COMEDIAN Eddie Izzard joined hundreds of students collecting their degrees in York Minster yesterday.

In the first of three days of York St John University degree ceremonies at the city's cathedral the actor, writer, fundraiser and political activist was awarded his degree by the Archbishop of York, Dr John Sentamu.

The university said the honour was for his outstanding achievements as a comedian,

Eddie was awarded a Doctor of Letters (honoris causa) alongside fellow honorary graduand and former York St John University Vice Chancellor Professor Dianne Willcocks.

Prof Karen Stanton, the university's current Vice Chancellor, said: "We are delighted to be recognising Eddie’s achievements as a performer, his promotion of modern languages and his ability to promote tolerance by the award of an honorary degree.”

Tuesday's graduations:

School of Education

Postgraduate Certificate in Education

Primary (School Direct Route)

Yasmine Abulafia

Sobia Akram

Julieann Appleby

Katie Jane Ashcroft

Rachael Babar

Gregory Alexander Fred Baldwin

Laura Anne Barker

Catherine Barnes

Eleanor Blackley

Graham Brook

Anneka Sharon Brown

Olivia Brown

Abigail Jean Burnett

Joshua Childs

Hannah Siobhan Christine Davie

Lucy Gates

Laura Jane Gunn

Sophie Jennifer Harper

Louise Sarah Henderson

Megan Elizabeth Highfield

Olivia Hunwick

Alannah Jane Kelly

Sukvir Khela-Ralah

Amy Annette King

Lydia Isabelle Kirby

Adam Lodge

Shaun Andrew MacKenzie

Jody Marson

Katie Alice Maud

Emily McQuade

Melissa Roisin Meade

Chloe Louise Meehan

Kimberley Anne Middleton

Laura Mohan

Abigail Morte

Rebecca Anna Murphy

Joseph Raymond Myers

Amy Louise Noble

Andrew Olssen

Emily Parker

Jenna Pearcy

Gavin Mark Riches

George Robinson

Ainsleigh Alice Rowland

Rebecca Russell

Sarah Louise Sarvent

Katy Louise Scanlon

Jessica Faye Scarth

Daniel Simpson

Hannah Marie Spark

Lewis Stevens

Elizabeth Watt

Beth Weller

Rachel West

Adam Wilson

Lower Primary

Sophie Baker

Danielle Bateman

Susan Kay None Brooksbank

Elizabeth Craigen

Francesca Gilbey

Amy Goodby

Chloe Graham

Tracy-Ann Heessen

Grace Hill

Elizabeth Anne Keeting

Karen Mary Loseby

Charlotte Lowndes

Claire Mather

Donna McMahon

Kathryn Jane Morris

Abbie Leigh Ramskill

Caitlin Jayne Rush

Emma Smith

Hannah Louise Sutcliffe

Bethany Yule

Upper Primary

Cecilia Bidie

Nicola Bodill

Hannah Buck

Polly Rose Yorke Burgess

Julietta Kimberley Burrows

Gary Craig Chipchase

Emily Jessica Collins

Emma Frances Elizabeth Corrin

Isabelle Amy Donnison

Teri Edwards

Eleanor Gilligan

Laura Kate Gledhill Cortes

Victoria Sarah Hazel Harrison

Emma Jade Hicking

Stephanie House

Leigh Margaret Hunt

Maxime Henri Benjamin Knighton

James Michael Law

Nathan Marc Matthews

Leanda Felicity Emily Moss

Roxanne O'Rourke

Oliver James Sigsworth

Olivia Isabelle Stroobants

India Tordoff

Rachel Karen Williamson

Secondary Chemistry (School Direct Route)

Jeremy Simon Freeman

Thomas Norwood

Sophie Elizabeth Snowdon

Secondary Computer Science (School Direct Route)

Daniel Darren Turnes

Secondary Drama (School Direct Route)

Rebecca Susan Hutt

Secondary English (School Direct Route)

Zoe Louise Adams

Anna Benson

Caroline Clark

Emma Louise Milligan

Jessica Seale

Megan Taaffe

Megan Thorne

Secondary Geography (School Direct Route)

Catherine Lord

Ben Newbery

Secondary History (School Direct Route)

Charlie Green

Rosalie Read

Secondary Music (School Direct Route)

Lily Kerbey

Sophie McDonnell

Angus David Charles Williams

Secondary Physical Education (School Direct Route)

