Winter Graduation Brochure 2025 (Sat 13)

THE MACE AND ARMORIAL BEARINGS OF THE UNIVERSITY

The Mace was presented to the University in 1933 by University architect Emanuel Vincent Harris. It is approximately four feet long with a solid silver shaft and head. The finial at the top contains a representation in enamel of the University’s coat of arms. This symbolises the historical associations of the University with the locality. The triangular gold castle with three towers comes from Exeter’s coat of arms and is thought to represent the Rougemont Castle as alluded to by the red background. The 15 gold bezants around the edge of the shield are from Cornwall’s coat of arms, whilst the green cross on a white background is from Devon County Council’s coat of arms. The theme of learning is symbolised by the book with gold edges and a Latin inscription translating roughly as “We follow the light”.

YOUR CEREMONY

We hope you have a fantastic day and enjoy the ceremony. Just to let you know, we undertake filming and photography during the day which we may use for promotional purposes at a later date. We’ve done our best to ensure that the information presented in this brochure is correct as of November 2025.

History

The Congregation for the Conferment of Degrees is the occasion whereby a ‘graduand’ receives the degree of the University. The graduates are then known as alumni and are entitled to use post-nominal letters.

The ceremony has its origins in medieval times. This is reflected in the use of Latin phrases such as in absentia for graduands being awarded in their absence and honoris causa which is applied to honorary degrees.

Academic dress of gown, cap and hood worn by graduates, University officers and academic colleagues also originated in the medieval period. The varying colours of the gowns and hoods and the subtle variations in their style and cut indicate the degree obtained and the awarding university.

Music

The music for the ceremonies is performed by the Chapel Choir and Graduation Brass.

Processional music: Introit and Flourish was commissioned through the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra by the University to mark the Diamond Jubilee of the University in 2015. The music was composed by Stephen Montague.

Order of ceremony

• Processions enter

Please rise and remain standing until all the processions have taken their position and the Chancellor has invited you to be seated.

Processions enter in the following order after the Marshal’s address:

Academic, Senate, Council and Emeritus Professors’ procession;

Civic procession (if attending);

Chancellor’s procession including the Honorary Graduand and/or College of Benefactors inductee (if attending); The Chancellor and the President and Vice-Chancellor are the last people to enter and are preceded by the University Mace Bearer.

• Welcoming address by Sir Michael Barber, Chancellor, University of Exeter (or his representative)

• Address by Professor Lisa Roberts, President and Vice-Chancellor, University of Exeter (or her representative)

• Conferment of the first cohort of graduands

• Public oration and award of Honorary Degree and/or College of Benefactors induction, or external speaker if applicable

• Conferment of additional cohorts of graduands

• Vote of thanks from the Students’ Guild/Falmouth & Exeter Students’ Union Sabbatical Officer, or nominated apprentice for Degree Apprenticeship ceremonies

• Closing address by Sir Michael Barber, Chancellor, University of Exeter (or his representative)

• Processions exit

Please stand while the processions leave in reverse order. The processions are then followed by the graduates as directed by the Marshals. Guests may then leave the ceremony venue to meet their graduates outside.

THE CHANCELLOR

Sir Michael Barber

The Chancellor’s Role

The post of Chancellor dates back to 1955, when the University of Exeter was created with the award of a Royal Charter from Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. Sir Michael Barber is the seventh Chancellor of the University of Exeter. The first Chancellor was Mary Dowager Duchess of Devonshire. She was followed by Lord Amory, a former Chancellor of the Exchequer; the scientist Sir Rex Richards; and the barrister Lord Alexander. In 2006, the actress and writer Baroness Floella Benjamin was installed as Chancellor, stepping down in 2016. Businessman and former government minister, The Lord Myners of Truro CBE, succeeded Baroness Benjamin in 2016 and was Chancellor until he stepped down at the end of 2021.

The Chancellor is the ceremonial head of the University and is a part-time, honorary appointment. The Chancellor’s most public role is to preside over degree ceremonies, and behind the scenes to act as an important adviser and advocate for the University.

Sir Michael Barber has been Chancellor of the University of Exeter since 1 January 2022. He is a world-leading authority on education and public service delivery and the Founder and first Chair of Delivery Associates, which works with government leaders across the world to enable them to deliver their domestic policy priorities. He is the author of ‘How to Run a Government’ (Penguin 2016) and ‘Accomplishment: How to Achieve Ambitious and Challenging Things’ (Penguin 2023).

Sir Michael was educated in York and studied history at the University of Oxford, where he was President of the Queen’s College Student Union. He was a teacher from 1979 to 1985 and subsequently a Professor of Education, first at the University of Keele and then at the Institute of Education, London.

In 1997, Sir Michael embarked on a highly successful career in central government, initially as the Chief Adviser on School Standards in the Department for Education. In 2001, he founded the Prime Minister’s Delivery Unit at No 10 Downing Street, which he ran until 2005.

From 2005 to 2011 he was a partner at McKinsey and Company and Head of its global education practice. From 2011 to 2017 he was Chief Education Advisor at Pearson, where he played a key role in Pearson’s strategy for education.

From 2017, Sir Michael was inaugural Chair of the higher education regulator, the Office for Students, a role from which he stepped down in March 2021. Between 2023 and 2025, he held the role of Chair of the South West Social Mobility Commission, which aims to drive forward transformational change in education and employment outcomes for disadvantaged young people in our region. In September 2024 he was appointed as the Prime Minister’s Adviser on Effective Delivery; and since 2024 he has been the Government’s Envoy on Governance in the Palestinian Authority.

Sir Michael lives in North Devon with his family, and in 2022 took up the role of Chair of Somerset County Cricket Club. In 2009, the University of Exeter awarded Sir Michael an Honorary Doctorate of Laws in recognition of his many achievements. For several years Sir Michael was a distinguished visiting scholar at Harvard School of Public Health. In 2005, he was knighted for his services to improving government.

THE PRESIDENT AND VICE-CHANCELLOR

Professor Lisa Roberts

Professor Lisa Roberts became President and ViceChancellor of the University of Exeter on 1 September 2020. In her role, Professor Roberts is responsible for the leadership and management of the University, promoting and advocating for the University globally, nationally and locally, and ensuring the delivery of the University’s Strategy 2030, with its vision to use the power of our education and research to create a sustainable, healthy and socially just future.

Before joining Exeter, Lisa was Deputy Vice-Chancellor for Research and Innovation at the University of Leeds, where she led on the development of the university’s research and innovation strategy. During this time, she led a major step change in the quality and impact of the university’s research and in business collaborations, launching a new innovation hub and leading a city-wide team of senior city stakeholders through the MIT Regional Entrepreneurship Acceleration Programme (REAP). Before joining Leeds, Lisa was Executive Dean of the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences at the University of Surrey, leading the Schools of Bioscience and Medicine, Psychology and Health Sciences, where she also developed and launched only the eighth School of Veterinary Medicine in the UK, and developed a successful One Health Strategy.

Professor Roberts is a Professor of Virology, having studied for her PhD at the BBSRC Institute for Animal Health (now the Pirbright Institute) and the University of Kent. Earlier in her career, she worked as a Product Development Manager for Procter and Gamble in the UK and Belgium. Lisa is a board member of the Russell Group and a board member of Universities UK (UUK), and was also elected to the position of UUK Vice-President (England and Northern Ireland) in the summer of 2025. Prior to this, she held the role of UUK Policy Lead for Student Experience, Education and Skills.

Lisa also chairs the IDP Connect Strategic Advisory Board and is an inaugural Commissioner for the South West Social Mobility Commission. In 2023, she was awarded an honorary degree from the University of Surrey.

A Welcome from the President and Vice-Chancellor

A warm welcome to this wonderful graduation celebration. On behalf of everyone at the University, I would like to say what an honour it is for us to share this very special day with you. Graduation is a chance for all of us at the University to join you in celebrating your achievements and give thanks to the friends, family and supporters who have been there for you during your studies. I hope that this special day will be a memorable occasion and that you enjoy your well-earned celebrations.

Graduation is also a time to reflect on your university journey and on everything that you have achieved. For many of you in our winter graduation ceremonies, this is not your first degree and you may already hold a qualification from Exeter or from another university. This education has been about growing and developing yourself, challenging your own assumptions and absorbing new perspectives, so that you are equipped for the global workplace. You graduate today having demonstrated the knowledge and skills you need to go out into the world and to help forge a greener, healthier and fairer future. Everybody has the power to change the world for the better, and I know that you will be successful in whatever you choose to do next.

As a graduate of the University of Exeter, you now join a vibrant alumni community which extends to more than 195,000 people across the world. These people carry Exeter with them in everything they do and I encourage you to become an active participant of our alumni family.

Congratulations again on your fantastic achievements, of which you should be very proud. I hope you leave Exeter with fabulous memories that will last a lifetime and that you continue to stay in touch in the years ahead.

THE PROVOST AND DEPUTY VICE-CHANCELLORS

Professor Dan Charman

Senior Vice-President and Provost

Professor Dan Charman has held the role of Senior VicePresident and Provost at the University of Exeter since August 2023. He was previously the inaugural Pro-Vice-Chancellor for the new Faculty of Environment, Science and Economy and before that was the Dean, and then Pro-Vice-Chancellor, of the College of Life and Environmental Sciences. He undertook his undergraduate degree in Agricultural and Environmental Science at the University of Newcastle and completed his PhD in physical geography at the University of Southampton, subsequently working at the University of Waterloo, Canada, and the University of Plymouth before coming to Exeter in 2009. He is a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and is an Earth system scientist researching long-term ecosystem and climate change, with a focus on peat-forming wetlands and the global carbon cycle.

As Provost, he is deputy to the President and Vice-Chancellor and represents the University externally through Universities UK, the Russell Group and other networks. Dan leads the academic community, working with the Pro-Vice Chancellors and Executive Deans of the University’s three faculties and the Vice-President and Deputy Vice-Chancellors across research and impact, education and student experience, global engagement, Cornwall, people and culture and business engagement and innovation. His primary responsibility is to lead the delivery of the University’s Strategy 2030, through the development and implementation of the major academic strategies, and the University academic planning, resourcing and budgeting process.

Professor Krasimira TsanevaAtanasova

Vice-President and Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research and Impact)

Professor Krasimira Tsaneva-Atanasova is Vice-President and Deputy Vice-Chancellor for Research and Impact and Professor of Mathematics for Healthcare.

Krasimira earned her undergraduate and MSc degrees in mathematics at the University of Plovdiv, Bulgaria and her PhD in applied mathematics at the University of Auckland, New Zealand. Following postdoctoral fellow positions in the US and France she spent five years at the University of Bristol. She joined the University of Exeter in 2013.

She has previously held a number of leadership roles at Exeter including the Associate Dean for Global and the Associate Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Research and Impact in the Faculty of Environment, Science and Economy. Krasimira’s research addresses open questions in Health and Life Sciences by means of mathematical modelling and analysis including advanced data analytics.

As Vice-President and Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research and Impact), Krasimira oversees a total research portfolio of more than £500 million and leads the research and impact strategy for the University. Her overarching responsibilities include our preparation and submission for the Research Excellence Framework in 2029; interdisciplinary institutes, networks and centres; strategic leadership of our Doctoral College, the University Ethics Committee and the Research and Impact Executive Committee; and ensuring our research is utilised and impacts positively on the wider world. Krasimira represents the University externally via a number of research-related groups including as Chair of the UUKi Global Research and Innovation Network (GRIN) and as Co-Chair of the Concordat for the Environmental Sustainability of Research Practice’s Oversight Group.

Professor Richard Follett

Vice-President and Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Global Engagement)

Professor Richard Follett leads the development and delivery of the University’s Global Strategy and has oversight of the University’s global activities, including student recruitment, global experiences for staff and students, establishing and leading the University’s relationships with key global partners, and engaging alumni around the world.

An elected Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, Richard is also Professor of American History and a specialist on the history of African American slavery. Richard joined Exeter in January 2023 from the University of Sussex. He is a graduate of the University of Wales, the University of London, and the University of Illinois. He obtained his doctorate from Louisiana State University where he was a Fulbright scholar.

Exeter’s Global Strategy lays out the University’s vision to be a truly global institution by extending our presence, reach and impact around the world. We aim to be an internationally recognised leader in human health and wellbeing, sustainability, and social justice; to grow our mutually beneficial partnerships; to diversify our international student community; and to provide an inclusive and world-class staff and student experience. In his role Richard works with Exeter’s leading international partners, including the University of Queensland, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Tsinghua University, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, Arizona State University, Université Paris-Saclay and Duke University. Exeter is a member of the prestigious Worldwide Universities Network and Venice International University.

Richard has worked in more than 30 countries, including visiting appointments at the Universities of Lagos, Nanjing, Peking and Heidelberg, and the National Autonomous University of Mexico. He was Chair of Universities UK Africa and Middle East Network from 2020-2023.

Professor Tim Quine Vice-President and Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Education and Student Experience)

Professor Tim Quine is the Vice-President and Deputy Vice-Chancellor for Education and Student Experience and Professor of Earth Surface Science. Tim is responsible for leading the delivery of the University’s Education Strategy, and the Education and Student Experience vision within our Strategy 2030.

Tim’s brief is captured in the Education Strategy commitments to Success for All our Students and Valuing Educators, and encompasses the undergraduate and taught postgraduate student journey from arrival, through excellent teaching, learning and assessment, to the next stages in graduate life. He maintains a close partnership with the Students’ Guild in Exeter and the Falmouth & Exeter Students’ Union in Cornwall to ensure that our students’ interests are central to our plans for continuous enhancement. He also works closely with the Education Leadership Team including the three Faculty Associate Pro-Vice-Chancellors (Education) to ensure that the University maintains its excellent academic standards and continues to innovate in teaching and learning for the benefit of all students, as was recently evidenced by the University’s Gold rating in the Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) 2023.

He is a graduate of University College London where he obtained his Bachelors degree in Archaeology. Tim went on to complete his doctorate at the University of Strathclyde, and his research in earth surface science focuses on perturbation of the terrestrial carbon cycle and ecosystem services by soil erosion and sediment deposition. Tim’s research projects have seen him collaborate with researchers in universities and research institutes in China, India, Zimbabwe, Lesotho, Bolivia, Saudi Arabia, Australia, New Zealand and many European countries. He is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, Principal Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and member of the Russell Group Education Network.

