A YOUNG woman was dragged into an alley and subjected to a “sexually motivated attack” by a companion in the city centre.

• Police hunt male suspected of sexually assaulting female companion in Edinburgh’s Canongate

• Alleged attack took place in a close at Old Tolbooth Wynd at around 6.30am yesterday morning

Police are appealing for witnesses following the terrifying attack on the 20-year-old woman in the Canongate area of the Capital yesterday morning.

The woman had been walking in the Canongate around 6.30am when she was dragged into a close at Old Tolbooth Wynd by a man who she had been out with earlier in the evening, who then assaulted her.

The assault ended abruptly and it appears the man may have been disturbed by a passer by. He then ran out of the close and down the Canongate towards the Scottish Parliament.

Detective Sergeant Iain Ramsay said: “This was an unprovoked assault on a young woman by a man who had been in her company earlier in the evening.

“It only ended when the suspect was disturbed by the presence of a member of the public who may have been jogging in the area and prevented the incident becoming more serious.

“While we are following a positive line of enquiry, anyone who was in the area at the time and may have seen or heard a distressed female, or spotted a man fitting the description running down the Canongate yesterday morning, is asked to contact police immediately.”

The suspect is described as male, white, 5’6” - 5’7”, short side-swept fair/blonde hair, slim build, wearing a dark coloured hooded top, jeans and light coloured trainers.

Anyone with information should contact Police Scotland on 101, or make an anonymous report through the charity Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.

BUSINESS groups last night warned that Royal Bank of Scotland’s latest £20 billion lending scheme will only succeed if firms are not hit with prohibitive repayment charges.

RBS is writing to 100,000 customers to encourage them to borrow, as it has a surplus in its UK corporate deposits that it wants to lend out.

Business organisations, which have long complained that banks are starving some of the most vulnerable firms of funds by imposing high costs and strict conditions on credit, gave the scheme a cautious welcome – providing the terms were right.

Andy Willox, the Federation of Small Businesses’ (FSB) Scottish policy convenor, said: “We need to reconnect the big banks with the real economy. Any efforts to achieve this objective have to be warmly welcomed by the FSB.

“However, critical to this particular scheme’s success will be the terms and conditions, alongside the overall costs, associated with the finance.

“Similarly, we must see smaller and less established businesses, alongside regular borrowers and larger enterprises, encouraged to see if the banks can provide the bank finance they need.”

In the medium term, the FSB hopes to see more institutions “fighting for the small business community’s custom”. In the meantime, it said RBS’ latest scheme was a step in the right direction.

The bank said that, after a successful pilot, it is now contacting “credit worthy business customers” to tell them exactly how much it was willing to lend them.

It said any credit extensions offered are agreed on an individual basis and determined by a number of factors such as affordability and repayment history.

An initial trial with 20,000 small and medium sized enterprises (SME) saw the bank offer them an additional £1.7bn of credit. It is now writing to 100,000 more and that number will increase further as the programme is on-going.

The group’s head of corporate banking, Chris Sullivan, said: “RBS and NatWest are pulling out the stops to show businesses how much we can lend to them because we want to increase their confidence levels to invest in future growth.”

RBS says it offered more than £58bn of loans and facilities to UK businesses last year, of which more than £30bn was to SMEs. Recent figures from the Funding for Lending Scheme (FLS) showed RBS scaled back its overall lending in the first quarter of this year, but the state-backed group said that was down to cuts to its non-core and commercial property lending – an essential part of its rehabilitation process.

RBS said the quarter had actually been its strongest yet in terms of core lending to the “real economy”, and saw a £600 million increase in business lending.

But Robert Downes, spokesman for the Forum of Private Business, said RBS had consistently been one of the worst performers when it came to business lending.

“They say they have this money to lend but whether they are going to lend it on terms business are comfortable with remains to be seen,” he said.

Some banks have responded to criticism of poor business lending by saying there has not been much demand for loans from credit-worthy businesses in recent years.

With 6.5 million carers and rising in the UK, we must remember that they need time for themselves too, says Mairi O’Keefe

AS THE recent Carers Week fades from memory, it is important that the plight of Scotland’s 650,000 carers does not fade from our consciousness, especially as the number of people finding themselves devoting their lives to caring for a family member is on the rise.

The challenges surrounding long-term caring are very much to the fore when it comes to respite, as it is just as important for those looking after people with long-term conditions to have access to quality respite care as it is for the people coping with these conditions on a daily basis.

If the person looking after a family member falls ill themselves – often through a lack of time to care for themselves properly – it becomes an added burden on the NHS and social services in Scotland, as well as the personal toll such difficulties can take on families.

It is estimated that the one in eight people finding themselves filling the role of carer for a family member save the health and social care system in Scotland £10 billion each year.

Leuchie House in East Lothian is the only place in Scotland offering vital respite care breaks for people and their carers who are dealing with long-term conditions such as Huntington’s disease, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s disease, motor neurone disease, stroke and spinal injuries.

An 18th-century classical mansion in the East Lothian countryside, Leuchie House is an example of integrated health and social care, with guests and carers offered a relaxing break with the option of activities and the added benefit of 24-hour expert nursing care. It is run as a centre for holidays, not as a clinical environment. The ethos is very much on quality and choice, for the benefit of the guests.

For many of the people who come here for breaks, the only alternative available to them for respite would be an old people’s home or hospital, and this would be highly unsuitable for many younger guests and those who see their respite as a means of stimulation and a break from their daily routine.

Many carers have had to give up work to care for a family member and in some cases may be sacrificing time with other family members to do so. They may experience feelings of isolation in their new role and need emotional as well as practical support. Carers can lose out not only on health and wellbeing, but also on income, pensions, friends and social opportunities.

One of the statistics from the Prepared to Care? report that was produced during Carers Week showed that eight out of ten carers were not aware of the support available because of the time it took them to identify themselves as carers. It also showed a third of carers were given the wrong advice about support available, again because of the time it took to identify themselves as carers.

This denial about the role being permanent is something that we see frequently, with many people considering respite care as an option for the first time also denying the reality of a long-term condition. They, and their carer, often find it difficult to trust their complex care needs to someone other than a family member.

But the high rate of people returning to us shows that once they transfer that trust from a family member to the dedicated staff, they recognise the benefit both to themselves and to their carers – who can stay in separate carers’ accommodation, where they can get a complete rest whilst being on hand for their family member, or can enjoy a rare break knowing that their loved one is being looked after.

Carers Week helped to highlight the challenges faced, but it is important to stress how easy it is for carers in our society to fall under the radar – sometimes through their own reluctance to be seen as such.

Which is why places such as Leuchie House need to speak out on their behalf and make sure that the funding to which they are entitled for respite care is easily accessible.

After all, there are now estimated to be 6.5 million carers in the UK and this figure is predicted to reach 9 million by 2037. We need to look after them – they may be looking after us one day.

• Mairi O’Keefe is chief executive officer of Leuchie House

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THE UK government’s welfare reform programme has been described as devastating by some and long overdue by others. Charities are warning that hundreds of thousands of families will be affected and will be worse off.

Opposition politicians are lining up to criticise the changes. UK government ministers say reform is necessary and we can’t go on as before.

The debate is polarised, passionate and fierce. Historians will look back and see these welfare reforms as some of the key changes that will define this coalition government.

However, for many it is a debate that rages around them while they face the day-to-day reality of the cuts and changes. For others it is a fight to find the volunteers and the funds to ensure the people who need help and advice receive it.

Without these charities the most vulnerable people in our society will suffer even more and the government’s reforms will come under even greater pressure.

Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith MP said: “It’s about trying to get as many people as possible out of the welfare trap and into lives they can control themselves.”

As a principle that may be fine, but for many the switch won’t be easy and, as with any complex government changes, they won’t run smoothly. Support to help people cope with the changes is crucial or they just won’t work. The necessary help and advice needs to be readily available. The government’s plans won’t work just because they say they should work. The support mechanisms must be in place.

Each year around 250 trained volunteers for Citizens Advice Edinburgh provide free, impartial, confidential advice to hundreds of vulnerable people on a daily basis. In fact, its staff provided 80,000 hours of service and dealt with around 26,000 enquiries last year. This number is rising and all the evidence shows that it will continue to go up as the welfare reform programme is rolled out.

And yet Citizens Advice Edinburgh relies almost entirely on charitable donations for its core funding. Despite helping people with a combined debt burden of £16.5 million, we rely on the goodwill of others to survive.

As government spending is reduced, more and more people are getting into trouble and our organisation faces a real challenge. We are providing more services while at the same time seeing our own funding stretched to the limit by the very same problems that are causing the increase in demand in the first place.

The charity is based on the principle of citizens advising citizens, so there is a great deal of trust in us and what we do. We’ve been operating since 1939 so have the experience and the knowledge few other organisations can provide, especially across the breadth of issues that we cover including healthcare, debt, employment, housing, welfare, disability issues and immigration. We help people back to work as well as people who are out of work. Our geographical spread across Edinburgh includes five main offices; there are also 15 other outreach locations in places such as courts and hospitals.

Our work is extensive, necessary, valuable and most importantly it contributes to society. It provides a safety net for people who have nowhere else to go, have fallen through the government’s safety net or who just need advice and help. It receives support from some politicians, some organisations and some businesses but, like any charity, support is hard won in the current economic climate.

The Scottish Government and Edinburgh City Council have both been extremely supportive, as have other organisations such as Standard Life, Royal Bank of Scotland, HBOS, Aegon and Edinburgh Partners, but we need more supporters to step forward if we are to provide the required services an increasing number of people are relying on.

The aim of Citizens Advice Edinburgh is to capture this public and private sector goodwill for the long term so that the funding is secure on a sustainable level and the vulnerable people in our society, who are being affected on a day-to-day basis by the government’s welfare reforms, can feel secure in the knowledge that support for them will be available when they need it.

• Sandy Duckett is the chair of the Citizens Advice Edinburgh board

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AS THE world reflects on the impact Nelson Mandela has made on African politics and the cause of human rights everywhere, Glasgow can consider why, of all UK cities, it was first to enjoy a unique resonance with the South African freedom fighter.

The current UK media attention on this special relationship is proof that it not simply a myth perpetuated in the city. Glasgow did play a significant part in raising Mandela’s profile at a time when his name was unknown, except among those involved in the anti-apartheid movement.

One must be careful not to exaggerate this contribution. It was Mandela who sacrificed 27 years of his life in prison. But Glasgow with council resolutions, and the controversies they caused, brought his case to the attention of a British public brainwashed by Margaret Thatcher’s regime. For, while many governments lobbied for Mandela’s release, shamefully, the British government was not among them. Indeed the Tory prime minister did everything she could to shield the white, minority, racist South Africans from the international sanctions that were imposed against them for perpetrating apartheid. Glasgow’s stance provided a counter balance to that, despite attempts by her local lackeys to demean the city’s actions.

Why Glasgow? Why were we the leaders in an initiative that eventually spread to many other parts of the UK? The main credit must go to the Labour Party – Old Labour. Not from the politicians, but from the grass roots of the branches and constituencies came the call to take up the cause. This was very much in the traditional political Glasgow. From its Liberal history in the 19th century, Glasgow had been at the forefront of social reform and the advancement of humans rights. Opposing racial discrimination was a natural for the city that had witnessed other forms of discrimination at first hand.

When the Labour council, of which I was proud to be a member, took up the cause it did not find the going easy. The media were hostile to the move to award Mandela the freedom of the city. The public were at best indifferent. There was a feeling that a mere city council should stay out of international politics and stick to managing the housing stock. It took years to swing the Glasgow public totally on side. Mandela was awarded the freedom in 1981. Yet even by 1986, when St George’s Place was renamed in his honour, there was still a deal of hostility. However, when the man himself visited Glasgow in 1993 he was greeted as the hero he was.

Glasgow did play its small part in supporting his struggle, yet most of the credit for ending an obnoxious apartheid system so peacefully must go to the man himself.

The cult of the personality has been so devalued in recent years that it is easy to dismiss it as vacuous nonsense. Since the eventing over Princess Diana’s death through all the rubbish of Big Brother, to talentless contests that increasingly mimic freak shows, “personality” has been sucked of its meaning. It is now defined by those with no obvious abilities but with the luck to have been associated with some event considered by our dumbed-down society as newsworthy – even if it was only falling out of a taxi drunk.

For a definition of the impact of true personality we turn to Mandela. The strength of character shown by this intelligent man, who quite consciously exposed himself to the death penalty under a brutal regime, is only underlined by his determination to suffer 27 years in prison breaking rocks.

In the latter years of that incarceration there were deals to be had if he had only been prepared to abandon his struggle, and with it his principles. But he never wavered. His standing among his colleagues in the African National Congress was demonstrated by the fact that, despite there being no prospect of his release, they continued to endorse him as their president even though he could not perform any political function. The power of his personality was sufficient.

But his personality emerged even more strongly on his eventual release from prison. It is difficult to overestimate his generosity of heart just as it hard to believe that any other human being would have behaved with the dignity he showed.

