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Graduation Ceremonies July 2008 - Picture and Video Galleries, Orations and Responses

Press releases, orations, responses, picture and video galleries from the University of Leicester Graduation Ceremonies of July 2008

Press Releases

General Press Release

Media Operational Note

A Family Affair

Web Links to Media Coverage (June)

General Information

Information for those attending any of the Graduation Ceremonies of July 2008

Timetable of Ceremonies

Addresses

A year of major success - Vice-Chancellor Professor Robert Burgess' Address

Honorand Biographies

Biographies for all of the Honorands receiving Honorary Degrees in the Graduation Ceremonies of 8th, 9th, 10th and 11th July 2008 at De Montfort Hall in Leicester

Distinguished Honorary Fellows

Sir Patrick Moore - 9 July, 3pm

Jean Humphreys - 10 July, 11am

Sue Townsend - 10 July, 3pm

Honorands

Councillor Manjula Sood - Doctor of Laws, 8 July, 3pm

The Most Reverend Vincent Gerard Nichols - Doctor of Letters, 8 July, 3pm

John Carter - Doctor of Letters, 9 July, 11am

Lord Janner of Braunstone - Doctor of Laws, 9 July, 11am

Rigby Graham - Doctor of Letters, 9 July, 3pm

Professor Anthony Chapman - Doctor of Science, 10 July, 11am

Lady Jennifer Gretton - Doctor of Laws, 10 July, 3pm

Bill Bryson - Doctor of Letters, 11 July, 11am

Philip Hammersley - Doctor of Laws, 11 July, 11am

Freda Hussain - Doctor of Laws, 11 July, 3pm

Nicholas Corah - Doctor of Laws, 11 July, 3pm

Orations

Read orations for the nationally and internationally acclaimed people honoured at degree ceremonies of July 2008.

Distinguished Honorary Fellows

Sir Patrick Moore

Jean Humphreys

Sue Townsend

Honorands

Councillor Manjula Sood - Doctor of Laws, 8 July, 3pm

The Most Reverend Vincent Gerard Nichols - Doctor of Letters, 8 July, 3pm

Lord Janner of Braunstone - Doctor of Laws, 9 July, 11am

John Carter - Doctor of Letters, 9 July, 11am

Rigby Graham - Doctor of Letters, 9 July, 3pm

Professor Anthony Chapman - Doctor of Science, 10th July, 11am

Lady Jennifer Gretton - Doctor of Laws, 10th July, 3pm

Bill Bryson - Doctor of Letters, 11 July, 11am

Philip Hammersley, CBE - Doctor of Laws, 11th July, 11am

Freda Hussain - Doctor of Laws, 11 July, 3pm

Nicholas Corah - Doctor of Laws, 11 July, 3pm

Responses

Read responses from the Honorands awarded Honorary Degrees by the University of Leicester in the Graduation Ceremonies of 8th, 9th, 10th and 11th July 2008 at Demontfort Hall in Leicester.

Distinguished Honorary Fellows

Sir Patrick Moore

Mrs Jean Humphreys

Sue Townsend

Honorands

The Most Reverend Vincent Gerard Nichols

Councillor Manjula Sood

Lord Janner of Braunstone

John Carter

Rigby Graham

Professor Anthony Chapman

Lady Jennifer Gretton

Bill Bryson

Philip Hammersley

Nicholas Corah

Freda Hussain

Picture Galleries

Images of the Distinguished Honorary Fellows

Images of the Honorands

Images taken during the ceremonies

University of Leicester Medics' Graduation 2008

Degree Day July 2008 in the Department of Chemistry

Video Galleries

Links to galleries containing streaming video files of the ceremonies.

Ceremony of 8th July, 3pm

Ceremony of 9th July, 11am

Ceremony of 9th July, 3pm

Ceremony of 10th July, 11am

Ceremony of 10th July, 3pm

Ceremony of 11th July, 11am

Ceremony of 11th July, 3pm

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