A FORMER chairman for the Royal National Institute for the Blind joined hundreds of students graduating at a York university.
Today is the last of three days of ceremonies held in Central Hall at the University of York on Thursday, Friday and Saturday (January 23, 24 and 25) this week when family and friends will join graduands collecting their degrees.
This year the university will be presenting seven honorary degrees, selected as always from nominations by members of the university and they are very often have links with departments or alumni.
On Friday Kevin Carey, a former chairman of the RNIB, founder of the Transforming Braille Group and a leading thinker on accessible technologies for the blind was presented with an honorary degree along with Mark Laity who is a senior NATO Communications Director and former BBC journalist.
Mark graduated from the University of York and embarked on a journalism career, joining the BBC as Defence Correspondent in 1989. He became well-known for his reporting on the end of the Cold War and from conflict zones, including the first Gulf War, Bosnia and Kosovo.
University of York Graduations 2020
Ceremony Six
Health Sciences
Doctor of Philosophy in Health Sciences
Marena Ceballos Rasgado , Mark Corbett , Vivienne Claire Dascanio , Richard David Mattock , Menford Owusu Ampomah , Francesco Ramponi.
Master of Public Health in Public Health
Luis Guillermo Beltrán Galindo , Lucy Anne Burns , Carlos Eduardo D’Ávila Pereira Campani , Lucy Caitlin Lucy Flatley , Matt Greensmith , Charlotte Harrod , Gordon Onyekachukwu Igbodo , Natalie Kate McPhillips , Natasha Jane Moon , Maha Naeem , Andrew Mark Pace , Joanna Yan Yi Pang , Lucy Rebecca Petrycki , Maria Rocio Rodriguez Lopez , Joseph Hugh Walton , Elin Sara Webster.
Master of Science in Applied Health Research
Alexandra Sarah Carne , Joseph Troup Horne , Sophie Jane , Eleftheria Patetsini , Ahmad Sabri Ahmad Shtaiwi , Mattia Sirgiovanni.
Master of Science in International Humanitarian Affairs
Osman Abdi Adar , Laura Kate Allsworth , Hazel Bailey , Buckary Abdulahi Barkadle , Adriana Amelia Mathilde Borra , Sara Ellithy , Mustafa Ershad , Sunita Giri , Jihan Hisso , Abdulsalam Mohammad Khanjar , Hussein Hassan Mahad , Bertha Kalyocha Nguvulu , Simon Olagai , Timothy Hugh Parker , Ashley John Platen-Mills , Yaroslav Pustarnakov , Bashir Ur Rahman , Madeleine Louise Taylor , Emily Elizabeth Way , Emily Joan Caroline Wilson.
Master of Nursing in Nursing (Adult)
Megan Rose Cook , Rachael Sarah Horton , Matthew Jonathan Robinson , Olivia Walsh.
Master of Nursing in Nursing (Mental Health)
Molly Kathryn Crosland.
Postgraduate Diploma in Public Health
Ruth Lilian Harris.
Bachelor of Arts in Midwifery Practice
Katija Ahmed , Laura Sarah Frances Armstrong , Camilla Sophie Baker , Eleanor Mary Barton , Natalie Helen Broadbent , Chloe Elizabeth Farrar , Natasha Linton Hollis Gray , Verity Lydia Green , Lisa Henney , Georgina Ann Holroyd , Lucy Abigail Horne , Doriam Macaulay , Jessica Ann Margetts , Amber Frances Doreen Paleschi , Jillian Claire Robertson , Kimberley Ann Robinson , Phillippa Lara Coryanne Saunders , Bethany Smith , Sylvie Gwen Smith , Felicity Marlies Welburn , Gina Wilson.
Bachelor of Science in Health and Social Care Practice
Christine Shenton , Jessica Elizabeth Smith.
