The University of Manchester Degree Congregations July 2011 The Inauguration of The University of Manchester At midnight on 30 September 2004, UMIST and the Victoria University of Manchester were dissolved and the single institution of The University of Manchester came into existence. The formal Inauguration of the University took place on Friday, 22 October 2004 when Her Majesty The Queen visited the campus to personally present the University’s new Royal Charter to Co-Chancellor Anna Ford at a special ceremony held in the Whitworth Hall. The new institution has a distinguished heritage. It can trace its roots back to the formation of the Manchester Mechanics Institute in 1824, which later became UMIST. The Victoria University of Manchester was founded as Owens College in 1851 and became England’s first civic university in 1880. The two universities first began working together almost 100 years ago. They were situated on neighbouring campuses and this enabled them to develop a number of joint courses, departments and services. They took the decision to merge in 2003. The creation of The University of Manchester has been hailed as one of the boldest and most ambitious initiatives in higher education. This pioneering spirit carries on today, with the aim to become one of the world’s top 25 universities by 2015 backed by an ongoing £650 million investment programme in staff and facilities – the largest such investment programme in British higher education. From the President and Vice-Chancellor I welcome you all –graduands, family members and friends – to The University of Manchester for this degree congregation. This is a time of celebration for all of us and I very much hope that you find it an enjoyable occasion. As each graduand is presented for conferment of their degree, the University shares with you all a great sense of pride in the award they have worked so hard to attain. For those of you graduating today, these ceremonies mark not the end of your relationship with the University but the start of a new stage. It is my hope that the links between the University and you will grow ever stronger and I look forward to you becoming an active member of the University’s alumni body. I wish you every success for the future and 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 is large and The quality, breadth and volume of research activity at the Faculty of comprehensive with nine component schools: Chemical Engineering and Engineering and Physical Sciences is unrivalled. There are more than 70 Analytical Science; Chemistry; Computer Science; Earth, Atmospheric and specialist research centres and groups at the Faculty, each undertaking Environmental Sciences; Electrical and Electronic Engineering; Materials; pioneering research into areas ranging from nuclear decommissioning and Mathematics; Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering; and Physics nanotechnology to artificial intelligence and aerospace. and Astronomy. Together they offer a diverse portfolio of research and Research is at the heart of The University of Manchester's Faculty of teaching of the highest quality. Engineering and Physical Sciences. The 2008 Research Assessment Exercise Many of the major advances of the 20th century began here, including the revealed outstanding results, with all of our departments demonstrating work by Rutherford leading to the splitting of the atom and the international or national excellence. development of the world's first modern 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 University’s four Faculties Major activities include the Centre for New Writing, the Institute for Social and encompasses academic areas as diverse as Arts, Education, Social Change, the Brooks World Poverty Institute, the Institute for Science, Ethics Sciences, Business and Management, and Information Technology. and Innovation, the Manchester Institute for Innovation Research, the Research Institute for Cosmopolitan Cultures, the Centre for Chinese With a total income of around £190 million per annum, more than 16,000 Studies, the Institute for Development Policy and Management, the Centre students and some 957 academic staff, it is equivalent to a medium-sized for Equity in Education and the Sustainable Consumption Institute. university in the UK. In the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise, Humanities was behind only The Faculty brings together seven schools: Manchester Business School; Oxford and Cambridge in the number of world-leading staff returned Arts, Histories and Cultures; Law; Social Sciences; Environment and (classified as 4*). 22% of its activity was classed as world leading and a Development; Languages, Linguistics and Cultures and Education, who all further 40% as internationally excellent. have an excellent track record for research and teaching. 2 The Faculty of Life Sciences The Faculty of Life Sciences is one of the largest and most successful The Faculty was ranked third in the country by quality alone in the two unified research and teaching organisations of its kind in Europe. Units evaluated in the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise. When these results were aggregated, it came second only to Cambridge – and ahead of With more than 1,000 people involved in research, 1,500 undergraduate Oxford - in terms of research power (Grade Point Average x number of students and an annual budget in excess of £100 million, the Faculty staff). provides a highly interactive research and teaching environment where all barriers to collaboration have been removed. The Faculty's research encompasses the entire spread of life sciences from the molecule to the cell to the organism, spanning all fields of biology As such, the Faculty is able to conduct the highest quality research while from environmental studies to cancer biology, from neuroscience to post- maintaining an extensive range of undergraduate and graduate genomics, and 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 long and proud history of There is a strong organisational capability for undertaking cross-faculty innovative teaching and groundbreaking research, and is one of the largest teaching and research activity in partnership with the public sector and faculties of clinical and health sciences in Europe. industry. For example, in conjunction with four teaching hospitals, more than 300 GP practices and 25 district hospitals, the Faculty trains in excess of 350 The Faculty has five Schools – Medicine, Dentistry, Pharmacy and doctors each year. Similarly, in partnership with the Department of Health, it Pharmaceutical Sciences, Psychological Sciences, and Nursing, Midwifery and provides continuing professional development training for all 18,500 Social Work – with strong interdisciplinary links with other Schools and community pharmacists in England. Faculties across the University, including Life Sciences, Engineering and Physical Sciences, Economic and Social Sciences, and Education. Furthermore, teaching and research is spread over a wide area with major links to Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, the The School of Medicine traces its past to the first medical school established Christie NHS Foundation Trust, the Paterson Institute for Cancer Research, in England outside London, while the School of Nursing was the first British Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust, University Hospital of South Manchester school to offer a degree in the subject; similarly, Manchester was the first NHS Foundation Trust, and Manchester Mental Health and Social Care Trust. university to award degrees in Pharmacy. The Faculty’s performance in the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) reflects its strength across an entire range of biomedical and clinical research areas from laboratory-based investigations through to studies of the impact of discoveries on the health of the population. 3 Outstanding Academic Achievement Awards 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. The prestigious award reflects the exceptional performance of the individual graduates during their time at The University of Manchester. Faculty of Engineering Faculty of Faculty of Faculty of Medical and Physical Science Humanities Life Sciences and Human Sciences Joanne Cuff Thomas Cookson Keri Abbott Lisa Durning Master of Chemistry in Chemistry Bachelor of Architecture Bachelor of Science in Biology Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS) with Industrial Experience Yuchen Dai Mrinalini Proost Christopher Cousins Ming Chan Bachelor of Economic Science Bachelor of Science in MBChB, Medicine Master of Engineering in Biotechnology Mechanical Engineering Elizabeth Evans Abigail Hughes Bachelor of Arts Economic and Karlie Whitehead Master of Pharmacy Hanli Fan Social Studies Bachelor of Science