He himself suffered years of abuse for pursing legitimate political aims. He saw colleagues murdered by the state for the same reason. He saw millions of the people he led being legally classified as second-class citizens, deprived of their human and civil rights, forced into economic servitude.

The desire for vengeance must have often been overwhelming, especially as there must have been close supporters who demanded a harder line. And yet, he held multi-racial presidential elections in which he allowed his white opponent to stand as his deputy.

Then, as president, he refrained from turning on the worst abusers of the old regime – the secret police chiefs, the army and police that assaulted and tortured his activists; the white businessmen and farmers who exploited his people.

He did not throw them in jail nor deprive them of their assets. Instead, he set up the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, a court of restorative justice where those victims of gross human rights violations were able to make statements about their experiences.

Not only does this generosity of spirit define his greatness as a person, it was the sound political choice to make. Opting for the path of retribution would have risked violent reaction from the still powerful white interests. Bloodshed and economic devastation on a scale beyond anything seen in the rest of Africa would have followed.

Glasgow chose well, when of all the international crises they could have picked to support – Cuba and Palestine come to mind, it swung behind Mandela.

The city’s contribution may only form a footnote to his achievements. But we can be satisfied we chose the right side.

TENS of thousands of police, NHS workers, prison staff and civil servants in Scotland will keep their automatic annual pay rises despite plans unveiled by George Osborne to slash the public sector wage bill, SNP ministers signalled yesterday.

Hours after the Chancellor told public sector workers that their annual “progression” payments are to be axed in 2015, Scotland’s finance secretary, John Swinney, gave a clear hint that he would take a different path, insisting governments had to “take the workforce with us” as cutbacks were administered.

A final decision will not be taken until September when the Scottish Government unveils its next spending statement. But sources within the administration yesterday suggested that a different approach was being signalled ahead of that budget.

The decision to axe the automatic pay rises was a key element of Mr Osborne’s spending statement yesterday, which provided line-by-line plans for all government departments in 2015-16, the period immediately after the next General Election.

He also unveiled savings in the welfare bill, capping housing benefit, tax credits and disability benefits.

A new seven-day wait before claiming unemployment benefits will be introduced and all job seekers will be made to attend the job centre every week.

In total, the Chancellor itemised £11.5 billion of cutbacks for the financial year which begins a month before the next General Election. It will be for the next government to sign the cuts off, but Labour has said it will broadly stick by the Chancellor’s spending plans for that year should it win.

England’s £110bn NHS budget was protected and Mr Osborne also largely kept the huge £50bn education budget out of any cutbacks.

Due to the workings of the Barnett Formula, which determines the amount of public spending in the devolved regions of the UK, this sheltered the Scottish Government from the worst of the cuts too.

In total, the overall Scottish block grant will fall by only 1.5 per cent from the previous year, to £25.7bn – compared to 10 per cent cuts to the Treasury, the Cabinet Office and England’s Justice Department.

The Scottish Government has also been given extra borrowing power by Mr Osborne.

SNP ministers will have access to increased capital spending powers of about £296 million in 2015/16, which can be spent on infrastructure.

But the decision to protect public sector pay increases could be costly for the Scottish Government, with independent reports having suggested that the practice of automatic payments costs upwards of £200m a year to fund.

Progression payments are awarded to staff as they move up a defined pay scale, usually on the basis of length of time served. Mr Osborne claimed that, in some cases, some members of staff were receiving 7 per cent pay rises, a practice which he said was often “deeply unfair”.

He announced that annual incremental pay increases in the civil service would be axed in 2015 and a fresh push made to remove automatic pay rises for time served in NHS, prisons and police. The armed forces will be excluded from the changes.

“Progression pay can at best be described as antiquated; at worst, it’s deeply unfair to other parts of the public sector who don’t get it and to the private sector who have to pay for it,” he told MPs in the Commons.

However, in Scotland, the decision for civil service, NHS workers, prison staff and the police will be primarily for Scottish ministers to make. For council workers, including teachers, the responsibility rests with local authorities.

Mr Swinney has so far copied Mr Osborne’s public sector pay restraint, freezing inflationary rises over the last two years, as the Scottish Government seeks to cope with its own cutbacks.

However, he signalled a clear change of direction yesterday on increases linked to progression.

Speaking on the BBC, Mr Swinney said: “We will resolve our issues when it comes to the setting of our budget in September. But any government has to recognise the importance of taking the workforce with us which is a major issue any government has to face.”

On Mr Osborne’s bid to find fresh savings in the welfare budget, Mr Swinney added that the approach merely “shunted the problem onto the Scot Government and local authority partners”.

If a decision to keep progression payments is confirmed, it will mark a controversial gap opening up between public sector workers. Civil servants in Scotland who work for the UK government – such as in the Department for Work and Pensions, or in the Department for International Development – will receive lower pay rises than public servants employed by the devolved administration.

There would also be questions raised about the affordability of the move. Local authority chief executives have already warned that the annual increases cost “tens of millions of pounds each year”.

Scottish Secretary Michael Moore yesterday welcomed the announcement of more borrowing powers for capital spending in Scotland. He said: “The Scottish Government has asked for additional capital resource and the UK government has delivered it. They must now use it to invest in Scotland and help the economy grow.”

However, business leaders last night said that the extra – borrowed – cash available in 2015 would only put the Scottish Government’s capital budget back to where it had been prior to the spending squeeze.

Liz Cameron of the Scottish Chambers of Commerce said: “The introduction of £296m of capital borrowing powers for the Scottish Government in 2015-16 will still only result in an overall annual capital budget of £3.3bn, which is equivalent in cash terms to the annual capital budget the Scottish Government had before the last Comprehensive Spending Review in 2010-11.”

SNP figures argued that the evidence of further cutbacks under a UK government running up to and beyond 2016 made the case for independence at next year’s referendum. Stewart Hosie MP, the party’s economy spokesman said “This current round of cuts takes us to 2016 and [Mr] Osborne today promised they will continue for years to come, so a Yes vote next September is now even more important to ensure we no longer have a discredited, failed Westminster Chancellor of a government we didn’t vote for and don’t want squeezing hard working families in Scotland.”

Scottish Labour finance spokesman Ken MacIntosh, meanwhile, described the plans as “a disaster for Scotland”.

Scots Tory figures said they accepted that growth had been “disappointing” but argued that the UK government had succeeded in cutting the deficit by a third since coming into power.

FULL list of graduands from Edinburgh Napier University graduation ceremonies on 27 June

Edinburgh Napier University

The Business School

Doctor of Philosophy – Cherie H. Chen, Michael Peter Pöllmann, Jialiang Wang

Master of Research – Ranya Farooq Ali

School of Accounting, Financial Services & Law

Bachelor of Arts – Accounting (Hons) – First Class Honours – Nataliya Cardownie, Li Dalton, Kim Sheila Dawson, Agata Holik, Jelena Rjabova, Ka Hei Tsang, Yang Wang

Bachelor of Arts – Accounting (Hons) – Second Class Honours (1st Division) – Sandra Ellen Black, James Graham Burrow, Shuo Chen, Kathryn Cumming, Siqi Hao, Nikhita Lakhanpal, Yajun Liu, Kirstin Louise MacKay, Stuart Andrew McLean, Yafei Mou, Iain Ovens, Craig Pollock, Rachel Scott, Kayleigh Joanne Steel, Pak Ho Tsang, Yumeng Wang, Hanyu Yin

Bachelor of Arts – Accounting (Hons) – Second Class Honours (2nd Division) – Adam Emad Anee, Jing Cai, Yuanqi Cai, Nikki Curley, Tsara Ford, Zongpu Han, Jieqiong Jin, Yaxi Ju, Hongwan Li, Danmeng Liu, Ying Meng, Haoqun Qu, Malin Sandstrom, Roman Sha, Michael Siegfried Stange, Ruifeng Su, He Wang, Jianxun Wang, You Wang, Wei Xi, Yinxu Xun, Minrui Zhang, Qi Zhang, Ruizhi Zhang, Yichen Zhang, Wei Zheng, Bowen Zhou

Bachelor of Arts – Accounting (Hons) – Third Class Honours – Ruihan Fang, Chenhao Nie, Yuhe Qian, Kun Yuan

Bachelor of Arts – Accounting – with Distinction – Meseret Dirirsa

Bachelor of Arts – Accounting – Adrien James Howard Cockett, Nathan Alan Forster, Jessica Heads

Certificate of Higher Education – Accounting – with Distinction – David John Currie

Master of Science – Accounting & Finance – with Distinction – Stewart Adams

Master of Science – Accounting & Finance – Chen Chen, Weiwei Luo, Chen Sun, Weiran Wang, Lin Xie, Rui Yao, Xuan Zhang

Postgraduate Diploma – Accounting & Finance – Yang Yu

Bachelor of Arts – Accounting & Finance (Hons) – Second Class Honours (1st Division) – Jingyi Gong, Peng Wang

Bachelor of Arts – Accounting & Finance (Hons) – Second Class Honours (2nd Division) – Jin Cheng, Danyang Geng, Qirui Gong, Wen Leng, Licong Liang, Dan Xie, Yuqing Zhang, Hengyang Zhu

Bachelor of Arts – Accounting & Finance (Hons) – Third Class Honours – Hui Fang, Jiayin Gu, Renbiao Shi

Bachelor of Arts – Accounting with Corporate Finance (Hons) – First Class Honours – Keith Gowan, Ashley-Jane Kitchen, Xiaoyan Ma, Aleksandrs Spelkovs

Bachelor of Arts – Accounting with Corporate Finance (Hons) – Second Class Honours (1st Division) – Ruairidh Reid, Chantelle Webber, Ewelina Joanna Zaborska

Bachelor of Arts – Accounting with Corporate Finance (Hons) – Second Class Honours (2nd Division) – Evelyn Idebolo, Mohammed Adil Shabbir, Andreas Tzineris, Adrian Wong

Bachelor of Arts – Accounting with Corporate Finance – Dmitrij Kirgizov

Bachelor of Arts – Accounting with Human Resource Management – with Distinction – Mariola Moller

Bachelor of Arts – Business Finance (Accounting) (Hons) – First Class Honours – Muhan Yu

Bachelor of Arts – Business Finance (Accounting) (Hons) – Second Class Honours (1st Division) – Jialu Li, Zhe Li

Bachelor of Arts – Business Finance (Accounting) (Hons) – Second Class Honours (2nd Division) – Yiqian Cao, Shiyi Jin, Jialu Li, Cun Wang, Yazhu Wang, Fei Xue

Bachelor of Arts – Business Finance (Accounting) (Hons) – Third Class Honours – Xuewei Song, Nabil Mohamed Yahya

Bachelor of Arts – Business Finance (Accounting) – with Distinction – James Flannery

Bachelor of Arts – Business Finance (Accounting) – Gillian Guyan, Christos Kozakos, Yifei Yuan

Master of Science – Corporate Strategy & Finance – Xingtai Wang

Bachelor of Arts – Financial Services (Hons) – First Class Honours – Yemiao Huang, Xiaoqing Yan

Bachelor of Arts – Financial Services (Hons) – Second Class Honours (1st Division) – Sophie Sylvia Christiana Akiwumi, Lele Han, Tingting Huang, Danmai Lu, Zhixing Ma, Christopher Nsofwa Mapipo, Baishi Wang, Jingkai Wang, Jiannan Wang, Jianhui Xin, Lingling Xu, Xiangyu Zhang, Yunjia Zhang, Jiaqi Zhou, Yifan Zong

Bachelor of Arts – Financial Services (Hons) – Second Class Honours (2nd Division) – Ali Al-Enezi, Manyoni Microus Banda, Chao Du, Haohao Geng, Yang Hong, Lei Li, Lingxiao Li, Yuqiang Li, Lu Liu, Mujie Ma, Huan Meng, Li Mo, Victoria Muthiani, Ranasinghe Arachchige Gayan Nalinda Perera, Rong Wang, Zhe Xing, Yifan Yu, Rui Zhou

Bachelor of Arts – Financial Services (Hons) – Third Class Honours – Guanhong Chen, Shuoxin Chen, Huiqiang Hu, Qi Jia, Yishu Lu, Xiangyu Zou

Bachelor of Arts – Financial Services – with Distinction – Jennifer Davidson, Leigh Tollan

Bachelor of Arts – Financial Services – Joseph Heho Kariuki, Mika Kavuzya, Brian David Kinloch

Bachelor of Arts – Financial Services Management (Hons) – Second Class Honours (1st Division) – Nola Margaret Peita Craig, Maria Georgieva, Kimberley Hackett, Christopher James Halloran, Christopher Hull, Zemeng Li, Glen Madis, Hanna Sundqvist

Bachelor of Arts – Financial Services Management (Hons) – Second Class Honours (2nd Division) – Naomi Chebii

Bachelor of Arts – Financial Services Management – Shane Lee

Master of Laws – Health & Social Welfare Law – Sarah Tawse

Master of Science – International Finance – Bingjian Hou, Junyu Liu, Li Ma, Di Wu, Lu Yuan, Ruoran Zhang

