7 November 2012
Winter Graduation 2012
Photo opportunities at Robing Rooms, Dundee City Chambers on Wednesday, 14th November.
9.30am with Honorary Graduate Sir Nicholas Wright.
2.00pm with Honorary Graduate Jamie Byng
The University of Dundee's Winter Graduation takes place on Wednesday, 14th November, when more than 500 students will be joined by family and friends to celebrate their achievements.
Taking place at Caird Hall over two ceremonies, the Graduation will also see Honorary Degrees bestowed upon Sir Nicholas Wright, an esteemed academic who has greatly furthered knowledge of stem cell biology, and Jamie Byng, publisher and managing director of Canongate Books.
Graduands spanning a wide range of disciplines will receive their undergraduate and postgraduate degrees and diplomas. The winter celebrations are held to allow students whose courses finish after the traditional summer graduation in late June to receive their awards as soon as possible after successfully completing their studies.
Professor Pete Downes, Principal and Vice-Chancellor of the University, congratulated all graduating students on their achievements.
"Winter Graduation has established a distinct feel that combines the best of tradition with the joy of the occasion," he said. "It is always a source of pride and delight to welcome students and their families here for graduation, which is a major milestone in anyone's life.
"This will be a day to remember for graduands and their guests, and it is also one that will help to inspire current students to excel academically as they experience the very special atmosphere that surrounds graduation."
The morning ceremony, taking place at 10am, will see students from the College of Arts and Social Sciences (CASS) and College of Art, Science and Engineering (CASE) receive their awards. College of Medicine, Dentistry and Nursing (CMDN), College of Life Sciences (CLS) and additional CASS students will graduate in the afternoon ceremony, beginning at 2.30pm.
After the ceremonies, the Winter Graduation Celebration takes place in Dundee University Students Association (DUSA) from 4-8pm with a programme of entertainment, including live music, provided for graduates and guests.
Tickets, which are free for graduands and cost £11 each for guests, are available by visiting Registry website, calling 01382 385390 or emailing graduation@dundee.ac.uk.
More information is available at Graduation website.
Notes to editors
WINTER GRADUATION 2012 - Honorary Graduates
Professor Sir Nicholas Wright has made an exceptional contribution to medical research and education, in particular in understanding stem cell biology.
He studied Medicine at Durham University, and went on to train in Histopathology at Newcastle and Oxford universities, gaining his PhD in 1975. Sir Nicholas' research has been in the field of stem cells and colon cancer. He was Professor of Pathology at the Royal Postgraduate Medical School at the Hammersmith Hospital, and then became the Dean of the Royal Postgraduate Medical School before becoming the Deputy Principal of the Imperial College School of Medicine in 1998. He was Warden of Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry from 2001 to 2011.
He has held a number of prestigious positions including Director of Clinical Research for the Imperial Cancer Research Fund, Head of the Histopathology Unit at Cancer Research (UK) Ltd, President of the Pathological Society of Great Britain and Ireland and President of the British Society of Gastroenterology.
He currently heads the Centre for Tumour Biology at Barts Cancer Institute in London.
Jamie Byng is the publisher and managing director of the independent Scottish imprint Canongate Books.
He has helped Canongate grow into a significant voice in the literary world, publishing multi-million-selling, Booker Prize-winning novels such as the `Life Of Pi'. Canongate is renowned for being both innovative and hugely successful, home to a list of authors that runs from Barack Obama through Philip Pullman to Nick Cave and Alasdair Gray.
He is the initiator and Chair of World Book Night, an event which in 2011 saw one million books - 40,000 copies of each of 25 carefully selected titles - are given away to members of the public in the UK and Ireland. The event has now grown to the USA and Germany.
In 2010 he oversaw the transfer to the University's Centre for Archive and Information Studies of the entire Canongate archive, a trove of documents stretching back over the company's history.
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