The University of Manchester Degree Congregations DECEMBER 2012 At The University of Manchester, we focus on making things happen, turning enthusiasm into achievement and ground-breaking theory into cutting-edge practice. Our newest graduates today join a prestigious We encourage our students to take charge hall of fame that includes 25 Nobel Prize winners of their future, finding a voice and forming among our current and former staff and opinions, getting involved and meeting fresh students, and a worldwide community of more challenges, making the most of the multitude than 240,000 alumni who can be found holding of resources and opportunities that we have top positions in every imaginable field. to offer. Over a distinguished history spanning more And we know, with their intelligence, inspiration than 180 years, our innovative minds have and ambition, our new graduates will find they accomplished feats of global importance, have what it takes to make their future happen. including the birth of the modern computer, the splitting of the atom, and the foundation of modern-day economics. Today, our students form a diverse and fascinating community, drawn from all corners of the globe, united in their goal to build a better future via a world-class educational experience of a lifetime. Welcome from the President and Vice-Chancellor I welcome you all – graduands, family For those of you graduating today, these members and friends – to The University of ceremonies mark not the end of your Manchester for this degree congregation. relationship with the University but the start of a new stage. It is my hope that the links between This is a time of celebration for all of us and the University and you will grow ever stronger I very much hope that you find it an enjoyable and I look forward to you becoming an active occasion. As each graduand is presented for member of the University’s alumni body. conferment of their degree, the University shares with you all a great sense of pride in I wish you every success for the future and the award they have worked so hard to attain. that you all have a truly memorable day. Professor Dame Nancy Rothwell President and Vice-Chancellor 1 The Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences The Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences The quality, breadth and volume of research is large and comprehensive with nine component activity at the Faculty of Engineering and Physical schools: Chemical Engineering and Analytical Sciences is unrivalled. There are more than 70 Science; Chemistry; Computer Science; Earth, specialist research centres and groups at the Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences; Faculty, each undertaking pioneering research Electrical and Electronic Engineering; Materials; into areas ranging from nuclear decommissioning Mathematics; Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil and nanotechnology to artificial intelligence Engineering; and Physics and Astronomy. and aerospace. Together they offer a diverse portfolio of research Research is at the heart of The University of and teaching of the highest quality. Manchester's Faculty of Engineering and Physical Many of the major advances of the 20th century Sciences. The 2008 Research Assessment Exercise began here, including the work by Rutherford revealed outstanding results, with all of our leading to the splitting of the atom and the departments demonstrating international or development of the world's first modern national excellence. computer. Today, research activities remain at the cutting-edge and the Faculty now generates around £75 million in research funding a year. The Faculty of Humanities The Faculty of Humanities is the largest of the Centre for Equity in Education and the University’s four Faculties, with a world leading Sustainable Consumption Institute. reputation in research that spans academic areas In the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise, as diverse as the arts, international development, Humanities was behind only Oxford and modern languages, education, law, the social Cambridge in the number of world-leading staff sciences, education, business and management. returned, classified as 4*. Of its activity, 22% was With a total income of around £190 million per classed as world leading and a further 40% as annum, around 18,000, students and some 1000 internationally excellent. academic staff, it is equivalent to a medium-sized university in the UK. Major activities include the Centre for New Writing, the Institute for Social Change, the Brooks World Poverty Institute, Humanitarian and Conflict Response Institute, the Manchester Institute for Innovation Research, the Research Institute for Cosmopolitan Cultures, the Centre for Chinese Studies, the Institute for Development Policy and Management, the 2 The Faculty of Life Sciences The Faculty of Life Sciences is one of the largest The Faculty was ranked third in the country by and most successful unified research and quality alone in the two Units evaluated in the teaching organisations of its kind in Europe. 2008 Research Assessment Exercise. When these results were aggregated, it came second only to With more than 1,000 people involved in Cambridge – and ahead of Oxford - in terms of research, 1,500 undergraduate students and an research power (Grade Point Average x number annual budget in excess of £100 million, the of staff). Faculty provides a highly interactive research and teaching environment where all barriers to The Faculty's research encompasses the entire collaboration have been removed. spread of life sciences from the molecule to the cell to the organism, spanning all fields of As such, the Faculty is able to conduct the biology from environmental studies to cancer highest quality research while maintaining an biology, from neuroscience to post-genomics, and extensive range of undergraduate and graduate from structural biology to organ transplantation. programmes, as well as vocational training. Rapid advances in molecular biology, structural biology, genomics and bioinformatics, will ensure that the life sciences will continue to dominate scientific discoveries in the 21st century. The Faculty of Medical and Human Sciences The Faculty of Medical and Human Sciences has a research areas from laboratory-based long and proud history of innovative teaching and investigations through to studies of the impact of groundbreaking research, and is one of the largest discoveries on the health of the population. faculties of clinical and health sciences in Europe. There is a strong organisational capability for The Faculty has five Schools – Medicine, Dentistry, undertaking cross-faculty teaching and research Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, activity in partnership with the public sector and Psychological Sciences, and Nursing, Midwifery industry. For example, in conjunction with four and Social Work – with strong interdisciplinary teaching hospitals, more than 300 GP practices links with other Schools and Faculties across the and 25 district hospitals, the Faculty trains in University, including Life Sciences, Engineering and excess of 350 doctors each year. Similarly, in Physical Sciences, Economic and Social Sciences, partnership with the Department of Health, it and Education. provides continuing professional development training for all 18,500 community pharmacists in The School of Medicine traces its past to the first England. medical school established in England outside London, while the School of Nursing was the first Furthermore, teaching and research is spread over British school to offer a degree in the subject; a wide area with major links to Central similarly, Manchester was the first university to Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation award degrees in Pharmacy. Trust, the Christie NHS Foundation Trust, the Paterson Institute for Cancer Research, Salford The Faculty’s performance in the 2008 Research Royal NHS Foundation Trust, University Hospital of Assessment Exercise (RAE) reflects its strength South Manchester NHS Foundation Trust, and across an entire range of biomedical and clinical Manchester Mental Health and Social Care Trust. 3 Degree Congregations Monday, 10 December 2012 in the Whitworth Hall Order of Proceedings The Procession will enter the Hall in the following order (The Congregation standing) Procession Leaders Members of Senate Members of the Teaching and Administrative Staff Wardens of Halls of Residence Stewards The Presenters The Mace Bearer The Registrar and Secretary ~~~~~~~~~~~~ At the Degree ceremony at 10am Professor Clive Agnew Vice President will Preside Ms Sarah Beer will act as Registrar and Secretary Professor Rebecca Herrisone will Present Mr Paul McCreesh for the award of Outstanding Alumnus Professor Jeremy Gregory will introduce the School of Arts, Languages and Cultures Dr Abigail Gilmore will present graduands from the School of Arts, Languages and Cultures Organist James Garratt MA, PhD, ARCM, FHEA Mace Bearer John Green At the Degree ceremony at 12.15pm Professor Keith Brown Vice President and Dean will Preside Mrs Alison Wilson will act as Registrar and Secretary Professor Jeremy Gregory will introduce the School of Arts, Languages and Cultures Dr Abigail Gilmore will present graduands from the School of Arts, Languages and Cultures Dr David Booton will introduce the School of Law Dr David Booton will present graduands from the School of Law Organist Philip Lowe LTCL., RMN, FBS. Mace Bearer Daniel Bowers At the Degree ceremony at 2.30pm Professor Martin Humphries Vice President and Dean will Preside Dr Simon