Postgraduate Diploma – International Finance – Yao Ma, Daragh Starken

Bachelor of Arts – Law (Hons) – Second Class Honours (1st Division) – Jingwei Hao, Jennifer Pace

Bachelor of Arts – Law – with Distinction – Jennifer Harris

Bachelor of Arts – Law – Hidar Abdi Dawood

Bachelor of Laws (Hon) – First Class Honours – Alastair Ross

Bachelor of Laws (Hon) – Second Class Honours (1st Division) – Caitlin Brooks, Bruce Campbell, Jak Carlin, Katie Dawson, Bistra Hinova, Sameah Javaid, Heidi Kandyba-Callis, Cavell Knowles, Harry Lewis, Scott McArdle, Zara McKeown, Laura Louise Methven, Laura Penman, Ashley Pollock, Samantha Reade, Karolina Anna Sieler, Debbie Simpson, Sathpal Singh, Mark Stevenson, Iain Muir Young

Bachelor of Laws (Hon) – Second Class Honours (2nd Division), Chloe Ellis Aitken, Sarah Lavinia Hamilton, Sandra Kamanda, Mark Maguiness, Marta Paulina Walczyk, Laura Elizabeth Whitwell

Bachelor of Laws – with Distinction – Juliet Barker, Wilson Forbes Browne, Denise Clark, Kevin Paul Connor, Jody MacKay, Kirsty Maitland, Louise McLaren, Caitlin Murray, Lesley Stewart

Bachelor of Laws – Agata Dziuba, Edwin Farrell, Thomas Farquar Griffin, Marina Laput, Claire Lynn, Matthew Malone, Sally Louise Morrison, Tristram Russell Tweedie, Zoe Claire Veitch, Dorothy Watson

Faculty of Engineering Computing & Creative Industries

Doctor of Philosophy – Kofi Boateng, Iain Macdonald, Haftor Medbøe, Gracia Ramirez

School of Arts & Creative Industries

Bachelor of Arts – Acting for Stage & Screen (Hons) – First Class Honours, Corin Beattie, Caroline Dey, Kyle Haddow

Bachelor of Arts – Acting for Stage & Screen (Hons) – Second Class Honours (1st Division) – Rashid Rishaad Ait El Moudden, Chelsea Gilroy, Christopher Walster

Bachelor of Arts – Acting for Stage & Screen – with Distinction – Lewis Daniel Brewer

Bachelor of Arts – Acting for Stage & Screen – Calum Douglas Barbour

Master of Fine Arts – Advanced Film Practice – Gert Bang Andersen, Pawel Szczepaniak, Edgar Wittek

Bachelor of Arts – Communication, Advertising & Public Relations (Hons) – First Class Honours – Ellis Anne Donaldson, Carlotta Zorzi

Bachelor of Arts – Communication, Advertising & Public Relations (Hons) – Second Class Honours (1st Division) – Kelly Barbour, Holly Grant, Agnieszka Julia Jozwiak, Eddie Naper, Naomi Peters, Andrew Safi, Daniellle Seymour, Amy Florence Witt, Ka Wing Wong

Bachelor of Arts – Communication, Advertising & Public Relations (Hons) – Second Class Honours (2nd Division) – Joanna Godlewska, Sandra Ewa Jablonska, Andrew David Moore, Lucy Robbins, Kimberley Simmonds, Marina Bourne Tatsiona, Isaac Thirsk

Bachelor of Arts – Communication, Advertising & Public Relations (Hons) – Third Class Honours – Lorna Aitchison Brown, Louisa Emily Mackie, Kayleigh Slicer

Bachelor of Arts – Communication, Advertising & Public Relations – with Distinction – Kerry Turnock

Bachelor of Arts – Communication, Advertising & Public Relations – David John Anderson, Ines Chenguel, Julia Giguet, Cara Nicole Inglis, Luca Leonardi, Alice Maynard, Jamie Patrick Millar, Anastasia Monterrat, Mari Paterson

Bachelor of Arts – Creative Industries (Hons) – Second Class Honours (1st Division) – Sarah Hemfrey

Bachelor of Arts – Creative Industries (Hons) – Second Class Honours (2nd Division) – Leighann Johnson, Emma Maloy, Natalie Kasha Terry

Bachelor of Arts – Creative Industries – Stefanie Sheena Bowles

Adam Douglas Richard Cromarty

Sean Samie Salhab

Diploma of Higher Education – Creative Industries – Mine Konuk

Bachelor of Arts – Creative Studies – Linzi Jane Holliday

Bachelor of Arts – Culture, Media & Society (Hons) – First Class Honours – Zoe Hay, Christine Lang

Bachelor of Arts – Culture, Media & Society (Hons) – Second Class Honours (1st Division) – Joe Barker, Cassie Brown, Eleanor Szymanski, Jonathan Toye, Sarah Young

Bachelor of Arts – Culture, Media & Society (Hons) – Second Class Honours (2nd Division) – Rhianna Adams, Dawn Balfour, Holli McIntosh, Lauren Aimee Pettigrew, Lindsay Steward, Elizabeth Thongpaithoon, Jamie Twohig

Master of Arts – Design (Products) – Xing Wan

Bachelor of Design – Design & Digital Arts (Hons) – First Class Honours – Omar Barco, Douglas Chalmers, Robert Samuel Doyle, Liah Moss

Bachelor of Design – Design & Digital Arts (Hons) – Second Class Honours (1st Division) – Catherine Anderson, Xuening Bai, Qianqian Hu, James Owen Hughes, Sophie Macneil, Stephen McKie, Jing Meng, Chris Freer Pincombe, Katy Skillen, Ryan Taylor

Bachelor of Design – Design & Digital Arts (Hons) – Second Class Honours (2nd Division) – Shiya Chen, Lyndsay Marie Mary Dickson, Michal Klimczyk, Jing Shi

Bachelor of Design – Design & Digital Arts – with Distinction – Jose Luis Reyes

Bachelor of Arts – English (Hons) – First Class Honours – John Evans, Naomi Head, Lyle Duncan Milne, Gail Milner

Bachelor of Arts – English (Hons) – Second Class Honours (1st Division) – Christopher Joseph Byrne, Lewis Docherty, Eve Holloway, Bradley Jones, Heather Leonard, Blair McNally, Laura Mitchell, David James Nicholson, Charlotte Quayle, Melanie Robertson, Signe Rudovia, Hannah Schofield, Dominika Skrocka, Rachelle Angela Webdill

Bachelor of Arts – English (Hons) – Second Class Honours (2nd Division) – Celine Mettayer

Bachelor of Arts – English – with Distinction – Annemarie Eckhardt, James Robert Horton, Stuart James Renshaw

Bachelor of Arts – English – Jamie Livingstone

Bachelor of Arts – English & Film (Hons) – First Class Honours – Sophie Stephenson, Michael Stewart

Bachelor of Arts – English & Film (Hons) – Second Class Honours (1st Division) – Deirdre Bashorum, Jed Burrows, Kali Christie Dawson, Justyna Joanna Kujac, Andrew McArthur, Kathryn Elizabeth Murray, Calum O’Fee, Sonia Reini, Steven Mark Runciman, Craig Walker

Bachelor of Arts – English & Film (Hons) – Second Class Honours (2nd Division) – Francis Anderson

Bachelor of Arts – English & Film – with Distinction – Liam Hugh Martin Dryden

Bachelor of Arts – English & Film – Callum Dancer

Bachelor of Arts – English & Journalism (Hons) – First Class Honours – Paula Wilkinson

Bachelor of Arts – English & Journalism (Hons) – Second Class Honours (1st Division) – Lauren Codling, Anthony Gougeon, Bryanie Alexandra Kane, Antonia Landi, Steven Speirs, Grant Wright

Bachelor of Design – Graphic Design (Hons) – First Class Honours – Edward Bell, James Galloway McNaught, Rebecca Amy Moyes, Irena Stehlikova, Becky Thomas, Thomas James Wightman

Bachelor of Design – Graphic Design (Hons) – Second Class Honours (1st Division) – Michael Coyle, Samantha Sheryl Dexter, Shona Mary Forsyth, Gavin McBride, Nicola Michelle Morrison, Fiona Sheal, Greta Virviciute, Lucie Will

Bachelor of Design – Graphic Design (Hons) – Second Class Honours (2nd Division) – Daisy Beatrice Lovey Brixey Lazarus, John Jamie McGregor, Holly Pestell, Kay Petrie, Louise Scott, Sarah Vance

Bachelor of Design – Graphic Design – with Distinction – Jeremy William Dunn

Bachelor of Design – Graphic Design – Eniko Hangodi, Eleanor Rose Lawson, Jennifer Moran, Jonathan Paterson

Bachelor of Design – Interior Architecture (Hons) – First Class Honours, Jed Case, Koralia Maciej, Stephanie Smith

Bachelor of Design – Interior Architecture (Hons) – Second Class Honours (1st Division) – Kendal Cummings, Stephanie Denholm, Chloe-Amber Frost, Danielle Hammond, Rory Alexander Stewart Imlach, Danielle Kydd, Ieva Nagle, Carris Richardson, Susanne Thomassen, Magdalena Wesoly

Bachelor of Design – Interior Architecture (Hons) – Second Class Honours (2nd Division) – Katarzyna Czainska, Suzanne Miller, Paulina Weronika Niebrzydowska, Bryony Stewart

Master of Arts – Journalism – Sam Khan-McIntyre, Maxim Lewerenz

Postgraduate Diploma – Journalism – Anna Fenton

Bachelor of Arts – Journalism (Hons) – First Class Honours – Anika Aylward Blake, Luke Carr Langlands, Christopher David Melvin, Richard David Morgan, Steven Robson, Charlotte Workman

Bachelor of Arts – Journalism (Hons) – Second Class Honours (1st Division) – Samantha Brady, Hannah Burton, Adam Carrington, Rachael Clare Etheridge, Paul David Foy, Raquel Gella Casellas, Yasmine Gibb, Gavin Scott Harper, Rachel Cecilia Hennessy, Morag Hobbs, Oliver Douglas Hughes, Jenny Kassner, Giulia Mattei, Jack Dennis Matthews, Claire McCann, Kerry McGinty, Sean Anderson Stephen McLennan, Cally McWilliam, Sylvie Metcalfe, Armelle Murray, Conor Frank William Quinn, Karen Rafferty, Katariina Rawlins, John Stephens, Aron Suba, Graham Turner, Sarah Elizabeth Vesty, Coral Walker, Rachel Jane Norma Watson, Alex Wilson

Bachelor of Arts – Journalism (Hons) – Second Class Honours (2nd Division) – Zac Baker, Leighton Craig, Keith Hamilton, Robert McTighe, Tymon Ruszkowski, Sean Paul Stringer

Bachelor of Arts – Journalism – with Distinction – David Stuart Brown

Bachelor of Music – Music (Hons) – First Class Honours – Christine Barbara, Mandie Ingram Brown, Gemma Christine Connor, Dawn Coulshed, Corrie Sinclair Gibb, Andrew William John McLean, Abby Scott, Erica Heather Sinclair, Annika Carolin Suhr, Fraser Lamont Thomson, Bethany Young

Bachelor of Music – Music (Hons) – Second Class Honours (1st Division) – Lyndsey Elizabeth Allen, Gaynor Martine Barradell, Linzi Anne Culley Charnley, Amanda Currie, Samantha Cuthill, Nicola Henderson, Robin MacLennan, Marisa Russo

Bachelor of Music – Music (Hons) – Second Class Honours (2nd Division) – Julie Grace Durham, Sandeep Khutan, Paula McAleer, Martin Charles Stewart, John Young

Bachelor of Music – Music (Hons) – Third Class Honours – Ciara Therese Donnelly

Bachelor of Music – Music – with Distinction – Eleanor Mary Lynes, Carolyn Anona Scott

Bachelor of Music – Music – Jennifer Low

Bachelor of Arts – Photography & Film (Hons) – First Class Honours – Mathew Hay, Anna Maria Mokrzycka, Jonah Henry Sugden, Katri Anna-Leena Helena Vanhatalo, Jagoda Wisniewska

Bachelor of Arts – Photography & Film (Hons) – Second Class Honours (1st Division) – Kirsty Cochrane, Pollyanna Tatiana Davison, Karel Alastair Dolak, Thalia Elizabeth Kemp, Jill McKeagney, Gordon Napier, Lewis Nicoletti, Ralph Smith, Joseph Daniel Summerton, Alkistis Terzi, David Wilkinson, Ailsa Jane Williams

Bachelor of Arts – Photography & Film (Hons) – Second Class Honours (2nd Division) – Katarzyna Urszula Branicka, Hayley Louise Burnett, Emily Clayton, Ingrida Danieliute, Emma Dobie, Robyn-Leigh Gibson, Angela Leskovics, Zoe Fraser McLeod, Sarah Jayne Merrett, Ruta Skemaite

Bachelor of Arts – Photography & Film (Hons) – Third Class Honours – Daniel Gourley

