BROADCASTER and physics professor Jim Al-Khalili has received his honorary doctorate as part of the University of York's student graduation days.

Today, Dame Fiona Kendrick, chairman of Nestlé will receive her honorary degree from Prof Bob Doherty of York Management School.

And yesterday microbiologist Prof Baron Peter Piet was presented with his honour by the university's pro-vice-chancellor for research, Deborah Smith.

A prominent policy influencer, Prof Piet is at the forefront of fighting global threats to health in his role as director of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

His work was instrumental in the early fight against HIV/AIDS. He was also part of the team that discovered Ebola in Central Africa.

Degrees awarded today:

Language and Linguistic Science

Doctor of Philosophy in Linguistics

Rachelle Susanne Lee, Saudi Sadiq Muhammad Muhammad.

Master of Arts (by research) in Linguistics

Merryn Sophie Davies-Deacon, Catherine Pease.

Bachelor of Arts in English Language and Linguistics

Nur Syazlin Binti Adam, Nur Izzati Binti Ahmad Dahuri, Nur Maisarah Farina Binti Ahmad Zamri, Amelia Akashah Binti Amiruddin, Louise Ashford, Serafina-Annemarie Basciano, Norfarahain Binti Mohamad Izam, Suhaimi, Alexander David Boylan, Jessica Causby, Hei Ping Cheung, Katie-Beth Christopher, Bethany Cleghorn, Alyce Collins, Samuel Stephen Crowe, Andrew Davidson, Imogen Molly Findlay, Shona Elizabeth Gledhill, Sophie Goodall, Alexandra Goodwyn, Thomas Handley-Howard, Emma Jade Hetherington, Rachel Claire James, Will Knifton-Smith, Claire Laybourne, Jiahuan Li, Joanna Jia Qi Ma, Helen Louise Maguire, Elizabeth Kara Marshall, Alice Merriman, Sarah Milner, Arifah Binti Mohd Suhaimi, Yun Yin Ng, Arni Nurul Syuhadah Binti Omor Khan, Nurfarah Nadia Binti Othman, Shawn Sanders, Carla Smithies, Erica Chloe Sowerbutts, Ho Ching Tse, Declan Patrick Tuite, Kathryn Anne Whatley, Katie Victoria Wilkins, Kate Elizabeth Wilkinson, Martha Wright, Chang Xu.

Bachelor of Arts in English and Linguistics

Rachel Blythe, Nicola Anne De Bruyne Choon Ming Wey, Kerry Rachel Douglas, Hannah Elizabeth Fretwell, Brittany Jade Gannon, Hannah Grayson, Alexandra Louise Hall, Anya Humphries.

Bachelor of Arts in French and German Language

Isabelle Edwards, Lauren Danielle Margaret Skinner.

Bachelor of Arts in French and German Language (with a year abroad)

Lucy Everett, Amy Louise Robertson, Michael Maxwell Thompson.

Bachelor of Arts in French and Linguistics (with a year abroad)

Jamie Charles Adams, Harriet Barton, Chelsea Anna Farrington, Sylvie Goodlow, Grace Marsh, Thea Alexandra Maxwell, Abigail Cecilia Neal, Sophie Isabella Rams, Helena Jayne Schofield, Joanne Yuen.

Bachelor of Arts in French and Spanish Language

Samuel Green, Katherine Mary Hainsworth.

Bachelor of Arts in French and Spanish Language (with a year abroad)

Jodie Boulton, Alex Chaimo, Levinia England, Bethan Harman, Rosanna Lindley-McGovern, Emily Kate Robinson, Laura Robinson, Alice Tooley.

Bachelor of Arts in German and Linguistics (with a year abroad)

Zoe Chatfield, Helena Lesley Mills, Matthew James Turner.

Bachelor of Arts in German and Spanish Language (with a year abroad)

Cassandra Dodd, Sian Josie Smith, William Tsang.