Bachelor of Science in Nursing (Adult)
Fabbiha Akther , Jo-Ella Louise Allender , Alice Evelyn Anderson , Jade Iona Anthony , Romy-Tiegan Armitage , Georgina Anne Armstrong , Chloe Atkinson , Lindsey Clare Barleycorn , Charlotte Mae Beckett , Rachael Eleanor Bentley , Laura Angela Berry , Hayley Ffyona Broadbent , Holly Jane Calvert , Lydia Jane Cameron , Ellen Jade Campbell-Gaskell , Emma Louise Candler , Rachel Debra Cartlidge , Faye Nicole Cartner , Morgan Ann Christie , Candice Amanda Collins , Sarah Marie Collis , Sophie Louise Conway , Jennifer Sarah Cook , Sian Louise Cooper , Suzie Croston , Lauren Rebecca Dale , Rebecca Marie Davies , Roseline Dean , Lydia Jayne Denton , Elizabeth Helen Doherty , Olivia Louise Durning , Evangeline Jane Edwards , Amy Louise Elliott , Lucy Anne Ellis , Brogan-Louise English , Nicole Fitzpatrick , Victoria Emma Fleetwood , Rachel Linda Fowler , Melanie Jane Grimshaw , Linda Toni Ann Gude , Ashleigh Hamilton-McIntosh , Georgia Elizabeth Hill , Amber Louise Hinchcliffe , Philip Stuart Hodgson , Megan Charlotte Anne Horncastle , Jacob Merlin Husband , Sally Elizabeth Jackson , Courtney Leisha Kaur Childs , Rowan Lucy Grace Kitchen , Erin Elizabeth Knowles , Jessica May Latchford , Rebecca Louise Long , Joshua Aaron Lythgoe , Kate MacMahon , Chelsie Ann Marriott , Jodie Ellen Martin , Giulia Mauri , Hannah McCorry , Leanne Mellers , Kate Louise Miller , Kayleigh Anne Moment , Roberta Moorhouse , Lana-Beth Morgan , Danielle Murphy , Marta Ozyzniewska , Aneta Monika Pacych , Lori Ella Pinnington , Emily Louise Potter , Gabriella Pierina Potts , Alexandra Pressage , Joshua Priestley , Brogan Reay , Georgia Louise Rees , Jessica Alice Robson , Abigail Rutherford , Jasmin Sayers , Chloe Isabelle Self , Amy Sharp , Olivia Mae Shotton , Lucy Danielle Smith , Natasha Rebecca Smithson , Millie Stephenson , Kate Stringfellow , Emma Samantha Target , Zoe Louise Throup , Charlotte Elizabeth Turnbull , Chantelle Turner , Annafleur Therese Van Mourik Broekman , Stuart Frazer Waddingham , Bethany Susanne Ward , Laura Margaret White , Frances Elen Wiley , Matthew Robert Wilkinson , Chloe Lyn Williams , Abbie Melissa Wymer , Ellie Charlotte Youlton.
Bachelor of Science in Nursing (Child)
Anna Katrina Alderson , Hannah Rose Donald , Amy Martha Hannah , Sarah Elizabeth Holmes , Megan Ruby Last , Georgina Lee , Lucy May Martin , Georgina Leigh Morrell , Layla Mae Rushton , Jennifer Spence , Harriet Anna Vickers , Emily Louise Wells.
Bachelor of Science in Nursing (Learning Disability)
Emily Kaye Beare , Katherine Rose Beioley , Lucy Charlotte Berry , Charity Rose Chilton , Emma Ferguson , Lela Michelle Gaunt , Molly India Hudson , Amelia Rose Marshall , Winfreda Priscillah Masekesa , Kit McGowan , Daria Omar Mustafa , Jacqueline Phiri , Catriona Michelle Robinson , Pelagia Rusike.
Bachelor of Science in Nursing (Mental Health)
Isabella Arcangeli , Abigail Boahemaa Badoo , Courtney Barnes , Craig Paul Birkett , Emily May Burton-Hayward , Takudzwa Nigel Chiwakidzwa , Emma Louise Cooper , Stevie Nicole Dawson , Leah Ann Jayne Dransfield , Emily Alexandra Grace Eve , Lauren Jamie Ferguson , Thomas Foster , Emma Louise Fowler , Justine Elise Glover , Jenna Hakiki , Lucy Ann Harrington , Rosie Elliott Harrison , Emily Rose Hourston , Harriet Philippa Kirk , Joseph Thomas Leaper , Katie Louise Matthews , Carina Tanya Mayne , Helen Millard , Stephanie Louise Ord , Agnes Rinomhota , Zahra Sheraz , Holly Shiels , Karen Smith , Marie-Claire Stephenson , Rebecca Ann Vials , Catriona Jayne Waktare , Louise Michelle York.
