HUNDREDS of proud students received their degrees at ceremonies at the University of York.

Postgraduates received their masters and doctorates at three ceremonies which took place on Saturday in the university’s Central Hall, on the Heslington campus.


Department of Health Sciences

Doctor of Philosophy in Health Sciences: Sylvia Schroer, Xiaosi Wang.

Master of Science in Evidence-Based Practice: Sarah Jane Robinson.

Master of Science in Diabetes Care: Sarah Jane Veitch.

Master of Science in Health Sciences: Kimberley Frances Cann.

Master of Science in Health Sciences (Diabetes Care): Ghassan Ahmed Hamad, Sridevi Kakarlapudi.

Master of Science in Health Sciences (International Health): Timothy Boddice.

Master of Science in Health Sciences (Mental Health – Primary Care Mental Health): Sally Louise Clarke, Zara Anne Samad.

Master of Science in Health Sciences (Population Health): Rachel Trees.

Master of Science in Health Services Research: Hannah Ainsworth, Sarah Michelle Baker, Emily Sarah Bland, Ruth Ellen Foxlee, James Rogers.

Master of Science in Mental Health Care (Primary Care Mental Health): Melanie Cherise Crewe, Erin Elizabeth Graham.

Master of Science in Nursing: Laura Helen Crooks, Jean Annie Scopes.

Master of Science in Population Health: Victoria Louise Aylesbury.

Bachelor of Science in Evidence-Based Nursing Practice (Adult): Stevie Danielle Craig, Shelley Anne Harrison, Sarah Elizabeth Illingworth, Laura Prior, Julianna Maria Sharp, Ruth Victoria Walker, Katie Ann Warmington, Daniel Weegmann.

Bachelor of Science in Evidence-Based Nursing Practice (Child): Kelly Louise Caine, Alison Judith Foster, Donna Scaife.

Bachelor of Science in Evidence-Based Nursing Practice (Mental Health): Gemma Victoria Parrish.

Bachelor of Science in Health and Social Care Practice: Craig Allen Jones Doy, Molly Foster, Andrew Whitehead, Margaret Wright.

Bachelor of Science in Health and Social Care Practice (Child and Adolescent Mental Health): Andrew John Cruickshanks.

Bachelor of Science in Health and Social Care Practice (Psychosocial Interventions): Rachael Claire Blackwood, David James Joyce, Karl Senior, Louise Catherine Walker.

Bachelor of Science in Health Care Practice: Tracey Victoria Armstrong, Nicola Jayne Broadley, Nichola Claire Burdett, Lesley Anne Butterworth, Joan Hertha May Chapman, Laura Dodsworth, Helen Jeanette Gardner, Lorraine Pamela Gatenby, Karen I'Anson, Goldi Rani Rehan, Joanne Kathryn Wilkins, Gillian Anne Wilson, Nora Landicho Youngs.

Bachelor of Science in Health Care Practice (Autonomous Practitioner): Julia Gail Freeland, Catherine Trodden.

Bachelor of Science in Health Care Practice (Child and Adolescent Mental Health): Lynn Elizabeth Topliss.

Bachelor of Science in Health Care Practice (Diabetes Specialist Nursing): Susan Barbara Corner, Christine Annette Hayton, Cheryl Margaret Houlton, Elizabeth Anne Reed, Kathleen Mary Troop.

Bachelor of Science in Health Care Practice (Reproductive Sexual Health): Penelope Anne Hepplestone, Alison Ruth Wood.

Diploma of Higher Education in Nursing (Adult): Michael Antony Allsop, Claire Anderson, Claire Marie Bartlett, Amanda Blackburn, Rebecca Ann Blythe, Georgina Elizabeth Boyle, Leanne Marie Bramley, Diana Marion Coutts, Emily Elizabeth Crampton, Allan Malcolm Daglish, Simon Richard East, Claire Louise Farndale, Sarah Elizabeth Gooding, Mevlude Haradinaj, Kelly Joanne Hardy, Amanda Hart, Victoria Louise Haughton, Rebecca Emily Howells, Laura Elizabeth Howitt, Hannah Vilma Humphreys, Tina Louise Jones, Christine Ann Jordan, Audra Klaire Lightowler, Faye Caroline Miller, Louise Naylor, Lisa Newsome, Elvira Obrinja, Claire Louise Oliver, Gemma Louise Peacock, Katrina Jayne Pierce, Karen Lesley Puleston, Angela Richardson, Holly Ann Salter, Karen Thompson, Laura Louise Tymon, Victoria Jane Wood, Lisa Wright.