Bachelor of Arts in Linguistics

Nellie Elizabeth Allsop, Holly Louise Brandon, Harriet Lillian Briggs, Hollie Grace Bufton, Alison Elizabeth Cameron, Yuk Yeung Cheng, Rosanna Marie Cordingley, Connor James Denton, Eram Faza, Miranda Mary Fleming, Julia Elizabeth Hamilton-Box, Irina-Ileana Istode, Kyna Kosling, Rebecca Lewis, Dominic Nathan Holdsworth-Madden, Jared Daniel Haag More, Kayleigh Peters, Robyn Place, Benjamin William Reid, Isabel Richards, Zhangyi Sha, Tabitha Kezia Spear, Emily Rose Streener, Laura Watt, Rebecca Helen Watts, Emma Jane Welch.

Bachelor of Arts in Linguistics with French

Chloe Yin Chen Chu.

Bachelor of Arts in Linguistics with German

Scott Glen Cameron, Edward Peter Evanson.

Bachelor of Arts in Linguistics with Spanish

Charlotte Hughes, Kobe Tsang.

Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy and Linguistics

Robert Henry David Jones, Kayleigh Margaret Ruth Sutton.

Bachelor of Arts in Spanish and Linguistics (with a year abroad)

Vanessa Frank, Kirsten Miller Guest, Bethany Jenkins, Emma Pengelly, Ffion Wyn Roberts, Tristan Gerald Roberts, Charles Maurice Wheatley.

Bachelor of Arts

Bethan Ruth Watkins.

Law

Doctor of Philosophy in Law

Indrani Sigamany.

Bachelor of Laws

Aster Abebe, Sarah-Ann Louise Alexander, Hasan Ali, Lucy Claire Andrews, Nikoletta Antoniadou, Stephanie Antrobus, Juanita Au, Dilraj Davin Singh Basi, April Bladon, Lydia Ruth Bonnefoy-Jenkinson, Daisy Lydia Bowen, Abbie Brady, Kayleigh Anne Marguerite Brady, Jonathan Brown, Elenya Sian Buscombe, Mark Carlisle, Matthew Alexander Carmichael, Emily Jane Carr, Jonathan Chileshe, Andrew Samuel Chudnovsky, Harvey William Clark, Sophie Clark, Rebecca Coates, Jack Adam Collins, Rebecca Alice Cowell, Robert Christopher Crawford, Henry Davall, Somadina Rhona Dimude, Christian Durr, Emma Louise Dye, Mridvika Elliott, Nicholas Anthony Ferrari, Daniella Ficarra, Bryony Ann Foley, Joseph Tyler Gray, Sian Greenley, Riley Philip George Griffin, Bushra Hall, Antonia Margaret Hantusch, Annabel Hawkins, Catherine Elizabeth Hibbert, Laura Hyne, Ghazal Jahangirfard, Charlotte Johnson, Craig Johnson, Neethi Ramachandra Jois, Emma Louise Jones, Kayenath Khan, Shahmir Zaffar Khan, Mark David Lawrence, Naomi Lawrence, Heather Laws, Alexa Jasmine Le Moine, James Leake, Samantha Joan Leaver, Jamin Lennard, Dodzi Lithur, Edem Michael Lithur, Andrew Macaulay, Anukriti Malik, Jessie Bethan Mark, Misha Mayet, Kirsty Jane McCartney, Aidan Miles, Lillian Charlotte Carmen Jasmine Morant, Rachel Emma Mullan Lipman, Evangelia Niadi, Thomas William Noble, Adam North, Benjamin Obinali, Nicole Ogunbamowo, Chiara Chidera Ozuzu, Blago Spasimirov Panayotov, Wesley Parker, Olivia Parrington, Daisie Patefield, Shivang Patel

