Véronique Tadjo
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…
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Sherry Coutu CBE
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…
University Medal: Gordon Moir
Presented by Ben Stuart, Director of Residential and Business Services, at the afternoon ceremony on Wednesday 29 November 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."