Graduation Address: Dr Catherine Eagleton, University Librarian and Director of Collections and Museums
"Curiosity is what has brought you here, and it is what will carry you forwards..."
Category: Addresses
Graduation address: Professor Richard White, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences
“Take the time to step back from what can seem to be an avalanche of information and misinformation ... and approach everything as objectively as you can.”
Graduation address: Professor Phillips O’Brien, School of International Relations
“I encourage you to harness the wind of your time and place for the greater good, to make the brightest future you can for yourselves, and for humankind.”
Graduation Address: Professor Zinnie Harris, School of English
“With all its sham, drudgery and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world.”
Graduation Address: Kerry Tavakoli, International Education and Lifelong Learning Institute
“It’s a dangerous business, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don't keep your feet, there’s no knowing where you might be swept off to.”
Graduation address: Principal Professor Dame Sally Mapstone FRSE
Delivered during the afternoon ceremony on Wednesday 4 December 2024.
Graduation Address: Dr Sarah Marsden, Director of the Handa Centre for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence, School of International Relations
Delivered on the morning ceremony on Wednesday 4 December 2024.
Graduation Address: Dr Sam Haddow, School of English
Delivered at the afternoon ceremony on Tuesday 3 December 2024.
Graduation Address: Professor David Crossman, School of Medicine
Delivered at the morning ceremony on Tuesday 3 December 2024.
Graduation Address: Professor Brad MacKay, Deputy Principal and Interim Dean of the Business School
Delivered at the afternoon graduation ceremony on Friday 14 June 2024.