Alexander Mark Petrie, Ethan Plumb, Samuel Paterson Ponniah, Hannah Amy Pullen, Michal Pyszynski, Anojan Ratnarajah, Kerry Read, Eleanor Rice-Birchall, Eve Robinson, Jennifer Ross, Jonathan Rukundo, George Edward Russell, Samuel James Scott, Ishtiaq Ahmad Shafiq, Shayda Siadatan, Claire Louise Smith, Jake Smith, Charles Standen, Alex Danielle Stephenson, Emma Storkey, Adam Donald Sutherland, Laura Catherine Sutton, Lara Victoria Swan, Cole Tennant-Fry, Emily Thomson, George Henry Tordoff, Oliver Patrick Turnbull, Lee Anthony Turner, Zyen Ubeid, Rebecca Maxine Underwood, Gregory Thomas Waddell, Lauren Waterman, Sebastian Kamal Waters, Joshua Martin Watts, Jordana Margaret Elaine West, Bronwyn Jane Wheeler, Oliver Thomas Wheeler, Kiera Martha Marion Wiggins, Connor Jacob Wilkinson, Rebecca Williams, Connor Williamson, Rebecca Williamson, Grace Sophia Wren.

Bachelor of Laws (Senior Status) in Law

Anita Rebecca Devakumar, Laura Ellis, Anne Marie Carmela Harrison, Ramzia Khulmi, Matteo Maciel, Rachelle Evelyn Schierer, Gajani Sriragavan, Ruby Moufid Temraz.

Bachelor of Laws (with a year abroad)

Emily Beatrice Morris, Sophie Newman, Thomas Paul Nickson,

Management

Doctor of Philosophy in Management

Mazen Abdulrahman M Alzamel, Nur Suhaili Binti Ramli, Andrew Kyle McFaull, Salome Ufoma Osia, Mohammad Ali Wasim.

Master of Arts in Management

Sarah Mohammed Al-Fawzan.

Master of Science in Global Marketing

Lisseth Inza Flores.

Bachelor of Arts in Management

Henry Jones Awuku Aboagye, Hira Bashir, Dayle Lewis Sidney Bryce, Kwan Yi Cheung, Benjamen Chilton, Inki Cho, Grace Isabella Collins, Mark Daniel Collins, Mauro Joaquim Filipe, Alasdair Fox, Kinga Claudia Kardos, Kwan Yeung Lau, Jiayi Li, Amar Gobind Singh Liddar, Daniel James Norman, Katie Peacock, Rebecca Pearson, Alimatou Sallah, Qi Shen, Conor Smith, Liam Smith, Michaela Lauren Taplin, Matthew Tharme, The Vu Vuong, Shcoma Marillion Walsh, Ryan Wilson, Ling Yao, Minhan Zhao.

Bachelor of Arts in Management (with a year in industry)

Silvia Albino, Amy Hulse-Lander, Tobias Kelly, Joseph Kimbling, Arhan Naidoo, Alicia Shepherd.

Bachelor of Science in Accounting, Business Finance and Management

Jonathan Akinrinwa, Adam John Berryman, Rachael Ochukeme Binitie, Sally Booth, James Henry Bourne, Thomas James Broderick, Lauren Bethany Rebecca Burt, Chun Yiu Chau, Biqing Chen, Jie Chen, Liao Chen, Xuanye Chen, Yingying Chen, Chirstine Chui Shey Xuan, Jack Collins, David James Cook, William Cotter, Gwyn Ryan Davies, Dongze Du, Wing Yan Fan, Penelopy Fitzpatrick, Ben Froughi, George Goldsmith, Eleanor Elizabeth Gorringe, Joseph Gould, Oliver Graham Smith, Kevin Hartono, Rui Hou, Siti Humaira Binti Idrus, Connor Andrew Nathan Jewsbury, Thomas Jobling, Sebastian Kwong, Arunpal Hazara Singh Leyhal, Ge Li, Yinglun Li, Zhengli Lin, Qianyu Lu, Alexander Machen, Ross MacKay, Ethan Main, Ioan-Vlad Miftodi, Osman Mirza, Zhenhui Nie, Vithushan Nithiyananthan, Sagar Pandit, Prasham Janak Patel, Elisabeth Jeune Peck, Ziwei Pei, Sophie Penny, Tariq Perera, Setshego Kebuile Phuti, Nikhil Pillai, Dimple Raval, Claudia Sadde, Alexander John Sandham, Bethany Shail, Rahul Raja Sharma, Joseph Howard Shaw, Stefan Sivenov, Cherise Amber Tiara Stanley, William John Stenhouse, Matthew Oliver Stephens, Qianwen Sun, Wai Nga Sze, Sameena Taib, Lauren Teale, Dale Tomlinson, Katrin Vain, Xuanqi Wang, Nicholas Watson, James Lewis Winship, Jack David Wiseman, Jingyi Xu, Kailun Xu, Miao Xu, Kaiqi Yang, Li Yang, Dongmei Yu, Tao Zhang, Zhaorui Zhu.