Hull York Medical School
Doctor of Medicine in Medical Sciences
Conor Michael Devlin , Rachel Elizabeth Newby.
Master of Science in Health Professions Education
Samuel Anthony Birks , Jason Boland , Michael Forsyth , Lewys Morgan.
Master of Science in Human Anatomy and Evolution
Simona Affinito , Ella Claire Banken , Austyn Lackey Burkholder , Amoree Rudman Deysel , Philip Dale Ibbetson , Antonia Caroline Margaret Pieroni , David Reed , Carolynne Roberts , Charlotte Elizabeth Roe , Amber Perdra Wood-Bailey.
Postgraduate Diploma in Health Professions Education
Lauren Mary Harkin.
School of Social and Political Sciences
Bachelor of Arts in Social and Political Sciences with Philosophy
Alex Sowerby.
Ceremony Seven
Biology
Doctor of Philosophy in Biology
Jack Munns , Helen Elizabeth Riordan , Juliana Sanchez Alponti , Lotte van Beek.
Doctor of Philosophy in Mechanistic Biology
Emma Rachael Stewart , Laura Christina West.
Master of Science (by research) in Biology
Laura Elaine Covill.
Master of Science in Biodiversity, Ecology and Ecosystems
Magdalini Alexiadou , Eleanor Clark , Isis Elisabeth Cohen Nicholson , Lucy Anne Cross , Ya Guo , Jarred Johnson , Katie Ann Pearson.
Master of Science in Industrial Biotechnology
Antony Silas Gann , Karl Grant Herman , Harry Ross , Despoina Sifouna.
Master of Science in Molecular Medicine
Hannah Aisthorpe , Ahmad Alalti , Huiwen Lu , Phoebe Lee O’Hara , Raphael Grettir Slip , Aimila Su , Kylie Ann Dunlop , Gabe Jack Geoffrey Thornes , Mario Torre , Katherine Paige Unthank , Vida Zilinskaite.
Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry
William Joseph Rochira.
Bachelor of Science in Biology
Urma Cox , Rebecca Lucy Honeyman , Toby Oliver Tydeman , Esme Walters.
Chemistry
Doctor of Philosophy in Chemistry
Muntadar Abd Al-Barri Hussain Al-Yassiri , Emily Kate Pedley Flack , Conor Douglas Rankine , Michael Shannon , Katie Rose Smith.
Master of Science in Green Chemistry and Sustainable Industrial Technology
Abubakar Abdulmusawwir , Ahmed Salem A Aljameel , Ahmed Abubakr Balkhair , Adam Anthony Beckett , Lorenza Carta , Lucy Jean Chappel , Simin Chu , Christopher John Goodwin , Richard William Graham , Qing Guo , Millicent Harwood , Dong-Hun Hyon , Daniela Islas Gonzalez , Andrew John Jones , Heather Langley , Yi Lu , Natasha Marxyz , Qingwei Meng , Jacob Mortlock Williams , Povilas Nalivaika , Benjamin John Reader , Emma Rose Wallington-Lee , Yiqun Wang , Chandana Venkata Yelkur , Yu Zhang , Frederik Lloyd Zitzmann.
Bachelor of Science in Chemistry
Charis Miriam Warnock.
Bachelor of Science
Rachel Louise Spooner.
Electronic Engineering
Doctor of Philosophy in Electronic Engineering
Haitham Moffaqq Khattar Al-Obiedollah , Manal H M A A Atesh , Ahmed A Ben Khaial , Alejandro Delgado Castro , Wael Mohamed Gorma , Feiyue Ji , Hassan O’Keeffe , Andrew Jonathon Walter , Miao Zhang.
Master of Science (by research) in Electronic Engineering
Ziyue Liao , Tian Xia.
Master of Science in Audio and Music Technology
Adrià Martínez Cassorla , John Valentine Gair , Maksymilian Gut , Crispin Thomas Halcrow , Samuel Harvey , Benjamin Robert Lee , Bernardas Pikutis , Georgios Sarantinos , Xiaojie Xie.
Master of Science in Communication Engineering
Haoxin Kang , Daoyuan Luo , Rahul Mathew , Yuhan Yang , Junbo Zhao.