Dominic Richard Burnett

Secondary Religious Education

Joseph Taron Bower

Julia Mary June Duffy

James Fletcher

Michael Andrew Hainsworth

Graduate Diploma in Education

Primary (School Direct Route)

Poppy Jo Duncan

Faye Johnson

Ashley Jane Tierney

Secondary Education: Music (School Direct Route)

Jake Dalton

Secondary Education: Physical Education (School Direct Route)

James Steven Berridge

Bachelor of Arts

Primary Education (Lower Primary)

Rebecca Kate Andrew

Victoria Jayne Arnold

Georgina Meredith Brown

Georgia Burns

Laura Jane Drake

Alfred Liam Eke

Courtney Amy Fairburn

Lucy Rebekah Flood

Emma Green

Charlotte Jane Hardwidge

Emily Grace Harrison

Olivia Sophie Heyes

Rachel Ann Hunt

Sally Gwendolyn Jones

Beth Christy Lonsdale

Maisie-Jane Mallon

Amy Martin-Mills

Hollie Marie Nelson

Lucy Marie Rhodes

Charlotte Slater

Molly Janine Smith

Georgia Stansfield

Charlotte Emily Stead

Charlotte Sophia Turton

Amy Windsor

Primary Education (Upper Primary)

Robyna Nicole Akram

Charlotte Allen

Emily Louise Arnold

Ellenor May Baldwin

Gemma Barnes

Harriet Louise Beaumont

Lily Mary Blackburn

William Andrew Bosanquet

Olivia Jane Brierley

Laura May Brown

Eliza Kate Buckley

Amy Elizabeth Burnitt

Emily Grace Castledine

Samuel Cheek

Francesca Ella-Rose Chiappe

Paige Lauren Ciarla - Nunn

Charlotte Paige Clayton

Tom Colville

Lydia Kate Common

Katy Connelly

Luis Ellen Crooks

Elle Louise Croxford

Hollie Davis

Ellen Davison

Vinny Essa Dawson

Olivia Dearden

Rosie Delaney-Moore

Sophie Dent

Jessica May Drinkall

Rebecca Jane Earl

Katherine Anne Earle

Liam David Forster

Tarronn Frampton-Clarke

Lucy Katherine Golland

Courtney Elizabeth Gore

Lucy Elizabeth Hall

Emma Halliday

Lucy Jane Hamer

Rebekah Louise Hammersley

Joshua James Hammond

Kayleigh Hannan

Marie Hayton

Alison Beth Hemsley

Thomas Hewitt

Sarah Jayne Hoggart

Ella Hollingworth

Melissa Hayley Jenkinson

Claire Elizabeth Juden

Hannah Claire Kemp

Ella Laden

Emily Louise Lambert

Amelia Rose Marshall

Daniel Thomas Snowden Marshall

Lorna Grace Maxwell

Zara Alexandra Midwood

Sarah Helen Miles

Alex Millar

Laura Beth Mitchinson

Abby Lauren Morris-Simpson

Mollie Caitlan Palmer

Samantha Danielle Pearson

William Michael Perkins

Brogan Sasha Pollitt

Eleanor Ann Price

Chloe Jennifer Purves

Katie Louise Ramsell-Smith

Bryony Denise Rathmell

Ellie Rhodes-Burke

Elizabeth Grace Linton Richards

Hannah Louise Robson

Zoe Beth Ryan

Rebecca Jayne Sadler

Emma Jessica Sayce

Keesha-Louise Alyson Scott

Jessica Lauren Smales

Lola Rose Smith

Molly Ann Smith

Emma Louise Southward

Paige Alexandra Stewart

Felicity Rose Tanvir

Jessie Frances Twigger

Elizabeth Tyers

Kate Elizabeth Walsh

Nicole Walton

Leah Jade Ward

Lisa Kate Ward

Robert William West

Hannah Faye Whitehall

Rhiannon Josephine Whittleton

Daniel Peter Wildman

Jennifer Alexandra Wilson

Georgia Jade Wynn

Primary Education Studies

John William Duncan

Matthew Edward Jarvis

Lucy Jane Scott

Honorary Degree

Doctor of Education (honoris causa)