Diploma of Higher Education in Nursing (Learning Disability): Frances Brady, Rebecca Chlebo, Diana Eager, Jacqueline Higgins, Lindsey Hoather, Delia Moore, Diane June Reese, Jason Mark Spence, Megan Jay Williams.

Diploma of Higher Education in Nursing (Mental Health): Victoria Michelle Barnes, Joanna Louise Cowley, Emma Derbicz, Amanda Lee Gibson, Kate Rebecca Godden, Joseph Benjamin Hill, Sammy McLiroy Holmes, Emma Kettlestring, Eiellen Mangami, Christopher Owen McDonald, Louise Murray.

Diploma of Higher Education in Nursing (Child): Richard Francis Bryer, Kerry Rebecca Huckins, Katherine Sarah Moses, Julie Elizabeth Scott.

Diploma of Higher Education in Nursing Studies (Adult): Caroline Nicola Cashon, Jacqueline Ann Dickinson, Ellen Flynn, Amanda Jane Hewitt.

Diploma of Higher Education in Nursing Studies (Mental Health): Mark Field-Gibson.

Diploma of Higher Education in Applied Midwifery Studies: Gillian Frances Clemit, Kathryn Mary Louise McClune.

Diploma of Higher Education in Health and Social Care Practice: Frances Joyce Catton, Victoria Jane Clancey, Maria Lorna Frances Flinton, Freedom Bridget Nwokedi, Angela Shaw.

Diploma of Higher Education in Health and Social Care Practice (Child and Adolescent Mental Health): Nicol Lowrie.

Diploma of Higher Education in Health and Social Care Practice (Psychosocial Interventions): Alexandra Hatfield.

Diploma of Higher Education in Health Care Practice (Child and Adolescent Mental Health): Helen Angela Rowles.

Department of History

Doctor of Philosophy in History: Lisa Benz, Grainne Goodwin, Barbara Lynn Gribling, Kimberley Jayne Hackett, Michael Hubbard MacKay.

Master of Arts (by research) in Railway Studies: Anne Mallery, David Jonathan Rounce.

Master of Arts in Early Modern History: Lisa Power, Martha Fay Stoneham, Jessica Young.

Master of Arts in History and Politics (Popular Movements): Helen Marie Knox.

Master of Arts in Medieval History: Peter Max Brugger, Philip Stephen Cothay, Andreas Kjeldsen, Caitlin Mariah O’Grady, Daniel Michael Seal, Benjamin Daniel Wilkins.

Master of Arts in Modern History: Neil Simon Adams, Oliver Betts, Anna Bocking-Welch, Mark Nicholas Dunning, David Furfie Pickup, Helen Rajabi, Anthony Charles Douglas Venus, Patrick Vitalone.

Master of Arts in Renaissance and Early Modern Studies: Tristan Bottom, Soo Hyun Chung, Sarah Kathryn Clark, Matthew Hunter, Helen Iles, Kimberly McDowell, Emilie Murphy, Thomas John Palmer, Amy Frances Pitts.

Department of History of Art

Doctor of Philosophy in History of Art: Charlotte Tanner Poulton.

Master of Arts in History of Art: Michelle Allen, Aya Yvonne Alphs, Katherine Jillian Brown, Sophie Luisa Carney, John Edward Frederick Carrington, Elizabeth Anne Corley, Ian Thomas Darlington, Claire Emily Esther Dickson, Aikaterini Georgoulia, Melissa Sara Herman, Lucinda Abigail Lax, Elizabeth Massa-Macleod, Dorothy Arkell Nott, Anette Regine Nuebel, Sarah Catherine Pelham, Melanie Joy Routledge, Ruth Alice Salmon, Jessica Shepherd, Lindsey Marie Smith, Robin Irene Sudbury, Alexandra Chloe Wilkinson, Sean Robert Willcock.

Department of Language and Linguistic Science

Doctor of Philosophy in Linguistics: Marianna Kaimaki.