THE PROVOST AND DEPUTY VICE-CHANCELLORS

Stuart Brocklehurst Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Business Engagement and Innovation), Director, Green Futures Solutions

Stuart Brocklehurst is Deputy Vice-Chancellor for Business Engagement and Innovation, leading the University’s collaboration with business and our drive to deliver innovation through our research and education. In addition, as Director of Green Futures Solutions he heads up the University’s drive to translate our world leading work on climate change into practical impact.

Stuart started his career in banking, holding a number of roles with Barclays in the UK and Africa, then as Senior Vice President for Digital Commerce at Visa International CEMEA leading the adoption of new business models and technologies. Following a period as a Partner at consultancy Carbon, Stuart joined Amadeus in support of its initial public offering and served as Group Communications Director after the flotation. He went on to run his own business in machine learning technology up to its sale in 2022.

Stuart is a Fellow of the Royal Meteorological Society, the Royal Society of Arts and the British Computer Society, a Companion of the Chartered Management Institute, a Chartered IT Professional, a Chartered Manager, a Freeman of the City of London, and holds a degree in theology from Oxford. He has served on numerous company boards, as a Further Education College governor, on the synod and Bishop’s Council of the Diocese of Exeter and as a Leadership Fellow of Exeter Business School. He is Chair of the Exeter Science Centre Advisory Board and Vice Chair of the Great South West Pan Regional Partnership. He is on the boards of SETsquared; GW4; the Centre for Resilience in the Environment, Water and Waste; and the South West Investment Fund’s Strategic Advisory Board.

Professor Martin Siegert Vice-President and Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Cornwall)

Professor Martin Siegert is Vice-President and Deputy ViceChancellor for Cornwall and is responsible for the strategic development of the University of Exeter’s activities in Cornwall.

Martin is a polar scientist who uses airborne and ground-based geophysics to explore the subglacial environment of Antarctica, and to understand how the ice sheet has changed in the past and how it may change in the future. He has undertaken three Antarctic expeditions and has been the UK lead on over a dozen international scientific exploration programmes across the continent. He has published over 250 papers, has written/ edited eight books and has convened five major international conferences concerning Antarctic exploration.

Using his knowledge of polar and climate change, Martin has delivered talks on the necessity of the net-zero transition to a variety of audiences, including major businesses, radio listeners (on programmes such as the Life Scientific and Inside Science on BBC Radio 4), news viewers (on the BBC, Channel 4 and Sky) and to secondary schools (through the Speakers for Schools programme).

Professor Rajani Naidoo Vice-President and Deputy Vice-Chancellor (People and Culture)

Professor Rajani Naidoo was appointed Vice-President and Deputy Vice-Chancellor for People and Culture at the University in January 2024. She is a Professor of Higher Education and Social Change and holds a UNESCO Chair and chairs the British Council Education Advisory Group.

Rajani is featured in the global Stanford/Elsevier top 2 per cent most highly cited scholars in her field and has been appointed a Fellow of the Learned Society for Research in Higher Education. Her research focusses on the transformation of contemporary universities and their contribution to the global good. She has been involved in global research projects on the changing academic profession, international higher education partnerships, and the contribution of higher education to social justice; and has presented numerous keynotes at major conferences in Europe, the US, Canada, Asia and Africa.

As the Deputy Vice-Chancellor for People and Culture, Rajani leads on the development and implementation of the ‘Our People’ theme of the University’s Strategy 2030 with overall responsibility for championing and driving a step change in Exeter’s people and culture priorities across the whole University community. She co-chairs the Wellbeing, Inclusivity and Culture Committee, providing senior leadership and ensuring the integrated delivery of our strategic vision for culture, inclusion and performance. She works closely with Faculty Deputy Vice-Chancellors, Divisional Directors and the Community and Inclusion team to co-create support, development and inclusive leadership strategies.

Rajani is a graduate of the University of Cambridge; University College London; and the University of KwaZuluNatal with majors in Law, English, Psychology, Education and Management.

THE DEANS

Professor Stacey Hynd Dean of Postgraduate Research and of the Doctoral College

Developing the researchers of the future is fundamental to tackling some of the most important global issues we face today. At Exeter, our 2,100 postgraduate research students are addressing challenges from healthy aging to living systems, conflict and human rights, food security and renewable energy. Our postgraduate researchers come from across the world to work within, and across, all our disciplines and research groups as essential members of our research community. We offer PhD studentships funded by UK Research and Innovation across all our Faculties, as well as industry-funded schemes and a range of support for international students. In addition, we work in collaboration with high-quality partners: from academic institutions such as the University of Queensland and the London Film School, through to industrial partners, charities and government organisations. Alongside our Masters by Research, MPhil and PhD programmes, we offer professional degrees such as the Doctorate in Clinical Psychology and Doctorate of Education, alongside part-time, distance-learning and both by Practice and by Publication programmes to suit individuals’ needs.

The Doctoral College supports our community of research students, helping our postgraduates develop as researchers and move forward into a wide and exciting range of careers. As the Dean of Postgraduate Research, I have the privilege to meet with many of our postgraduate researchers and learn about their work, see how they support and encourage each other and read about their wide-ranging successes. I also see the many challenges that they face, both intellectual and personal. Today’s ceremony is a celebration of advances in knowledge, but also of their hard work, dedication and determination, and the support from their peers, friends and families. I warmly congratulate all students graduating today and wish you all every success in the future.

THE DEANS

Professor Beverley Hawkins Dean for Taught Students

We are teaching over 4,200 postgraduate students this year – 38 per cent of whom have come from outside the United Kingdom. Our postgraduates are from such varied backgrounds and are studying for many different reasons. Some are undertaking further study to gain additional qualifications. Some are undertaking research training in preparation for doctoral study and/or a career in research. Others have a vocational objective and may well be studying a new subject in order to progress their career. Exeter is a national leader in the provision of PGCE degrees for aspiring teachers, as well as offering many pioneering programmes such as: our Master of Public Health that develops visionary public health leadership; our Business School’s world-renowned MBA; and many other Masters qualifications. Other students study while pursuing their career, and we increasingly cater for their needs through part-time programmes provided via distance or blended modes of learning. We are all so proud of our vibrant, diverse postgraduate community.

Our partnership arrangements offer the opportunity to develop subject specialisms at other institutions, both in the UK and abroad. These include the unique MA in International Film Business in partnership with the London Film School, where students spend time both in Exeter and London, gaining a broad theoretical understanding of the international film business along with practical experience. Students and graduates benefit from a growing network of alumni who are currently working in the international film industry. The innovative UQExeter Institute, established in partnership with the University of Queensland, allows Postgraduate Research students on the UQ-Exeter PhD programme to divide their time between the UK and Australia. Students join an international research team to conduct impactful research, addressing global challenges related to Global Sustainability and Wellbeing. As a member of the Venice International University (VIU), a prestigious global consortium of 20 universities, Exeter undergraduates can apply to study a term of exciting interdisciplinary modules at VIU with a cohort of international students, with further opportunities available for graduates. In partnership with Exeter College, our range of partnership programmes allow students in the region to benefit from the facilities, advice, and sports clubs of both institutions, while developing in their current careers, progressing towards chosen future employment, or towards further study.

We are delighted to celebrate the graduation of apprentices from our undergraduate and postgraduate Degree Apprenticeship programmes. Celebrating their success this year are apprentices from Applied Finance, Civil Engineering, Clinical

Associate in Psychology, Data Science, Digital and Technology Solutions, Healthcare Leadership and Management, Human Resource Management, Senior Leader MBA, Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner, Responsible Business Management, and Systems Thinking. With 20 Degree Apprenticeship programmes, supported by 650 employers, we recognise the power of these partnerships in developing and delivering highquality programmes to meet the needs of the future workforce.

As Dean, I work closely with our Faculties, the Students’ Guild and the Falmouth & Exeter Students’ Union in Cornwall to ensure the highest quality of student experience leading to excellent academic and employment outcomes. Your feedback is so important, so if you would like to share any further thoughts on your time at Exeter, please feel free to contact me directly. Meanwhile, I wish to add my congratulations on your achievements, and my best wishes for your future success. Please keep in touch - I can’t wait to learn what you do next.

BEHIND THE SCENES OF YOUR GRADUATION

Mike Shore-Nye Senior Vice-President and Registrar & Secretary

My role is to lead the University’s Professional Services teams, ensuring the effective and efficient operations and governance of the University. These teams cover everything from accommodation to wellbeing services; libraries, IT and sports facilities to careers advice and guidance.

Professional Services play a pivotal and vital role in University life, no more so than for graduation. We take pride in supporting every aspect of the ceremonies each year, with over 2,000 team members involved in making it a very special day for our graduands, their friends and families. There is a huge amount of work behind the scenes during the 12 months prior to the ceremonies; many colleagues volunteer away from their day jobs to help the events run smoothly on the day.

I hope you have a wonderful day, enjoy every moment and I wish you all the best for whatever the future brings.

In Winter 2025 we are holding nine graduation ceremonies:

In the average ceremony, each person claps approximately 7,000 TIMES

VOLUNTEER to make the ceremonies possible

2,628 STUDENTS GRADUATE with over 5,500 GUESTS in attendance

The Mace Bearer

The role of the Mace Bearer is a historic one dating back to the 12th century. The Mace Bearer’s role is to protect the dignitary who follows them: in our case, the Chancellor. Original maces were weapons which could be used if necessary to protect the King. As time progressed, maces became increasingly decorative and the use of silver-covered maces in Exeter can be traced back to the late 14th century. You can read more about the University of Exeter’s mace on the inside front cover. The Mace Bearer and Marshals, who lead the procession carrying the less ornate wooden ‘wand’, are selected from Professional Services to ensure both the academic and professional support functions are reflected in the ceremonies. The remainder of the procession and stage party comprises academic staff, and representatives from the University’s Council, University executive staff and the University’s Multifaith Chaplaincy.

During our typical winter and summer graduation ceremonies:

Over 6,000 HOURS WORKED by hospitality team members

20 FACILITIES

ASSISTANTS prepare our Streatham venues and set out over 1,000 CHAIRS

More than 100 CLEANERS spend nearly 1,000 HOURS CLEANING

HONORARY GRADUATES AND GUEST SPEAKERS

Each year, we award Honorary degrees to a number of exceptional people who demonstrate outstanding merit in their field. Since 1955-56, over 600 people from all walks of life have been honoured in this way. The following abbreviations for Honorary degrees are used: LLD Doctor of Laws; DLitt Doctor of Letters; and DSc Doctor of Science.

A full list of Honorary degrees conferred by the University is available at: exeter.ac.uk/honorarygraduates

During the Summer 2025 ceremonies, we honoured:

Ros Atkins (DLitt)

Sir Alan Bates (LLD)

Yasmin Batliwala MBE (LLD)

Ben Bradshaw (LLD)

Erika Brodnock MBE (LLD)

Professor Penny Endersby CBE (DSc)

The Right Honourable Sir Sajid Javid (LLD)

Christopher Lockyear (LLD)

Caroline Lucas (LLD)

Cheryl Morgan (LLD)

Dr Andrew Ng (DSc)

Sarah Turvill (LLD)

Pippa Warin (LLD)

The Right Honourable Baroness Warsi (LLD)

MESSAGES FROM RECENT HONORARY GRADUATES

Dr Alex George (DSc)

Dr Alex George is a presenter, best-selling author and Youth Mental Health Ambassador to the government. He has published three Sunday Times Bestsellers, Live Well Every Day and The Mind Manual for adults, and A Better Day for children, which won Book of the Year at The British Book Awards. Alex’s mission to improve mental health support for young people has become prolific throughout the UK. Alex’s TV work includes presenting his documentary for the BBC, Dr Alex: Our Young Mental Health Crisis as well as fronting Naked Education for Channel 4.

“Go for it in life. Embrace failure. I believe that failure is an inevitable part of not only life, but also your journey to success. Academia is important, but the most important thing is the health and happiness of ourselves and the people around us. You’ve achieved something incredible today. Be proud of yourselves.”

Rachel Skinner CBE FREng FICE (DSc)

Rachel Skinner is an Executive Director at WSP, a global company that provides engineering, environmental and advisory services. Rachel served as the youngest ever President of the Institution of Civil Engineers. Her theme of climate action explained the role of civil engineers in making faster, real-world change. In 2019 she was confirmed by the Financial Times as one of the UK’s Top 100 Women in Engineering. Rachel was awarded a CBE for services to infrastructure in 2022.

“ Your

with

qualifications travel

you through the good

times

and the bad times. Even if your career takes you off in completely unexpected directions that you can’t possibly predict today it doesn’t really matter - the qualifications still go with you. Nobody can make you put them down and nobody can take them away.

They are a real part of who you are going forward.”

Kamila Shamsie FRSL (DLitt)

Kamila Shamsie is the author of eight novels which have been translated into over 30 languages. One of her awardwinning novels, Home Fire, won the Women’s Prize for Fiction and the Hellenic Prize, was long listed for the Man Booker Prize and shortlisted for eight other prizes. Vice-President and Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and Professor of Creative Writing at the University of Manchester, she was one of Granta’s Best of Young British Novelists in 2013.

“When

I graduated, I had no idea what was ahead of me. Believe me when I tell you that you are only at the very start of knowing what your time at Exeter will truly mean for your lives. So much is possible, so much is still ahead, but right now let me congratulate you on this present moment and the achievement of being here, graduates and graduands of this fine University into which I am so delighted to have been welcomed.”

HONORARY GRADUATE GUEST SPEAKER

Professor Dame Fiona Murray CBE

DCMG (DSc)

Professor Dame Fiona Murray CBE DCMG is the William Porter (1967) Professor of Entrepreneurship at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology School of Management. Her research, teaching and professional activities focus on the intersection of critical technologies, entrepreneurship and geopolitics. She has examined the role of innovation ecosystem stakeholders in supporting the formation and scaling of deep tech ventures that solve global challenges - most notably in defence, security and resilience. She is also an expert on how high-performing organisations - in the public and private sectors - engage with these innovation ecosystems to support their strategic innovation priorities.

