21 June 2005
Graduation 2005
The University of Dundee will host four graduation ceremonies in the Caird Hall this week which
will see around 3000 students graduate with degrees, post graduate diplomas and diplomas.
Honorary degrees will also be conferred on four distinguished guests of the University - Dr Edward
de Bono, Professor Julian Hunt, Fred MacAulay and Noerine Kaleeba.
The Greatest Minds lecture, which in recent years has been presented by poet Seamus Heaney and
political journalist Andrew Marr, will this year be delivered by Dr de Bono. The lecture takes
place at the Bonar Hall at 6.15 pm on Thursday and is open to the public.
The Graduation garden parties, held on each day of Graduation, will be staged in a specially
constructed area to the north of the Dundee University Student Association building in Airlie
Place, from 4pm to 6pm.
The University also hosts the Discovery Lecture 2005 on Saturday 25 June, which will be given by
Professor Germaine Greer. Her lecture is titled, "Regeneration, Rehabilitation or Restoration? The
Challenging Rainforest2. It takes place in the MSI Lecture Theatre at the Wellcome Trust Biocentre
at 3 pm. All tickets for the event have now been taken.
Details of the ceremonies and honorary graduates are as follows:
Photo opportunities with the honorary graduates will take place half an hour before each ceremony
in the Robing Room, City Chambers.
THURSDAY 23 JUNE
Photo opportunity 9.30 am, Robing Room, City Chambers, Dundee. Opportunity to photograph Dr Edward
de Bono.
10 am. Graduation ceremony for the Faculties of Arts and Social Sciences and and Education and
Social Work
The University will confer an honorary degree upon Dr Edward de Bono.
Dr de Bono is widely regarded as one of the world's leading authorities on conceptual and creative
thinking. It was he who originated the term "lateral thinking" and he has become internationally
known for the creative techniques associated with it.
He is involved with a number of organizations promoting the skills of thinking beyond traditional
boundaries, including the Cognitive Research Trust, Cambridge, which he founded and has directed
since 1971, the International Creative Forum, the Supranational Independent Thinking Organisation
and the International Creativity Office in New York, which helps UN member countries generate fresh
ideas. He is a bestselling author and is in constant demand around the world as a lecturer.
Photo opportunity 1.30 pm, Robing Room, City Chambers, Dundee. Opportunity to photograph Professor
Julian Hunt.
2 pm. Graduation ceremony for the Faculties of Engineering and Physical Sciences and Duncan Of
Jordanstone College of Art and Design
The University will confer an honorary degree upon Professor Julian Hunt (Lord Hunt of
Chesterton).
Lord Hunt was Director-General and Chief Executive of the Meteorological Office between 1992 and
1997, and is now Professor of Climate Modelling and Director of Lighthill Institute of Mathematical
Sciences at University College, London.
He is regarded as one of the world's foremost fluid dynamicists, pioneering new, fundamental
approaches to turbulence, one of the most challenging and difficult areas of mechanics. His work
has brought him an international reputation as a scientist, engineer and mathematician of
outstanding insight and brilliance. Lord Hunt is also a hugely influential figure in environmental
policy.
FRIDAY 24 JUNE
Photo opportunity 9.30 am, Robing Room, City Chambers, Dundee. Opportunity to photograph Fred
MacAulay.
10 am. Graduation ceremony for Faculties of Life Sciences and Law and Accountancy.
The University will confer an honorary degree upon Fred MacAulay.
Fred MacAulay was Rector of the University of Dundee from 2001-2004.
Perth-born Fred was also formerly a student at the University of Dundee, graduating with an MA in
Accountancy and Jurisprudence. He did start a career in law but eventually moved on to comedy and
has since proved himself as one of Scotland’s top comics.
Currently he hosts an award-winning show on Radio Scotland, fronts an Edinburgh Festival Fringe
event, is a monthly MC at the Stand Comedy Club, and fulfils many other television, radio and stage
commitments.
Fred is also one of the faces of Children In Need in Scotland, and is an ambassador for the
Prince's Scottish Youth Business Trust.
Photo opportunity 1.30 pm, Robing Room, City Chambers, Dundee. Opportunity to photograph Noerine
Kaleeba.
2 pm. Graduation ceremony for the School of Nursing.
The University will confer an honorary degree upon Noerine Kaleeba.
Ugandan nurse Noerine Kaleeba established The AIDS Support Organisation (TASO) in her home country
following the death of her husband Christopher from the disease in 1987.
TASO has evolved into a model project for AIDS service organizations worldwide, responding with
energy and imagination to every new challenge thrown up by the epidemic in Africa.
The extent of that epidemic continues to be seen in Noerine's own family - she is supporting, with
the help of the Friends of Noerine Kaleeba, over 20 members of her extended family who have either
been orphaned by AIDS or are themselves HIV positive.
Noerine is now based at the UNAIDS Secretariat in Geneva.
The Graduation ceremonies for the School of Medicine and the School of Dentistry will take place
at the Caird Hall on Tuesday 12 July.
By Roddy Isles, Head of Press 01382 344910, out of hours: 07968298585, r.isles@dundee.ac.uk | 