Bachelor of Arts – Photography & Film – with Distinction – Wiktoria Bendiuk, Dora Benko, Konrad Mielniczuk

Bachelor of Arts – Photography & Film – Sabelle Baglee, Edward Cairns, Eleanor Darroch, Rose Louise Dodgson, Joe McTernan, Charlie Parker, Louise Alison Nerys Robinson, Marton Zsichla

Bachelor of Arts – Popular Music (Hons) – First Class Honours – Graham Coe, Jamie Dunleavey, Neil Robert Forrest, Rebecca Michelle Fox, Stephen Maxwell, Rebecca Shearing, Greg Smart

Bachelor of Arts – Popular Music (Hons) – Second Class Honours (1st Division) – Samuel Bidgood, Ben Collard, Scott Gary Jamieson, Emily Kelly, Neil Mackenzie, Cara Nelson, David John O’Leary, Innes James MacKenzie Robertson, Craig Stuart Somerville, Samuel Thorne

Bachelor of Arts – Popular Music (Hons) – Second Class Honours (2nd Division) – Paul McGowan, Donna Marie Smith, Daniel Andrew Welch

Bachelor of Arts – Popular Music – with Distinction – Stephen Foster, Ciaran Harvey, Gavin Andrew Wiltshire

Bachelor of Arts – Popular Music – Elizabeth Heaton, Jeanne Elizabeth Laidlaw, Paul McGhee, Thomas McPhee, Niccolo Paolucci, Steven John Rose

Bachelor of Design – Product Design (Hons) – First Class Honours – Hannah Sarah Griffiths, Jocelyn Rachael Mather, Luke Tarry

Bachelor of Design – Product Design (Hons) – Second Class Honours (1st Division) – James Aidan Blaik, Kevin David Doudie, Keith Andrew Ewen, Lei Li, Daniel Liss, Siobhan Naomi MacKenzie, Ailie McIntyre, Hannah Elizabeth McMurray, Aimi Louise Robertson, Tyrone Stoddart, Christianne Elaine Wall, Jiefu Yu

Bachelor of Design – Product Design (Hons) – Second Class Honours (2nd Division) – Lindsay Crease, Jiakun Niu, Cancan Pan, Remo Signori, Jue Wang

Bachelor of Design – Product Design – Daria Paulina Golinska, Christopher Laing

Master of Science – Publishing – Miao Li

Postgraduate Diploma – Publishing – Andrew McIntyre Baird, Julie-Ann Murray, Ralph Sanders

Master of Arts – Screen Project Development – with Distinction – Lisa Carol Mackintosh

Master of Arts – Screen Project Development – Claudia Litzka

Postgraduate Diploma – Screen Project Development – Duncan Leishman

Master of Arts – Screenwriting – Amanda Richardson, Luke Sampson, Michelle Size, Roslynn Traynor, James William Auguste Turner, Antonis Valasiadis, Sonia Wilson

Master of Arts – Sound Production – Cameron Russell Fraser Malcolm

Bachelor of Arts – Television (Hons) – First Class Honours – Morgan Holly Belch, Maija Helena Koukkari, Kimberley Looi, Catriona Napier, Blair Stewart

Bachelor of Arts – Television (Hons) – Second Class Honours (1st Division), Rebekah Clark, Andrew Crane, Ryan Dubickas - Pearson, Rory Dunning, Harry Joseph Forde, James John Robert Hannan, Alan Robert Henry, Stuart Hetherington, Melanie Hindle, Christopher Innes, Gerard Lydon, Stuart David Millar, Ross Murray, Loudy Othman, Stuart Electro Rain, Katy Reilly, Struan Duncan Robertson, Jordan John MacLeod Shearer, Michael Richard Gordon Somerville, Amy Thomson, Leslie Hugh White, Wanshuang Xue

Bachelor of Arts – Television (Hons) – Second Class Honours (2nd Division) – Kristopher Ryan Eskdale, Cairn Ferguson, Oliver Thomas Hilton, Gareth Hunt, Louise Heather Marshall, Jamie McIntosh

Martin William Watt

Bachelor of Arts – Television – with Distinction – Ruth Gallacher, Christopher McGarrity

AFTERNOON CEREMONY

The Business School

Doctor of Philosophy – David Dick, Michael Fascia, Li Sun

Doctor of Business Administration – Susan Laing

Master of Research – Aisha Khalifa Saif Al Suwaidi

School of Management

Master of Business Administration – with Distinction – Makafui Paul Akaba, Darla Lane Dore

Master of Business Administration – Kayode Adegoke Adeagbo, Sher Afgan, Hasan Mohsen Hasan Alsakkaf, Barbara Bergomi, Kaushik Bhattacharyya, Praveen Billava Jagannath, Bharath Kumar Dharavath, Naresh Donthukurthi, Rama Goluguri, James Kiogora Ikiara, Sumit Kumar, Linda Leonhardt, Dong Luo, Anish Makoday, Ashok Kumar Reddy Miriyala, Chander Bhushan Mishra, Yatin Moghe, Ekemeiyeva Osatohanme Okupa, Angus Roberts, Courtney Roe, Vivek Shivadas, Ravi Soni, Nagendra Prasad Reddy Tadi, Vivek Yadav

Master of Science – Business Management – Rhona Falls, Edita Ginteryte-Sidlauskiene, Andrew Cameron Kerr, Andrzej Kocaj, Yiming Li, Dorcus McLeod, Jigar Patel, Yuvananthini Rajamanikam, Chuin Hua Siw, Jianghao Tian, Ying Tian, Kang Yan, Xi Zhang, Chaoyue Zhao, Xiaolin Zhu

Bachelor of Arts – Business Management (Hons) – First Class Honours, Sebastian Auer, Michael George Brennan, Shelley Dick, Claudia Ellböck, Ross Fleming, Carolin Herrmann, Blake Hutchinson, Laura Jackman, Christine Kroebel, Malaika Isolde Langer, Ewelina Agnieszka Maniak, Zhao Mu, Dilan Omari, Elena Pershina, Louise Rankine, Ross Alan William Renforth, Fabian Schulte, Michael Walch, Julia Wiebe, Andrew Wilson, Can Yang

Bachelor of Arts – Business Management (Hons) – Second Class Honours (1st Division) – Jörg Christoph Rouven Beck, Hannah Blanc, Zhujun Cao, Liam Ross Charles, Ming Chi, Lauren Elizabeth Cox, Jasmin Davison, Christopher Dolan, Christopher Duncan, Qian Fan, Gillian Fyffe, Nasir Ghafoor, Callum Gilbertson, Agata Natalia Glaser, Charles Glass, Jessicca Gordon, Adrian Robert Daniel Graham, Charlotte Louise Betsy Gray, Mengying Hao, Xiaoqing Hao, David Hay, Christian Karl Hess, Kris James Hopkirk, Xiaowei Huang, Sijia Jiang, James Edward Charles Kanter, Claire Elizabeth Knox, Kevin James Lally, Sarah Lapsley, Camille Leroy, Zongpeng Li, John Victor Gunnar Lindeberg, Mengya Liu, Pan Liu, Ewa Majewska, Xianzi Meng, Sarah Jayne Millar, Katie Milne, Alzbeta Rehakova, Kyle Ross, Patricia Simpson, Hanna Maria Skubski, Calum Grant Campbell Smith, Ryan Smith, Tracy Smith, Paulina Smolen, Eve Naomi Thomson, Daniel Tupling, Kornelius Weck, Shuang Xia, Mengyun Xing, Linxiao Xu, Jingye Xue, Lidong Yan, Ailu Yi, Lijie Zhang, Yandi Zhang, Teng Zhao, Yuzhou Zheng, Tianqi Zuo

Bachelor of Arts – Business Management (Hons) – Second Class Honours (2nd Division) – Bushra Basira Ali, Maria Ali, Lorenzo Burrows, Shuying Ding, Bozena Dobrowolska, Mingwei Duan, Chang Gao, Fei Gao, Stepan Grigoryan, Xiaonan Guo, Wendi Huan, Jiaxiu Jiang, Lang Lang, Jian Li, Jiaji Li, Yuan Liu, Samantha Martin, Rory Calum Naylor, Ryan O’Donnell, He Qian, Mariia Sanzharovska, Oliver Stevenson, Hui Wang, Zhen Wei, Jun Xia, Miqing Xie, Tao Xing, Chen Yang, Shaochen Yang, Yulu Yu, Wei Yue, Mingbo Yun, Sylwia Izabela Zablotni, Ge Zhang, Hengli Zhang, Xiaobei Zhang, Haoxian Zhao, Wenting Zhao, Peiyun Zou, Run Zuo

Bachelor of Arts – Business Management (Hons) – Third Class Honours – Timofey Amirov, Tianjian Chen, Ye Jiang, Ziyuan Lin, Chang Liu, Victor Makaryev, Xiangyu Peng, Bowen Shen, Stanislav Soshnev, Yicai Yang, Fan Zhang, Junan Zhou

Bachelor of Arts – Business Management – with Distinction – Anthony Alexander Aitken, Christina Blomeier, Felix Christoph Brinkmann, Anne Marie Donald, Kathleen Donnelly, Katharina Barbara Dunkel, Marcelina Filanowicz, Corrinna Findlay, Gregory Fleming, Markus Gansel, Christian Hilgendorf, Alexandra Holmes, Emilie Juhe, Elsa Marthe Christiane Laurent, Barbara Lienert, Roxanne Little, Charlene McGuire, Katharina Isabell Moll, Grace Nakiriza, Irene Margaret Nardone, Darina Koleva Parvova, Jasmin Reger, Lise Ricordel, Lesley Speirs, Frederik Karl Hermann Stiber, Ott Velsberg, Craig Steven Winton, Hossen Zakaria

Bachelor of Arts – Business Management – Ilya Alekseev, Thamer Alrabia, Cornelius Bakwena, Josefine Bonsch, Viacheslav Budko, Jamie Campbell, Jade Cook, Emma Darling, Rebecca Darling, Abdellah Djebbari, Karolina Domagala, Jamie Gourley, Yang Guan, Michael Higgins, Claire Jackson, Sukhwant Kaur, Darren Khosrowpour, Thibault Marie Jacques Jean Lafay, Nathan Largemain, Euan Robert John Lawrence, Aude Le Meudec, Aimee Louise Linn, Ksenia Maletova, Aimable Mbarushimana, Frank McGraw, Stuart Christopher McKindless, Ivan Meshkov, Arthur Milleret, Emma O’Hare, Caitlin O’Neill, Ann-Katrin Preiss, Ann-Marie Quigley, Damien Elie Roux, Daria Julia Rutkowska, Dariusz Seweryn Rutkowski, Valentin Scherbeck, Daniel Silva, Cara Anne Stewart, Felix Ternisien, Kayleigh Thomson, Teresa Thomson, Lisa Walker, Moira Winkler

Diploma of Higher Education – Business Management – Gaelle Habarurema-Isimbi

Bachelor of Arts – Business Management with Accounting (Hons) – Second Class Honours (1st Division) – David Deboys, Ryan Malcolm

Bachelor of Arts – Business Management with Accounting – Lewis McPhee

Master of Science – Business Management with Entrepreneurship – Li Liu, Ifedayo Ogunsanwo, Ramon Senserrich Feixas, Yan Tu, Wei Zhang

Postgraduate Diploma – Business Management with Entrepreneurship – Tolulope Perkins Dada

Bachelor of Arts – Business Management with Entrepreneurship (Hons) – Second Class Honours (1st Division) – Liam Grant, David Robinson, Joanna Taylor

Bachelor of Arts – Business Management with Entrepreneurship – with Distinction – Robbie McKay

Bachelor of Arts – Business Management with Entrepreneurship – Calum Barclay, Eloise Marie Marguerite Boubet

Bachelor of Arts – Business Management with Festivals & Events (Hons) – Second Class Honours (1st Division) – Margaux Ruth Seidlitz

Bachelor of Arts – Business Management with Festivals & Events (Hons) – Second Class Honours (2nd Division) – Andrew Malcolm McEwan

Bachelor of Arts – Business Management with Festivals & Events – with Distinction – Jutta Lena Rübelmann

Bachelor of Arts – Business Management with Finance (Hons) – First Class Honours – Nirwan Tajik, Josef Voss-Dust

Bachelor of Arts – Business Management with Finance (Hons) – Second Class Honours (1st Division) – Adrian Chmielewski, Katarzyna Harezlak

Bachelor of Arts – Business Management with Finance (Hons) – Second Class Honours (2nd Division) – James Kyle MacKenzie, Tianxing Zhao

Bachelor of Arts – Business Management with French (Hons) – Second Class Honours (2nd Division) – Maciej Manikowski

Bachelor of Arts – Business Management with Hospitality (Hons) – Second Class Honours (1st Division) – Wenyi Liao

Master of Science – Business Management with Human Resource Management – with Distinction – Julia Hansohm