Dr Hiba Khan

Hiba Khan is a Doctor in Obstetrics and Gynaecology and Chief Revenue Officer at Medics.Academy. She has a background in entrepreneurship, innovation and solutions in healthcare and was awarded an Innovation Fellowship as NHS England Clinical Entrepreneur at Mid and South Essex NHS Trust to continue this work. As Chief Revenue Officer at Medics.Academy, Hiba oversees a global team of executives working towards improving access to clinical education. She is also an Honorary Lecturer at The University of Central Lancashire.

Hiba has previous experience in governance as the Vice-Chair of the Board at Queen Mary University Students’ Union and Chair of their Audit and Risk Committee and she currently sits on the Board of Governors of The University of West London. As a selected member of the UK Young Academy which operates under the auspices of the Royal Society, Hiba is part of the organisation’s Membership Development Committee and works to influence policy and raise awareness of science and research in the UK.

Hiba has won several awards for research and performance in her clinical roles, a national award in quality improvement and two consecutive outstanding awards in clinical practice. More recently she has been awarded the Chartered Management Institute Apprentice of the Year Award 2024 and was a finalist for the Federation of Awarding Bodies Apprentice of the Year Award having been nominated for the award by The University of Exeter and Chartered Management Institute.

PRESENTATION OF GRADUATES

This programme lists the names of those upon whom substantive degrees are to be conferred at this Congregation. The programme also lists those who elected to receive their award in absence earlier in the session. Graduands who have elected to receive their award in absence at this Congregation are indicated by an asterisk.

PRESENTATION OF GRADUATES

Saturday 13 December 09:00

IN THE FACULTY OF HEALTH AND LIFE SCIENCES

FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY

IN GENETICS AND GENOMICS

* Russell Frew

Thesis: Identifying novel genetic causes of neonatal diabetes mellitus caused by mitochondrial dysfunction to highlight fundamental pathways in the β-cell

IN MEDICAL STUDIES

Farah Meor Azlan

Thesis: Pharmacological modulation of the WNK-SPAKsignalling pathway in hypertension and an exploration of its role in insulin secretion

Matt Smith

Thesis: Balance:Amultidisciplinary exploration of falls, postural control and Meniere’s Disease

Aymen Alzehr

Thesis: The Economic Impact of Cancer to Individuals and Their Families:ACase Study of Breast Cancer

Joe John

Thesis: Atransdisciplinary methodological framework to design healthcare pathway decarbonisation: developed and tested in bladder cancer

FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY BY PUBLICATION

IN MEDICAL STUDIES

Richard Darnton

Thesis: Undergraduate medical education within general practice: an organisational hybridity analysis

Camilla Forbes

Thesis: Promoting healthy lifestyle behaviours to adolescents in English secondary schools: an in-depth series of studies to understand and explore how to create the conditions for health promotion taking a complex systems approach

IN GENOMIC MEDICINE

Linnea Barrett

* Hannah Bassett

Sarah Brooke

* Georgia Casburn

* John Coleman

* Heather Dachtler

Ella Daniels

* Eva Detroia

Alma Douedari

Tabs Ezekiel

* Lucille Gibson

* Erika Gleeson

Charlotte Hagger

Ghania Hameed Payyur Valappil

Xiaosong Han

Adam Hansa

SCIENCE

FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF

IN CLINICAL EDUCATION

* James Butler

* Elaine Campbell

Molly Lewis

Simon Luxford-Wragg

Sarah Mandefield

Harriet Mitchell-Riall

Mandla Nkala

Zachary Patel

Philip Reilly

Mia Waddington

IN EXTREME MEDICINE

* Kim Aitchison

Katy Ashton

* Anjé Toshin Clarke

* Neil Gupta

Olivia Hobrough

Nivedita Kalaiyalagan

* Kat McKinney

Sophie Shergold

Clementine Silverwood

Rebecca Jane Woolley

IN EXTREME MEDICINE (HUMANITARIAN RELIEF)

* Ico Bautista Garcia

* Georgina Hicks

* Kate Janku

Emily Jones

Brenda Kobutungi

Mariia Kurnikova

* Rosabel Bencomo M Bencomo

* Cameron McKay

Jennifer Merrison-Hort

Hughes Mhlanga

Maha Mohammed

* Hannah Mold

Toryn O’Dwyer

* Alex Robbins

* Holly Scratcherd

* Sarah Smith

Juliet St James

* James Tomlinson

Rachel Walker

Hannah Walton

Lucy Worlock

IN GENOMIC MEDICINE (DATA SCIENCE)

Alaa Metwally

IN HEALTH DATA SCIENCE

Sarah Apilado

Neelima Baggu

Nada Bin Sebayel

Dhia Dali

Destinee Hassan Bien

* Hyosang Lee

Jiaqi Li

Shelly Lyu

Stephany Mbaka

Isabella Modica

Leena Abhay Nandedkar

Hataipon Pengkumma

* Eva Qiu

Emily Sims

Yi Siew Tan

* Florence Tang

Ross Taylor

IN HEALTH RESEARCH METHODS

Niya John

Giulia Fiorita Brunetti

Jasmine Darley

Sophie Goodrum

* Robert Kimmitt

* Hat Porter

IN HEALTHCARE LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT

Hywel Daniel

Roshni Dholakia

Lucy Dowland

Manikanda Prabu Gobinath

Alan Hewitt

Laura Hopkins

Camilla Hutchings

Claire Lam

Ffion McCulloch

Sonia Sansom

Balaji Selvadurai

Rajat Yadav

IN LEADING CLINICAL RESEARCH DELIVERY

* Maxine Berry

Lorraine Madziva

Flavia Cristina Pires Pereira

Ingrid Seath

IN LEADING CLINICAL RESEARCH DELIVERY (LEADERSHIP)

Samantha Clarke

IN LEADING CLINICAL RESEARCH DELIVERY (PUBLIC HEALTH)

Alex Diffley

IN NEUROSCIENCE

Zita Awa

Shraddha Bangera

Fin Barnes

Ben Brown

Ollie Comerford-Haswell

Amrutha Dileep

Tommy Eyston

George Haynes

Allannah Kitt

Lubna Maherally

Sriram Narayanan

Dilruba Parveen

Adrian Stover

FOR THE DEGREE OF POSTGRADUATE CERTIFICATE

IN CLINICAL EDUCATION

* Zoe Aspinall

Basillyn Alyssa Avelino

* Mirza Baig

Harry Bennett-O’Hara

* Keira Broom

* Matt Caves

Beth Chandler

Lily Dixon

* Tom Hancox

* Joshua Hanna

* Laura Hobkinson

* Nicholas Hubble

* Eleanor Hurlock

Lisa Hurndall

* Chloe Jarman

* Ami Jhagra

Gemma Jones

* Sam Jones

* Emily Leung

* Shannon Marren

Amie Martin

* Ross Maxwell

* Emem Mboto

* Emily McElwaine

* Tara Moffatt

* Bethan Mulligan

* Jordan Murtagh

* Sarah Park

* Natasha Louise Passmore

Georgina Pitts

Natasha Prudames

* Keri Pullen

* Anna Richards

Haseeb Sadi

Sarhan Sadiq

* Bobbie Slade

Portia Smith

* Katie Swann

* Carl Sweeney

IN EXTREME MEDICINE

* Emma Christy

IN GENOMIC MEDICINE

* Edward Matthews

* Hala Rashed

IN HEALTH DATA SCIENCE

* Neil Lenus

IN HEALTH RESEARCH METHODS

* Holly Emms

* Thomas Scurr

Adib Tarafdar

IN HEALTHCARE LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT

Emmanuel Onwe Idenyi

IN LEADING CLINICAL RESEARCH DELIVERY

* Helen Christensen

* Melissa Gunn

* Mairead McErlean

* Kerry Ann Read

* Charlotte Stanley

* Kim Sterling

* Ellie Webster

IN PRIMARY CARE

* Pat Nearney

FOR THE DEGREE OF POSTGRADUATE DIPLOMA

IN CLINICAL EDUCATION

* Niamh Gibson

* Eve Richards

Harriet Teasdale

IN EXTREME MEDICINE

* Ruby Ballintyne

* Kausie Mitra

IN GENOMIC MEDICINE

* Shivani-Meera Chouhan-Morris

* Wanting Zhu

IN HEALTHCARE LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT

Lynne Benton

Victoria Birch

* Clare Brolly

* Samantha Churchward

Catherine Curtis

Dawn Jonathan

Paul Kennedy

* Emma Mees

* Brinda Shah

* Donna Stallibrass

Gemma Taylor

Angela Turner

* Amanda Tydeman

Angela Wade

Camila Warne

IN LEADING CLINICAL RESEARCH DELIVERY

Nishi Singh

FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER IN SCIENCE IN MEDICAL SCIENCES (HUMAN GENOMICS)

Harry Sindle

FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF MEDICINE, BACHELOR OF SURGERY

Tari Kigigha

* Narissa Loh

* Tomilayo Ogunrin

* Lauren Tarrant

FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE

IN MEDICAL SCIENCES

* Dorcas Aidoo

Hovin Sherwan Assad

Poppy Coleclough

* Jen Dickson

* Nuella Farodoye

* Tanith Lawrence

Tom Obray

IN MEDICAL SCIENCES (NEUROSCIENCE)

* Jimmy Jin

IN MEDICAL SCIENCES WITH PROFESSIONAL TRAINING YEAR

* Rhian Swarbrick

IN NEUROSCIENCE

* Grace Cassar

* Jasmine Halsall

* Maja Niezgoda

* Jega Paramanathan

* Emily Pereira Da Silva

Stanley Roberts

* Max Thomas

IN NEUROSCIENCE WITH PROFESSIONAL PLACEMENT

* Charlie Friend

IN SPORT AND EXERCISE MEDICAL SCIENCES

Eliza Manning

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IN THE FACULTY

OF

HEALTH AND LIFE SCIENCES

FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY

IN MEDICAL IMAGING

Mohammed Asiri

Thesis: An investigation of a novel method for the diagnosis of osteoporosis using quantitative ultrasound

IN MEDICAL STUDIES

Richard Rendle

Thesis: The Mechanism of Action of Hyaluronan Therapy as a Treatment for Osteoarthritis and the Assessment of OsteoarthriticArticular Cartilage Using Ultrasound

FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF SCIENCE

IN ADVANCED CLINICAL PRACTICE

Karen Anderson

Suzanna Bell

Ruth Bryant

* Jonathan Chantry

Rowan Child

Samantha Cox

* Luke Craker

Steve Cross

Rosalind Fairclough

Sabrina Gill

Claire Green

Gian Jacobs

Emma King

Donna Lawson

Daniel Lee

Gemma Martin

Jim McLean

Fin Mercer

* Sarah Palmer

Josie Smeraldi

Andrew Smith

Oonagh Swan

* Beth Thompson

Nicolle Walsh

Kieran Ward

Deborah Wilson

IN ADVANCED PRACTICE

Akash Christian

Miao Du

IN CLINICAL PHARMACY

Khaled Alatawi

Najla Almutairi

Saba Mujahid

* Ming Kei Wan

IN DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY AND IMAGING

Amy Coleman

Amanda Darko

Maria Gulfareed

Jake Hughes

Layla James

Bella Kalala

Blaze L’Enfant

* Emilia Manuel Da Cunha

Emily Perez

Karen Williams

FOR THE DEGREE OF POSTGRADUATE CERTIFICATE IN ADVANCED CLINICAL PRACTICE

* Timothy Puffer

IN ADVANCED PRACTICE

Thomas Collier

Dinesh Ghatuparthi

* Rebecca Gowie

FOR THE DEGREE OF POSTGRADUATE DIPLOMA IN ADVANCED CLINICAL PRACTICE

* James Measham

IN CLINICAL PHARMACY

* Owain Pritchard

FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER IN SCIENCE IN MEDICAL IMAGING (DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY)

* Zamzam Hashi

IN NURSING (ADULT AND MENTAL HEALTH)

Jo Anders

Rachel Asare-Darkwah

Jess Black

Kerry Bourn

Becky Brown

Orianne Capsticks

Mo Chan

Becky Churchill

Meg Coman

* Ali Farron

Izzy Field

* Annie Forbes

Cameron Francis-Pourchet

Olivia Games-Thomas

Harry Hayes

Rachel Holland

Charlotte Howcroft

Harriet Huckle

Ella James

Ella Jenkinson-Berry

Matt Jones

Jenny King

Cerys Lewis-Watterson

Jaya Markham

Lily McAdam

Beth Mear

Charlotte Nicklen

Isaac Nowell

Alexandra Nuttall

Katie Pamphlett

Isabelle Pinguey

Francesca Robertson

Arinola Shittu

April Singh

Meah Squires

Gemma Tidbury

Mia Vaughan

Becca Watkins

Zoe White

IN NURSING (ADULT)

Heidi Garner

Niamh George

* Maya Gomez-Cano

* Amber Pritchard

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Saturday 13 December // 09:00

FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY

IN FOOD, NUTRITION AND HEALTH (UQ-EXETER INSTITUTE)

* Ali Ali Redha

Thesis: Improving the bioavailability of health-promoting phytochemicals found in broccoli for enhanced bioactivity

IN SPORT AND HEALTH SCIENCES

* Freyja Haigh

Thesis: The investigation of proteinrich whole-food sources within protein metabolism

Celeste Lugtmeijer

Thesis: TheAnti-Inflammatory and Antioxidant Potential of Herbal Supplements: IdentifyingTissueTargets in Addressing Obesity and Metabolic Disease

IN SPORT AND HEALTH SCIENCES (UQ-EXETER INSTITUTE)

* Naomi Fitzpatrick

Thesis: Understanding dietary lutein and zeaxanthin intake: and exploration of barriers to establishing an intake recommendation to support ocular health

FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF SCIENCE BY RESEARCH

* Emma Flood

Thesis: Effects of Prolonged Running on Physiological Parameters of Performance

FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF PUBLIC HEALTH

IN PUBLIC HEALTH

Imogen Bambrough Stimson

Ellie Bishop

Lucy Bond

* Gemma Cooper

Halima Said Galadanci

Zainab Salisu Gambo

Junwei Gao

Abenaa Gyamfuah-Assibey

Chris Lees

* Lia Li

* Kirsty Magee

* Afsha Musa

Charlotte Oakes

* Dave Parsons

Sakshi Sunil Patwardhan

Sri Lakshmi Tripura Sundari Putcha

Natasha Reed

Joy Rickard

* Xavier Roulet

* Lilly Sirover

Khushbu Thakar

Duo Wang

Liam Williams

Lucinda Wills

* Hanyin Zhang

Ziyu Zhang

* Yujian Zheng

IN PUBLIC HEALTH (GLOBAL HEALTH)

Ellie Langman

Ruth-Louise Shepherd

IN PUBLIC HEALTH (PANDEMIC)

Mariama Marco Conteh

IN PUBLIC HEALTH (PANDEMICS)

Yongxin Jian

* Haopeng Zheng

IN PUBLIC HEALTH (PUBLIC MENTAL HEALTH)

* Luke McLennan

FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF RESEARCH

IN HEALTH AND WELLBEING

Anamika Chandra

Becky Coniam-Gudka

* Yi Fang

FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF SCIENCE

IN ENVIRONMENT AND HUMAN HEALTH

Phoebe Somervail

IN SPORT AND EXERCISE MEDICINE

Will Ashby

Georgina Bailey

Harry Cadwallader-Rowles

* Peng Cheng

Sikander Sohel Chimbaiwala

Olivia Davis

Pierre Devitt

Freya Draper

Chloe Eames

Lauren Ewins

Apoorv Garg

Yijing Huang

Tom Korn

Hadrian Lam

* Yayan Liu

Chahil Makwana

Amesh More

* Haotian Peng

* Ziyi Peng

Kerensa Riley

Emily Rose

Caitlyn Sampson

Karthu Sasikumar

Erin Spiller

Ethan Todd

Nick Tolliday

Yaodan Xu

* Yihan Xu

* Bing Yuan

* Yao Zhang

IN SPORT AND HEALTH SCIENCES

Yao Bian

* Xinyi Dai

Cameron Gillam

Lucia Piner

Tyron Boonkul Real

* Shelby Wilson

* Billy Wootten

Zhuolin Zhu

IN SPORTS MANAGEMENT

Kajal

Hsien-Chun Chao

* Junbin Chen

Charles Davies

* Ethan Grant

* Eman Jan

He Jiang

Guangxi Li

Qixuan Liu

* Yuzhu Mao

* Tom Mustoe

* Bharathesh Mysoremath

* Rudy Newton

Ama Nisbet

Nisapthan Saravanane

Parthi Senthil Murali

Shagun Sujith Shetty

Rory Smith

* Tianyi Sun

* Owen Thomas

* Zhongzhi Tian

* Sam Walker

* Kangrui Wang

Youkun Wang

Shanhong Yao

* Bangjie Zhao

* Qiyuan Zhao

* Ziyue Zhu

FOR THE DEGREE OF POSTGRADUATE CERTIFICATE IN PUBLIC HEALTH

Simon Foster

* Alex Knight

Sarah Rauf

* Nathalie Reeves

IN SPORT AND EXERCISE MEDICINE

Sarfaraz Khan

IN SPORT AND HEALTH SCIENCES

* Shurui Fu

FOR THE DEGREE OF POSTGRADUATE DIPLOMA IN ENVIRONMENT AND HUMAN HEALTH

Rokhaya Sall

FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER IN SCIENCE

IN EXERCISE AND SPORT SCIENCES

Rebecca Steaton

FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE

IN EXERCISE AND SPORT SCIENCES

* Rhys Cottingham

* Lucy Day

* Joe Mallett

* Cameron Sprott

* Finlay Tear

* Izzy Wright

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IN THE FACULTY OF HEALTH AND LIFE SCIENCES

FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY

IN BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Imogen Poyntz-Wright

Thesis: Assessing the role of chemical pollution has played on shaping UKriverine invertebrate populations – with a focus on pesticides

IN BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Hazel Knipe

Thesis: Animal probiotics: kill or cure?

IN BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES (QUEX)

* Samuel Kraus

Thesis: Investigating the therapeutic potential of bacteriophage as a novel therapy for melioidosis

IN BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES (SWBIO)

Victoria Armer

Thesis: Understanding the mechanisms of host-tissue colonisation by Fusarium graminearum

IN COMPLEX LIVING SYSTEMS

Alaina Cockerell

Thesis: Avertex model of the early mammalian embryogenesis

Saturday 13 December // 09:00

FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF SCIENCE BY RESEARCH

Alexandra Hughes

Thesis: Assessing virulence potential in domestically isolated, human pathogenic Vibrio parahaemolyticus

Henry Moreau-Smith

Thesis: Assessing monitoring methods for plastic contamination of the Galápagos Marine Reserve

* Josh Pysanczyn

Thesis: Exploring the Role ofAcoustics in Coral Larval Settlement: Mechanisms, Effects of Habitat Degradation and Potential for Reef Restoration

Ellie Tong

Thesis: Engineering Pseudomonas aeruginosa for optimised isolation and characterisation of functionally diverse phages for phage therapy

FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF RESEARCH

IN ADVANCED BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Sai Poojitha Govinda Udayar

IN MEDICAL MYCOLOGY AND FUNGAL IMMUNOLOGY

Matheus Araujo

Oliver Aylwin-Archangeli

Jake Elton

Connor Kirke

Siphamandla Ngwenya

FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF SCIENCE

IN ADVANCED BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

* Katy Ayers

Hannah Boote

Lucie Cottam

Aoife Forde

Doruk Efe Muti

Luke Potter

Caleac Rivero Bowers

Tom Stratton

IN ADVANCED BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES (BIOINFORMATICS)

* Tsz Choy

Will Sedgwick

IN ADVANCED BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES (MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASE)

Megan Dymond

Tia Gibbon

IN ADVANCED BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES (MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR BIOLOGY)

Iestyn Davies

James Ellams

Emmy Hawkins

Jacob Keany

IN ADVANCED BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES AND BUSINESS

Rakshita Niranjan

IN ISLAND BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION

* Georgette Cowin

* Abi Edwards

Katie Hayball

Caitlyn Hogan

Robert Swain

* Philippa Whiles

* Alexander Williams

FOR THE DEGREE OF POSTGRADUATE DIPLOMA

IN ADVANCED BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Siyu Zhu

FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE

IN BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

* Adam Gammon

* Rachel Thompson

* Geaulo Xu

IN BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES (ANIMAL BIOLOGY)

Scarlett Bernard-John

IN BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES (MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASE)

Abbie Wilson

IN BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES (MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR BIOLOGY)

* Olivia Dunn

IN BIOLOGICAL AND MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY

Vogue Phelps

Saturday 13 December 11:45

IN THE FACULTY OF HUMANITIES, ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES

FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY IN EDUCATION

Sultanah Abdulmajed

Thesis: Awareness-Augmented and SelfRegulated Learning of VocabularyThrough Technology among EFL Learners

Arwa Aldawood

Thesis: ACorpus Study of Linking Adverbials in EFL Learners’ Writing

* Basmah Mohammed D Alhomaidhi

Thesis: Preschool Teachers’ Perspectives and Experiences of supporting Children with Speech and Language Difficulties in Riyadh:Through the lens of Storytelling

Thana Aljumaah

Thesis: Smartphones in English Language Learning as a WritingAssistant

Yasamiyan Almasoudi

Thesis: BarriersAnd Opportunities For Practising CreativityAnd Creative Teaching With Gifted Girls In Primary Schools In The KSA

Rana Hanash

Thesis: “My understanding has shifted from using ‘produce knowledge’ to ‘generate knowledge’”: University ESL students and their use of v-n and adj-n collocation, how and why?

Christopher Ominyi

Thesis: Exploring Problem-Based Learning inTeaching the Philosophy of Education to Trainee Teachers

Sze Man Yeung

Thesis: Deep procedural leaning in mathematics: Exploring the potential of designing a learning environment of productive practices on GeoGebra Classroom

Fajar Al-Kubaisi

Thesis: Exploring Female Physical Education (PE)Teachers’ Experiences of Curriculum Reform within a Professional Learning Community (PLC) in anAll-Girls’ Preparatory School in Qatar

FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF EDUCATION

Sami Aljilani

Thesis: Teachers’ Technological Pedagogical and Content Knowledge (TPACK) of Using Blackboard toTeach Writing in a Saudi English Language Institute

* Irfana Hafeez

Thesis: English Language Teachers’ Self-Reported Efficacy Beliefs andTheir Impact on the Implementation of the Communicative Language Teaching Approach in the Saudi Context

* Colin Michell

Thesis: ACritical DiscourseAnalysis of extremist right-wing materials: exploring the benefits to educators concerned with emerging extremism

FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY

Brooke Hamblin

Thesis: Exploring Self-Efficacy in Secure Children’s Homes: Perspectives of Educational Psychologists and Staff, Influencing Factors, and Implications for Practice

Katie Jackson

Thesis: Taking the Pressure Off: Exploring Parents’ Experiences Mediating Everyday Maths Learning and “What Works” to Support Them

Abi Pollard

Thesis: Anarrative inquiry exploring pupil, parent, and teacher perceptions of reintegration following suspension from primary school. How do Educational Psychologists (EPs) understand their role within this reintegration

Mark Samuel

Thesis: Uncovering SchoolAttendance

Worries:An Exploration ofYoung People’s and School Staff’s ExperiencesThrough the Tree of Life Narrative TherapyApproach

Danielle Sharpe

Thesis: “So, what’s the actual strengths of havingADHD?”: Exploring resilience factors that support adolescent girls withADHD to experience success at school

Milly Sidaway

Thesis: The SameJourney but a Different Vehicle:An Exploration of how Parents and Carers of Children Identified as Having Social, Emotional and Mental Health Needs Experience Belonging to their School Communities

Jess Stone

Thesis: Enhancing Welcoming School

Environments for Refugee andAsylumSeeking Students:ADelphi Study on Refugee-Inclusive Behaviour Management andAnti-Bullying Policies

FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF EDUCATION IN PRACTICE-BASED EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH

Emily Briant

FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF ARTS

IN CREATIVE ARTS EDUCATION

* Yuxiao Gong

Stephanie Hooper

Qian Hu

* Yuntong Li

* Yanqin Lin

* Yixuan Liu

* Elizabeth McBride

* Weiyi Shi

* Yu Tian

* Shang Wang

* Xuetong Wang

* Yue Xiu

* Yang Yang

IN EDUCATION

* Ellie Connell

Anna Surgeoner

Charlotte Williams

IN EDUCATION (EDUCATION LEADERSHIP)

* Olta Baraj

Zineb Hanane Benyahia

* Justine Collie

Katie Coxon

* Claire Crew

Harry Garland

Megan Moore

* Lewis Norman

* Khulan Tsenddoo

IN EDUCATION (LANGUAGE AND LITERACY)

* Elly Babbedge

Muhammad Salim

Karen Sapsford

Katie Ann West

IN EDUCATION (SPECIAL EDUCATION NEEDS)

* Katrina Isabel Dimalanta

Sophie Parish

Eleanor Sherwin

IN EDUCATION LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT

Sidhaarth Arulvendan

Imogen Blundell

Zeina Assaad Kanso

* Min, Jie Min

* Richard Parker

* Jianghao Wei

IN INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION

Zixuan Chen

* Silin Fan

Yiwen Gao

Yang Hu

Pengyi Li

* Xiaoxinyi Li

* Yifan Li

* Yueran Li

* Wenxuan Lin

* Peiyao Lyu

* Xiaodi Mu

* Jinyi Sheng

Ziran Song

Huixin Tan

* Yiyan Tian

* Shihe Wang

* Yavin Wang

Muchen Wei

Mie Wongprakrom

* Haotian Wu

Jiaheng Wu

* Xinxin Xie

* Di Xiong

Jiayi Xu

* Shaoqin Xu

* Xuan Xu

* Keyu Yang

* Zixuan Yu

Tao Zheng

Wenyu Zheng

* Feng Zhu

IN LANGUAGE AND LITERACY IN EDUCATION

* Mathew Carter

Ruby Dawson

IN SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL NEEDS

Christiana Adomako Pokuaa

Mustafa Ahemaitijiang

Kiara Anand

Nur Atiqah Binti Mohd Isa

Shreya Kontham

Raphael Sze Yuen Lam

* Yushu Li

Mariam Matcharashvili

IN TECHNOLOGY AND EDUCATION FUTURES

Thu Trang Chu

Hasna El Asri

Quang Le

Phuong Nhu Trinh

* Yingzi Zhang

FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF EDUCATION IN TEACHING ENGLISH TO SPEAKERS OF OTHER LANGUAGES

Nasiyba Al Ghafri

* Manuel Bueno Caro

Ahsan Chandio

Qiuyu Chen

* Xiaoyu Cheng

Marilia Da Silva Correa Lemos

* Rong Dai

Estelle Ejoh

Janitha Ekanayake

Qinxuan Ge

Yingyu Han

* Thanh Truc Hoang

* Xinyin Huang

* Yuqing Jiang

Somayeh Kamali

Bekzod Khayitov

Canan Köse

* Phuong Thao Le

Thi Phuong Thao Le

* Enid Leonard

* Jiangping Li

Lexiao Li

Meihan Li

* Xinyi Li

Sha Liu

Melusi Ncube

* Quynh Nhi Nguyen

* Triet Nguyen

Huan Qi

Mozhgan Ramezani

* Xingrong Ren

* Qirong Song

* Hualang Tang

* Jiaman Tian

Jingyu Wang

* Qiaowen Wang

* Ying Wang

* Zijie Wang

Alexander Webb

Qian Wu

* Yu Xia

* Tusa Yamagu

* Huiling Yang

Jiayi Yang

* Mingzhu Yang

* Rou-Han Ye

Huiling Yu

Hanshu Zhang

Jingyang Zhang

* Hehe Zhou

* Yulong Zong

FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF SCIENCE IN EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH

* Ali Ibrahim Alnashbah

Noureddine Ben-Mabrouk

* Ze Feng

Chris Grant-Peterkin

Rachel Griffiths

Maija Gwalter

Yifei Jiang

FOR THE DEGREE OF POSTGRADUATE CERTIFICATE IN ACADEMIC PRACTICE

* Urenmisan Afinotan

* Nazneen Ahmed Pathak

* Simge Andi

* Julian Basanovic

* Faye Bird

* Matthew Black

* James Butler

* Rupam Das

* Samuel Ellis

* Matthew Ellison

Javier Garcia-Brazales

* Farangis Ghaderi

* Susan Greaney

* Harry Green

* Xijin Hua

* Matthew James Isherwood

* Zhichao Li

* Changxu Liu

* Ashley Luckman

* Fay Manning

* Cecilia Meneghini

* Hossein Mohammadi

* Martin Moore

* Mike O’Sullivan

* Diego Panici

* Will Pearson

* Oscar Rodriguez De Rivera Ortega

* Chnar Solae

* Luke Surl

* Owen Tomlinson

Pratheeba Vimalnath

* Margaritis Voliotis

* Pauline Vorjohann

* Rosie Walker

* Xiaoyang Wang

* Paul Weightman Potter

* D-M Withers

* Wei Xin

* Lucy Yeomans

* Yanfeng Zhang

* Zhenyu Zhang

IN PROFESSIONAL STUDIES IN EDUCATION

* Kate Osment

FOR THE DEGREE OF POSTGRADUATE DIPLOMA IN EDUCATION

* Charlie Row

IN TEACHING ENGLISH TO SPEAKERS OF OTHER LANGUAGES

* Yuqing Huang

Saturday 13 December // 11:45

FOR THE DEGREE OF POSTGRADUATE CERTIFICATE IN EDUCATION IN BIOLOGY SECONDARY

* Rebecca Barnacle

Brigitta Behan

* Beth Benbow

* Lucie Davies

Fiona Dearden

* Stephanie Hilton

Ryan Kidd

Amelia Morgan

* Michael Ready

Oliver Reed

Thalia Rowe

Jade Tennant

Issy Watts

IN BIOLOGY WITH PHYSICAL EDUCATION SECONDARY

Bethan Huxley

* Louise Joyner

Aimee Scott

* Sophie Shurmer

IN CHEMISTRY SECONDARY

George Back

Lyndsey Dorling

Titan Saoirse-Villazon

Alea Sinclair-Kerr

* Claire Snook

IN ENGLISH PRIMARY

* Fred Wong

IN ENGLISH SECONDARY

Chloe Andrews

Shannon Breaden-Boyce

William Catmur

* Amelia Davidson

Cora Davies

Lauren Fenwick

* Emily Godwin

* Rebekah Hine

* Jessica Hope

* Bethan Johnson

Amelie Le Blancq

* Nael Metwally Abd El Aziz

Maryam Nassor

Maria Pensabene

* Lydia Piper

Simon Roberts

Christina Rowe

* Frederick Smith

* Ryan Waller

* Lucy Ward

Alice Wintermoor

IN FRENCH SECONDARY

Richard Ingham

Samuel Pester

IN GEOGRAPHY SECONDARY

Cameron Beynon

Rory Buckley

* James Ellison

Pippa Hickey

Gemma Pedlar

Zara Skorupa

Kitty Taylor

Harry Toon

Angela Ward

IN HISTORY SECONDARY

* Morgan Beedham

Francesca Bell

Kathryn Blacknell

Stephen Booth

Julie Breed

Josh Collett

* James Else

* Cailin Goldsmith

Keira Leo

* Finlay Sly

Bethany Wallis

IN MATHEMATICS SECONDARY

Olivia Clarkson

Lizi Costello

Lucy Coull

* Mim Cowen

William Dando

Bob Davis

Amin Egal

* Poppy Haslam

* Abdull-Raheem Hussein

Daniel Quinn

* Gabrielle Rogers

* Samuel Stevens

* Diana Vasilescu

* Li Wang

IN PHYSICAL EDUCATION SECONDARY

Eve Ball

* Jamie Barner

Hana Bennett

Tom Bennett

Angus Bryce

Becky Dugmore

Ross Edwards

* Oliver Gardner

Chaselea Gatt

Dawid Gorski

Josh Henderson

Barnaby Hyde

* Finn King-Smith

* Amy Le Tocq

* Ben Mellor

* Ali Mitchell

Joshua Nicol

* Sam Philpott

Beth Plummer

Jade Pope

Jasmine Powell

Joseph Rees-Weldon

* Elliot Reeves

Sophie Russell

Daniel Sansom

Grace Slater

* Lucy Stinchcombe

* George Thaw

* Ben Webb

Bethany Weymouth

Eloise Winsor

Matt Yendell

IN PHYSICS SECONDARY

Ezekiel Balogun

Liam Cotton

Tom Hart

Jack Turner

Smart Uwalaka

IN PRIMARY (3-7)

Emily Broughton

Anna Cates

Ella Evans

Tara Goodwin

Holly Rawley

Abigail Ridgway

Ashton Roberts

* Jack Seddon

Amelia Wollacott

IN PRIMARY (3-7) (SOUTH WEST TEACHER TRAINING)

* Megan Adams

Martha Adnams

Emma Carpenter

Keren Elisabeth Hele

Sophie King

* Sophie Marriott

Finn Morgan

Laila Sant-Jennings

* Hazel Shaw

Amber Wigginton

Michelle Williams

IN PRIMARY (5-11) (SOUTH WEST TEACHER TRAINING)

* Jemima Alexander

Sarah Barclay

* Joshua Brown

* Tiegan Bryant

* Emily Burrows

Poppy Butt

Joanna Clinch-Othman

* Julia Daniec

* Megan Davies

* Victoria Dickenson

* Jessica Donovan

Sophie Emery

Alexandra Gladwyn

Hannah Gorman

* Darcie Harper

* Jessica Langmead

Liam Melton

Bethany Mugford

* Tobias Powell

* Katy Preston

* Hayley Redmayne

Shebion Rives-Roberts

Sophie Sanger

* Hannah Schofield

* Jessie Seaward

* Kirsten Sercombe

Carly Soares

Zoe Spearman

Tilly Tomlinson

* Rachel Tyler

* Hayley Williams

IN PRIMARY (5-11) WITH ENGLISH

Katy Bates

Sian Beer

Serena Brown

Alexandra Carpenter

Amelia Coles

Caitlyn French

Rhiannon Jenkins

Ellie Merriman

* Thea O’Callaghan

* Sophie Parvin

* Alex Pester

* Adam Procter

Chloe Quinn

Chiara Sidebotham

Oliver Smith

* Eloise Snell

* Heather Walsh

* Louis Whitley

Claire Wilson

IN PRIMARY (5-11) WITH HUMANITIES

* Eleanor Bassett

Emily Boddy

Charlotte Bowley

Becky Hardie

Halima Moni

Josie Patten

Sophie Pellow

Molly Seal

Elodie Thompson

Ruby Turner

IN PRIMARY (5-11) WITH INCLUSION - SEND

Megan Blyth

Izzy Boddington

Catherine Boyce

Isabella Cairns

James Dack

Kally Demel Warnakulasuriya

Erena Dovydaitis

* Serena Drew

* Helena Dyce

* Ella Evernden

Shannon Found

Alicia Hignell

Chiung-Chih Hsu

* Daniel King

Hugo Lacassin

* Hannah Neal

Sasha Newell

Hannah Nordqvist

* Leah Skaith

IN PRIMARY (5-11) WITH INCLUSIONSEND IN SPECIAL SCHOOLS

Allissa Goddard

* Lily Milford

IN PRIMARY (5-11) WITH MATHEMATICS

Raisa Ali-Ahmed

* Meg Barnes

Katherine Bassindale

Oscar Coram

Libby Gaukroger

Thomas Owen

Josie Parkhouse

Rosie Parnell

Cydney Prior

Clare Shannon

IN SECONDARY ART AND DESIGN (SOUTH WEST TEACHER TRAINING)

* Poppy Biggs

* Michael Cole

* Chloe Ledger

* Isabelle Riehle

* Olivia Shackleton

IN SECONDARY BIOLOGY (SOUTH WEST TEACHER TRAINING)

* Amelia Childs

Olivia Mullan

* Christopher Roots

IN SECONDARY CHEMISTRY (SOUTH WEST TEACHER TRAINING)

* Cecilia Golborne

* Sa-Eed Jarra

* George Plumb

IN SECONDARY COMPUTING (SOUTH WEST TEACHER TRAINING)

* Shaun Morrison

* Simon Rundell

IN SECONDARY DANCE (SOUTH WEST TEACHER TRAINING)

Sophie Baldwin

Namarni Harrison

Ella Shopland

Saturday 13 December // 11:45

IN SECONDARY DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY (SOUTH WEST TEACHER TRAINING)

Jenny Anderson

* Sara-Blue Baker

* Joe Barker

Ceris Butterworth

Hannah Carter

* John James

* Amber Jutson

* Adam Knight

Brendan Moolman

Megan Spicer

IN SECONDARY DRAMA (SOUTH WEST TEACHER TRAINING)

* Millie Carter

IN SECONDARY ENGLISH (SOUTH WEST TEACHER TRAINING)

* Chelsea Batt

Alice Carrington

* Louise Fishwick

* Ayse Imir

* Joel Kandekore

* Catriona Kennedy

* Daniel McLoughlin

IN SECONDARY GEOGRAPHY (SOUTH WEST TEACHER TRAINING)

* Matthew Egleton

Georgina Eyre

* Amelia Holland

Raniya Mirza

IN SECONDARY HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE (SOUTH WEST TEACHER TRAINING)

Mary Easa

IN SECONDARY MATHEMATICS (SOUTH WEST TEACHER TRAINING)

Diana Nahim Saridin

* Nadine Newton-Clare

* Sudeshna Ruj

* Valeryia Sarokina

IN SECONDARY MODERN LANGUAGES (FRENCH) (SOUTH WEST TEACHER TRAINING)

* Rachael Martin

Kate Randall

IN SECONDARY MODERN LANGUAGES (GERMAN) (SOUTH WEST TEACHER TRAINING)

Rona Jamieson

IN SECONDARY MUSIC (SOUTH WEST TEACHER TRAINING)

* Ernest Martin

IN SECONDARY PHYSICAL EDUCATION (SOUTH WEST TEACHER TRAINING)

* Steven Bibb

* Owen Fogarty

* Charlie Prentice

* Joseph Rogers

* Ishbel Zuurmond

IN SECONDARY PHYSICS (SOUTH WEST TEACHER TRAINING)

Charles Mulliner

* Natalie Uglow

IN SECONDARY PHYSICS WITH MATHEMATICS (SOUTH WEST TEACHER

* Louise Chiverton

IN SECONDARY PSYCHOLOGY (SOUTH WEST TEACHER TRAINING)

* Khadijah Malik

IN SECONDARY RELIGIOUS EDUCATION (SOUTH WEST TEACHER TRAINING)

* Abigail Compton-McCulloch

* Will Cunningham

* Helen Green

Nina Rawden

IN SPANISH SECONDARY

Isabella Charlton

Sophie Goldstone

Bethany Horton

* Nerida Mercado

Michael O’Connell

Luka Reeves

IN UPPER PRIMARY ART

Hannah Bloomfield

IN THE FACULTY OF ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE AND ECONOMY

FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF SCIENCE IN MANAGEMENT

Anika Narayan

IN THE FACULTY OF HEALTH AND LIFE SCIENCES

FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF SCIENCE IN PSYCHOLOGY (CONVERSION)

Isabel Thompson-Hall

Saturday 13 December 15:00

IN THE FACULTY OF HEALTH AND LIFE SCIENCES

FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY IN PSYCHOLOGY

Batool Alalsayednasser

Thesis: Supporting Clients with a History of Complex Trauma to Build a Life Worth Living

James Carson

Thesis: Building wellbeing in young people with depression:AdaptingAugmented Depression Therapy

Salwa Humsani

Thesis: Examining the effectiveness of metamemory monitoring whilst studying on later memory and its effect on the ability to compensate for item difficulty

Kathryn Knight

Thesis: AWorld of No Imagination:The Neuropsychology ofAphantasia and its Relationship to Visual Working Memory

Zhiqi Zhang

Thesis: Understanding How, When, and for Whom Stigma InfluencesTrust: An Investigation across Individual and Structural Levels

Gina Collins

Thesis: From Smoker to Vaper:ASocial Identity Model of Vaping Behaviour and Vaper Group Identification

FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF CLINICAL PRACTICE (RESEARCH)

Agnieszka Dixon

Thesis: Unseen Spaces. Therapeutic relationship in digital analytic settings during a time of transformation

Elaine Hutchinson

Thesis: Before and Beyond Words: Intersubjectivity and co-constructed meaning in companion art

Elizabeth Murphy

Thesis: My mother, my daughter and me – voices of adoptive, birth and fostermothers who have adolescent daughters

FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY

Dale Abbotts

Thesis: Executive Function Interventions for Children who have Experienced Statutory Care:ASystematic Review andAdapting an Executive Function Intervention for Adolescents who have beenAdopted:A ReflexiveThematic Analysis

Gemma Barlow

Thesis: Augmented Depression Therapy (ADepT) for treating depression in adults with a history of complex trauma: Aqualitative exploration of client’s experiences

Tim Boughton

Thesis: How Effective are Psychotherapeutic Interventions at Repairing Positive and NegativeAffect in Depression andAnxiety?An Updated Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. ACase Series Evaluation ofAugmented DepressionTherapy (ADepT) for the Treatment of Depression following NonRemittance to NHSTalkingTherapies HighIntensity Interventions

Jacques Burckett St Laurent

Thesis: Web-BasedAcceptance and Commitment Therapy to Facilitate Posttraumatic Growth Following SingleEvent Trauma:ASingle Case Experimental Design

