollie Howe

Ursula Leyland

* John O’Brien

IN GEOLOGY

Lucy May Albon

Alexander Gorman

James Hayden

Kai Charles Douglas Kennedy

Jacob Arthur Donnithorne Luck

Sol Martyn-Leeds

Mari Louise Potter

Joseph Henry Stembridge-King

Sebastian Monty Surzyn

Oliver Whitear

IN RESOURCE AND EXPLORATION GEOLOGY

Katarina Culverhouse

Morgan Harris

Joseph Hill

* Benjamin Taro Johnstone

Daisy Marsh

Liam O’Connor

Samuel Phillips

Eleanor Rose Punchard

Charlie Warne

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IN THE FACULTY OF ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE AND ECONOMY

FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF PHILOSOPHY IN MANAGEMENT STUDIES

* Stephen Peter Hickman

Thesis: Theroleofcommunitiesofpractice inshapingmodernisation:Acasestudyof change,persistence,andsurvivalintheUK cockle-fishingindustry2011-2018

FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN BUSINESS

Jackson Adkins

Kameran Barber

Eleanor Marie Crowden

James Thomas Foster Flatt

Harry Goodman

Emily Harris

* Nicholas George Harris

Corey Hick

James Alan Luc Evans Isaacson

Meilin Ji

Wen Xi Sean Lee

* Egor Leshchikov

Yi Fan Lin

Daisy Freja Lucas

Christopher John Kirtley Munro

Harrison James Parmley

James Thomas Henry Pierpoint

* Jay Porter

Emily Diane Rice

Sascha Roy

Morgan Emily Sandford

Cristian Gabriel Tapliga

Luke Tickle

George Philip Hobart Tomlin

* Lacin Alaz Ustunkal

Prakhyaat Walia

Luke Warren

Friday 26 July // 10:00

IN BUSINESS AND ENVIRONMENT

Cara Annabel Binder

Matthew James John Fuller

Edward Henry Gittins

Nate Grace Hughes

Hugo Louis Khoueiry

Megan Pocock

Emilia Tynska

Liné Venter

Ethan Waller

Matthew Whitley

Holly Wilkins

Lewys Wilson

Ross Wimble

IN BUSINESS WITH INDUSTRIAL EXPERIENCE

Yukimi Crook

Edward Cull

William James Evans

Sophie Jackson

John Chikoye Bwalya Kasolo

William Kidd

Renee Toluwalase Nobre

Liam Addison Raabe

IN BUSINESS WITH YEAR ABROAD

Anna Franziska Reichert

FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF SCIENCE IN MINING ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

Michael Dinata

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PRESENTATION OF GRADUATES

Friday 26 July 14:00

IN THE FACULTY OF ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE AND ECONOMY

FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY

IN BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

* Wafa Sbeit Al Arimi

Thesis: TheemergenceofWhiteSpot SyndromeVirus:Identifyingancestralhosts toprevent,mitigateandcombatemerging diseasesinaquaculture

* Nafee Ibraheem Y Alothyqi

Thesis: TheRoleofBehaviourin CamouflageandThermalRegulationof Ground-NestingBirds

Charlotte Armitage

Thesis: Conservationofthehazeldormouse ontheedgeofthespecies’range

Meaghan Maggie May Castledine

Thesis: Notallthosewhoevolveare adapted:Theecologyandevolutionof microbialinteractionswithinsynthetic communitiesandphagetherapy

Dugald Foster

Thesis: BankingonCooperation: TestingEvolutionaryTheoriesofHuman CooperationviaMicrofinanceLoans

George Richard Alexander Hancock

Thesis: Therolesofhabitatcolouration, geometryandlightingincamouflageand groundnestingbirdconservation

William Leo Stephen Hawkes

Thesis: Assemblageandquantificationof migratoryinsectspeciesacrossEuropean flyways

