Graduation Address: Professor Derek Duncan, School of Modern Languages
“The labour of translation reminds us that there are always other points of view..”
Month: December 2025
Laureation Address: Kirsty Young
Honorary Degree of Doctor of Laws. Laureation by Professor Tom Rice, School of Philosophical, Anthropological and Film Studies.
Winter Graduation Address: Professor Dame Sally Mapstone FRSE, Principal and Vice-Chancellor
“And when you step into new stages of your life... let kindness be the element that holds everything together.”
Laureation Address: The Rt Hon Lady Dorrian PC KC FRSE
Laureation by Dr Mateja Peter, School of International Relations.
University Medal: Raphael Vermeir CBE
Citation by Professor Ineke De Moortel FRSE, Master of the United College.
Graduation Address: Professor Jo Sharp, School of Geography and Sustainable Development
"...do not see this great celebration today as the end of your education but just a change in the location of where it happens."
Laureation address: Professor Robert M Califf MD
Honorary Degree of Doctor of Medicine. Laureation by Professor Nicholas Feasey, School of Medicine.
Graduation Address: Professor Brad Mackay, Deputy Principal
"We live in a world that is full of possibility, progress and potential."