Master of Arts (by research) in Linguistics: Christopher Ian Edward Barrow, William Harwood.

Master of Arts in Linguistics: Majed Alturki, Kyle Day, Jennifer Ann Dunn, Helen Elizabeth Nuttall.

Master of Arts in Psycholinguistics: Man Ki Theodora Lee.

Master of Science in Forensic Speech Science: Nathan Atkinson, Julia Alicia Backelin Forsberg, Erica Ashley Gold, Keri Jens, Christin Kirchhubel, Burcu Onder, Richard William Rhodes, Jennifer Lynn Ross, Paula Elizabeth Sochanik, Joseph Franciscus Maria Vermeulen, Katherine Wicker, Kim Wilson, Qingqing Yang.

Bachelor of Arts in German and Linguistics (with a year in Europe): Vincent Stephen Hughes.

Department of Mathematics

Doctor of Philosophy in Mathematics: Jeremy Patrick Coe, Paul Melvin.

Master of Philosophy in Mathematics: Joseph John Hilling.

Master of Research in Mathematics in the Living Environment: Simon Anthony Croft, Matthew Thomas Ferguson, Mark Daniel Platts, Hannah Smith, Michael Taylor, Simon Jan Van Gennip.

Master of Science in Chemoinformatics: Anna Louise Duncan, Emily Hannah Muir.

Master of Science in Mathematical Finance: Valentina Alexandraki, Cisem Bektur, Lini Cao, Bowei Chen, Hui Peng Chen, Lu Chen, Jonathan Che Tin Choi, Steven Marc Eyre, Jie Gao, Shensi Hu, Yinxue Jiang, Gregory Stuart Kisala, Kirsty Amanda Lake, Liang Li, Liangliang Liang, Tuo Liu, Xiao Liu, Zhe Ma, Wen Ni, Si Min Rao, Richard Kershaw Stapleton, David Ritchie Thomson, Roberta Velykiene, Anzhou Wu, Qinglin Xuan, Wenli Yang, Lihan Zhao, Bin Zheng, Liuwei Zhou, Xian Zhou.

Master of Science in Mathematics with Modern Applications: Sarah Elizabeth Davies, Dhruv Sethi, David Slade.

Bachelor of Science in Mathematics: John Patrick Sutton.

Bachelor of Science in Mathematics and Physics: Qisheng Xie.

Department of Music

Doctor of Philosophy in Music: Abhay Adhikari, George Christofi, Daniel John Edgar, Christopher Brian Macklin, Judith Ring.

Master of Arts in Community Music: Anna Jayne Lacy, Julie Payne, Richard John Sowden, Sally Frear Wilson, Kumiko Yabu.

Master of Arts in Music: Graham Troeger Bier, Robin Terrill Bier, Peyee Chen, Benjamin Kenneth James Gait, Emma Catherine Lake, Emily McGregor, Eleanor Rose Midgley, Anna Clare Page, James Raphael Francis Richards, Rebecca Mary Thumpston, Timothy Andrew John Wells, Gavin David Whitworth.

Department of Philosophy

Doctor of Philosophy in Philosophy: Elaine Horner.

Master of Arts (by research) in Philosophy: Thomas William McClelland.

Master of Arts in Philosophy: Christopher Michael Brand, Maria Gaia Janssens, Rosie Ann Palmer, James Steven Anthony Riding, Dominic Shaw.

Master of Arts in Philosophy of Art and Literature: Nicholas Letendre Brown, Rebecca Anne Carlisle, Ka Shun Chan, Christopher Godfree-Morrell, Sean Henderson, Rutapol Petchbordee, Emma Jane South, Despoina Stamataki, Weijia Wang.

Master of Arts in Practical Ethics: Bioethics, the Environment and the Foundations of Law: Ellen Suzette Chisman, Hossein Godazgar, John William Hills, Alistair Spink, Shuang Zhao.

Department of Physics

Doctor of Philosophy in Physics: Nizar Ben Ayed, Matthew Raymond Farrow, Thomas Edwin Hodgson, Natalia Kazantseva, John Nicolas Edward McGrath, Paul David Mumby-Croft, Mykhaylo Reshko, Tomas Stanton.

Department of Politics

Doctor of Philosophy in Politics: Hongxia Chai, Toby Samuel James.