Charlotte Clark

Thesis: ASystematic Review ofTrainee and Qualified Clinical Psychologists’ Experiences of Self-Disclosure and Nondisclosure Inter-Professionally.An Exploration of How UKDClinPsy Selection Leaders Perceive Applicant Disclosure of Lived Experience During Selection

Sophie Darroch

Thesis: FramingAddiction with Different Explanatory Theories to Healthcare Practitioners and Their Perception of a Client’s Beliefs on Perceived Recovery Potential and Clinical Implications

* Paris Dickens

Thesis: DoesAcceptance and Commitment Therapy reduce Pain Catastrophising in Chronic Pain:ASystematic Review. Daily Valued Living and Pain Catastrophising in Chronic Pain, a Diary Study

Jack Erasmus

Thesis: Functional Seizures, Identity and Discourse

* Jan Freeman

Thesis: Exploring the feasibility and acceptability of a Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) protocol for mood-driven, problematic impulsive behaviours in adults with bipolar disorder:Acase series

Roisin Gallagher

Thesis: Paper One: The Experience of Participation in Trauma Focused Research: ASystematic Review of Qualitative Literature. PaperTwo: Making Sense of Trauma in Later Life:An Interpretative PhenomenologicalAnalysis

Emily Galloghly

Thesis: 1) Peer Support for Children in FamiliesAffected by Mental Illness: AQualitative Systematic Review of Experiences, Barriers, and Facilitators. 2) Narratives Of Homelessness and Chronic Pain:ANarrativeAnalysis and Photovoice Study

Stephanie Goddard

Thesis: Systematic Review:Adaptations to Cognitive Testing with People who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing. Empirical Paper: AValidation Study of a Verbal Measure of Processing Speed for a Paediatric Population

Sasha Haidon

Thesis: How do Individuals Make Sense ofTheir Fibromyalgia?:ASystematic Literature Review. How do People with Fibromyalgia Experience Psychological Therapies?:AReflexiveThematicAnalysis

Olivia Holwill

Thesis: An Exploration of the Components and Outcomes of Mental Health Literacy Interventions for University Students

Emma Isle

Thesis: What was the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Social, Emotional and Cognitive Functioning ofAdults with a Learning Disability?A Systematic Review and Understanding the experiences of the COVID-19 Pandemic and the changes following it ofAdults with a Learning Disability in the UK.AReflexive ThematicAnalysis

Naomi Jackson

Thesis: The impact of engaging in yoga for PTSD following Military SexualTrauma: ASystematic Review.An Interpretative PhenomenologicalAnalysis of women’s experience of engaging in yoga following a sexual assault

Jessica Lenney

Thesis: Yoga Interventions and Children andYoung People Systematic Literature Review: Evaluating the impact of yoga on mental health in children and young people: ASystematic Review Empirical Study: The Use ofYoga Interventions to Support the Wellbeing ofYoung People with Physical Health Conditions

Cynthia Ludford-Brooks

Thesis: Black Service Users’ Access, Engagement and Experiences of Psychological Support for Physical Health Conditions

Marta MacKowiak

Thesis: The Impact ofAcceptance and Commitment Therapy on Self-Concept and Self-as-Context in People with Chronic Health Conditions:ASystematic Review. The Feasibility,Acceptability and Effectiveness of an ACT-Informed Guided Self-Help Programme on Post-Diagnostic Adjustment and Well-Being in Individuals with Multiple Sclerosis

Anna Perry

Thesis: The effects of an app-based self-compassion intervention for adults with elevated levels of repetitive negative thoughts:Athree-armed pilot randomised experiment

The effectiveness of self-compassion interventions at reducing repetitive negative thoughts: a systematic Review and meta-analysis

Olivia Sewell

Thesis: The Role of Gender in the HelpSeeking Decisions and Experiences of Men who Have Experienced Interpersonal Violence

Aleena Yasin

Thesis: Caregiving Burden in Minority Ethnic Family Caregivers of People with Dementia

FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF SCIENCE

IN ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Emma Cashmore

Rebecca Jackson

Florence Lewis

Nicole Lewis-Lynn

Zenia Wong

IN CLINICAL ASSOCIATE IN PSYCHOLOGY - ADULT

* Lauren Baker

* Abbie Brown

* Danni Burton

* Natalie Copson

* Amy Dickens

* Kiri Green

* Chante Parkes

* Jaynaa Patel

* Blythe Roberts

* Luke Taylor

IN CLINICAL ASSOCIATE IN PSYCHOLOGY - CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

Heather Feltham

* Sophie James

Ahmer Kabir

* James Lafferty

Olivia Martin

Lauren Mohan

Olivia Nicholls

Jodie Patrickson

Emily Sharland

Efua Akotoa Yamson

IN CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY

Priyanka

Selin Acikgoz

Neha Susan Alex

Megan Ashford-Gregory

Delphi Auluck

* Eda Bahçivan

Radiah Maria Belak

Charlotte Bevis

Kine Braathen

Euan Castledine

Jules Cielen

Amelia Cleasby

Rose Davidson

* Zhihao Deng

Thomas Elkington

Panagiota Filippidou

Miriam Firth

Nell Folker

Ellena Grainger

* Halil Can Guler

Kylyn Hendy

Saffron Hiscox

Zi Ying Ho

Beth Hooper

Margaret Hui

June Ip

Christa Jaison

Rosalia Rachel John Bosco Rajan

Daniela Carolina Jojoa Portilla

Eliza Jones

Charlotte Kellard

Burc Kutukoglu

Poppy Leaman

* Dagang Li

Persephone Li

Wondanglo Lotha

Katie Mabberley

Kirti Mahato

Devangana Maneesh

Poppy Martinez

Charlie Miles

Hollie Narraway

Ella Owen

Katherine Emma Padfield

Samadrita Paladhy

Mimansha Patel

Alicia Pearson-Chisman

Eleanor Perkins

Veronica Purtak

Saachie Rai

Oviyaa Ramalingam

Tanishqa Swapneel Raut

Atika Riaz

* Isabelle Roberts

Shannon Robles

Zuzanna Rusek

* Ashley Zothansangi Sailo

Angelin Mariyam Saju

Harsita Sancheti

Adele Marie Santamaria

Ritu Mitha Saravanan

William Savinkova

Sunidhi Raj Sharma

Vanshika Sharma

Anna Mariya Siju

Swetha Sivakumar

Paulina Staroscik

Lakshmiseethal Sunilkumar

Kaviya Sree Suresh

Hannah Sykes

* Chieh-An Tai

Venice Tsang

Rosa Valverde Montanez

Alfy Varghese

Pallvi Vij

Snigdha Vijay

Fengyu Wang

Ellie Webb

Fatimah Zuhra

Melek Şahin

IN PSYCHOLOGICAL RESEARCH METHODS

Megan Daykin

Ruby Klinkenberg

Chenyu Song

* Kuan Tao

* Chen Wei

Aimee Welsh

* Jiaqi Yang

IN PSYCHOLOGICAL THERAPIES PRACTICE AND RESEARCH (SYSTEMIC THERAPY)

* Victoria Bean

Rachael Doe

Katie Drew

Nic Fernie

Elaine Flannery

Lorna Harris

Clare Leather

Isaac Stephens-Parr

Rosie Williams

IN PSYCHOLOGY (CONVERSION)

* Laura Airey

* Rocco Aniceto Goncalves

Anexy Antonykumar

Maithilee Rajesh Asatkar

Joseph Atkinson

* Emily Barnacle

* Louisa Billington

* Georgia Carr

* Patnaree Chiraskamin

* Mary Christofi

* Laura Cloke

Patrick Coniam-Gudka

* Raffaella Cuneo

* Clare Curtis

Vicky Cyu

Reuben Joshua George Davey

* Laura Denton

* Zepeng Du

*

Qianqian Fan

Ariane Faralis

* Katherine Fung

Lorenzo Gabriano

Alexis Gallagher

Kacey Greene

Yuexin Gu

Tianyi Guo

Ishita Gupta

Georgina Hackett

Coco Hao

Mae Harper

Meg Hatfield

Zhaowen Huang

Zihan Hui

Reyhan Ibryam

* Meichen Jiang

Phil Johnstone

* Piuymi Katupodi Kankanamge

Dania Kazi

Julia Kondraszuk

Sophie Langridge

* Lee Lea-Paul

Pengyu Li

* Jierui Liu

Anna-Lisa Lundberg

Nikita MacHacek

* Vaishnavi Madhavan

Hongjie Mao

Daniel Marcus

William Marshall

* Nic McMullen-Klein

Hiba Moaswes

Sreya Mohanadasan

Shruti Nair

Dan O’Shea

* Yitong Ou

Lirong Peng

Legshay Methok Phalungtharpa Bhutia

Gabriela Paola Pinero Nunez

Jim Pomeroy

Graham Read

* Elena Rossetti

* Jason Ruel

Esme Russell

Saturday 13 December // 15:00

Majdi Salaita

Tanushri Sharma

Chris Sirrell

Julia Skipper-Smith

* Charu Srivastava

Morgan Staden

Katie Sussman

* Virya Sutopo

Vandhana Tamilvanan

Charlie Tapp

Clemmie Trelawny

* Kate Tutton

Nichatorn Uphonthian

* Kelly Van Hecke

Ailie Walker

Xiaoyan Wang

Hiu Putri Stefani Wibowo

Anna Williams

* Claire Williamson

Lucy Wright

* Yu Xia

* Feixuan Xue

Jianying Zhang

* Lingshan Zhang

* Xiaotong Zhang

* Mingze Zheng

IN SOCIAL AND ORGANISATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY

Shreya Angara

William Dzontoh

Catherine Hayward

Camryn Negus

Hasti Kalpesh Nishar

Bodhisatwa Ray

Becky Rowe

Lale Ruether

Chun Yau Sze

Ashley Twigger

Keyu Zhou

FOR THE DEGREE OF POSTGRADUATE CERTIFICATE

IN CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY

* Yini Peng

IN CLINICAL SUPERVISION OF PSYCHOLOGICAL THERAPIES

PRACTICE

* Stacey Chalmers

* Liana Ditchburn

* Bella Ewing

* Bethany Fulwood

* Georgina Green

* Victoria Hardy

* Marie Hefferman

* Rosie Hurll

* Shannon Knights

* Aneesa Kulsoom

* Karen Langdon

* Laura McCormack

* Jemima McKeown

* Katey Morley

Summayah Murphy

* Debbie Newman

* Amy Norman

* Cliodhna O Leary

* Rosanna Pearce

* Jessie Reeson

* Amelia Robinson

* Ian Simpson

Charlotte Strawford

* Naomi Whimpenny

* Francesca Yallop

IN PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE IN MENTAL HEALTH LAW

* Sajir Al-Sajir

* Jorge Diaz-Munoz

* Simon Eddy

* Vincent Heyworth

* Helena Maher

Rebecca Mathison

Mosunmola Odumade

* Sarah Oliver

* Alex Petcu

Pam Peter

* Kajanesh Ratneswaran

* Sana Rehan

Muhammad Shafiq

* Amy Shaw

* Matthew Symes

Pasupathy Tharmapathy

IN PSYCHOLOGICAL THERAPIES PRACTICE (LOW INTENSITY COGNITIVE BEHAVIOURAL THERAPY)

* Mallika Agarwal

Katherine Anness

* Freya Bailey

Tammy Baker

* Lawrence Baldwin

Eva Barbosa

Aidan Bennewith

* Simon Berney

Jessica Bird

Ruby Bird

* Alex Brissenden

Gail Burton

Charlotte Caswell

Alana Cave

Christy Chow

Abigail Churchhouse

* Anna Cooper

* Maisie Cox

* Maddie Craig

Nadine Crellin

* Lucy Doran

Lianna Fok

Tasha Ford

* Lucy Gallagher

Rebekha Gooden

* Natasha Griffiths

* Elijas Grybyte

* Emilia Guzzo

Abi Hamson-Ford

Helen Hamston

Beth Hawkings

Amy Holgate

* Keely Holland

* Jodie Hollington-Wyatt

* Vicky Hooper

Sandra Ingles

Khadijah Joseph-Horne

* Valeria Kuusisto

* Sharon Lau

Grace Lawrence

* Henry Lee

* Bella Lewis

Marleigh Love

Abby Marsh

Scarlett McArdle

* Zoe Morrice

* Amber Mortensen

* Tiny Njerere

Emily Norris

* Miri Novis

* Saskia Obergfell - Evans

Morgan-Morai Ogle

* Ellie Parker

* Anne Reaveley

Abigail Roberts

* Maddie Rockliffe Fallon

* Georgia Roff

* Chris Ryan

India Sheen

Sophie Skelcher

* Alexandra Stanford

* Dillan Stark

* Nata Tai

Elizabeth Tamlyn

* Dan Tetley

* Rosanna Thompson-Whiteside

Dale Turner

* Victoria Walters

Beth Warren

* James Williamson

Sam Wilson

* Lisa Zempel

IN PSYCHOLOGICAL THERAPIES

PRACTICE (MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLBEING IN SPECIALIST ADULT MENTAL HEALTH)

* Nesia Derby-McCabe

* Paul Turner

IN PSYCHOLOGICAL THERAPIES

PRACTICE (SEVERE MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS: COGNITIVE BEHAVIOURAL THERAPY FOR PSYCHOSIS AND BIPOLAR DISORDER)

* Abbey Freeman

* Samuel Newton

* Franziska Voigt

FOR THE DEGREE OF POSTGRADUATE DIPLOMA

IN MENTAL HEALTH PRACTICE IN EDUCATION SETTINGS

* Laura Acklam

Afsana Ahmed

Danielle Allsopp

Rob Altoft

Kate Aram

Pam Ashton

Bella Barron

Amanda Bennett

Heather Benton

* Georgie Boyd

Alison Bryant

Sarah Burtenshaw

Disha Chavda

* Naomi Coker

* Meredith Danks

Sashania Douglas

* Rose Drinkwater

Karen Evans

* Ella Flory

Nicole Folbigg

Netty Goodger

Harshiran Hayer

Jessica Heseltine

Hayley Hoten

Lara Kalaidjian

Tracey Knox

Kelsi Lamb

* Emma Lowe

* Theresa Luter

* Georgina Madeley

* Hope Mansfield

Peter Marfleet

Penny McCarter

Melissa McCausland

* Georgia Musty

Claire O’Mahony

Rani Parmar

* Isla Parsons

* Phoebe Price

* Jade Rabjohns

Abbie Rands

Stephanie Richardson

* Tiffany Smart

* Lauren Stacey

Meghan Stevens

* Adele Sutton

Lauren Swash

* Hannah Taylor

Keri Taylor

* Laura Tomes

Emily Trowell

Priyanka Valand

Carys Williams

IN PSYCHOLOGICAL THERAPIES

PRACTICE (CHILDREN, YOUNG PEOPLE AND FAMILIES)

