Honorary graduates 2023/24
Those awarded honorary degrees between 1 August 2023 and 31 July 2024.
The Rt Hon Lord Reed of Allermuir
President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom
Doctor of Laws
Dr Esther Mombo
Associate Professor in Church History, Gender and Theology, St Paul’s University, Kenya
Doctor of Divinity
Professor Abdulrazak Gurnah
Novelist and Academic
Doctor honoris causa
Ms Reeta Roy
CEO and President, Mastercard Foundation
Doctor honoris causa
Professor Lesley Yellowlees, CBE
Emeritus Professor of Chemistry, former Head of College of Science and Engineering
Doctor of Science
Professor Leslie Gabriel Valiant
T. Jefferson Coolidge Professor of Computer Science and Applied Mathematics, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University
Doctor of Science
Professor Alexander Robert Swan (Robin) Wallace
Emeritus Professor in Renewable Energy Systems
Doctor of Science
Gioconda Belli
Poet, novelist and political commentator
Doctor honoris causa
Dr Samuel Jebaraj Thevasagayam
Deputy Director – Livestock, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Doctor of Veterinary Medicine & Surgery
Mr John Campbell, OBE
Former Chairman of Scottish Financial Enterprise, and member of Business School Advisory Board
Master of Arts
Dr Rachel Carr OBE and Dr Hugh Rayment-Pickard, MBE
Co-founders of IntoUniversity which supports young people from disadvantaged neighbourhoods to attain their chosen aspiration
Doctor honoris causa (jointly with University of Glasgow)
Professor Anna Frances Glasier
Honorary Professor (University of Edinburgh) and Women’s Health Champion for Scotland
Doctor of Medicine
Dr Síofra O’Leary
Former President of the European Court of Human Rights
Doctor of Laws
Mr Stephen John Wordsworth, CMG, LVO
Former British diplomat and Ambassador, executive director since 2012 of the Council for At-Risk Academics
Doctor honoris causa
Emeritus Professor Emmanuel Kwami Anatsui
Visionary Artist. Professor of Sculpture, University of Nigeria
Doctor honoris causa
Ms Maggie Nicols
Leading jazz musician
Doctor of Music
Eric Henry Liddell (1902-1945)
Athlete and Missionary, gold and bronze medallist at Paris Olympics 1924
Posthumous award of Doctor honoris causa
Presented to Patricia Liddell Russell, on behalf of her father Eric Henry Liddell.
Mr Alastair Salvesen, CBE
Chairman of Dovecot Studios, Chartered Accountant and Director of Archangels, Co-Founder and Trustee of Salvesen Mindroom Centre and Salvesen Mindroom Research Centre
Doctor honoris causa