Dianne Willcocks CBE, DL

York St John University

Congregation for the Conferment of Degrees and Awards

Ceremony Two, Tuesday 20 November 2018, 2.15pm, York Minster

School of Education

Master of Arts

Education

Laura Faye Jones

Katherine Eleanor Parsons

David John Percival

Katy Jayne Pickersgill

Anne Elizabeth Robertson

Christopher Stuart Walker

Stephen James Whittaker

Education: Early Childhood

Janet Baker

Patricia Clare Bayfield

Charlotte Jane Hall

Michelle Amanda Yeoman

Education: Mentoring

Arinze Nwagwu

Bachelor of Arts

Development and Education of Children and Young People (Level 3 Entry)

Karla Jane Bishop-Loach

Emma Louise Dodds

Carol Ann Gayle

Angela Gilbert

John Andrew Hattam

Lisa Robinson

Daado Sanneh

Anna Jane Smith

Anna Louise Stockil

Rachel Elizabeth Stockil

Annette Ward

Alex William Whitlam

Robert Yates

Development and Education of Children and Young People: Early Years (Level 3 Entry)

Rachel Mary Hall

Children, Young People and Families

Eleanor Adams

Julie Arrowsmith

Joseph Stephen Austin

Amy Elizabeth Beaumont

Hannah Jordan Beetham

Katy Jane Bishop

Sophie Veronica Johnson Clark

Stephanie Victoria Crowe

Rebecca Louise Frizzell

Alice Megan Gale

Hayley Louise Goodall

Kimberley Hobbs

Amanda May Houseman

Wendi Hyde

Megan Siobhan Johnson

Sakhile Khanye

Claudia Kilmartin

Emma Louise Lee

Louise Adele Moss

Eloise Jade Peacock

Olivia Maureen Pittham

Layla Jayne Rainbow

Emily May Rawlin

Judith Sharon Robinson

Morgan Amber Rook

Laura Saving

Caitlin Victoria Scott

Rosie Judith Shackleton

Sophie Evangeline Simpson

Alice Louise Donna Taylor

Bethany Jayde Temperton

Sian Louise Walker

Mollie Welford

Wendy Wilson

Children, Young People and Families and Education Studies

Amelia Lucy Barker

Gemma Louise Hayes

Early Childhood Studies

Margaret Boggia

Katie Butler

Ruth Alice Charlton

Sing-Yee Chin

Niamh Maria Craggs

Katie Louise Dale

Toni Leigh Elliott

Jodie Louise Gilson

Rachel Amy Green

Emily Charlotte Amy Haines

Daisy Emma Jaques

Sarah Elizabeth Kelly

Kirstie Jade Leather

Annabel Marie Marshall

Georgia May Moody

Paige Ellen O'Connor

Vanessa Marie Okey

Beth Marie Page

Chantel Marie Parish-Gelder

Bethany Squires

Jenna Kaylan Tucker

Rebecca Lianne Walker

Education Studies

Lilli Broadbent

Bronwyn Megan Brown

Emily Victoria Cheesbrough

Clare-Louise Childs

Emma Clare Holden

Bethany Leigh Humphreys

Jennifer Elizabeth Hurst

Ashley Clifford Leivers

Georgina Mary Lunn

Peter William MacKie

Reece Joseph Milner

Helen Bernadette Veronica Newton

Naledi Sithakazelo Nkabinde

Liane Rushby

Gary Anthony James Selby

Saskia Small

Education Studies and English Language

Laura Alice Betts

Laura Anne Brown

Lily Mary Howden

Jessica Webb

Education Studies and English Literature

Dana Louise Buckby

Rachel Anna Granycome

Dawn Eleanor Harker

Tilly Louise Martin

Youth and Community Work

Rebecca Grace Ashby

Mariah Eve Barrie

Jessica May Bolam

Hannah Elizabeth Joy Crosby

Marketa Kocianova

Jane Bronte McPhail

Leah Amanda Rose Nicholson

Sarah Amy Peacock

Bethany Stockwell

Laura Emily Wright

Foundation Degree

Supporting Learning

Dean Dyble

Katie Marie Dyson

Victoria Louise Faley

Joseph Freer

Sophie Maria Jarvis

Christie Louise MacAuley

Zara Royle

Lynda Jane Swan

Working with Children and Young People

Natasha Atkins

Lauren Jo Boyne

Abigail Leah Constantine

Lyndsay Joanne Drumm

Stephanie Ann Dunn

Caitlin Elizabeth Edwards

Jade Garrard

Elisabeth Louise Graham-Bell

Happiness Isgate

Leanne Linda Kitching

Peter Manning

Kerri Martin

Philippa McGuigan

Jayne Nicola Rosamond

Hannah Claire Scott

Ann Marie Simpson

Michelle Tunmore

Kimberly Watson

Jenni Karen Williams

Georgia Paige Frances Wilson

School of Sport

Doctor of Philosophy

(University of Leeds)