Master of Science – Business Management with Human Resource Management – Aishah Alsaulah, Shiva Bagherinejad, Laura Gottwald, Hongyang Li, Titilayo Atinuke Olatunji, Mofe Oneju, Abdul Wajid, Fan Yang

Bachelor of Arts – Business Management with Human Resource Management (Hons) – First Class Honours – Iwona Aniela Tanska, Anna Werdyn

Bachelor of Arts – Business Management with Human Resource Management (Hons) – Second Class Honours (1st Division) – Cher Colquhoun, Louise Faulds, Anna Gajda, Rebecca Hurst, Ryan McIntosh, Katie McKenzie, Lori McLay, Catriona Rebecca Milne, Rhona Katie Singer Shaughnessy, Gillian Stewart

Bachelor of Arts – Business Management with Human Resource Management (Hons) – Second Class Honours (2nd Division) – Paulina Bijak

Bachelor of Arts – Business Management with Human Resource Management (Hons) – Third Class Honours – Katarzyna Szarama

Bachelor of Arts – Business Management with Human Resource Management – with Distinction – Pauline Christie, Katarzyna Anna Niebudek

Bachelor of Arts – Business Management with Human Resource Management – Michal Szura

Bachelor of Arts – Business Management with Law (Hons) – First Class Honours – Holly Alexine Edwards

Bachelor of Arts – Business Management with Law (Hons) – Second Class Honours (1st Division) – Marta Dorota Sawicka, Fiona Scott

Bachelor of Arts – Business Management with Law (Hons) – Second Class Honours (2nd Division) – Ilir Ahmeti

Bachelor of Arts – Business Management with Law – Nadia Ali

Master of Science – Business Management with Marketing – Wei Feng, Sixiao Guo, Gaswarh Imam, Maksym Kompanets, Wentao Ren, Angelo Smialkowski, Hao Wu

Bachelor of Arts – Business Management with Marketing (Hons) – First Class Honours – Jasmin Crocker

Bachelor of Arts – Business Management with Marketing (Hons) – Second Class Honours (1st Division) – Ross Peter Pietruszka Campbell, Khaled Israfil, Jason Pringle King, Richard Leaver, Samsara Danielle McDonald, Jordan Redfearn

Bachelor of Arts – Business Management with Marketing (Hons) – Second Class Honours (2nd Division) – Callum Sinclair

Bachelor of Arts – Business Management with Marketing – with Distinction – June Larissa Nardiello, Julie Riamon

Diploma of Higher Education – Business Management with Marketing – Charles Fulton Asson

Bachelor of Arts – Business Management with Spanish (Hons) – Second Class Honours (1st Division) – Jamie Ronald McGill

Bachelor of Arts – Business Practice with Human Resource Management (Sandwich) – with Distinction – Ashley Thomson

Bachelor of Arts – Business Practice with Human Resource Management (Sandwich) – Derek Walsh

Certificate of Higher Education – Business Studies – Dalal Alabdulkarim

Bachelor of Arts – Business Studies (Sandwich) (Hons) – First Class Honours – Thomas Mapplebeck

Bachelor of Arts – Business Studies (Sandwich) (Hons) – Second Class Honours (1st Division) – Kimberley Alexander, William Bremner, Steven Bringhurst, Mairi Girvan, Sean Macaulay Gourlay, Audrey Jayne Kenny, Jennifer Elizabeth Kerr, Craig McCarter, Blair Newman, Kim Russell, Andrew Wilson

Bachelor of Arts – Business Studies with Entrepreneurship (Sandwich) (Hons) – Second Class Honours (1st Division) – Claire Marie Forshaw

Bachelor of Arts – Business Studies with Entrepreneurship (Sandwich) (Hons) – Second Class Honours (2nd Division) – Craig Anderson, Mark John Blaik, Alastair Deas, Findlay Hart, Adam Ng, Tom Strachan, Rebecca Wynne

Bachelor of Arts – Business Studies with Finance (Sandwich) (Hons) – Second Class Honours (1st Division) – Mark Goodall, Paul Sutherland

Bachelor of Arts – Business Studies with Finance (Sandwich) (Hons) – Second Class Honours (2nd Division) – Scott James Carmichael

Bachelor of Arts – Business Studies with Human Resource Management (Sandwich) (Hons) – First Class Honours – Angella Bell, Amy Finck, Ashleigh Tania Mackenzie

Bachelor of Arts – Business Studies with Human Resource Management (Sandwich) (Hons) – Second Class Honours (1st Division) – Toni Louise Green, Louise Masterson, Daniel Moczynski, Graeme Thomas Turnbull

Bachelor of Arts – Business Studies with Marketing Management (Sandwich) (Hons) – Second Class Honours (1st Division) – Freddy Drucquer

Bachelor of Arts – Economics with Management (Hons) – Second Class Honours (1st Division) – Rui Cardoso, Zhaozheng Chen, Junfang Feng, Martin Thomas Lunn, Sharin Rashid, Jeri Reeves, Shouming Xu

Bachelor of Arts – Economics with Management (Hons) – Second Class Honours (2nd Division) – Abdullah Alenezi, Fulin Jiang, Jiaojiao Kang, Yonghao Li, Zhen Li, Longhao Tian, Xizi Tong, Xinyuan Wang, Kai Yang, Qian Yang, Yang Yang

Bachelor of Arts – Economics with Management (Hons) – Third Class Honours – Yiping Bao, Naibo Chen, Xiaozhuang Ding, Yu Gu, Xiao Liu, Qifeng Mao, Shujun Xiao, Zizhong Zhang

Bachelor of Arts – Economics with Management – with Distinction – Santiago Gomez Pineiro

Master of Science – Human Resource Management – Vicky Donaldson, Rachael Douglas

Master of Science – International Business Management – with Distinction – Veronika Jakob

Master of Science – International Business Management – Frank Brian Aetius, Chukwuka Israel Anozie, Mileen Richter, Anand Kumar Sivaraman, He Wan

Postgraduate Diploma – International Business Management – Arnaud Lefaux, Garazi Luzan, Kunal Yadav

Bachelor of Arts – International Business Management (Hons) – First Class Honours – Graeme Russell

Bachelor of Arts – International Business Management (Hons) – Second Class Honours (1st Division) – Taras Lazorenko, Rebecca Diana Hume Mather, Ihor Shuptar

Bachelor of Arts – International Business Management (Hons) – Second Class Honours (2nd Division) – Michal Mazurkiewicz

Bachelor of Arts – International Business Management – with Distinction – Robyn Deborah Chalmers

Master of Science – International Human Resource Management – Michael Born, Alejandro Fernandez Menendez

Master of Science – Investment Promotion & Economic Development – with Distinction – Mona Salim Bseiso, Godfrey Tom Okeyo Obiero

Master of Science – Investment Promotion & Economic Development – Isa-Beatrice Abel, Achameesing Kavita Kumari, Jared Duhu, Gimbo Martha Were, Neville Shadrack Thuto Matjie, Dotto Samuel Stanley

Postgraduate Diploma – Investment Promotion & Economic Development – Hugo Eplan Bahnesem

The Edinburgh Institute

Master of Science – Advanced Leadership Practice – Glyn Jeffrey Cave, Scott Frederick James Dickinson, Kate Frampton, Lorna Ann Hunter, Beverley Keogh, Kathryn Macdonald, Sandra Ni Artaigh, Samuel Peacock, James Small, Catherine Steedman, Stuart Waddell, Jeremy Williamson, Brian Wright

Postgraduate Diploma – Advanced Leadership Practice – Colin Briggs, Jane Hopton

Bachelor of Arts – Business & Enterprise – with Distinction – Alexandra Baxter, Haley Anne Campbell, John Champion, Mark Coxe, Áine Marie Teresa Davies, Esther Denning, Margaret Donohoe, Duncan Ferguson, Michael Dean Fisher, Stephen Gall, David Gatherum, Deborah Hosie, Valerie Jackman, Matthew Johnson, John Kane, Jonathan Kerswill, Lindsay Kirk, Michael Koetsier, Andrea Lawrence, Jill Leggat, Susan McDonald, Brian McMillan, Emma Moate, Paul Moseley, Sally Elizabeth O’Connell, Jeremy Oliver, Alistair Park, Alison Pyott, Keith Robertson, Karen Rodgerson, Richard Patrick Seager, Sharron Skinner, Ruth Stevenson, Jacqueline Suckling

Bachelor of Arts – Business & Enterprise – Sheddy Mbizvo, Justine Molyneux, Josephine Wallace Rojas-Navarro, Angela Ruth Turner

Master of Science – Coaching – Anita Sauvage

Bachelor of Arts – Health Sector Management – Mary Leitch

Master of Science – Public Sector Leadership – John Andrew Heywood, Robert Keightley, Xaviere Veronica Poirrier

The Business School Flexible Managed Programmes

Postgraduate Diploma – Applied Statistics – Dariusz Robert Blaszczak

Eilidh Fletcher

Bachelor of Arts – Business Administration (Hons) – Third Class Honours – Lei Chu, Ke Zhang

Bachelor of Arts – Business Administration – with Distinction – Taisa Boysen

Bachelor of Arts – Business Administration – Abdulla Aljaberi, Boya Wang

Bachelor of Arts – Business Administration with Financial Services – Gregory Thomas Litsardopoulos

Bachelor of Arts – Business Administration with Language (Hons) – Second Class Honours (2nd Division) – Peter Andreas Lienhard

Bachelor of Arts – Business & Enterprise – with Distinction – Edmond Vincent Thompson

Bachelor of Arts – Business & Enterprise – Sabra Ahmed, Rebecca Elliott

Bachelor of Arts – Business Finance (Financial Services) (Hons) – Second Class Honours (2nd Division) – Adrian Tomasz Cichy

Bachelor of Arts – Business Management (Hons) – Third Class Honours – Zijia Chen

Bachelor of Arts – Business Operations Management – Jonathan Mackenzie

Bachelor of Arts – Business with Entrepreneurship – with Distinction – Lotta Diana Lillemor Strombeck

Bachelor of Arts – Business with Human Resource Management (Hons) – Second Class Honours (2nd Division) – Stephanie Powell

Bachelor of Arts – Business with Human Resources – with Distinction – Angela McAlister

Bachelor of Arts – Business with Languages (Hons) – Second Class Honours (1st Division) – Merel Rose Layton

Bachelor of Arts – Business with Marketing (Hons) – Second Class Honours (1st Division) – Ami Islam

Bachelor of Arts – Business with Marketing – with Distinction – Zakia Hanif

Bachelor of Arts – Combined Studies – Katarzyna Turek

Bachelor of Arts – Combined Studies (Business with Marketing & Tourism) (Hons) – Second Class Honours (1st Division) – Michael Clyne

Bachelor of Arts – Combined Studies (Marketing & Festival & Event Studies) (Hons) – Second Class Honours (1st Division) – Laura Vabiscevica

Bachelor of Arts – Hospitality & Tourism Studies – Joyce Wallace

Bachelor of Arts – International Business (Hons) – Second Class Honours (2nd Division) – Kalthoum Mutasim

Bachelor of Arts – Language with Intercultural Studies (Hons) – Second Class Honours (1st Division) – Christopher-Jay Clemments

Bachelor of Arts – Language with Marketing Management – with Distinction – Philippa Georgina Edghill-Crump

Bachelor of Arts – Legal Studies with Business – Aleksander Szymon Wadas

Master of Science – Management – Jörn Appelkamp, Susan Bald, Maurizio Di Liddo, Jan Heistermann, Di Huang, Usman Javed Iqbal, Andrea Kiebler, Christoph Kohla, Shangwen Li, Florian Melzer, Oksana Shafranyuk, Somnath Subramanyam, Xin Sun, Andreas Ueberbacher, Da Yu, Xiaonan Zhang

Postgraduate Certificate – Management – Paola Francesca Renucci

Master of Science – Management with Accounting – Yang Liu

Master of Science – Management with Accounting Studies – Zhe Zhang

Master of Science – Management with Business Communication – with Distinction

Lorna Helen McCallum

Master of Science – Management with Finance – Peng Li, Wei Wei

Master of Science – Management with Marketing – Nelly Juillet

Master of Science – Management with Strategy – with Distinction, Kevin Hutchison, Tina Koehnecke

Bachelor of Arts – Tourism Management with Human Resource Management (Hons) – Second Class Honours (1st Division) – Marwa Al Mansoori

FULL list of graduates from the University of Strathclyde on 27 June

11.00 am CEREMONY

Faculty of Science

Professor Tim Bedford, Dr Hermann Maria Hauser, CBE, Co-founder and Partner, Amadeus Capital Partners Ltd, for the degree of

Doctor of Philosophy

Research in the Department of Physics – Salima Saleh Abu-azoum, Andrew John Theodore Colin, David Alexander Constable, Jonathan Alan Coulter, Danielle Elizabeth Creanor, Aline Nathalie Dinkelaker, Ross James Gray, Naresh Kumar Gunasekar, Johannes Hermann Ludwig Herrnsdorf, Kathleen Kirchner, Simon Christopher Kraeusel, Loyd James McKnight, Filippo Maria Miatto, Marie Caroline Müllenbroich, Daniele Carmine Parrotta, Volodymyr Sergiievskyi, David Wilson, Enyuan Xie

Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences – Asia Selman Abdullah, Mohammed Mofareh Adam Albratty, Nizar Ali Ahmad Al-Shar’i, Naser Faisal Al Tannak, Dalal Mohammad Al-Taweel, Saud Salem A Bawazeer, Gemma Coombs, Ruairidh Gair Couston, Mohammad Issam M A Diab, Fadia Mohamed Gafri, Peter Alexander Gardner, Peter Ross Gordon, Selina Anne Henriquez, Gracie Love Kerr, Osama Idris Gibreel Khreit, Patrick Pearse McAleer, Alison McDonald, Laura Mooney, Ng Pei Yuen, Leena Kaija Linnea Nieminen, Gillian Mary Stenson, John Tiong Jeh Lung, Wanchana Ungphakorn, Stuart Woods, Dzeti Azilyta Eesa Zait, Leon Zlotos

Master f Philosophy

Research in the Department of Physics – Chenhao Li

Research in the Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences – Catherine Dowdells, Kenneth Richardson

Master of Research

Biomedical Sciences – Adnan AlKhalil, Emma Jane Millhouse, Alexandra Ntemiri

Drug Delivery Systems – Parag Devidas Mane, Mireia Puig Sellart, Raghu Vara Prasad Ramayanapu, Zhou Zhou

Master of Science

Clinical Pharmacy – Saima Kishvar Afzal with merit, Amy Louise Brown with distinction

Pharmaceutical Analysis – Sami Salim A Bawazeer, Khaled Ahmed Asmeida Saleh with merit

Pharmaceutical Quality and Good Manufacturing Practice – Sandra Ahern with merit, Daniel Patrick Brennan with merit, Ann Elizabeth Farnsworth with merit, Kenneth Eric Hoglund

Master in Science

Biophysics – with First Class Honours – Morag Ann Hogg

Applied Physics – with First Class Honours – Gordon Robert Hithell

Physics – with First Class Honours – Gavin Cheung, Ben Allan Russell, Robbie Wilson

Second Class Honours – upper division – Steven Crossan, Martin McGregor, Penny Devon Mitchell, Hersimerjit Padda, Zetao Xu

Biochemistry – Angela Campbell with distinction, Bianca MacLachlan with merit

Immunology – Kristen Lilly with merit

Bachelor of Science

Physics – with Second Class Honours – upper division – Stefan Thomas Celosia, Isabel Florence Pennock, Paul Quinn, Charlotte Robinson-Davies, Andrew William Watt

Second Class Honours – lower division – Amy Black, Lorraine Newell

Third Class Honours – Brian Chapman, Andrew James Quinn, Muhammad Nazrin Bin Zaid

Bachelor of Science – Steven Drennan

Laser Physics and Optoelectronics – with Second Class Honours – upper division – Callum Muirhead

Physics with Teaching – with First Class Honours – Christina Rose Gilruth

Second Class Honours – upper division – Andrew James Steven

Second Class Honours – lower division – Alexandra Watson

Biochemistry and Immunology – with Second Class Honours – upper division – Katherine Anita Henderson, Emma Jane Kerr, Rachel Aimee Wood

Second Class Honours – lower division – Jordan Jack Ovington, Euan Alexander Steven, Frances-Ann Ward

Third Class Honours – Tamzyn Louise Mathers

Biochemistry and Microbiology – with First Class Honours – Graeme Norman Carrick, Beatrice Viviane Vetter

Second Class Honours – lower division – Kayleigh Ann Johnston

Biochemistry and Pharmacology – with First Class Honours – Melissa McNaughton

Second Class Honours – upper division – Paul John Brown, Sarah Victoria Frances McFadden, Joanne Ka Yan To

Second Class Honours – lower division – Jennifer Jane King, Nicole Elizabeth McMillan, Aimee Louisa Mitchell

Immunology and Microbiology – with First Class Honours – Munibah Ghani

Second Class Honours – upper division – Gillian Cartledge, Sian Moorhead, Anna Rosa Regan

Second Class Honours – lower division – Mohammed Bilal Ali, Lucas Johnston, Michael Peter Francis Kane, Nadia Sophie Lillecrapp, Stacey Leigh McLean, Alastair Maxwell, Alexander Richardson, Philip Somerville

Third Class Honours – Scott Cooke

Immunology and Pharmacology – with First Class Honours – Zenab Sairah Ali, Gillian Hargrave

Second Class Honours – upper division – Jennifer Erin Baird, Heather Carrington, Bryony Ann Murray, Katarzyna Pawlowicz, Amy Ross, Kathryn Stott, Nicole Elizabeth Wark, Stephanie Mary Wilson

Second Class Honours – lower division – Peter Christopher Kanin Anderson, Amra Arshad, Siobhan Breslin, Meighan Helen Reilly, Emma Smith, Sarah Louise Watson, Caroline Ann Wilson

Biomedical Science – with First Class Honours – Lauren Dee Campbell

Second Class Honours – upper division – Rachel Donaghey, Matthew Gow, Louise Catherine McDonald, Graeme John MacVicar, Sarah-Jane Montgomery, Kenneth Innes Morrison

Second Class Honours – lower division – Toni-Louise Apps, Amy Jayne Margaret Arbuckle, Sabihah Binti Asif, Lucy Catherine Angela Bradley, Ruth Mary Buchan-Wyber, Amy Laura Coats, Diane Josiane Gbahouo, Stephanie Hutcheson, David Andrew Keers, Sofia Firdaus Khan, Zaomba Lesley Longwe, Lauren Claire McLellan, Dora Alina Mirembe Korsah, Jillian Ramsay

Third Class Honours – Saqib Mehmood, Alistair William Milliken

Forensic Biology – with First Class Honours – Rebecca Angela Monaghan

Emma Lauren Rollo

with Second Class Honours – upper division – Joanna Louise Beedie, Marcia Joanna Hagan, Shona Jordan, Gemma Louise McCandless, Sarah McGuinness, Mhairi McMurdo, Karen Morrison, Rebecca Elisabeth Pearson, Kimberley Gayle Shields

Second Class Honours – lower division – Ryan Cassidy, Rebecca Jane Fraser, Louise Gray, Laura Ann Macleod, Thomas Alexander Macleod, Andrew Miller, Dominick Christopher Perrocco

Bachelor of Science – Katie Oliver

Pharmacology with Industrial Placement – with Second Class Honours – lower division – Callum Gallacher, Quddsia Jabeen Iqbal, Rachel Eshetu Wubalem Tesfaye, Alice Jane Turner

Biological Sciences – Bachelor of Science – Emma Sarah Davidson, Sarah Catherine Donnelly, Holly Hart, Alana Margaret Miller, Emma Caterina O’Farrell, Kirsty Quinn, Kirsty Sanders

3.00 pm CEREMONY

FACULTY OF SCIENCE

Professor Brian Furman, Dr Mei Ling Young, Co-founder and Executive Director of the International Medical University, Mr Richard Hunter, Dr J Fraser Livingston, DUniv, Former Convenor of the University Court

Master of Pharmacy

Pharmacy – with distinction – Heather Jane Allan, Kirstin Louise Bowden, Goh Shi Yu, Amnah Ishaq, Gemma Jusprite Kaur, Jennifer Louise McKenna, Tracey Marie Mackie, Rebecca Alice McRae, Grant O’Neil, Chrystal Sim Ee Lin, Natalie Sweenie, Tan Ching Jou, Debbie-Anne Taylor

with merit – Aik Wei Xin, Elaine Margaret Ainslie, Hasan Bin Tariq Akhtar, Rebecca Emily Allan, Jennifer Allison, Mohd Zamir Bin Amno, Benedicta Andoh, Zhu-Wen Ang, Alison Winifred Armstrong, Nur Liyana Binti Azmi, Gerald James Bailey, Alice Emily Binns, Stuart James Birnie, David Bisset, Caroline Kathleen Bowie, Caroline Brown, Sze Min Chan, Mary Chen Siew Yng, Chen Pey Shin, Rachel Louise Campbell Chestnutt, Chng Mei Yan, Chong Li Li, Chooi Kheng Yee, Chua Kit Ying, Chua Seng Yang, Victoria Elizabeth Clark, Fiona Clarke, Meghan Louise Cowle, Muhsin Shahbaz Din, Lynsay Jane Drysdale, David Alan Fairbairn, Paul Ferry, Nicola Fitzpatrick, Erin Marie Flynn, Yen Lin Foo, Kirsty Gillen, Scott Gillen, Nikki Stark Gilluley, Goh Beng Tai, Jennifer Harper, Sean Haughey, Heng Shwu Hwan, Pobo Ho, Joanne Claire Hope, Lynsey Hyslop, Alexandra Fay Elizabeth Jack, Francesca Clara Jones, Kee Jia Jia, Laura Elizabeth Kelly, Khoo Jia Wen, Khoo Yu Hsuan, Angela Kiernan, Zoe Margaret Kirkpatrick, Kong Mien Yuh, Nicola Ruth Laing, Lay Siew Ling, Kenneth Lee Wen Han, Martina Lees, Lim Ai Ling, Lim Er Yuin, Lim Huey Yong, Lim Kang Wee, Jia Wen Loh, Long Chee Hui, Leanne McAuley, Natalie Megan McCredie, Annie McLeod, Lauren Fiona McNicol, Isla Mahmood, Rebecca Malley, Sinead Bridget Margey, Sean Vincent Morton, Olivia Rachel Moss, Pavithira Devi Nagamuthu, Catriona Nairn, Ng Jia Yee, Kah Quan Ng, Ong Suyin, Vivian Pang, Gillian Paterson, Ryan Paterson, Pay Yun Teng, Mark Power, Euan Fraser Proud, Hannah Elizabeth Rae, Claire Louisa Rafferty, Sarah Frances Reid, Ciaran Reilly, Jennifer-Rose Saidler, Seah Cai Qi, Anahita Shiran, Deborah Smillie, Katherine Louise Snee, Sarah Adeola Solaja, Soong Pei Ling, Victoria Louise Stevens, Richard William Strang, Balamurugan Supparamaniam, Tan Guo Hong, Tan Hwee Mien, Tan Suk Ping, Teh Ai Ly, Teh Xizhou, Peter Ting Siew Kong, Tok Yu Chin, Steven Tominey, Sovitha Shirle Verasamy, Rachael Gina Watters, Gillian Welsh, Katrina Patricia Wilkie, Andrew Scott Wilkinson, Peggy Wong Ghit Tze, Wong Pei Ling, Wong Poh Hee, Wong Sin Yee, Sabeela Yasin, Yeap Yoke Bing, Yip Yan Yee, Yong Yan Kit

Master of Pharmacy – Mohammed Arif Ali, Christopher James Barr, Kenneth Alastair Beattie, Maxwell Douglas Bell, Katherine Margaret Birse, Hannah Brawley, Robyn Louise Cameron, Cheok Wei Siong, Chook Juan Wen Esther, Chuah Shin Min, Nico Cocozza, Philip James Cole, Rebecca Ann Craig, Sohail Fezan Din, Amy Duffin, Matthew Alexander Edwards, Erin Laura Harley, Hng Ting Kian, Aisha Ihsan, Christina Elizabeth Irwin, Anila Janjua, Ralph Keith, Emma Louise Kirkwood, Koh Wit Lyn, Koh Yin Yan, Eugene Leong Foong Goon, Huai Kay Li, Lim Xinyu, Loh Huei Ling, Loh Xiao Wen, Jialin Lok, Loong Meng Lee, Suzanne McDowell, Eilidh McGonigle, Sean McKenna, Méabh Brid McNally, Lynsey Margaret McVean, Nor Naimah Binti Mazlan, Muoboghare Markie Obukowho, Nadia Mushtaq, Ng Bee Yean, Sean Ng Sze Shenn, Ng Siu Theng, Akosua Afriyie Osafo, Rachel Pike, Ruth Quinn, Lauren Vallance Robbie, Scott William Roe, Sim Li Wee, Soon Share Ting, Scott Stringer, Clement Tan Kai Xiang, Tan Ker Han, Wei Shen Tan, Teoh Ling Chuing, Alice Jennifer White, Catherine Wong Ling Sieng, Yong Geok May, Yong Sook May

Bachelor of Science

Pharmaceutical Sciences – Second Class Honours – upper division – Talal M M S D AlEnezi, Christopher MacKerron

Second Class Honours – lower division – Che Gaik Cheng, Chew May Yee, Choong Wai Ling, Jeremy Loo Yoong Sheng, Stephanie Coreen McCall

FULL list of graduates from the University of St Andrews on 27 June

University of St Andrews (10.30am ceremony)

Faculty of Arts

Degree of Ph.D. – Marie-Noëlle Brogly, Jennifer Lynne Rebecca Cadman, Daniela Castellanos, Fredrik Gustafsson, Thomas William Strickland Hodgson, Matthew Holtmeier, Julia Langkau, Julia Elfriede Lorber, Ruth Lowe, Anthony John Pickles, John White Trafton, Lori Hope Watson, Christopher Woerner, Qingqing Yang

Degree of M.Phil. – Martha Alicia Trevino-Tarango

Degree of M.Res.