Bachelor of Science in Accounting, Business Finance and Management (with a year in industry)

Benjamin Hisham Al-Shaikh, Chinonyem Amajuoyi, Imran Awan, Ben James Batley, Robert Vincent Bowen, Zeling Chen, Jamie Colman, Alexandra Daisy Darrington, Emily Ann Dean, Anna Doherty, Matthew Edwards, Jack William Featherstone, James Edward Gillie, Octavia Hackett Watson, Rachel Naomi Hart, Samridh Lakhanpal, Ashley Langton, Jing Liu, Xuefeng Liu, Pearse McAteer, Roderick McLean, Emilia Veselinova Miteva, Holly Morris, Liam Anthony Nicholls, Katherine Phillips, Thomas Rillstone, Amaan Sadiq, Hafsa Zeb Sadiq, Dhara Seth, Abby Paige Underwood, Selina Westrup, Edward Wright.

Bachelor of Science in Management

Melina Bentivoglio, Linyuan Chen, Charles Robert Chester, Yi Feng, Lia Sophie Ignatowicz, Magda Noureddine, Roberto Olivieri, Xueting Qu, Tara Jignesh Sangani, Adam Southern, Kimble Stuckey, Johnny Chun Yin Yik.

Bachelor of Science in Management (with a year in industry)

Alexander James Jones, Benjamin Yiu Yeung Lau, Callum Ashley Slinger.

Bachelor of Science

Rui Wang, Harry Weir.

Mathematics

Doctor of Philosophy in Mathematics

Umberto Lupo.

Master of Science (by research) in Mathematics

Leong En Ci Nicol, Christopher Richard Smith.

Master of Science in Financial Engineering

Qinyan Chen, Bingnan Dong.

Master of Science in Mathematical Finance

Adrian Alison d’Auvergne, Rene Karlheinz Förtsch.

Master of Mathematics in Mathematics

Luke Armitage, Elliott Mark Ball, Alexander Batteson, Guy Beavis, Sophie Lisa Marie Collerton, Charles Dunning, Bethany Ann Elliott, Joshua Dale Elliott, Stanley Hider, Anthony Hoang, Lawrence David Lee, Benjamin Matthew, Ian Kioko Maweu, Brent McCormick, Finnian Munro, Timothy Norman, Vanessa Kate Owen, Peter John Phillips, Christian John Donald Porter, Jack Steven Cartwright Revill, Rebecca Esther Rumney, Thomas Peter Scott, Matthew Shenton, Yukinori Shiroo, James Simpson, Euan Thomas Smithers, Benjamin Mark Stratford, Daniel John Swift, Chandni Tailor, Kyle Ward, Rebekah Wells, Jessica Whittaker-Dixon, Jason Andrew Louis Wood.

Master of Mathematics in Mathematics and Computer Science

Nathan Van Doorn.

Master of Mathematics in Mathematics and Computer Science (with a year in industry)

Andrew Derek Lister.

Master of Mathematics in Mathematics and Physics

Edmund Alexander Dable-Heath, Agnieszka Lewandowska, Curtis Prior.

Master of Physics in Mathematics and Physics

James Thomas Atkinson, George Richard Daly, Adam Donegani, Ella Fox-Widdows, Thomas Hall.