Master of Science in Digital Systems Engineering
Wenjia Li , Tai-Jung Tsai , Zhaoji Yu , Hongyu Zhou.
Master of Science in Electronics
Yu Ma.
Master of Science in Embedded Wireless Systems
David Bautista Salinas , Bin Cheng , Saranya Chithra Surendra , Shuoyang Zhang , Fanhua Zhu.
Master of Science in Engineering Management
Baodan Cao , Miao Chen , Qi Chen , Shuai Chen , Szu-Chen Chen , Guido Alex Choque Juculaca , Thomas Michael Dixon , Huiyong Duan , Zilin Fan , Jizun Fang , Yifan Feng , Pengyu Fu , Yuxing Gao , Haiyan Gu , Shuaishuai Gu , Yu Gu , Haiyue He , Haihan Hu , Yaxin Hu , Siyang Huang , Weijia Huang , Xuemei Huang , Weishen Huo , Muhammad Ibrar , Boshu Jin , Ayma Khalid , Huaqing Li , Jiaqi Li , Weifan Liang , Xin Liu , Yiming Liu , Yutong Liu , Xiaoli Ma , Omkar Kamlakar Manjrekar , Ya Meng , Yidong Miao , Rongli Niu , Yuhao Peng , Alejandro Perez Ibiricu , Chenlei Qi , Yu Qin , Conglei Tang , Jing Tang , Mingqi Tang , Hao Wang , Haozhen Wang , Lan Wang , Lidan Wang , Lin Wang , Ruiqi Wang , Shaofan Wang , Shujie Wang , Shuo Wang , Xu Wang , Qiqi Wu , Bomengxue Xia , Jiaqi Xu , Manman Xue , Yujia Xue , Mian Yang , Yuxi Yang , Haoda Yu , Yang Yu , Jiaxin Zhang , Qianchao Zhang , Xiaohui Zhang , Xuan Zhang , Yifan Zhang , Da Zhao , Shihan Zhao , Yaxuan Zhao , Yuwei Zhao , Hanjie Zheng , Zhiming Zheng , He Zhou , Mohan Zhou , Fan Zhu , Qianyue Zhu , Shuyao Zhuang.
Master of Science in Intelligent Robotics
Evgeny Fedorov , Luis Alejandro Garcia Rivera , Jialin Lin , You Shen , Shah-Nawaj Shuhan , Xinlu Wang , Jun Yin , Zhengkun Zhao.
Master of Engineering in Electronics
Jaynil Nitin Doshi.
Master of Engineering in Electronics (with a year in industry)
Amrik Sadhra.
Bachelor of Engineering in Electronic and Computer Engineering
Oliver Harrison.
Bachelor of Engineering in Electronic Engineering
Govinder Lally , Vanessa Mwanga , Ryan Pickering , Oliver Tutt.
Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics
Jacob Marin
Language and Linguistic Science
Doctor of Philosophy in Linguistics
Nasser Mohammed Alajmi , Aws Abbas Younus Al Arabw , Wei-Min Wu , Hongyan Zhao.
Master of Arts in Comparative Syntax and Semantics
Samuel Shepherd.
Master of Arts in Linguistics
Sanika Satish Bapat , Rümeysa Dijle , Marta Tirik.
Master of Arts in Psycholinguistics
Marian Barbu , Xiying Chen , Marina Dorothy Gibson , Hannah Kate Jenkins , Joy Isabelle Mills , Jade Elizabeth Waistnidge , Yixuan Wu.
Master of Arts in Sociolinguistics
Emily Natasha Foster , Julia Weronika Kuczma.
Master of Science in Forensic Speech Science
Jennifer Louise Ansell , Mannasa Baavikatte , Bence Barna , Fiona Sian Bird , Leah Kaye Bradshaw , Sian Dunn , Lauren Harrington , Bethany Rose Lavery , Sarah Beth Melker , Alice Elizabeth Grace Paver , Samantha Emily Jean Williams.
Bachelor of Arts in French and Linguistics (with a year abroad)
Lucy Scott.
Physics
Doctor of Philosophy in Physics
Genadi Antonov Naydenov , Jacob Wilkins.
Master of Science (by research) in Physics
Laurence Edward Bradley.
