Ross Paterson is to be awarded the University Medal at the first graduation ceremony on Monday 10 June 2024. Ross Paterson joined the Royal Air Force (RAF) in 1983 and was stationed at RAF Leuchars during the early years of his service. He was active in the development of training and financial initiatives before being…
Véronique Tadjo will be awarded DLitt on Monday 10 June 2024 during the second ceremony. Véronique Tadjo is an Honorary Professor at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa, where she was Head of French and Francophone Studies until 2015. She is the 2024 Weidenfeld Professor at St Anne’s College, Oxford. Véronique holds…
Sherry Coutu will be awarded LLD on Wednesday 12 June 2024 during the morning graduation ceremony. Sherry Coutu CBE graduated from the University of British Columbia with a first-class honours BA. She was awarded an MSc in Economics with distinction in 1986 from the London School of Economics and received her MBA from Harvard Business…
Presented by Ben Stuart, Director of Residential and Business Services, at the afternoon ceremony on Wednesday 29 November 2023.
Wednesday 29 November 2023 Afternoon ceremony
In recognition of outstanding contributions as a novelist, poet, literary critic, and public intellectual.
"You have the rest of your life ahead of you to try new ventures, and I sincerely hope you fail at some of them."
Doctor of Letters in recognition of his major contribution to theatre and in telling the stories that reflect the nation in its diversity.
Delivered during the afternoon ceremony of Tuesday 28 November 2023.
Doctor of Music in recognition of her major contribution to performance, composition and listening.