Degree Congregations December 2016 in the Whitworth Hall Congratulations from the President and Vice-Chancellor
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the University of Manchester Degree Congregations December 2016 in the Whitworth Hall Congratulations from the President and Vice-Chancellor “Use your head, I welcome you all – graduands, family but follow your heart.” members and friends – to e University Nancy Rothwell of Manchester for this degree congregation. is is a time of celebration and i hope you enjoy this special occasion. For those of you graduating today, this is also a These ceremonies mark not the end of your perfect time to reflect on your time here at relationship with the University but the start Manchester, to think about your successes, of a new chapter. You are now part of a world- achievements and the excitement of the next wide network and it is my hope that the links stage of your journey. As you are presented for between you and the University will grow conferment of your degree, the University stronger as you become an active member of shares with you a great sense of pride in the one of the largest global alumni communities. award you have worked so hard to attain. I wish you every success for the future and I encourage you to take charge of your future, hope that you have a truly memorable day. find your voice and form your own opinions. Have confidence in the knowledge and experience you have gained during your time here and, as you collect your degree, know you are ready to take on your next challenge and shape your own future. Professor Dame Nancy Rothwell DEGREE CONGREGATIONS DECEMBER 2016 1 Our distinguished staff and alumni invest us with progressive principles and a desire Leading to improve people's lives through research and teaching. roughout our history the way Manchester has led the way and helped } shape the modern world through discovery, ideas and knowledge. 1893 1908 1991 2012 Samuel Alexander Ernest Rutherford Dr Mark Kermode Jeanette Winterson OBE Professor of Philosophy Chemist and pioneer of Film critic, broadcaster at The University of nuclear physics and the first and author Professor of Creative Writing Manchester 1893-1925 to split the atom 1908 Nobel PhD English 1991 and author Prize in Chemistry 1898 1948 1991 2006 Catherine Chisholm Alan Turing OBE FRS Sophie Raworth Prof Danielle George First female graduate of Developed the concept of the Journalist and BBC Professor of Radio Frequency Medicine, a paediatrician and Turing machine. Still one of News presenter Engineering, PhD Electrical founder of the Duchess of the most widely examined BA French and German 1991 Engineering and Electronics York Hospital for Babies. theories of computation 2006 1906 1979 1998 1999 Christabel Pankhurst Arthur Lewis Prof Brian Cox OBE Benedict Cumberbatch CBE Suffragette and a co-founder Economist, Nobel Prize Physicist and science of the Women's Social and winner and Britain's first black broadcaster Oscar-nominated actor, star Political Union LLB 1906 professor 1979 Nobel Prize in PhD Physics 1998 of The Imitation Game and Economic Sciences Sherlock BA Drama 1999 2 THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER DEGREE CONGREGATIONS DECEMBER 2016 3 551 858 The Turkey Take Manchester Netherlands 1,065 Thailand 11,658 People’s 4,011 Repubic of with you 656 Greece China 128,632 Norway 2,352 UK Cyprus 1,898 Germany 1,609 Japan 1,252 Republic of Ireland 2,118 996 Canada South Korea 2,399 France 6,045 1,447 USA Taiwan 1,685 Spain 3,749 International alumni groups are Hong Kong a great way to keep in touch with 828 Mexico 1,284 fellow Manchester graduates Pakistan and friends in your country. It’s an opportunity to build 1,161 professional and social networks Italy 1,814 as well as keeping in touch with Australia The University of Manchester. 3,685 519 India Here’s where you’ll find Brazil the largest communities of 825 Manchester graduates Saudi Arabia around the world. 2,043 5,395 Nigeria Malaysia Find your nearest alumni coordinator or 880 1,055 Kenya volunteer to become one in your own United Arab 4,314 Singapore country at your.manchester.ac.uk/get- Emirates involved/global-networks/. 4 THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER DEGREE CONGREGATIONS DECEMBER 2016 5 Germ trap technology could MBS becomes Alliance MBS; protect us against the flu precinct bridge demolished in August Highlights In March 2016 The University The iconic precinct bridge was demolished in of Manchester and scientists August 2015. The 46-year-old bridge was 2015-16 was an eventful year for at biotech company Virustatic taken down as part of a project to make room the University. Here are some of developed a fabric coating for improved student and staff facilities, and to which isolates viruses provide 40,500 sq ft of new retail and leisure the highlights that made news. responsible for seasonal and facilities for the ne w Alliance