Social Anthropology

Allison Wilson

Postgraduate Diploma – Cultural Identity Studies – Sarah Richards

Degree of M.A. General – David Adam, Xxx Alihan, Mohammed Al-Khater, Vera Al-Saowaf, Caitlyn Elizabeth Barford, Angela Lynn Carello, Andrew John Chance, Samantha Liwen Chen-Beaton, Campbell Brewster Crowe, Niamh Fahey, Martin Robert Gorrie, Daniel Halasz, Mark David Hamid, Suzanna Heldring, Steven Hunter, Juhyung Jeong, Carolyn Johnston, Fiona Krzyzanowska, Chloe Lieberman, Claire McDonald, Jill McVee, Katherine Anne Moyer, Laura Robbins, Jean Lauren Scott Moore Robertson, Peter Sedlak, Deborah Mary Shearer, Candace Stevenson, George Hugh Robert Stewart, Naomi Thom, Derek Welch, Esme Yozell

Degree of M.A. Honours – Arabic and Middle East Studies – Jan Hinrich Hagedorn, Maria Isabel Lachenauer

Arabic and Economics – Joshua Geesing

Arabic and International Relations – Thomas Jeremy Feige, Yeji Moon Monda, Andrew Bryce Muir, Annemarie Schreyer, Miya Tajima-Simpson, Ciara Mairghread Wiegand, Sarah Yaseen

Arabic and Spanish – Victoria Erin Horne

Film Studies and International Relations – Hillevi Gustafson

French – Christopher James Cuthbert

Huw Oliver, Katie Louise Smith

French (with Integrated Year Abroad) – Kirsty Louise Boardman, Anna Louise Cooper, Lauren Winifred Mustard, Fiona Raleigh, Naomi Selene Kennedy Rayner

French - German with Linguistics (with Integrated Year Abroad) – Michael Alexander Carswell

French - Russian with Linguistics (with Integrated Year Abroad) – Francesca Rosin White

French - Spanish with Linguistics – Claire Rachael Finnie

French - Spanish with Linguistics (with Integrated Year Abroad) – Esther Rose Maltas, Claire Anna Sybil Rampen, Hannah Joy Simms

French and Geography (with Integrated Year Abroad) – Siobhan Maxfield

French and German – Catriona Elizabeth Gray

French and German (with Integrated Year Abroad) – Linzi Rebecca Stacey Cureton, Katie Gibson, Lauren Hogg, Jennifer Louise Kay, Jonathan Mark McAlister, Kirstie Read, Thomas Smith

French and German and Italian (with Integrated Year Abroad) – Catriona Anne Grace Miller

French and German and Spanish (with Integrated Year Abroad) – Thomas Evans

French and International Relations – Alexandra Wood Ellis, Lauren Glenmere, Abigail Florence Lovell, Samuel Andrew McGregor, Fiona S O’Brien

French and International Relations (with Integrated Year Abroad) – Paul Murphie , Nathan James Smith, Charlotte Susannah Wells

French and Italian – Zoe Eager, Katie Elizabeth Longbone

French and Italian (with Integrated Year Abroad) – Emma Corcoran, James Forbes, Stuart Morris, Camille-Marie Warner

French and Italian and Spanish – Ruarigh Thornton

French and Italian and Spanish (with Integrated Year Abroad) – Alice Clare Meaden

French and Latin – Alicia Cassidy

French and Latin (with Integrated Year Abroad) – Anna Bray, Charlotte Lamond Coulthard

French and Management (with integrated Year Abroad) – Alison Grace Duncan-Young, Lucy Reid

French and Modern History – Victoria Cornelius

French and Modern History (with integrated Year Abroad) – Alice Fyffe

French and Russian (with Integrated Year Abroad) – Aleksandra Joanna Chlon, Alisa Nicola Theunis

French and Social Anthropology (with Integrated Year Abroad) – Natasha Mary Seel, Jake Threadgould

French and Spanish – Emily K Allen

French and Spanish (with integrated Year Abroad) – Kathryn Rose Allan, Jodie Drummond, Katie Marston, Naomi McAteer, Stefanie Ildiko Retfalvi, Elena Lois Smith, Sophie Wilson, Emma Louise Woodruff

German – Rosemary Anne Brown

German (with Integrated Year Abroad) – Katherine Louise Attwood, Katherine Marlow, Lynsey Rhiannon Williams

German and Italian – Katherine Parish

German and Italian (with integrated Year Abroad) – Elisa Natalie Walker

German and Management (with Integrated Year Abroad) – Charlotte Lucie Cangardel

German and Theological Studies (with integrated Year Abroad) – Isabel Bradby

German with Linguistics (with integrated Year Abroad) – Alistair Grant, Alison McConway

International Relations and Spanish – Emma Victoria McIlvenna

Italian – Max Alan Sutherland

Italian (with Integrated Year Abroad) – Hannah Erica Hopper

Italian and Mediaeval History (with integrated Year Abroad) – Nadia Knifton

Italian and Modern History (with integrated Year Abroad) – Charlotte Veronica Martin

Italian and Spanish (with Integrated Year Abroad) – Collette Oliver, Bianca Mattea Russo

Modern Languages (French and Spanish) and International Relations – Berengere McAndrew Sim

Modern Languages (French and Spanish) and International Relations (with integrated Year Abroad) – Hannah Crawford

Philosophy – Rosalie Baldwin, Richard Brassington, Oliver Carr, Nathanael John Dixon, Oliver Doubtfire, Eduardo Ecker, Luca Chou Guaitolini, John W B Harper, Andrew John Illsley, Robert Tyler Jones, Sally Kavanagh, Bob Stephen Larking, Jonathan Lerner, James Andrew Patrick Lowe, Samuel McCulloch, Katherine Manning, Deborah Marber, Oliver James Martill, Natalie Marwick, Thomas James Pollitt, Emily Anne Salt, Liam Scott, Trevor Wallace

Philosophy and Psychology – Naomi Miriam Fitzpatrick

Michael MacFarlane

Philosophy and Social Anthropology – Gabriel Puliatti, Thomas Wilson

Russian – Bridget Aquila Chaisson

Russian (with Integrated Year Abroad) – Ewa Bajerska, Marek Ejmont

Russian and Spanish – Elizabeth Mary Rebecca Winn

Social Anthropology – Halima Ameziane Campbell, Malcolm Canvin, Jon George Detheridge, Tenzin Dolma, Kellie English, Thomas Wood Fleming, Linda Gibson, Luke Alexander Ireson, Lauren Alexandra King, Kirsty Ann Knowles, Lisa Jane McElhinney, Andrew McIndoo, James Alexander Jules McLean, Michael Bryant Melia, Adele Oates, Elspeth Caroline Parsons, Sophie Prown, Bethan Marie Rowlands, Sabrina Russo, Ashley Smith, Melissa Barrett Steel, Rebecca Rose Vellacott, Axel Gustav Wallin, Elliot James Wilson, Teresa Wynn

Social Anthropology and Spanish – Katherine Skinner

Spanish – Laura MacArtney, Sarah Louise Thalmessinger

Spanish (with Integrated Year Abroad) – Mandy L Caplan, Jennifer Dixon, Naomi Ruth Gascoigne, Rachael Elizabeth Lilian Harbinson, Sarah McLeod, Iain Newman

2:00 CEREMONY

Faculty of Arts

Degree of Ph.D. – David Drinnon, Christopher Robert Hill, Robert Edward Houghton, Graeme James Kemp, Peter Nelson Lindfield

Degree of M.Res. – Modern History – Sheila Wilhelmina Smith

Degree of M.Litt. – Art History – Francesca Lara Bayegan, Brittney McCray, Amy Victoria Waugh

Museum and Gallery Studies – Kirstin Eve Gordon Bruges

Reformation Studies – Kevin Thomas Elias Barnes

Degree of M.A. Honours – Art History – Francesca Anne Altamura, Amy Astor, Lili Patricia Bagyanszki, Jamee Lynn Bender, Amelia Carter, Marian Casey, Alexander Cottrell, Alistair Cummings, Dimple Divecha, Katie Dodd, Annie Faichney, Chloe Frechette, Angie Whay-Ann Hsieh, Rose King, Alexandra MacKenzie, Caroline Mary McCaffrey, Catriona McCormick, Elspeth Madeleine Jane McDowell, William Munro Ferguson, Johanna Pollick, Stephanie Pope, Kelly Patricia Quackenbush, Celia Rosoman, Louise Sheridan, Celeste Melisande Sloman, Lucy Nicola Smith, Monica Marie Snyder, India Alexandra Struthers, Emma Sutton, Polly Warrack, Helena Wood, Carson Claire Wos

Art History and Classical Studies – Naomi Isabella Jane Stewart, Emily Grace Vince, Ikuko Yamada

Art History and English – Charlotte Adlard, Tristram William Colledge, Sophie Mary Farrelly, Sophie Alexandra Lealan, Isabella Ruggiero, Jennifer Russell, Jake Starkey, Cherith Summers

Art History and Film Studies – Wai Lam Cheung

Art History and French – Brittany Freeman, Arabella Peaver

Art History and French (with integrated Year Ab road) – Louisa Brenton

Art History and Geography – Siannie Raphael Moodie

Art History and German (with Integrated Year Abroad) – Alexander Levine

Art History and International Relations – Juliana Marie McCullough Cusack, James Leaver, Aliya Munsiff, Leopold Thun-Hohenstein, Angelina Volk

Art History and Italian (with integrated Year Abroad) – Georgia Elizabeth Hughes

Art History and Management – Avni Chandaria, André Holmqvist, Jeawook Jeong, Taylor Ortiz, Siana Valhouli-Farb

Art History and Mediaeval History – Sarah Wheaton Fleming

Art History and Modern HistorySylvia Alvares-Correa, Rachel Poole Beardsley, Susanna Burns, Annabel Hollands, Tylar Jane Napolitano, Hannah Moira Scott

Art History and Philosophy – Madeleine Jessica Kennedy

Art History and Psychology – Avalon Francesca Borg, Genevieve McLeod Gralton

Art History and Social Anthropology – Samantha Anderson, Emma Helen Brigit Gabrielle Atkin-Brenninkymeyer, Freya Gabbutt, Ines M Geraldes Cardoso, Sarah Charlotte Mary Morton

Art History and Spanish – Bethany Helen Pleydell

History – Rachel Cara Bell, Stuart Bradwel, Richard Browne, Jasper Burroughs, Constantine Capsaskis, Michael Louis Cartier, Phoebe Alexandra Coates, Scarlett Georgia Cookson, Collin Dreizen, Peter Charles Dyer, Martin Fox, Oliver Girdham, Guy Joseph Hartley, Abigail Leonard, Erin Kathryn Lyons, Eleanor Lucy Rose Newman, Anton Orzel, Daniel Ayrton Palmer, Daniel Pycock, Patrick Hugo Fechin Slevin, Andrew MacKenzie Small, Charlotte Swearman, James Samuel Thorburn

International Relations and Modern History – Matthew Robert Coleman, Julianne Funk

Mediaeval History – Jessica Mai Yok Chan, Ryan Liam Charles Daly, Lucy Helen Donnelly, Orla Mary Ferry, Jonathan James Andrew Grey, Andrew Holland, Elise Vavrus Krohn, Claire Mottram, Victoria Marie Sarant, Rachael Claire Smith, Abigail Frances Georgina Steed, Niall Tease, Kathleen Turner

Mediaeval History and Archaeology – Ian Christopher David Amorosi, Charles Douglas Broughton

Mediaeval History and Theological Studies – Jamie Marshall

Modern History – Nick Batho, Jessica Kate Bell, Claire Birnie, Amy Carroll, Amelia Ayson Carruthers, Jennifer Dimmock, Alexandra Donegan, Heather Fleming, Joseph Francis Fleming, Fionnuala Glover, Philippa Harrison, Sarah Clare Hartley, Kirsty Haslam, Bjaerni A Henderson, Josh Ivinson, Edward Kneale, William Langmuir, Alexandra Averell Lively Edmondson, Graham Alexander Long, Archie Sven MacDonald, Archie MacGregor, Edmund James Wishart Mills O’Brien, Catherine Clare McDonald Pendreigh, Catriona Phillips, Katharine Powers, Ciaran Reid, Victoria Evangeline Sinclair-Beat, William Ernest Slade, James Aitken Graham Smith, Kathryn Jean Squicciarini, Spencer Mark Summers, Michael Taylor, Lucia Constance Wallbank, Thomas James Sutter Watt

Modern History and Philosophy – Simon Bartram, Laura Anne Morgan, Matthew Arnold Raeside, Peter James Walker

Modern History and Russian – Dmitri Andrew MacMillen

Modern History and Russian (with integrated Year Abroad) – Laura Elizabeth Robinson, Rebecca Thomson