Alice Maestri

Thesis: Evolutionandinteractionofdefence mechanismsinPseudomonasaeruginosa

Filippo Marino

Thesis: EcologicalandSocialDimensionsof RaptorTranslocations

Richard Jonathan Massy

Thesis: Navigationandflightcapabilitiesof migratoryhoverflies

Josephine Lily Palmer

Thesis: Assessingtheimpactofsmall-scale fisheriesonseaturtlepopulationsinthe EasternMediterranean

Thomas Nathaniel Price

Thesis: Casteplasticityandtaskallocation inaprimitivelyeusocialinsect

Marcus William Rhodes

Thesis: Thethermalecologyofbutterfliesin achangingclimate

Jasmine Alice Somerville

Thesis: Theapplicationofsensoryecology toreducefisheriesbycatch

* Feargus Cooney

Thesis: SocialBrainsandBehaviourin cooperativeinsectsocieties

Casper Harmen van de Geer

Thesis: Ecologyandconservationofmarine turtlesinKenya

* Anna Frances Bush

Thesis: Modellingtheprevalenceofwildlife diseasesusingsimulateddiagnostictest data

IN BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES (SWBIO)

Joshua James Arbon

Thesis: Socialcompetence,informationuse,andcognitioninjackdaws

Ishbel Jessie Hayes

Thesis: Flight-to-lightandthedeclinein Britishmoths

Sarah Katie Walsh

Thesis: Theevolutionaryand mechanisticbasisofvirushostshifts:A Staphylococcaceae-phagesystemto investigatepatternsofvirusinfectivityand evolutionacrosshostspecies

Tobit Dehnen

Thesis: Socialdominanceandfoodsharing invulturineguineafowlAcrylliumvulturinum

IN ENVIRONMENTAL INTELLIGENCE (CDT)

Christopher Roy Kerry

Thesis: MultidisciplinaryApproaches towardstheEffectiveManagementof Illegal,UnreportedandUnregulatedFishing inLargeScaleMarineProtectedAreas

IN MATHEMATICS

Ali Sarrah A Alessa

Thesis: Theimpactsofoceanplasticonthe dynamicsofmarinepopulations

* Mohammed Saad D Alharthi

Thesis: OptimalandAdaptiveControlfor VolterraDifferenceEquations

* Mofareh Alhazmi

Thesis: Input-OutputDynamicalSystems

ModellingandControlforIntegrated RenewableEnergySystems

Theyab Muneer A Alrashdi

Thesis: Theimpactofoceanplasticonthe dynamicsandmanagementofmarine populations

Mohammed Alsubhi

Thesis: Cyber-NaturalControlSystems

* Kevin Paul Bolton

Thesis: Towardsacomputationaltoolfor themanagementofNaturalCapital

FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF SCIENCE BY RESEARCH

Hannah Rose Broad

Thesis: AcousticSignalsandSocial InformationTransmissioninJackdaws (Corvusmonedula)

Alexandra Jane Diana Dell

Thesis: Molecularmethodstoidentify transmissionpathwaysofinfectious diseases:AcasestudyusingDNA metabarcodingtoexploreputativedietary sourcesofleprosyinwildchimpanzees(Pan troglodytesverus)

Cameron Goodhead

Thesis: AssessingBorneanorangutan (Pongopygmaeus)populationswithin theSebangauNationalPark,Borneo:An analysisofcurrentandemergingnest surveymethods

James Harris

Thesis: UnderstandingtheRoleofEcology inVariationofBreedingPhenologyand SuccessinTwoBirdPopulations

* Harriet Rose Herridge

Thesis: Ecologyofbacterialpathogens: fromfieldstudiesinWesternchimpanzees tocomparativeanalysesinhumans

* Rahul George Jaitly

Thesis: AntipredatorBehaviourof CaribbeanReefSquid(Sepioteuthis sepioidea)

Alasdair Francis Owens

Thesis: Theapplicationofpassiveacoustic monitoringtostudyapopulationofwhitebeardedgibbons(Hylobatesalbibarbis)in aheterogeneousmosaicforestinCentral Kalimantan,Indonesia

FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF SCIENCE

IN APPLIED DATA SCIENCE (ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION)

Ziyi Low

Sophie Louise O’Hehir

Ho Tin Wong

IN APPLIED DATA SCIENCE (ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY)

Nina Clarke

Daniel Esteban Parra Moreno

Brianna Pickstone

Morwenna Saunders

IN APPLIED DATA SCIENCE (RENEWABLE ENERGY)

Daniel Jesusireyami Akih

* Paramveer Prem Singh Kandola

IN APPLIED DATA SCIENCE AND MODELLING

Joshua Lilley

* Jiashi Liu

* Gofaone Paul

IN CONSERVATION AND BIODIVERSITY

Madelyn Barnes

Annabel Beasley

Ema Brescak

Lucy Clarke

Matthew Cotsell

Alice Head-Rapson

Cerys Hill

Rebecca Hunt

Julia John

Simeon Christopher Johnson

* Lara Elizabeth Kennedy

Phoebe Larn Jones

Harriet Lavender

* Daniel Alejandro Leroux Padilla

* Man Yi Mo

Peter Oldcorn

* Daniela Perez Mejia

Mollie Rickwood

Rebecca Rogers

* William John Murphy Rolls

Emma Louise Wisdom Shrestha

Joe Stokes Neustadt

* Kirsty Thomasson

Basil Varghese

Nora Wallaya

Lucy Whitelegg

IN CONSERVATION AND BIODIVERSITY WITH UK FIELD COURSE

Lara Beth Hillyard

Ester Nanyanga Kayala

Jacob Parkman

* Juliana Lorenza Charlotte Pinto

Sam Ryde

IN CONSERVATION SCIENCE AND POLICY

Euan Chad

Rosie Hallatt

Sarah Neville

Isobel Riley

Tabitha Shell

IN CONSERVATION SCIENCE AND POLICY WITH UK FIELD COURSE

Tin Yuet Hon

IN EVOLUTIONARY AND BEHAVIOURAL ECOLOGY

* Laura Melissa Ardila Villamizar

Isaac Harris

Talia Hassan

Jessica Jones

* Lillian Lowenfield-Jayne

Emily McGlinchey

Matthew James Ratcliff

* Charlie William Rayner

Georgina Helen Salmon

Luisa Semerakova

Kaylee Christina Sina Thoma-Ruiz

Akanksha Tiwari

IN MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

Laure Edwige Cabasse

Michael Clarke

Selena Comeskey

* Aquila Amelia Erskine

* Benjamin John Guilford-Pearce

Bethany Rachel Isobel Lewis

Tsun Yat Luk

Monica Mayorga

Tessa McCormack

Joanna Rachael Read

* William Robson

* Georgia May Stanfield

Poppy-Louise Tully

* Jessica Adele Willis

IN MARINE VERTEBRATE ECOLOGY AND CONSERVATION

Clare Rhian Addyman

* Thomas William Davies

Natasha Fresson

Grace Gavazzi

Ben David Haden

Ami Marie Jewell

Eleanor Dawn Lane

Vance Mak

Elin Meek

Zaahir Santhanam

Philippa Way

IN PATHOGEN EVOLUTION

Chloe Esom

Thomas Hill

Benjamin George Lee Patten

Elvina May Smith

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PRESENTATION OF GRADUATES

IN THE FACULTY OF ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE AND ECONOMY

FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY IN RENEWABLE ENERGY

* Khawaja Haider Ali

Thesis: EnergyManagementofBattery StorageSystemsinGrid-ConnectedMicrogridsUsingReinforcementLearning

Jiaxin Chen

Thesis: ASpatiotemporalMachineLearning FrameworkforNearshoreWaveModelling

* Abdulmohsin Hemaida

Thesis: Theoreticalandexperimental investigationofPolymerDispersedLiquid CrystalglazingforNet-Zeroenergy buildingsinSaudiArabiaandUK