Bachelor of Arts in Linguistics and Mathematics

Ellen Churchill, Elisabeth Fritzsch, Joanna Kate Humble, April Trigg.

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and Mathematics

Andrea Bassich, Ross Coles, Marco Sebastian Linton, Sam Ruston, Jordan David Smith.

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and Mathematics (with a year in industry)

Michael David Clifford, George Thomas Hall, Tennessee Wallace Hickling, Thomas Richard Mean, James Miller, Charles Pigott, Zoe Walker.

Bachelor of Science in Economics and Mathematics

Hoi Ting Chan, Jacob Cutts, Amy Gia Buu Dai, Matthew John Alexander Dockray, Liam Gawne, Helen Jarvis, Ziyu Ling, Simrita Lota, Adam Paul McAuley, Jamie Robert Mellor, Max Palfreman, Alan Playford, Pavesh Sehmar, Haoxuan Zhang, Pei Zhou.

Bachelor of Science in Mathematics

Emily Beare, Grace Bellamy, Joshua Bew, Jack Paul Blakemore, Lucy Sarah Brown, Hannah Chester, Kadeem Clarke, Francesca Collier-Lawlor, Chloe Elizabeth Collins, Samuel Brady Considine, Maya Hannah Odette Devonald, Ye Diao, Hongxi Ding, Flinn Dolman, Jade Louise Elliott, Samantha Emerson, William John Phipps Ford, Ryan Lee Glasspool, Taylor Gordon, Hannah Hall, Thomas Bradshaw Harrison-Walke, Yi He, Lauren Gillespie Hopkinson, Benjamin Ellis Hoyle, Philip Samuel Hutchinson, Jake Iveson, Jordan Kotwica, Balint Kulcsar, Bethany Sapphire Frederica Laws, Rachel Kathryn Leonard, Alex Littlewood, Emily Jane Lord, Caitlin Ann Maddrell, Jane Emily Ciara McRedmond, Jack Daniel Moyler, Alexander Gert Ooms, Alexandra-Athina Paivana, Emily Catherine Rose Palmer, Krishini Patel, Jamie Elizabeth Paterson, Luke David Quigley, Ellis Raine, Grace Randall, Amy Rayner, Matthew Robinson, Safia Fatima Sagaiar, Tara Sankhalpara, Paul Scull, Benjamen Simon, Zilan Roderick Song, Stephen Peter Sutherland, Damini Tailor, Emily Taylor, Jack Samuel William Taylor, Jelita Sophia Turner, Man Wang, Amelia Jane Waters, Alexander Waudby, Louise Victoria Waudby, Luke Henry Webb, Liam Matthew James White, Charlotte Lauren Whiting, Harley Wilkes, Elliott Williams, William Joshua James Wilson, Charlie Wing, Chi Ho Wong, Alistair Wright, Pingchuan Yi, Yue Yu, Moeez Zaman.

Bachelor of Science in Mathematics (with a year in Europe)

Shahzada Raees Iqbal Gillani, Silvia Marina Rampton.

Bachelor of Science in Mathematics and Finance

Daniel John Corless, Rhyarna Jade Iley, Adeola Otubusen, Bingyu Wang.

Bachelor of Science in Mathematics and Philosophy

Chantelle Elizabeth Edwards.

Bachelor of Science in Mathematics and Physics

Thomas Brook, Michael Graham Faulkner, Chloe Louise Hill, Simran Kaur Jodha, Harry York Oakley, Jessica Storey, Antonio Valladares Hodder.

Bachelor of Science in Mathematics and Statistics

Robin Bolt, Scott Dylan Campbell, Lorena Ana Maria Cirneanu, James Dawkins, Louis Lyle, Fraser Wilcox.

Bachelor of Science

Nathan James Derek Bell, Harry Bentley, Jacob Burdon, Ashley Greaves, Alice Le Mero, Holly Annabelle Slater, William Francis Antoh Kwamina Thomas-Sam.