* Sarah Dexter

* Mel Fludder

* Katy Gasser

* Caitlin Goatley

Emma Kempson

* Jack Leggatt

* Charlotte MacQuarrie

Lucy Martin

* Lynsey Matthews

Naomi Monteith

* Callum Naish

* Amy Nassaris

Laura Padley

* Hannah Rose

* Nicola Watt

Karen Whitaker

Toni Wickens

IN PSYCHOLOGICAL THERAPIES

PRACTICE (HIGH INTENSITY COGNITIVE BEHAVIOURAL THERAPY)

Ozge Akcayer

* Debi Altman

* Rachel Barter

* Charlotte Binet

Annie Blewitt Jenkins

* Sarah Cooper

Francesca Harber

* Justine Mann

Sandy May

* Ceryn Mould

* Tiah Sanderson

IN PSYCHOLOGICAL THERAPIES

PRACTICE (LOW INTENSITY COGNITIVE BEHAVIOURAL THERAPY FOR CHILDREN, YOUNG PEOPLE AND FAMILIES)

Ruby Alinat Thomas

Emma Dowty

Margot Gnonlonfoun

Harriet Gould

Holly Gwyther

* Martha Lee-Harris

* Michelle Milton

Emily Muntz

* Anna Ridley

Vidhya Sk

IN PSYCHOLOGICAL THERAPIES

PRACTICE (SEVERE MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS: COGNITIVE BEHAVIOURAL THERAPY FOR PERSONALITY DISORDER)

Atoosa Baigi

* Oliver Bellwood

Abi Hatton

* Mark Jarvis

* James Patrick Mouat

Jon Nommeots-Nomm

* Rebecca Sloyan

* Shane Steel

Saturday 13 December // 15:00

IN SENIOR WELLBEING PRACTITIONER FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE (LOW INTENSITY COGNITIVE BEHAVIOURAL THERAPY)

* Hannah Savory

FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER IN SCIENCE IN APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY (CLINICAL)

Nuriya Abitova

Oluwabuyikunmi Ajayi

Leon Brown

Karolina Cal

Natalie Chan

Emma Collins

Lauren Crabtree

Eloise Craddock

Poppy Denison-Smith

Amy Gale

Ella Gillett

Amelia Green

Isabella Harwood

Jemima Haworth

Sheida Heydari

Lucy Hudson

Leah John

Megan Jones

* Mason Kennedy

Anam Usman Khan

Kiera Lansley

Jessie Lau

Arthur Lindsay

Martha Lockyer

Eleanor Martin

Jacob McIntyre

Bethan Meyrick

Hope Olatise

Katie Potts

Tom Ramsay

Rano Rashid

Shanane Rimmer

Elodie Roger

Isabelle Rolls

Mimi Rumsby

Ibrahim Sheikh

Dylan Shepperd

Hannah Svensson

Katie Walker-Regan

Ashton Westbrook

Aidan Wright

Tabitha Young

FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF ARTS

IN PSYCHOLOGICAL STUDIES

* Katie Heath

FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN PSYCHOLOGY

Zoya Agha

* Niamh Birse

* Lucy Buzzing

Yasmin Daruwalla

* Greg Harbot

Seb Howell

* Lucy Humbles

* Mingyeong Kim

* Lexi Kitsou

* Renee Lai

* Ethan Lau

* Jeff Lau

* Flo Lindlahr

John Ng

* Gizha Sumedi

* Ruiyang Tang

* Kate Wilkins

* Olivia Williams

Anya Wootton

* Sharon Yang

IN PSYCHOLOGY WITH PROFESSIONAL PLACEMENT

* Elliot Marsh

* Lauren Murray

* Ellie Zalick

IN PSYCHOLOGY WITH SPORT AND EXERCISE SCIENCE

Henry Chan Mathew Deverell

FOR THE DEGREE OF GRADUATE CERTIFICATE

IN PSYCHOLOGICAL THERAPIES PRACTICE

Katrina Clements

Arabella Cox

* Louise Deeprose

* Katie Gasnier

* Mary Meadows

Laura Nightingale

Okailey Okine

* Joshua Rolston

Lindsey Whittingham

IN PSYCHOLOGICAL WELLBEING PRACTICE

* Jessica Adamu

* Luke Gleed

Lucinda Harris

Caira Hopkinson-Brown

Nadia Hussain

Kirsty Korley

Joanna Maize-Turney

Jessica Marr

* Helen Osborn

* Piera Ramljak

Cara Shears

Elsie Techie

Kaylia Thompson

FOR THE DEGREE OF GRADUATE DIPLOMA IN MENTAL HEALTH PRACTICE EDUCATION SETTINGS

Nicola Laird

FOR THE DEGREE OF DIPLOMA OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN PSYCHOLOGY WITH SPORT AND EXERCISE SCIENCE

* Zac Low

IN THE FACULTY OF HUMANITIES, ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES

FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY IN DOCTOR OF EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY

Thomas Andrew

Thesis: Parent and Educational Psychologist

Interaction within the Education, Health and Care Plan Process: A Mixed-Methods

Exploration of Satisfaction and Experiences

STUDENT ACHIEVEMENTS

So many of our students have achieved great things over the past year. Here we feature just a few examples where our students have excelled in academia, sport, arts, entrepreneurship and community.

Exeter student breaks European running records alongside green activism

Innes FitzGerald has been dubbed the ‘Greta Thunberg of Sport’ for smashing European running records alongside her environmental activism.

At just 19 years old, Innes, a Sports Scholar and second-year Exercise and Sport Sciences student, has already broken three European U20 records. At the European U20 Championships in Tampere this summer, she won gold in both the 5000m and 3000m, taking over 22 seconds off the previous record. Innes has been shortlisted for this year’s European Athletics Rising Star award.

Nicknamed after climate activist, Greta Thunberg, by both the Times and Telegraph, for her environmental stance, Innes has been turning down competitions where she believes a single race does not justify the emissions of the travel.

When she does travel, Innes chooses the most carbonefficient routes — including a 20-hour journey she took by bus, train, and bike to reach Turin for the European Cross-Country Championships in 2022. After her long journey, she finished fourth.

Skills

swapping project

helps Exeter’s

international students make friends with older members of Devon community

International students are creating lasting friendships with older members of the Devon community in a scheme that aims to boost digital literacy and reduce student loneliness.

The Tech-and-Life Pal project aims to get older people to give students the benefit of their “life wisdoms and experience”, while the students help them out with essential digital skills such as how to use a smartphone or laptop.

Dr Yuxi Heluo, Assistant Professor at our Business School, started the project as a research trial, but it has been so successful that it’s likely to carry on.

Breakthrough success at international Formula Student competition

Our student-led Formula Student team, XRacing, has made history with their best-ever performance at the prestigious Formula Student 2025 competition.

In a record-setting year, XRacing completed all dynamic events for the first time in the University’s decade-long participation in the global competition.

The world’s premier engineering and business competition challenges student teams to design, build and race a single-seat formula-style car, while showcasing excellence in engineering, innovation, business acumen and teamwork.

The event, hosted by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers at the famous Silverstone racetrack, saw our team achieve a host of key milestones and achievements including: 16th overall – the highest-ever placement for the team

11th in the Endurance event – one of the toughest tests of car performance and driver skill

“Most Entertaining Driver of the Day” – a crowd-pleasing bonus that highlights the team’s spirit

One of only 11 teams worldwide to finish every race event

Sailors crowned sustainability champions

Our Sailing Club ‘couldn’t be prouder’ after being crowned winners of the Royal Yachting Association (RYA) Green Blue University Sailing Sustainability Challenge 2025.

Exeter students were celebrated for leading the way in sustainable sailing at the RYA Dinghy & Watersports Show in February.

The sustainability challenge, sponsored by the Royal Thames Yacht Club, shines a light on university sailing clubs that are following key environmental best practice, from beach cleans and equipment reuse initiatives, to waste reduction and awareness raising in local communities.

©The Royal Yachting Association

©Formula Student UK, Institution of Mechanical Engineers

Student entrepreneurs celebrated at annual awards

We celebrated another successful year of student startups and innovation at the Student Entrepreneurship Awards, recognising outstanding achievements across the University.

Tomiwa Adeoye (Business and Management) won the Social Impact Award for AfroExeExperience, which brings Afrobeat and Amapiano music nights to Exeter. Iman Alibeigi (Engineering) received the Environmental Impact Award for his platform InfraFund, while Eleanor Griffin (Engineering and

Entrepreneurship) was honoured with the Tech Innovation Award for Opas Guides, which designs patient-specific instrumentation for orthopaedic surgery. The Rising Star Award went to Lorenzo Satta Chiris, and Giselle Hegstad won the People’s Choice Award for her positive contributions. Ruairi Duignan (Business and Environment) received the Spirit of Entrepreneurship Award for his work on his venture Turbo Zone.

Sustainable fashion project wins award

A team of our students has won a sustainability award from the UPP Foundation, a charity set up by UPP, a UK-wide provider of student accommodation. Isabella Purves, Emily Pink, Freya Williams, Becky Rowe, Beth Fraser and Molly Williams, worked together on their winning project, Stitch by Stitch, setting out to make Exeter’s fashion ecosystem more circular and sustainable through a series of activities. They held speaker events and workshops, taught students repair techniques, held clothes swapping events and boosted awareness around fast fashion and sustainable clothing.

Emily Pink, studying MA Publishing and co-president of Stitch by Stitch said, “We’ve engaged thousands of students, forged new local partnerships, connected the University with the wider community, been recognised both locally and within the institution, and, crucially, instilled a passion for slow fashion in so many people.” Emily was also highly commended in this year’s UK and Ireland Green Gown Awards in the Sustainability Champion - Student category for her work on Stitch by Stitch.

Gold rush for Camborne School of Mines students in prestigious competition

Students at our Camborne School of Mines are celebrating a golden achievement after they secured double victories in an international competition focusing on heritage mining techniques of yesteryear.

Both the Men’s and Women’s teams representing CSM secured their respective overall titles at the 47th Intercollegiate International Mining Games, which were held at King Edward Mine, near Camborne.

It is the first time a CSM Women’s side has won the competition, while the Men retained the title they last won in 2018.

‘Student of the year’ wins national social mobility award

Zack Islam, a student in Human Sciences with Proficiency in Law, has vowed to be the start of a “snowball of change” after winning at the Student Social Mobility Awards.

Zack picked up the Academic Success Award at a ceremony held in London earlier this year.

Zack, who was the first member of his family to go to university and relied on free school meals throughout his education, went on to win a place at Exeter and is the recipient of the J.P. Morgan Opportunity Bursary and the Exeter Scholars Access Scholarship. Whilst studying with us, he served on University equality and diversity and employability committees. As President of the Penryn Campus Asian Society, he led the team to win four major awards including “Society of the Year” and hosted the first ever Penryn Campus’ Diwali celebration. His success in creating opportunities for himself and for others led to him being named ‘student of the year’ at the 2024 Success for All conference.

Twenty-four students walk 24 hours to raise money for mental health

Twenty-four students from the Falmouth and Exeter Students’ Union Expedition Society held a 24-hour walk to raise money for men’s mental health charity, Man Down. The walk took them along the South West coast path through rain, fog and even some sunshine. Five students managed to walk for the full 24 hours with two walking 33.4 miles, one 40 miles and another two as many as 54.5 miles! Everyone who took part put their all into raising over £1,600 for Man Down, a Cornwall-founded charity working hard to raise awareness around men’s mental health and suicide prevention.

Hip-Hop success at University Dance Championships

The Falmouth and Exeter Students’ Union Hip-Hop Society achieved 2nd place in the Go Hard or Go Home: University Dance Championships 2025.

This renowned competition has been running since 2011 and provides dancers with a platform to work together, demonstrate their skills and compete against peers.

This was the Hip-Hop Society’s first competition and they said, “The energy, teamwork and dedication we brought to the stage truly paid off, making it an unforgettable experience. A special well done to our Tap and Jazz teams, who were just as amazing and showcased incredible talent.”

TED WRAGG AWARDS FOR OUTSTANDING TRAINEES

The Ted Wragg Awards for Outstanding Trainees are in honour of the late Professor Ted Wragg (Director of the University’s School of Education, 1978-1994), a nationally-recognised advocate of the teaching profession and a man who inspired a great many of today’s best teachers and teaching practices.

These awards have been developed to recognise, encourage and financially reward our best PGCE trainees. Why? Because a fundamental part of our PGCE programme is the sharing of experience, good practice and support, not just from staff to trainee but between trainees themselves. We look for, and reward, excellent trainees because we know they are an important part of creating a programme that encourages all trainees to succeed and become great teachers.

Primary PGCE winners:

Abigail Ridgway (Primary 3-7)

Sian Beer (Primary 5-11)

Thea O’Callaghan (Primary 5-11)

Josie Parkhouse (Primary 5-11)

Hugo Lacassin (Primary 5-11)

Secondary PGCE winners:

Jessica Hope (Secondary English)

Kitty Taylor (Secondary Geography)

Stephen Booth (Secondary History)

Samuel Stevens (Secondary Mathematics)

Isabella Charlton (Secondary Modern Foreign Languages - Spanish)

Eve Ball (Secondary Physical Education)

Alea Sinclair-Kerr (Secondary Science - Chemistry)

Lyndsey Dorling (Secondary Science - Chemistry)

Lizi Costello (Secondary Mathematics)

STORIES FROM YOUR TIME AT EXETER

Success in global and UK rankings

We saw a 14-place rise this year, to =155th globally in the QS World University Rankings 2026, putting us amongst the very best institutions worldwide. We rose three places to 11th in the Complete University Guide 2026, representing one of the biggest gains of any institution in the UK top 20.

