The University of Manchester DEGREE CONGREGATIONS July 2019 in the Whitworth Hall “Use your head, but follow your heart.” Nancy Rothwell Congratulations 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 and I hope you enjoy this special occasion. For those of you graduating today, this is not only in our research and education but also the perfect opportunity to reflect on also in social responsibility and our impact your time here at Manchester, to think about on society. Personalised Stellify activities your successes, accomplishments and look have instilled in our graduates distinctive forward with excitement to the next stage attributes. They leave us as socially of your journey. As you are presented for responsible, resourceful, global citizens conferment of your degree, the University who are able to make a positive shares with you a great sense of pride in the contribution to society. award you have worked so hard to achieve. These ceremonies mark not the end of I encourage you to take charge of your your relationship with the University but the future, find your voice and form your own start of a new chapter. You are now part of opinions. Have confidence in the knowledge a worldwide network and it is my hope that and experience you have gained during your the links between you and the University time here and, as you collect your degree, will grow stronger as you become an active know you are ready to take on your next member of one of the world’s largest global challenge and shape your own future. alumni communities. Your degree demonstrates a commitment I wish you every success for the future and to your education, and I hope that you have hope you have a truly memorable day. also taken advantage of the many and varied opportunities that are offered by the University to develop your skills outside of your academic studies. Indeed this year we are delighted to present our first ever Stellify graduates. At Manchester we pride ourselves Professor Dame Nancy Rothwell DEGREE CONGREGATIONS JULY 2019 1 Throughout our history, Manchester has helped shape the world through discovery, Leading knowledge and social responsibility. Our people, staff and alumni instil in our the way students and graduates a desire to improve people’s lives through research, teaching and } investing in the future of others. 1851 1908 John Owens Sir Ernest Rutherford OM FRS Manchester industrialist whose fortune established Chemist and physics pioneer Owens College, the oldest who split the atom and part of what is now The became the University’s first University of Manchester Nobel Prize winner in 1908 1874 1945 Edward Ryley Ellen Wilkinson Langworthy Politician who won Donor to the University scholarships for every stage whose legacy created the of her education and, in 1945 Langworthy Chair, a position was appointed as the first held by five Nobel Prize female minister for education 1906 1948 Dame Christabel Prof Alan Turing OBE FRS Pankhurst DBE The father of modern Suffragette who graduated computing; cracked the with an LLB Law at a time Enigma code, saving when it was illegal for millions of lives in WWII women to practise law 2 THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER 1979 2006 Sir Arthur Lewis Prof Danielle George MBE Economist and Britain’s first Awarded an MBE for her black professor, Lewis won services to promote public the 1979 Nobel Prize for engagement in engineering Economics 1998 2016 Prof Brian Cox OBE FRS Jean D’Amour Mutoni Physicist and broadcaster Queen’s Young Leaders and a household name Award recipient whose through his work to scholarship was popularise science supported by a donation to the University. 2004 2017 Prof Alan Gilbert AO Naa Acquah President and Vice- General Secretary of the Chancellor who established Students’ Union 2015-2017 Equity and Merit Scholarships – the first black woman to and the Manchester Access hold this position Programme DEGREE CONGREGATIONS JULY 2019 3 558 Turkey Take Manchester 912 Thailand 562 16,745 Switzerland People’s with you 2,136 Republic of Greece China 127,073 1,513 UK 508 Cyprus Norway 1,600 Germany 1,123 Japan 742 Republic of Ireland 1,663 997 Canada South Korea 1,659 France 5,212 1,128 US Taiwan 1,340 Spain 2,758 Hong Kong 700 International alumni groups are Mexico 949 Pakistan a great way to keep in touch with Manchester graduates 900 and friends after graduation. Italy 3,681 Singapore Whether you’re relocating 3,304 800 somewhere new or returning India Indonesia home, alumni groups offer a great opportunity to expand your professional and social 882 networks as well as keeping in Saudi Arabia 3,292 touch with the University. 