Class of 2015: Monday 13 July
It's the first day of Summer Graduations 2015, well done to everybody graduating today. Enjoy your day and don't forget to stay in touch!
Morning ceremonies @ 11am
- Chemistry
- Physics
- MOAC
Fraser Simpson, Department of Chemistry, receives Outstanding Student Contribution Award.
Afternoon ceremonies @ 3pm
- History
- Comparative American Studies
- Classics and Ancient History
- Film and Television Studies
- History of Art
Zena Agha, Department of History, receives Outstanding Student Contribution Award.
I see my position as a research fellow at Warwick as a chance to create opportunities that invite students to act as researchers, stimulating learning within the discipline of Classics and more broadly (transferable skills). In my research and teaching activities, I engage with undergraduates, postgraduates, colleagues, and the broader community, meaning that I am able to positively influence teaching and learning practice across all these groups; my activities have had a significant impact upon teaching at Warwick and beyond."
Monday's Honorary Graduands
Andrea Hirata Hon DLitt (Honorary Doctor of Letters)
Andrea Hirata is an acclaimed Indonesian author. He has written a range of novels, poetry and short stories including his first published novel the internationally acclaimed and best selling The Rainbow Troops. The Rainbow Troops is inspired by true events.
It tells the story of a tight-knit group of students and their teachers in a very small island of Belitong, Indonesia, fighting for education and dignity, even as they face continual hardship.
To encourage interest in reading and literature, Hirata has set up Indonesia’s first literary museum called “Museum Kata Andrea Hirata” (Andrea Hirata Words Museum) since 2010.
Mike Leigh Hon DLitt (Honorary Doctor of Letters)
Writer-director Mike Leigh trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, Camberwell and Central Art Schools in London, and at the London Film School, of which he is now the Chairman.
His films have received over 150 awards or nominations for awards including seven Oscar nominations and several Cannes Film Festival nominations and prizes including winning the 1996 Palme d'Or for Secrets & Lies, and the Best Director Prize for Naked in 1993.He won the Alexander Korda Award for Best British Film for Secrets and Lies which also won the Boston Society of Film Critics Award in 1996 among many other awards and nominations for that film. He was awarded the OBE for services to film in 1993.
Professor Ada Yonath Hon DSc (Honorary Doctor of Science)
Nobel Laureate Professor Ada E. Yonath is a Professor in the Department Structural Biology and Director of the Kimmelman Center for Biomolecular Structure, which are both part of the Weizmann Institute in Israel.
She holds honorary doctorates and medals from several universities and has received many other awards and honours, including the Wolf Prize in Chemistry, the Albert Einstein World Award in Science, The UNESCO-L’Oréal Award for European Woman in Life science, the Israel Prize, the Paul-Karrer Medal; the Louisa-Gross-Horwitz Prize; Ehrlich-Ludwig Medal; Linus Pauling Gold Medal; Anfinsen Prize; Erice Peace Prize; and the Maria Sklodowska-Curie Medal.
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