Doctor of Philosophy in Post-war Recovery Studies: Jihwan Jeon, Shipra Suri.

Master of Arts in Applied Human Rights: Elizabeth Jill Bellamy, Cansu Bilgic, Dominique Emmanuelle Pascale Curis, Stoyan Dimitrov Georgiev, Celia Hodgson, Zhong Huang, Ann Charlott Karlsen, Agnieszka Maria Osina, Sandy Perez, Heather Nicole Pettican, Jillian Smith, Jouna Aurora Ukkonen, Rosanne Kathleen White, Thomas White, Megan Williams.

Master of Arts in Comparative Politics: Nathan Crompton, Nozomu Matsumura, Yu Ri Tai.

Master of Arts in Conflict, Governance and Development: Ruth Wallis Georgina Arnold, Adriana Elizabeth Baranda Chavez, Jenny Gladwell, Patricia Ann McNamara, Yuki Yoshida, Wei Zhou.

Master of Arts in International Human Rights Law: Human Rights and Conflict: Max Gillespie.

Master of Arts in Political Philosophy: Tsuyoshi Maruyama, Tom Peter Gwion Sims, Michael Woods.

Master of Arts in Political Philosophy (The Idea of Toleration): Francis Calvert Boorman, Calum Davison, Ashley Harriman Dodsworth, Luke John Ebbs, Akiko Geshi, Eleanor Greenwood, Adam William Harrington, Thomas George Taberner Mills, Sarah Elizabeth Milne, Kim Redgrave, Marko Simendic, Gregory Tibbs, Matthew John Underwood, Laura Elise Williams, David Andrew Worsley.

Master of Arts in Post-war Recovery Studies: Roohul Amin, Makhsud Aripov, Roderick Besseling, Christiana Jean Cannell, Shin-Myoung Choi, Charlotte Shu Han Chung, Tuomi-Tuulia Ervasti, Simon Farrell, Dominic Samuel Fritz, Thomas Paul Fuller, Pietro Carlo Galli, Michael Morton Gillespie, Edward William Hobey-Hamsher, Thomas Frederick John Kaye, Alexandra Lewis, Sarah Lupu, Christopher Adam Paton Maclay, Marco Sean McAllister, Mark Liam McGuinness, Gulru Nabieva, Laura Susan Plested, Benjamin David Pointing, Natasha Alice Price, Laura Elizabeth Purves, Nicola Emma Pyatt, Aoife Reaper-Reynolds, Osamu Sato, Rebecca Kate Thorne, Samuel Turner, Mohammad Wahdat Wassel.

Master of Arts in Public Administration and Public Policy: Artur Akhmetov, James Creed, Christopher Leslie Jones, Anna Catherine Perrett, Mari Tunby.

Master of Public Administration in Public Administration: Aiman Issikesheva, Kaisar Kopish, Alexandre Leandro Uchôa Siqueira Campos, Bob Raini Rambli, Feng Yan Shi, Yasunari Ueno, Eleftherios Xenakis, Xue Yang.

Master of Public Administration in Public Administration - International Development: Takeshi Ariie, Supatra Kitjunlajarit, Ithikorn Tritasavit, Kai Wang

Department of Politics, Economics and Philosophy

Master of Arts in Philosophy, Politics and Economics: Thomas Robert Grunwell, Laura McCaffrey, Luís Carlos Rodrigues, Isaac Leo Taylor.

Master of Arts in Philosophy, Politics and Economics: Economics and Development: Dana Al-Fakir, Shanna-Marijke Hagen, Orachat Sungkhamanee, Veronica Maria Webster.

Master of Arts in Philosophy, Politics and Economics: Economics and Philosophy: Andrew Padraig Boland, Lauren Kate Oldham.

Master of Arts in Philosophy, Politics and Economics: Economics and Politics: Anna Elizabeth Johnson.

Master of Arts in Philosophy, Politics and Economics: Philosophy and Public Affairs: James William Christensen.

Master of Arts in Philosophy, Politics and Economics: Political Economy: Simon Christian Wentworth, Weili Zhang.

Master of Arts in Philosophy, Politics and Economics: Politics and Development: Tawab Alami, Darius John Bluck, Daniel Patrick Neilon, Dean Anthony Vaz, Wei Wei.

Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy, Politics and Economics: Akmal Dzhalilov.

Department of Psychology

Doctor of Philosophy in Psychology: Gregory George Hale, Laura Christine Lee.

Master of Philosophy in Psychology: Anna Ruth Jordan.

Master of Research in Psychology: Anwar Alejandro Dominguez, Paul Mark Hopwood, Ya Mi, Yue Yue.

Master of Science in Applied Forensic Psychology: Sally Ann Barlow, Catherine Rebecca Bell, Isabel Charlotte Boucher, Lauren Natalie Buddery, Michelle Carr, Emma Elizabeth Close, Jemma Cormack, Stephen Alan Gregory Davison, Ciara Louise Doherty, Xin Du, Lucinda Charlotte Flinn, Sithy Laura Haddow, Julia Heselton, Claire Hicking, Elizabeth Marie Horseman, Deborah Horwood, Flora Fitzalan Howard, Styliani Karapa, Danielle McDermott, Sarah Anne Miller, Laura Katherine Moran, Lucy Ann Morris, Naomi Ruth Robson, Sophie Laura Thomas, .Emma-Jayne Walker, Gemma Louise Watson, Jilin Zhao.

Master of Science in Cognitive Neuroscience: Sumyah Abdullah Alnajashi, Nicholas Edward Francis Arthur, Rebecca Áilish Atkinson, Thomas Oliver Dixon, Ajay Devshi Halai, Samyogita Hardikar, Gemma Hutchinson, Caroline Mary Gardner Jennings, Dan Jiang, Marie Kirk, Panagiotis Kovanis, Kyriaki Mikellidou, Katherine Newling, Jamie Patrick O'Sullivan, Emma Pagett, Anastasia Pavlidou, Yi Wen Tan, Ruihong Tang, Jennifer Victoria Wathan, Ke Zhang.

Master of Science in Cognitive Neuroscience (1+3): Gina Frances Humphreys.

Master of Science in Forensic Psychology Studies: Flora Wing Tung Tang.

Master of Science in Reading, Language and Cognition: Olga Alexatou, Ioanna Alexopoulou, Nefeli Georgouli, Sh Suryani Malai Hj Abdullah, Alexandra Marie Petrou, Josie Rebecca Schiffeldrin, Anastasia Tsogka.

Department of Social Policy and Social Work

Doctor of Philosophy in Social Policy and Social Work: Anita Franklin, John Holmes, Jin-Yong Wang.

Master of Arts in Comparative and International Social Policy: Andrew Godfrey, Rehema Mustafa Mkulo.

Master of Arts in Non-Directive Play Therapy: Shani Vanessa Blumenfeld, Emily Ann Carrick, Berdina Gail Davis, Eva Fitzgerald, Rosemary Catherine Anne MacHale, Wendy Susan Sanders, Noreen Felicia Simpson.

Master of Arts in Policy, Management and Government: Anna-Marie Alderson, Michelle Alton, Lynda Brookhouse, Jayne Lynn Collins, Caroline Lorna Hicks, Lloyd Hills, Sarah Hinchliffe, Nicola Jane Hodgson, Ben Johnson, Fiona Jane MacDougall, Christine Massey, Andrew Peter McClure, Angela Mockler, Sharon O'Connor, Sharon Anne Paine, Catherine Mary Riordan, Marie Savage, Gillian Margaret Frances Standen, Dominic Whowell, Naomi Victoria Wright.

Master of Arts in Public Policy and Management: Meskerem Lemma Ashagrie, Louise Caroline Atkinson, Sandra Azzopardi, Adebayo Fayoyin, Andrew James Fern, Poh San Kelvin Hoo, Po Yi Leung, Lynn McNaught, David Rowland, Anne Toms, Mariella Vella.

Master of Arts in Social Policy: Eun Suk Jun, Saltanat Kazangapova, Rachel Anna Laurence, Zhanel Shokanbayeva.

Master of Arts in Social Work: Emma Louise Coxon.

Master of Public Administration in Public Administration: Zain Amarshi, Natalya Leonidovna Klimenko, Gillian Rachel Olaaka.

Master of Research in Social Policy: Kate Gridley, Rachel Louise Hope, Oliver Thomas Jackson, Ke Zhang.