Master of Science in Fusion Energy
Samuel David Roger De Coverly , Jeremy Insa Diallo , Jack Edmondson , Jack Goodman , Damien Kenneth Harley , Gregory Thomas Kemp , George Brian Arthur Lord , Chris Marsden , Daniel Ryan Martyres , Kimberley Suzanne Murray , Neil O’Kane , John Alexander Pontin , Willow Daniel Pring , Charlotte Rogerson , Jonathan Romero Cedillo , Callum Samuel Shanks , Tim Slendebroek.
Master of Physics in Physics with Philosophy
Adam Taylor.
Bachelor of Science in Physics
Mateusz Krystian Gruszeczka.
Bachelor of Science in Physics with Astrophysics
Yllka Fejzullahu.
Psychology
Doctor of Philosophy in Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging
Theodoros Karapanagiotidis , Barbara Molz , Lucy Jane Spencer , Kirstie Holly Wailes-Newson.
Doctor of Philosophy in Psychology
Stephanie Julie Wake , Zhaoming Wang.
Master of Research in Psychology
Hannah Gotheridge , Louise Marie Keane , Craig Thomas Laming , Matthew Peverell , Charlotte Hazel Wellden.
Master of Science in Applied Forensic Psychology
Heba Fathi Abourawi , Bethany Grace Beadle , Ailish Carroll , Christiejo Hayley Heather Cavanagh , India Rose Clarke , Jessica Louise Creron , Hollie Elizabeth Cunliffe , Lola Natasha Dickson , Rebekah Kellie Duckworth , Susan Anne Kathleen Felton , Kelly-Ann Debbie Hodder , Lilli May Hudson , Kate Louise Johnstone , Charlotte Amy Jones , Iona Christina Kaye , Sarah Mairéad Kelleher , Yok-Cheen Khit , Petronella Maria Linmans , Charlotte Sarah Mayo , Lisa Margaret Mcvay , Kristy Victoria Metcalfe , Alena Mae Mitchell , Carla Elizabeth Moden , Maria Shah , Nuraliah Hanun Shamsul-Béné , Abigail Victoria Skinner , Nicole Chelsea Thordarson , Zhaoying Zhao , Shijin Zhu.
Master of Science in Cognitive Neuroscience
Helena Amat , Rebecca Anderson , Gabrielle Appleby , Camila Betker De Oliveira Smith , Remennie Mercede Brooks , Adrian Indiya Etale , Anna Frances Hall , Sophie Heer , Oliver Francis Hughes , Brandon Thomas Ingram , Theo Michael Jones , Dristi Manandhar , Ellen McMorris , Julietta Mikolajczyk , Isabelle Rose O’Halloran , Rossi Neil Arthur Redgrave , Daniel Wilson Rogers , Chloe Lesley Rudge , Douglas Scarth , Federico Gabriele Segala , Gintare Sendraviciute , Kloee Elizabeth Erinaceous Hermione Sibley , Anna Mary Steward , Marli Swart , Sharon Thind , Toh Boon Kheng , Samuel Victor Watson , Johannes Wibroe.
Master of Science in Development, Disorders and Clinical Practice
Habibah Afsar , Bethany Margaret Craig , Sophie Jayne Dinsdale , Francesca Fiore , Rebecca Kate Garforth , Lily Diana Binti Ghazali , Georgina Griffin , Jessica Elizabeth Judd , Danielle Karlin , Caitlin Talia Kemp , Emily Kerry , Alyx Lace , Sam Lindsay-Smith , Sophie Louise McHale , Ryan McIlhennon , Ariadni Michail , Alexandra Muller , Stephen Naughton , Panagiota Papazoglou , Brianna Ralston , Sitara Chandur Samtani , Chloe Jade Smith , Emma Rose Standley , Chi-An Su , Katrina Sundar , Lucy Sutton , Colin Thoma-Ruiz , Joseph Vogliqi.
Master of Science in Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience
Kirandeep Kaur Bains , Klejda Fico , Katherine Heather Fitzakerley , Aisling Kenny , Jessica Shaw , Katherine Elizabeth Smith , Jessica Vergeer.
Master of Science in Forensic Psychology Studies
Vinonapreet Dhillon.
Bachelor of Science in Psychology
Alexandra Jean Cassie , Caitlin Alice Ellidge , Katie Price , Polly Katherine Ratcliff , Jessica Jane Smith , Jakob William Christopher Yianni.
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