Esmie Smith

Master of Science by Research

Michael Connor Grugan

Master of Science

Strength and Conditioning

Jack Hawkins

Thomas Christopher Lloyd

Boawe Kenneth Rankin

James Andrew Searle

Robert Francis Turner

Graeme Woodward

Bachelor of Arts

Physical Education and Youth Sport

Edward Bates

Samuel George Bell

Jack Brears

Natalie Ann Carr

Marek Zbigniew Czadowski

Shannon Rachel Davies

Liam Driscoll

Nicola Jane Gledhill

Hannah Elizabeth Green

Matthew James Green

Lori-Beth Hammond

Sebastian John Oliver Harvey

Nathan Andrew Hook

Billy Iggleden

Danielle Sarah Ingram

Lee Jefferson

Christopher Johnson

Mohammed Lubsir-Latif

Hannah Mary MacHin

Mitchell David Morse

Megan Amy Pritchard

Lewis Ritchie

Georgia-Mae Spencer

Ella Louise Street

Lois Molly Teal

Katie Thompson

Adam Daniel Tolley

Elizabeth Helen Tracey

Elliot Traves

Chelsea Louise Wyard

Sport Development and Coaching

Cameron Armstrong

Benjamin Andrew Martin

Owen Sloanes

Lewis Sparkes

Philip Peter Theobald

Thomas Thirlwell

Jake Harry Yates

Sport Studies

Joseph Dudill

Bachelor of Science

Nutrition and Exercise for Health

Jack Matthew Clifton

Julia Natalia Debska

Tristan Eaglen

Catherine Tegan Hanson

Daniel Luke Lemon

Peter Million

Tafadzwa Murangari

Robert James Rae

Lauren Kate Webster

Sport Coaching

Liam John Giles

Patrick John Henry Hyams

Stephanie Lauren Jackson

Joshua Michael Lowe

Dan Pearson

James Pogue

Erin Nicole Sorton

Joseph Alexander Stevenson

Ross David James Wilkie

Ryan Woodhead

Sport and Exercise Science

Devon Ferne Lidbury

Casey Thompson

Sports Science and Injury Rehabilitation

Hannah Louise Ainge

Marcus John Bell

Hanz Carlyle Besitan

Eleanor Booth

Oliver Edward Borwell

Charlie Briggs

Zoe Buckingham

Megan Olivia Burgin

Matthew Colin Carter

Daniel Terence Cook

Jessica Amy Cooke

Lucy Anna Cookson

Edward Curry

Joshua Leslie Dean

Olivia Mae Dickinson

Daniel Joseph Mulligan Fleming

Hayley Louise Freer

Chloe Louise Garbutt

Daniel Luke Gillbanks

Robert Charles Gray

James Matthew Grice

Dean Robert Hall

Greg Alexander Handsley

Kaden Hardman

Mark Richard Hayes

Jordan Hoer

Emily Victoria Howe

Jason Stephen Howell

Ben Robert Hutchinson

Abbie Danielle Linell

Conner John McFarland

Lucy McWhinnie

Victoria Jane Miles

Rebecca Louise Mottershaw

Harry Bryan Pemberton

Kieran David Lee Quarrington

Jack Thomas Ralph

Harrison Reynard

Hannah Scott

Hannah Birgit Shepard

Matthew Thomas Sherring-Lucas

Maria Clare Slade

Arlo Stephens

Josh James David Taylor

Rosemary Ann Wands

Oliver Wheatman

Sian Amy Williams

Connor Reece Williamson

Holly Anne Wright

Holly Young

Charlotte Emma Zealey

Strength and Conditioning

Joshua Atease

Daniel Paul Biggs

Jack Dadd

Dyllan Joe Hall

Holly Elizabeth Knowles

Christopher Nicholson

Lewis Stephen Weatherall

Honorary Degrees

Doctor of Health Sciences (honoris causa)

Susan Smith

Doctor of Business Administration (honoris causa)

Carol Mary Kane White