Bachelor of Arts in Social Work: Gemma Adele Hewitt.

Department of Sociology

Doctor of Philosophy in Communication Studies: Olubunmi Lana.

Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology: Conor Merrick Williams Douglas, Hannah Elizabeth Gilbert, Jean-Baptiste Gouyon, Maria Eugenia Rodrigues.

Master of Arts in Social Research: Rachael Ann Chowings, Sarah Louise Clark, Michael James Ellis, Simon George Sigfrid Franzen, Charlotte Amber Goss, Kimberly Jamie, Radim Kamenik, Robert Kazimierowicz, Sarah Metcalfe, Alexander David Rushforth, Jennifer Anne Underhill, Catherine Amy Wood, Xulei Xu.

Master of Arts in Social Research: Triona Fitton.

Master of Science in Social Informatics and Management: Xin Huang, Mahesh Harikishan Khilnani, Mathew Waller.

Bachelor of Arts in Sociology: Pavel Konstantinov, Clare-Marie Phillippa Reynolds.

Department of Theatre, Film and Television

Master of Arts in Cinema, Television and Society: Anne Akers, Jamie Austin, Xiao Zhou Jing, Brett Walker.

Master of Arts in Postproduction with Specialisation in Visual Effects: Anna Catherine Drake, Eleanna Gouvra, Benjamin James Grimes, Philip Michael Lester, Kestutis Reveltas, Yang Yang.

Master of Arts in Theatre: Writing, Directing and Performance: Cecily Rose Alice Boys, Laura Emma Dickens, Michael Jude DiMuzio, Joanna Michelle Hawkins, Roxanna Daisy Klimaszewska, Afrodite Koulouridou, Katherine Eleanor Larsen, Eleanor New, Jess Walker, Sophie Keira Walsh-Harrington, Ed Wilson.

Master of Science in Postproduction with Specialisation in Sound Design: Tristan Harry Bowles, Grant Alexander James Studart.

Department of The York Management School

Doctor of Philosophy in Management: Claire Helen Lee, John Barry McCabe, Jenna Ward.

Master of Arts in Health Management: Alexios Tompoulidis.

Master of Science in Health Management: Hsin-Yi Wu.

Master of Arts in Human Resource Management: Ka Yin Kathy Fu, Effrosyni Kotsaga, Peili Li, Ina Helga Marianne Muenzinger, Narmin Rend, Nicola Sylvia Mary Shepherd, Lichao Wang, Wenjian Wu, Tengzi Xia, Lin Yang, Xiaolei Zhang.

Master of Arts in Management: Meina Chen, Yi-Chen Chen, Petr Cizek, Rachel Jayne Cooper, Malavika Devi Daggubati, Montira Egkunagul, Hong Wei Gao, Dong He, Qianyue He, Ming-Lun Hsieh, Wei Jin, Danuta Janina Kaczmarczyk, Konstantinos Karastamatis, Sung Jun Kim, Yuanyuan Ma, Georgia Mylona, William Poskett, Komal Sable, Fangrui Sun, Kai'Er Xing, Ping Xu.

Master of Arts in Management with Business Finance: Hong Yu.

Master of Science in Management with Business Finance: Martin Asenov, Wei-Chun Chen, Shuang Du, David James Foster, Angelos Fragkos, Jie Gao, Theodora Gkountouva, Dan Gu, Yinle He, Krzysztof Sebastian Jon, Shanshan Li, Tianying Li, Yiqiao Lin, Thi Hanh Nguyen, Yi Pan, Nikola Prudka, Sha Qiu, Fang She, Abhipreet Deepak Sheth, Kanika Sud, Khyati Thakkar, Ting-Fang Tsai, Luxia Wu, Jing Xu, Ran Yang, Yun Zhang, Yating Zheng, Tianyao Zou.

Master of Research in Management: Matthew Mount.

Master of Science in Corporate Social Responsibility with Environmental Management: Daniel Christopher Keane, Chima Iroegbu Ukoumunne.

Bachelor of Arts in Management: Steven Griffiths, Philip James Lynch, David Colin George Sharp.

Bachelor of Science in Accounting, Business Finance and Management: Siraj Arebi, Zeeshan Athar, Paul Hickling.