Employers target our graduates

We are the 8th most targeted university nationwide by the Times Top 100 Graduate Employers, according to The Graduate Market 2025 by High Fliers Research. Additionally, our Careers Service achieved 3rd in the UK in the 2025 StudentCrowd Best University Careers Service rankings.

University Mental Health Charter award

This award recognises our commitment to a whole-university approach to mental health, our dedication to wellbeing as a core priority, and to working with our community to continually develop our approaches.

Global top two per cent for commitment to UN Sustainable Development Goals

We’re named among the top 30 educational institutions (or top two per cent) of those ranked worldwide in the Times Higher Education Impact Rankings 2025. Our strongest performance is in the UN Sustainable Development Goal Responsible Consumption and Production, where we ranked 2nd globally (1st in the UK).

New Sarah Turvill Multifaith Centre opened

Our new Centre is designed to promote inclusion and respect for diverse faiths and beliefs, fostering inter-faith collaborations at the same time as offering a space for quiet reflection, prayer and contemplation for all.

Social Mobility University of the Year

We were recognised for our work across the UK in championing equal opportunities and improving life outcomes for young people when we were named University of the Year at the UK Social Mobility Awards in London. Also, our degree apprenticeship programmes won in the Diversity and Inclusion category at this year’s Apprenticeship and Training Awards.

Influencing global climate policy

At COP30 in Brazil our experts shared research, policy insights and solutions to address the climate crisis. We launched the Global Parliamentarians’ Guide to Climate Change and Climate Solutions (adapted from our UK guide that has reached over 200,000 people worldwide) to help policymakers understand the dangers of climate change and possible solutions. The second Global Tipping Points Report, led by Professor Tim Lenton, gained significant international coverage and was cited by global leaders. The 20th Global Carbon Budget, led by Professor Pierre Friedlingstein, featured prominently at COP30 events and in global media.

High levels of satisfaction amongst our postgraduate researchers

We ranked 11th in the UK with an overall satisfaction score of 86.5% in the latest Postgraduate Research Experience Survey.

OUR HISTORY

The University of Exeter received its Royal Charter in 1955, although its origins can actually be traced further back to the nineteenth century.

Our ‘founding father’ was Sir Stafford Northcote, a prominent politician in the Disraeli government, who seized on the popular enthusiasm for learning following the Great Exhibition. In 1855 he backed the establishment of a School of Art in Exeter, offering subjects ranging from construction to freehand drawing. A School of Science quickly followed.

Following Sir Stafford’s death, Jessie Montgomery became secretary of the University Extension Committee in 1888, and put forward an ambitious plan, leading to the Exeter Technical and University Extension College being created, with generous

funding from the University of Cambridge. By 1895 students had formed a guild and in 1898 the first student magazine was published. In 1900 the title of Royal Albert Memorial College was adopted, which is where the students’ RAM bar of today gets its name. The College offered external degrees of the University of London and teacher training.

Scots philosopher Hector Hetherington became Principal in 1920 and pushed for university status. To succeed, a more impressive home was needed and in 1922 a local benefactor, Alderman W H Reed, was persuaded to buy the Streatham Estate. Shortly afterwards, the University Grants Committee visited the campus and awarded the status of University College and an annual government grant.

In 1926 John Murray was appointed Principal of the University College and led an expansion programme which included the opening of the Washington Singer building in 1931 and Mardon Hall two years later.

University status was awarded in 1955 with James Cook our first Vice-Chancellor. Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II visited the following year to present the charter and unveil the foundation stone of the Queen’s Building. In the 1960s we secured sufficient government funding to radically develop the campus; over a dozen major new buildings were constructed, including the Great Hall and the Physics building, while student numbers rose from 1,400 to 3,300.

Higher education funding was tight in the 1970s and 80s but Exeter saw some positive developments. In 1978 we became a two campus university when St Luke’s College merged with the University to become its School of Education. A new library was built in 1983, thanks to a gift from the Ruler of Dubai in recognition of our research and teaching on the Arab world.

By 1991, we had 6,500 students, and in 1993 the Camborne School of Mines in Cornwall became a part of the University. We also became a founding member of the research-intensive 1994 Group.

The new century saw an unparalleled period of progress and success, beginning in 2001 when His Highness Sheikh Dr Sultan bin Muhammad Al-Qasimi, the Ruler of Sharjah and an Exeter graduate, provided a new building for the Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies. In 2002 we secured government backing for the Peninsula Medical School, a joint project with the University of Plymouth, and two years later opened our Penryn Campus with Falmouth University in Cornwall. In 2007, we were named University of the Year at the Times Higher Education Awards.

We have invested significantly in our campuses, constructing new student accommodation, refurbishing labs and study spaces, and developing new buildings such as the Forum in Exeter and the Exchange in Cornwall, which seamlessly merge academic and social space through spectacular architecture. Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II returned to our Streatham Campus in 2012 to officially open the Forum.

Other significant developments included the creation of the Environment and Sustainability Institute – an interdisciplinary research centre at Penryn – and the Research, Innovation, Learning and Development building, a partnership with what is now called the Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, which was part-funded by the Wellcome Trust and The Wolfson Foundation.

In 2012 we were invited to join the prestigious Russell Group of research-intensive universities, and in 2013 we were crowned The Sunday Times University of the Year. In the same year we also accepted the first students into the new University of Exeter Medical School, created after we formed our own medical school following our successful 10-year partnership with the University of Plymouth. In 2014 the Research Excellence Framework, which assesses the quality of universities’ research, saw us awarded an additional £3.8 million for research, the third highest gain amongst English universities. We were named Sports University of the Year 2016 by The Times and The Sunday Times Good University Guide.

2017 saw us open the Living Systems Institute on our Streatham Campus. The Institute pioneers novel approaches to understanding diseases and how they can be better diagnosed.

On the Penryn Campus the Stella Turk building was completed in 2019, enabling the continued growth and success of a range of subject areas. In 2020, we were awarded our fourth Queen’s Anniversary Prize in recognition of our world-leading research for combatting the effects of marine plastic pollution.

President and Vice-Chancellor, Professor Lisa Roberts took up her post on 1 September 2020. The following year Professor Roberts launched the University’s exciting Strategy 2030 which aims to use the power of our education and research to create a sustainable, healthy and socially just future.

The 2021 Research Excellence Framework review showed that we are undertaking more research, of higher quality, with greater global impact than ever. Our world-leading research impact grew more than any other Russell Group university, more than 99 per cent of our research was rated of international quality* and 12 of our subjects were in the Top 10 for world-leading impact.**

In 2023 we were one of only four Russell Group Institutions to secure a ‘solid gold’ standard for our commitment to providing world-class teaching in the Teaching Excellence Framework assessment. In recent years, we’ve opened The National Institute for Health and Care Research Exeter Biomedical Research Centre and the Centre for Resilience in Environment, Water and Waste Building, and continued to invest in innovative teaching and wellbeing spaces such as our new Sarah Turvill Multifaith Centre and Computer Science teaching labs. These facilities enhance inclusion and community, and support growth in areas such as Data Science, AI and digital technologies.

In 2025 we were named University of the Year at the Social Mobility Awards. We are committed to using the power of our education and research to tackle global challenges aligned with the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

STUDENT LIFE...

...FROM THEN TO NOW

OUR ACHIEVEMENTS

RATED ‘TRIPLE’ GOLD in the 2023 Teaching Excellence Framework. Gold Overall rating, with Gold aspect ratings in both Student Experience and Student Outcomes.

RANKED 3RD in the UK for Best University Careers Service in the StudentCrowd awards 2025.

MORE THAN 99% OF OUR RESEARCH is rated of international quality in the latest Research Excellence Framework (REF 2021) with 12 OF OUR SUBJECTS IN THE TOP 10 for world-leading impact.

TOP 15 IN UK UNIVERSITY RANKINGS 11th in The Complete University Guide 2026 and 14th in The Times and The Sunday Times Good University Guide 2026.

We achieved the ATHENA SWAN SILVER AWARD for the advancement of gender equality, the MENTAL HEALTH CHARTER AWARD and a BRONZE RACE EQUALITY CHARTER MARK for our commitment to race equality.

RANKED =155TH of universities GLOBALLY in QS World University Rankings 2026, RISING 14 PLACES since the 2025 rankings were released.

We’re home to the UK’S TOP FIVE MOST INFLUENTIAL CLIMATE SCIENTISTS – the only UK climate scientists to secure places in the global top 21 –according to The Reuters Hot List.

4TH in the British Universities and Colleges Sport (BUCS) Points 2024-25 overall league and 1st in the South of England and Wales.

UNIVERSITY OF THE YEAR in the Social Mobility Awards 2025. We are ranked TOP 30 GLOBALLY of universities worldwide in the Times Higher Education Impact Rankings 2025*.

Exeter graduates are the 8TH MOST TARGETED BY LEADING UK EMPLOYERS according to The Graduate Market in 2025 report by High Fliers Research.

*TheTHEImpactRankingsareglobalperformancetablesthat assessuniversitiesagainsttheUnitedNations’Sustainable DevelopmentGoals(SDGs).Exeterwas ranked2ndgloballyfor ResponsibleConsumptionandProduction.Overallwescored94.6 outof100,placingus28thoutof2,318institutionsworldwide.

REFLECTIONS FROM OUR ALUMNI

The highlight of being at Exeter has been Freshers’ Week. Getting to go the various society events and fairs was great, I really enjoyed it. I’ll miss the experience of living and working alongside my friends and colleagues. I loved my Masters project, working for a year and a half on one problem has been an amazing experience. The chance to really delve into the subject matter and reach a high level of understanding has been extraordinary. Take part in all the experiences you can; seize every opportunity that comes your way. And if things don’t work out the way you expect, don’t panic. Take a breath. Now work out what you’ll do next. I’m going to work with the Met Office as a foundation scientist, modelling greenhouse gas emissions.

Peter Andrews Physics with Astrophysics, 2023 Graduates look back on what their time at Exeter meant to them. I loved living in Cornwall during my time at university and would not trade that experience for the world. My advice to recent graduates would be to spend time doing lots of different things. Casting a wide net for experience isn’t a bad thing and it really makes you take a step back and think about what you really want out of life. You can’t possibly know what you want to do for the next 50 years straight out of university so allow yourself the grace and space to figure that out.

During my time at Exeter, I have enjoyed deepening my knowledge of such an interesting sector of law whilst sharing this space with so many amazing, like-minded people, both students and staff. Studying in such a great environment has really made my time at Exeter much more special. Exeter is such a great place to meet so many amazing people. Being part of this community for four years has really been so instrumental in my time being so magical.

Max Bennett

Law with Business/Commercial Law, 2022

Caitlin Bynre History, 2015

Exeter is a fantastic university with its teaching and research excellence, alongside the campus, the location and the people you meet. There are so many opportunities open to you and who wouldn’t want to be able to write half of their dissertation on a beach, or on a rowing boat doing the Topsham ten (not sure if that even exists anymore!). I studied at Exeter because it had a charm about it that no other university had for me - I wouldn’t have chosen anywhere else. Plus, I was extremely lucky that on top of that Exeter was one of the leading universities for my course and had some of the most inspiring and engaging lecturers.

Katie Baker English Literature, 2008

An education from the University of Exeter is about so much more than just a line on your CV. It’s an incredible opportunity to explore your interests and potential, to discover new things, and to build relationships that will last a lifetime. Luckily those are also all skills that will serve you well in your career and in your personal life thereafter. The highlight for me, and what will stay with me forever, are the people I have met, the discussions I have participated in, and the kindness I have received.

Tristan Coleshaw Modern Languages, 2020

I chose to study at Exeter due to the quality of the facilities and the breadth of topics available for my chosen course. Taking advantage of the opportunities that university presents you with can really help you make more informed decisions when it comes to post-university life. If you’re looking for a career in research specifically, don’t underestimate the importance of your dissertation, and the research methods you use as padding out your experience. If, like me, you’re not certain what you want to do, don’t be afraid to try things, and don’t be scared if you don’t enjoy them. Finding out what you don’t like can be just as valuable as realising what you do like when finding a job that works for you.

William Cafferky Politics, 2016

There have been many highlights for me during my time at Exeter. However, the biggest for me was graduating in the presence of my family and friends! My dream since I was a kid was to one day walk up the ramp in my graduation gown and collect my degree certificate and make my parents proud. To say that becoming the first to graduate in my family was one of the proudest moments of my life would be a massive understatement!

Radwaan Djama Neuroscience, 2022

I enjoyed how international my experience in Exeter was. I got to meet people from all over the world, to live among them, and learn a lot from them. It expanded my horizons a lot. The University of Exeter was one of the most prestigious and recognised universities available within the scholarship programme I was a part of. At the time, though I was studying engineering, I very much wanted to pursue a career in business. The Engineering and Management course seemed like a great fit for what I wanted, and my experience at Exeter and how it has influenced me since underscores how great that choice has been for me.

André Luis Martins Filho Engineering and Management, 2016

THIS IS NOT GOODBYE...

Congratulations on completing your studies and welcome to your community of University of Exeter alumni. Today you have joined a supportive global community of more than 195,000 alumni willing to help you achieve your full potential.

WELCOME TO YOUR ALUMNI COMMUNITY

Our alumni go on to do amazing things and we hope you’ll keep in touch to tell us your story, get involved in our events, and continue to play an active role in your Exeter community.

How we help you

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• 20% discount for you, and your family and friends on postgraduate study at Exeter

For more information, visit exeter.ac.uk/alumni

How you help us

Our alumni and friends have helped Exeter become one of the very best universities in the world. Alumni support the University in many different ways. Some volunteer their time helping current students. Others donate to support our students, our research, or our facilities. Some are ‘country contacts’, organising alumni networks and events in cities around the world. Some simply inspire us with their incredible achievements.

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