Honorary graduates 2021/22

Those awarded honorary degrees between 1 August 2021 and 31 July 2022.

Mrs Sarah Brown

Chair of children’s charity ‘Theirworld’ and Executive Chair of the Global Business Coalition for Education

Doctor Honoris causa 

Sarah Brown smiling to camera in front of a neutral blurred background.

Mr Brian Cameron

Outreach and Teaching Support Manager, School of GeoSciences

Bachelor of Science 

Dame Anne Helen Richards

Chief Executive of Fidelity International and former Vice-Convener of University Court

Doctor honoris causa

Ms Hilary Jones

Chair of Scotland Food and Drink’s Brewing Industry Leadership Group, Director WEST Brewery, Glasgow, and Chair of Board of Trustees of Edinburgh charity Sikh Sanjog

Doctor of Science 

Honorary Grad - Hilary Jones

Mr Joe Schaffers

Education Officer, District Six Museum, Cape Town

Doctor honoris causa

Honorary Grad - Joe Schaffers

Professor Robert MacDougall

Retired Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, University of St Andrews

Doctor honoris causa

Honorary Grad - Hugh MacDougall

Dr Patricia Conrad

Associate Dean for Global Programs and Professor of Parasitology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California Davis

Doctor honoris causa

Honorary Grad - Patricia Conrad

Dr Andrew Goodall Matthews

Retired Equine Opthalmologist

Doctor of Veterinary Medicine and Surgery

Honorary Grad - Andrew Matthews

Sister Aelred Timmins, RSM

Director of the Homeless Project (Edinburgh)

Doctor honoris causa

Honorary Grad - Sister Aelred Timmins, RSM

Dame Professor Muffy Calder, DBE

Vice-Principal and Head of College of Science and Engineering, University of Glasgow

Doctor of Science

Honorary Grad - Muffy Calder

Mr John Byrne

Artist and Playwright

Doctor honoris causa

Professor Charles Esche

Director of VanAbbe Museum, Eindhoven

Doctor honoris causa

Honorary Grad - Charles Esche

Reverend Professor Sir Diarmaid Ninian John MacCulloch

Professor of the History of the Church, University of Oxford

Doctor of Divinity

Honorary Grad - Diarmaid McCulloch

Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus

Director-General of the World Health Organisation

Doctor honoris causa

Honorary Grad - Dr Tedros

Dame Professor Anne Marie Rafferty, DBE

Professor of Nursing Policy at King’s College London, President Royal College of Nursing (RCN)

Doctor honoris causa

Honorary Grad - Anne Marie Rafferty

Dr Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka

Former Executive Director, UN Women

Doctor honoris causa

Honorary Grad - Dr Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka

Emeritus Professor John Peter Scott, CBE

Sociologist

Doctor of Science in Social Science 

Honorary Grad - Emeritus Professor John Peter Scott, CBE

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