Recent Graduations

Abby Roberts (2018)

recently graduated from the University of Strathclyde with a BA in Human Resource Management and Marketing, with Second Class Honours, upper division.

Abby has also gained employment as a Marketing intern with Honeywell Group.

Anna Boyle (2018) recently graduated with a Bachelor of Laws with First Class Honours from the University of Strathclyde. Anna is staying at Strathclyde to complete a Diploma in Professional Legal Practice.

Ben Connaughton

(2017) recently graduated from the University of St Andrews with a First Class MChem degree, and was awarded the School of Chemistry’s ‘Education Prize’ for his final-year research into the use of drama in Chemistry education.

In September 2022, Ben will continue his studies at St Andrews with a PhD in Computational Chemistry, supervised by Professor Michael Bühl and Dr John Mitchell, and funded by East of Scotland Industrial Catalysis.

This summer, Caroline Langan (2017) graduated in Italian and Spanish from the University of Edinburgh. She thoroughly enjoyed her time there, in particular learning about the rise of Fascism in Italy. She took advantage of the long summer holidays to perfect her Italian, spending the last 4 summers as an au pair with the same family in northern Italy.

Since September, she has been taking part in the British Council scheme, teaching English in a school in Milan.

Caroline says :- “A big thank you to all my of teachers, but a special thank you to the Modern Languages Department for forever encouraging me in my language learning”.

Ciara Fagan (2016)

graduated on 27th June 2022 with a 2:1 MA (Honours) in Business and Management from the University of Glasgow. Since the middle of July, she has been working as a Sales and Transformation Graduate at Cala Group Limited.

Eilidh McGuire (2018) recently graduated from the University of Edinburgh with a 2:1 MA (Honours) in International Relations.

Eilidh says :- “Whilst the course was challenging, I thoroughly enjoyed my time in Edinburgh and am proud of my fellow graduates and my achievements”.

Eve Kelly (2017) recently received a 2:1 MA (Honours) in Sociology and Psychology from the University of Edinburgh. She has now started a new role as a Digital Marketing Executive for software company, Splunk, carrying out the role remotely from Glasgow with occasional travel down to Splunk’s central London office.

Kessy Iracanye (2017) recently graduated from the University of Strathclyde with an Honours Degree in Chemical Engineering.

Kessy adds: “Finally!! I can now say that I’ve graduated from the University of Strathclyde with an Honours Degree in Chemical Engineering becoming the second engineer of the family, second to my father Dr Adronis Niyonkuru. I would like to dedicate my degree to him and his parents for instilling in me the importance of education.

To think that only two generations ago, our family were banana farmers in 2022’s #1 ranked poorest country Burundi, with little to no opportunity for a better life due to poverty and war.

I am truly grateful to have spent the last 18 years in Scotland and it is with excitement that I look forward to the next chapter of my life. I will never forget my roots and wherever my next steps will take me, as a proud Burundian, I will continue to give back and invest in my country”.

Michael Eusebi (2015)

studied Finance and Business Enterprise at Strathclyde University, graduating with a 2:1. He started at Barclays, as an Operations Analyst, on 15th August on their Operations Graduate Scheme which is a twoyear scheme.

Niall Gray (2013)

graduated from Glasgow University in 2017 with a First Class Honours in History and Central and East European Studies. Following his undergraduate, he studied Russian for a year, before receiving a scholarship to do a Master’s in Central and East European, Russian and Eurasian Studies at Glasgow in 2018. During this time, he studied in Estonia and Poland and was awarded a distinction in 2020. Since then, he has received funding for History PhD study at Strathclyde and has been working as the Copy Editor for New Eastern Europe, an international politics magazine focusing on regional affairs.

Niamh Daly (2018)

completed the LLB with Honours from the University of Edinburgh, graduating this summer. She has joined the international Law firm Ashurst as a Legal Analyst based in their Glasgow Office.

Rachel Flynn (2018) graduated with a First Class Honours in Geography and Sustainable Development from St Andrews University on 15th June 2022. She is now undertaking the next stage of her academic career, studying City Planning, MSc, at the University of Glasgow.

Shona MacPherson

(2017) is delighted to share that on 14th June 2022, she graduated from the University of St Andrews with a First Class MA (Honours) in International Relations and Spanish with Distinction in Spoken Spanish.

52 Years after graduating from the University of Glasgow in July 1970, Dr Frank Dunn (1965) (MB ChB 1970) graduated again in June 2022 with a MPhil from the School of Critical Studies.

Dr Dunn’s thesis arose from a symposium at the University on the life of another doctor, the best-selling author A J Cronin, who attended St Aloysius’ College between 1912-1914, where he was an outstanding pupil and sportsman. Cronin won a Carnegie Scholarship to study Medicine at the University of Glasgow (1914-1919). Dr Dunn’s thesis principally addressed the role of Cronin’s most renowned novel The Citadel in the founding of the NHS.

It was a joint celebration on 28th June 2022, when Dr Dunn celebrated his graduation, as well as his wedding anniversary and is pictured with his wife, children and grandchildren.

JUST MARRIED

Congratulations to OA Cara

Patricia McCormack (1997),

who married John Patrick Tulley in the Blacksmiths at Gretna Green on 16th June 2022.