Ezenwa Ethelbert Udoha

Thesis: ControlandEnergyManagementof StandaloneInterconnectedACMicrogrids

FOR THE DEGREE OF ENGINEERING DOCTORATE

Nicholas Pietro Kell

Thesis: SimulatingRenewableEnergy AuctionsforOffshoreWind

FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF SCIENCE IN RENEWABLE ENERGY ENGINEERING

Rutuja Pradip Borkar

* Isabelle Fellows

Patrick Morgan Flanagan

Riya Florenson Fernandez

Chaitanya Vinay Gadgil

Carlos Garcia Noguera

Ramakrishnan Pasupathi Iyer

Amit Aviraj Kakade

Huw Silas Kenneth Morrey

Saiyam Sandeep Nahata

* Ming Wa Ng

* Sebastian Paver

Caitlin Wynne

FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF ENGINEERING IN RENEWABLE ENERGY ENGINEERING

Firas Ahmad

Abigail Victoria Burke

Jasper Cameron Clifton

David Tunbridge

Benjamin Matthew Wotton

IN RENEWABLE ENERGY

ENGINEERING WITH INDUSTRIAL EXPERIENCE

Jack John Herbert Baker

FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF ENGINEERING IN RENEWABLE ENERGY ENGINEERING

Mawada Mohammed Humaid Al Busaidi

* Alkhatab Zahir Said Al Ghafri

Taqwa Nasser Issa Al Humaimi

Sultan Saif Said Humaid Al Julandani

Abdulmalik Abdullah Said Al Mahruqi

Hamed Mohamed Saif Al Maskari

Teeb Abdullah Khamis Al Maymani

Amer Khamis Amer Al Rasbi

Kawthar Nasser Said Al Saadi

Balaqis Rashid Abdallah Al Zaabi

Ismail Khamis Al-Alawi

Noor Majid Said Al-Mahrouqi

Hamed Abdallah Al-Oraimi

Iman Humaid Hamdan Al-Rubaiai

Zoe Mai Louise Baker

Alexander Redvers James Barrett

Rafael Effendi

Matthew David Ferguson

* Elise Garbutt

Aydan John William Garrod

Harris Groome

* Amelia Hewison

Adam Meredith Hudson

Kameel Jawad Moosa Jawad

* Peter Neil Jenkin

Lauren Jensen

Owen Linsey

Jack Francis Reddicliffe

Mohammed Salem

Edward Robert Swain

Tatiana Thomas

* Olivia Louise Worship

FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN RENEWABLE ENERGY

* Charles Jack Callon Hine

Luke Davies

Ellis Hutchinson

Lewis Partridge

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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.

How we help you

• Free career support after graduation

• Regular virtual and in person alumni events worldwide

• Alumni discounts and offers

• Free access to thousands of online journals

• Regular news and events updates by email plus a free annual magazine

• A number of global social and professional networks for you to join and enjoy

• 20% discount for you, and your family and friends on postgraduate study at Exeter

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

How you help us

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.

Keep in touch

The Global Advancement office helps the University build long-term relationships with its alumni and supporters. Please stay in touch, and if you have any questions please contact us:

Email: alumni@exeter.ac.uk

Tel: +44(0)1392 723141

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You are always welcome at our events and of course back to campus. Until then, we wish you the best of luck as you take your next steps, and we look forward to keeping in touch during your lifelong association with Exeter.

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WELCOME TO OUR 8,000 NEW ALUMNI IN 2024

WE’RE IN TOUCH WITH OVER 185,000 ALUMNI IN 183 COUNTRIES SUPPORTING EXETER STUDENTS PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE

10,000 ALUMNI VOLUNTEERED LAST YEAR TO SUPPORT EXETER STUDENTS, DONATING MORE THAN

17,000 HOURS OF THEIR TIME

5,000 ALUMNI MADE A DONATION TO HELP STUDENTS