MBS. pandemic influenza. Acc ording to the team, the World’s first bionic ‘germ trap’ has a capture rate eye transplant for the virus - which affects Manchester Professor Paulo millions of people across the Whitworth wins Stanga conducted the world’s world, sometimes severely- of VisitEngland award first bionic transplant in July greater than 99%. The University of Manchester’s 2015 . The four hour operation Whitworth won gold at the implanted a device to convert The germ trap - which can be VisitEngland Awards for video images from a miniature added to filters in masks or air Excellence in the large visitor camera installed in his glasses. filtration systems - is attraction category in March 2016 completely harmless and cheap to produce. The ‘gallery in the park’ – which reopened in March after a £15 million transformation– beat a range of renowned competitors such as Chester Zoo, SS Great Britain and Salisbury Cathedral. The largest renovation in its Lemn Sissay becomes 125-year history, which doubled Chancellor in 2015 its former size, with a new glass Writer and broadcaster Lemn wing overlooking Whitworth Park Sissay MBE was elected as the resulted in record-breaking next Chancellor of The visitor figures. University of Manchester. An award-winning poet, he’s also the author of articles, records, radio documentaries and public art. Jodrell Bank part of BBC broadcast as Tim Peake becomes first Briton to walk in space A historic milestone in British space exploration was shared by experts and guests at The University of Manchester’s Jodrell Bank as part of a planned special BBC broadcast. Tim Peake carried out the first ever spacewalk by a British astronaut on Friday 16 January 2016 to venture outside the International Space Station to replace a failed voltage regulator. 6 THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER DEGREE CONGREGATIONS DECEMBER 2016 7 Outstanding Alumni Awards Outstanding Alumni Awards are presented Gareth Owen OBE to former students who have achieved particular distinction in their field, or who BEng (Hons) have demonstrated exemplary service to the Civil Engineering 1990 University or wider community. Gareth Owen has spent a quarter of a century working in humanitarian aid. From Somalia and Angola through to Uganda, Kosovo, Pakistan and Syria, he has witnessed the world’s most testing and devastating crisis environments. But it was in Manchester where Gareth built the foundations of what has proven to be an Karen O’Neill inspirational career. He graduated in 1990 with a BEng in Civil Engineering before moving BNurs (Hons)Nursing 2003; south to secure an MSc in Irrigation Engineering from the University of Southampton. MA Humanitarianism and After joining Concern Worldwide, Gareth was quickly exposed to the realities of humanitarian work. Roles in logistics and security Conflict Response 2012 management took him to conflict areas in Somalia and Angola, followed by a switch to Nepal and a stint as water engineer with VSO. Karen O’Neill is a senior nurse experienced in emergency care and humanitarian aid. As his knowledge grew, so too did the size of his challenges. He was appointed country director in Uganda and head of mission in Kosovo She graduated from the University of Manchester with a Bachelor of during a spell with Action Contre la Faim. In 2001, he ran Oxfam’s Nursing (Hons) in 2003. Since then, her time has been split between response to the Gujarat earthquake in India. The following year, he emergency-department nursing across Greater Manchester and joined Save the Children UK – and in April 2007 he was appointed as the humanitarian aid and disaster respons e overseas. charity’s humanitarian director. In 2009, Karen began an eight-month spell working as a volunteer nurse As a senior humanitarian practitioner, he has led operational responses at a hospital in Gulu, Uganda. Later, she returned to the hospital to to every major emergency over the last 15 years – including the Iraq deliver teaching on acute illness management and nursing skills. More conflict (2003), Asian tsunami (2004), and East Africa drought (2011). recently, she travelled to the country’s south-west with the charity Medcare, who run a paediatric healthcare centre and programmes to He is co-founder of the Humanitarian Leadership Academy, the START support children with chronic illnesses. Network and ELRHA, and now leads a department of more than 200 staff. As a member of the UK International Emergency Trauma Register (UKIETR), Karen was deployed to the Philippines with Save the Children Gareth was awarded an OBE in 2013 for services to emergency crisis in late 2013 after typhoon Haiyan devastated much of the country. With response ab road. help from the British Navy, her team spent two weeks visiting remote islands and attending to the emergency medical needs of the local population. Her role with the UKIETR has also seen her participate in training in Mumbai’s inner-city slums.