University Medal: Gordon Moir
Presented by Ben Stuart, Director of Residential and Business Services, at the afternoon ceremony on Wednesday 29 November 2023.
Category: 2023
Graduation address: Professor Gareth Miles, AVP Dean of Science
Wednesday 29 November 2023 Afternoon ceremony
Laureation address: Margaret Atwood
In recognition of outstanding contributions as a novelist, poet, literary critic, and public intellectual.
Graduation address: Bishop Wardlaw Professor Kathryn Rudy FBA FRSE
"You have the rest of your life ahead of you to try new ventures, and I sincerely hope you fail at some of them."
Laureation address: Rufus Norris
Doctor of Letters in recognition of his major contribution to theatre and in telling the stories that reflect the nation in its diversity.
Graduation address: Principal Professor Dame Sally Mapstone FRSE
Delivered during the afternoon ceremony of Tuesday 28 November 2023.
Laureation address: Dame Evelyn Glennie CH DBE
Doctor of Music in recognition of her major contribution to performance, composition and listening.
Graduation address: Bishop Wardlaw Professor Josep Call FBA FRSE
"Asking for help is not a sign of weakness, but a sign of strength and intelligence, because it means that you know your current limitations or difficulties and who could help you overcome them."
Laureation address: Ronald William Renton
Doctor of Letters in recognition of his major contribution to the Scottish language, literature, and the Scottish education system.
Graduation address: Professor Tobias Jung
"Recognise and think carefully about the diversity of treasures that you have and that you can use – natural, cultural, human, social, political, financial."