1,657 Malaysia Nigeria Find your nearest alumni coordinator or 1,441 1,188 Australia volunteer to become an alumni coordinator: United Arab your.manchester.ac.uk/global-networks Emirates 4 THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER 558 Turkey 912 Thailand 562 16,745 Switzerland People’s 2,136 Republic of Greece China 127,073 1,513 UK 508 Cyprus Norway 1,600 Germany 1,123 Japan 742 Republic of Ireland 1,663 997 Canada South Korea 1,659 France 5,212 1,128 US Taiwan 1,340 Spain 2,758 Hong Kong 700 Mexico 949 Pakistan 900 Italy 3,681 Singapore 3,304 800 India Indonesia 882 Saudi Arabia 3,292 1,657 Malaysia Nigeria 1,441 1,188 Australia United Arab Emirates DEGREE CONGREGATIONS JULY 2019 5 Manchester has always been at the heart of change, looking forwards and forging new paths – this is instilled in our students and graduates through Stellify. During your time at Manchester you’ll have embraced many different opportunities, broadened your horizons, examined and challenged real-world issues, led change and made a difference in local and global communities. Each Stellify path was unique, but the cumulative impact and influence is far-reaching. We‘re proud that so many of you graduating today have taken part in Stellify activities at Manchester. 6 THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER STELLIFY: AT A GLANCE The total number of students taking part in Stellify activities since 2016 LEARNING WITHOUT BARRIERS have broadened their 5,224 academic horizons by taking an interdisciplinary course students with UCIL UNDERSTAND THE ISSUES THAT MATTER: ETHICAL GRAND CHALLENGES 14,458 2,921 1,497 students students students have completed the have completed the have completed the Sustainability Social Justice Workplace Ethics Challenge Challenge Challenge MAKE A DIFFERENCE: VOLUNTEER equivalent have been 89,348 to a £549,491 completed 2,385 contribution to the hours of by students volunteering of community* *based on the minimum wage organisations across the globe 1,152 offered volunteering to students STEP UP AND LEAD have supported have taken a their peers through 5,981 9,372 leadership role in a Peer Support students students club, society or course DEGREE CONGREGATIONS JULY 2019 7 Highlights 2018 – 19 was an eventful year for the University. Here are some of the news highlights. University reveals next steps Manchester tops new societal impact rankings in North Campus Development The University not only reached its highest-ever position in Manchester started its search for an investor the Academic Ranking of World Universities and QS Rankings, and development partner to deliver a new but it was also ranked as the best higher education institution £1.5 billion Innovation District right in the heart (HEI) in Europe – and top three in the world in the prestigious of the city. ID Manchester is the University’s new Times Higher Education University Impact Rankings. vision of a 26-acre dynamic, world-class community with innovation, collaboration and enterprise at its core, generating thousands of new jobs. Broadcaster and film-maker joins the University David Olusoga OBE joined the University as a Professor of Public History. David, who presented the BBCs landmark series Civilians in 2018, is one of the UKs foremost historians on empire, race and slavery. 8 THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER Forgotten maps of Manchester restored A new project repaired, photographed and shared online forgotten maps of Manchester slums from the early 1880s. The maps had been overlooked for the last 130 years as they had been bound into reports by the city’s Medical Officer of Health who used his influence to improve the living conditions of Manchester’s citizens. A plastic free and Our best medals haul to date zero-carbon city The University won 13 medals The University announced at the annual British Universities its participation in an and College Sport Nationals, our ambitious regional initiative best haul to date. 124 student to reduce carbon emissions athletes went to Sheffield and plastic use. Along with to compete in seven sports other institutions in Greater including athletics, swimming Manchester the University will and karate, returning with work to eradicate avoidable four gold, four silver and five single-use plastics across the bronze medals. campus by 2022. In the City of Manchester, the University will also play a major role in the target of the city becoming zero carbon by 2038. DEGREE CONGREGATIONS JULY 2019 9 Outstanding Alumni Awards Each year, Manchester graduates who have achieved distinction in their profession, through exemplary service to the University or the wider community or who have provided outstanding service of a personal or humanitarian nature are presented with the Outstanding Alumni Award. In 2019, The University’s Outstanding Alumni Award winners are: Arnold Ekpe Trishna Bharadia Arnold Ekpe is a banker with the global financial crisis. Ekpe’s Trishna Bharadia is an However, it is her advocacy a truly international reach, leadership enabled the bank award-winning chronic illness work that has truly set her apart.