Degree Congregations
Total Page:16
File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb
The University of Manchester Degree Congregations JULY 2013 At The University of Manchester, we focus on making things happen , turning enthusiasm into achievement and ground-breaking theory into cutting-edge practice. Welcome from the President and Vice-Chancellor 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 I welcome yoU all – gradUands, family For those of yoU gradUating today, these stUdents, and a worldwide commUnity of more challenges, making the most of the mUltitUde members and friends – to The University of ceremonies mark not the end of yoUr than 240,000 alUmni who can be foUnd holding of resoUrces and opportUnities that we have Manchester for this degree congregation. relationship with the University bUt the start top positions in every imaginable field. to offer. of a new stage. It is my hope that the links This is a time of celebration for all of Us and I between the University and yoU will grow Over a distingUished history spanning more And we know, with their intelligence, inspiration very mUch hope that yoU find it an enjoyable ever stronger and I look forward to yoU than 180 years, oUr innovative minds have and ambition, oUr new gradUates will find they occasion. As each gradUand is presented for becoming an active member of the accomplished feats of global importance, have what it takes to make their fUtUre happen. conferment of their degree, the University University’s alUmni body. inclUding the birth of the modern compUter, shares with yoU all a great sense of pride the splitting of the atom, and the foUndation in the award they have worked so hard I wish yoU every sUccess for the fUtUre and of modern-day economics. to attain. that yoU all have a trUly memorable day. 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. Professor Dame Nancy Rothwell President and Vice-Chancellor 1 The Faculty The Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences of Life Sciences The FacUlty of Engineering and Physical Sciences The qUality, breadth and volUme of research The Faculty of Life Sciences is a world-class The Faculty's research fields include is large and comprehensive with nine component activity at the FacUlty of Engineering and Physical research establishment, recognised as an environmental biology, disease biology, schools: Chemical Engineering and Analytical Sciences is Unrivalled. There are more than 70 international site of excellence in terms of neuroscience, genetics and zoology. There are Science; Chemistry; CompUter Science; Earth, specialist research centres and groUps at the research power and importance in the latest also world-leading researchers studying vision Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences; FacUlty, each Undertaking pioneering research Research Assessment Exercise. science and the history of science, technology Electrical and Electronic Engineering; Materials; into areas ranging from nUclear decommissioning and medicine. It is home to more than 1,000 researchers, over Mathematics; Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil and nanotechnology to artificial intelligence 2,000 undergraduate students and has an Academics regularly have their work published in Engineering; and Physics and Astronomy. and aerospace. annual budget in excess of £100 million. leading scientific journals and significant Together they offer a diverse portfolio of research Research is at the heart of The University of breakthroughs are consistently being made in and teaching of the highest qUality. Students benefit from modern facilities, Manchester's FacUlty of Engineering and Physical the understanding of a range of diseases. innovative teaching techniques and the Many of the major advances of the 20th centUry Sciences. The 2008 Research Assessment Exercise opportunity to be taught by leading experts from Rapid advances in molecular and structural began here, inclUding the work by RUtherford revealed oUtstanding resUlts, with all of oUr across the breadth of the life sciences. The highly biology, genomics and bioinformatics will ensure leading to the splitting of the atom and the departments demonstrating international or interactive research and teaching environment that the life sciences continue to dominate development of the world's first modern national excellence. allows the Faculty to conduct the highest quality scientific discoveries in the 21st century. compUter. Today, research activities remain at the research while maintaining an extensive range of cUtting-edge and the FacUlty now generates undergraduate and graduate programmes as aroUnd £75 million in research fUnding a year. well as vocational training. The Faculty The Faculty of Humanities of Medical and Human Sciences The Faculty of Humanities is the largest of the Centre for Equity in Education and the The Faculty of Medical and Human Sciences has a The Faculty’s performance in the 2008 Research University’s four Faculties, with a world leading Sustainable Consumption Institute. long and proud history of innovative teaching and Assessment Exercise (RAE) reflects its strength reputation in research that spans academic areas ground breaking research, and is one of the largest across an entire range of biomedical and clinical In the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise, as diverse as the arts, international development, faculties of clinical and health sciences in Europe. research areas from laboratory-based Humanities was behind only Oxford and modern languages, education, law, the social The Faculty has five Schools Medicine, Dentistry, investigations through to studies of the impact Cambridge in the number of world-leading staff sciences, education, business and management. Pharmacy, Psychological Sciences, and Nursing, of discoveries on the health of the population. returned, classified as 4*. Of its activity, 22% was With a total income of around £190 million per Midwifery and Social Work. It also has six Faculty There is a strong organisational capability for classed as world leading and a further 40% as annum, around 18,000, students and some 1000 research-focussed institutes: Brain Behaviour and undertaking cross-faculty teaching and research internationally excellent. academic staff, it is equivalent to a medium-sized Mental Health; Cancer Sciences, Cardiovascular activity in partnership with the public sector and university in the UK. Sciences; Human Development; Inflammation and industry. For example, in around 450 community Repair; and Population Health. The Faculty has placements/GP practices and 17 district hospitals, Major activities include the Centre for New strong interdisciplinary links with other Schools, the Faculty trains in excess of 450 doctors each Writing, the Institute for Social Change, the Faculties and Institutes across the University, year. Similarly, in partnership with the NHS and Brooks World Poverty Institute, Humanitarian including Life Sciences, Engineering and Physical Health Education England, it provides continuing and Conflict Response Institute, the Manchester Sciences, Economic and Social Sciences, Education professional development for 60,000 pharmacy Institute for Innovation Research, the Research and the Paterson Institute for Cancer Research. The professionals in England. Institute for Cosmopolitan Cultures, the Centre School of Medicine traces its past to the first for Chinese Studies, the Institute for Furthermore, teaching and research is spread over medical school established in England outside Development Policy and Management, the a wide area with major links to Central London, while the School of Nursing was the first Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation British school to offer a degree in the subject; Trust, the Christie NHS Foundation Trust, Salford similarly, Manchester was the first university to Royal NHS Foundation Trust, University Hospital of award degrees in Pharmacy and was the first South Manchester NHS Foundation Trust, and university in Britain to appoint a full-time Manchester Mental Health and Social Care Trust. professor of psychology; the first degree programme in dentistry was introduced in 1904. 2 3 The University of Manchester Award for Outstanding Academic Achievement is awarded to the top students in each graduating year based solely on academic performance and consists of a certificate presented at graduation and a cheque for £1,000. Degree Congregations The prestigious award reflects the exceptional performance of the individual graduates during their time at The University of Manchester. Monday, 8 July 2013 in the Whitworth Hall Order of Proceedings Outstanding Academic The Procession with enter the Hall in the following order (The Congregation standing) Procession Leaders Achievement Awards Members of Senate Members of the Teaching and Administrative Staff Wardens of Halls of Residence Stewards Faculty of Hien Luu Faculty of Engineering Faculty of The Presenters Humanities BSc (Hons) International and Physical Sciences Life Sciences The Mace Bearer Business, Fianance and The Registrar and Secretary Shalini Kanapathywasam Economics (IBFE) Andrei Cozma Philip Riddell BEconSc Manchester BUsiness School Mmath (Hons) Mathematics BSc Biomedical Sciences (with IE) Social Sciences Mathematics FacUlty of Life Sciences ~~~~~~~~~~~~