Modern History and Spanish – Louise Manning

Modern History and Theological Studies – Joanna MacDonald

Scottish History – James McDonald, Jamie Bartley Ross

FULL list of graduates from the University of Stirling on 27 June

UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING

Bachelor of Accountancy – Lisa Snaddon

Bachelor of Accountancy with Honours – Kathryn Allison, Yvonne Buchanan, Phil David Campbell, Grant Christopher Carnegie, Lauren Clinton, Joanna Elder, Frazer Hogg, Rebecca McIvor, Danielle McPherson, Limahl Morgan, Craig William Neilson, Lili Zhang

Bachelor of Accountancy with Honours in Accountancy and Business Law – Paul Bent, Allyson Duffy, Aileen Phillips, Alison Stephen

Bachelor of Accountancy with Honours in Accountancy and Business Studies – Laura Ann Munro, Martyn Paterson, Lewis Scobie

Bachelor of Accountancy with Honours in Accountancy and Finance – Faisal Rehman Ali, Stephanie Ballantyne, Duncan Cameron, Deborah Campbell, Martin Kevin Dale, Laura Ferguson, Helena Catharina Galloway, Andrew Goudie, Remzi Hidiroglu, Caron Lynne Hunter, Kirsty Lister, Ryan Grant McIsaac, Andrew Peter James Ramsay, Christopher Skipsey

Bachelor of Accountancy with Honours in Accountancy and Marketing

Mahmut Ozgu

Bachelor of Accountancy with Honours in Accountancy and Mathematics – Megan Bethany Parish, Peter David Skeldon

Bachelor of Arts in Accounting and Finance – Sarah Callaghan, Barry James Harrison, Hiu Yin Amy Lau

Bachelor of Arts in Business Studies – Ian Erwin Arthur, David Patrick Jordan Boyd, Nathan Jackson, Bryony Laura Wallace

Bachelor of Arts in Economics – Henrik Olaf Bratz

Bachelor of Arts in Finance – Malko Schraner

Bachelor of Arts in Human Resource Management – Ryan Taylor

Bachelor of Arts in Marketing – Craig Alan Raleigh

Bachelor of Arts in Psychology – Matthew Lynch, Samantha McMillan, Stephenie Lauren Shearer, Stephanie Jane Watson

Bachelor of Arts in Retail Marketing – Mhairi Katrina Slater

Bachelor of Arts in Sports Studies – Duncan Fraser Adams, Gregory John Bonner, Kenneth Edward Dunn, Peter William Gemmell, Allen Gibson, Emma Henderson, Aidan Hewitt, Christopher Ireland, Stewart Low, Lindsay Lowrie, Alan Alexander MacDonald, Christie Murray, Mark Ritchie, Daniel Slattery, Patrick Spraggs, Darren Watson

Bachelor of Arts with Honours in Business Studies – Jonathan Edward Bunce, Christopher Burroughs, Andrew Cormican, Emma Cunningham, Pamela Anne Davis, Stephen Donnelly, Mitch Henderson, David Horton, Paul Brian Jelfs, Robert Linn, Elisabeth MacLennan, Fungai Magoche, Alexander McClymont, Anthony McDowall, Grant Charles McKechnie, Michael Joseph Quinn, Christopher Rome, Ben Sampson, Tim Sandt, Yingying Song

Bachelor of Arts with Honours in Business Studies and Computing Science – Eoin Neil

Bachelor of Arts with Honours in Business Studies and Film & Media – Sean Andrew Buchanan, Joanna Wierzba

Bachelor of Arts with Honours in Business Studies and Finance – Ross Collins, Craig Ross McCallum, Shannon Lee Tubman

Bachelor of Arts with Honours in Business Studies and Human Resource Management – Michael James Crawford, Richard Fairley, Heather Sarah Leadbetter, Audrey Margaret MacLeod, Greg McLauchlan

Bachelor of Arts with Honours in Business Studies and Law – Christina McGhee, Fiona Christina Morrison, Rachel Paton

Bachelor of Arts with Honours in Business Studies and Marketing – Craig Black, Lauren Alison Cochrane, Stephen Durnin, Andrew James Faulding, Nathan Foley, Andriana Goudi, Lisa Hanley, Marius Kilis, Heedong Kim, John McLaren, Claire McMahon, Alexandria Else Maria Ledingham Moen, Fraser Scott Neill, Gillian Robertson, Helen Elizabeth Sell, Ross Shepherd, Ross Smith, Christopher Starkie, Jennifer Tervit

Bachelor of Arts with Honours in Business Studies and Mathematics – Natalie Addie

Bachelor of Arts with Honours in Business Studies and Politics – Graham Alexander Ross

Bachelor of Arts with Honours in Business Studies and Sports Studies – Lewis Cullen, Samuel Filler, Eilidh Morag Mackay, Craig Mason, Graeme McCormick, John Christopher Thomas McOmish, James Saker, Eirik Frisnes Wartiainen

Bachelor of Arts with Honours in Business Studies and Tourism Management – Aleksandra Ewa Hoffmann

Bachelor of Arts with Honours in Economics – David Michael Bish, Gary Coull, Olga Cudreasov, Jordan Dimmock, Ahmed El-Hag, Andrew Jonathan Wells Foley, Elizabeth Lemmon, Daria Anna Malak, David Wilkins, Alexander James Wyatt-Mackle, Chloe-Abigail Young, Joseph Samuel Young

Bachelor of Arts with Honours in Economics and Finance – Zheng Guo, Matthias Mueck

Bachelor of Arts with Honours in Economics and History – Heather McManus

Bachelor of Arts with Honours in Economics and Politics – John Andrew Hotchkiss

Bachelor of Arts with Honours in Finance – Conor Smith

Bachelor of Arts with Honours in Finance and Investment – Ting Guo, Zexing Wang, Yang Yang, Xuanyu Zhu

Bachelor of Arts with Honours in Finance and Mathematics – Nadya Zusmanov

Bachelor of Arts with Honours in Human Resource Management – Lisa Paige Bell, Stephanie Bissett, Kathryn Gibson, Susanna-Theresa Hein, Sara Omar, Thomas Ewan Grant Ross, David Jamie Stairmand, Linda Anne Wills

Bachelor of Arts with Honours in Human Resource Management and Marketing – Claire Louise Calpin, Marine Dufeu, Nora Kalnoki-Kis

Bachelor of Arts with Honours in Human Resource Management and Psychology – Louise Robertson

Bachelor of Arts with Honours in Human Resource Management and Sports Studies – Ian Alexander Hardacre

Bachelor of Arts with Honours in International Tourism Management – Bianca Leibbrand

Bachelor of Arts with Honours in Marketing – Amber Rose Beveridge, Joanne Booth, Michael Jack Brown, Leigh Campbell, Robert Crow, Alison Evans, Mark Andrew Fairley, Alan Gunning, Caroline Jane Guthrie-Tate, Adrienn Gyori, David Haddow, Ruairi Edward Hill, Christopher Kennerley, Kelly Kirkhope, Hannah McKillop, Megan Moylan, Paula Murphy, Gary William Robertson, Chris Russell, Rosie Warren, Alistair Daniel Wright, Momo Yamada, Yilin Zhang

Bachelor of Arts with Honours in Marketing and Politics – Sam Alpin

Bachelor of Arts with Honours in Marketing and Psychology – Robb Falls, William Thomas Whitehead

Bachelor of Arts with Honours in Marketing and Sociology – Cristina Po Wenger, Freya Rose Walker

Bachelor of Arts with Honours in Marketing and Spanish – Fiona Holmes

Bachelor of Arts with Honours in Marketing and Sports Studies – Andrew Cassells, Ruth Jean Henderson, Daryn MacRae

Bachelor of Arts with Honours in Money, Banking and Finance – Edward Glassey, Maxim Kiyashov

Bachelor of Arts with Honours in Philosophy and Psychology – Allan Black, Megan Catherine Carlin

Bachelor of Arts with Honours in Politics and Psychology – Bryan Flanagan, Johanne Haynes

Bachelor of Arts with Honours in Psychology – Anette Leonore Ahlstrom, Lynsey Cochrane, Judith Crowe, Grace Fry, Tiffany Helen Kerr, Joanne Kirkwood, Marta Lemke, Rachael Mowat, Lee Alistair Simpson, Claire Louise Smith

Bachelor of Arts with Honours in Psychology and Social Policy – Lisa Studders

Bachelor of Arts with Honours in Psychology and Sociology – Nadine Helen Fowler, Kerrie Jayne Grant, Amy Jamieson, Katy Conlon MacKay, Adam McDiarmid

Bachelor of Arts with Honours in Psychology and Sports Studies – Stewart James Bicker, Christopher McCrum, Lauren McLean, John Philip, Luca Seale, Amy Walker

Bachelor of Arts with Honours in Retail Marketing – Killean MacKay, Paul Millar, Annette Morgan, Josephine Mros

Bachelor of Arts with Honours in Sports Studies – Catherine Louise Arton, Alan Boyd, Daniel Ross Brunton, Lewis Caul, Jordan Robert Curran, Jack Charles Davis, Nathan Joel Downs, Ross Eden, Gavin Ellis, Grant Alexander Fraser, Derek Gair, Rebecca Gracey, Jordana Alice Graham, Declan Greenwood, Sean Gulland, Jamie Hannah, Laura Jean Hartley, Megan Jane Johnston, Andrew Kirk, Marta Aleksandra Kulakowska, Gavin Lee, Chris Logan, Sam Long, Sinead Macleod, Jordan Steven McCulloch, Anne Marie McFadden, Ross McKechnie, Ewan McLeish, Lauren Annie McMurchie, Alexander Thomas Orrill Merriman, Stuart Miller, Louise Milliken, James Morrison, Paul Ormiston, Megan Faith Roberta Padden, Michael Paton, Ryan Quinn, Alan Steven Reid, Marc Rivett, Scott Russell, Dario Sanguigni, Hannah Smillie, Bobby Smith, Luke Spilsbury, Martin Stevenson, Abby Thomson, David Watt, Mark James White, Matthew Francis Whitten, Kerry Amanda Wood, Nadeem Zeb

Bachelor of Nursing – Lorna Wotherspoon

Bachelor of Science in Aquatic Science – Natalie Ann Brown, Andrew Leech

Bachelor of Science in Biology – Sarah Anne Bain, Ciaran Patrick Hugh Devine, Kirsty Lorna Ferguson, Mark John Fitzpatrick, Julie Herrod, Chris Ryan, Nicole Skachill, Natalie Swart

Bachelor of Science in Computing Science – Graeme Blair, Duncan Davey, Michael Docherty, Barry Justin Livingstone, Andrew James Rafferty, Henry Matias Sorvisto

Bachelor of Science in Environmental Geography – Ethan Bews, Kayleigh Rose Currie, Brodie Green, Jamie Livingston, James McDonald, Catriona Jane Munro, Daniel White

Bachelor of Science in Environmental Science – Lisa Petrie

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Master of Science in International Accounting and Finance – Chenli Huang, Yifan Li, Yan Liu, Xinrong Sui

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The First Minister will meet parents affected by the baby ashes scandal today to hear their case for a public inquiry.

Alex Salmond will hear the first hand experiences of parents - who recently found out that their children’s ashes were scattered or discarded without their knowledge - during a private meeting in Holyrood.

He is under pressure to order a public inquiry into the practices surrounding the disposal of baby ashes.

The scandal emerged last December when it was revealed by the Edinburgh Evening News that Mortonhall crematorium in Edinburgh secretly buried the ashes of babies for decades without the knowledge of the families.

Since then other local authorities have been implicated.

Encouraged

Linsay Bonar is among the parents who was told there would be no ashes following her son’s cremation. He died in 2006 at just 33 hours old.

She said: “We are extremely encouraged that the First Minister has agreed to meet us and hear first hand what parents like me have had to endure.

“The past few months have caused complete devastation for so many parents who trusted that our precious babies would be looked after in the days and weeks following their premature deaths. The revelation that this wasn’t the case has caused fresh grief and anger and now we are asking for answers.

“We are grateful to the First Minister for making time in his demanding schedule to meet with us and we are hopeful that the meeting will be fruitful.”

An independent commission, led by former high court judge Lord Bonomy, has already been established. He will review policies and practice across Scotland in relation to the handling of ashes following the cremation of babies and infants, and make recommendations for improvements.

Former Lord Advocate Dame Elish Angiolini is already leading an investigation into practices at Mortonhall.

Inquiry

But Conservative leader Ruth Davidson said a public inquiry was needed because the current investigations will not cover all local issues.

At last week’s First Minister’s Questions she said: “This scandal has now spread from one crematorium in one part of Scotland to multiple sites, both private and public crematoria, in at least four local authority areas.

“We have the parents, knowing how long it will take, still calling for an inquiry to find out what happened to their babies’ remains.

“There is no getting away from the fact that the only party that is not supporting the parents’ call for an inquiry is the SNP.”

A Scottish Government spokeswoman said: “The First Minister and the Minister for Public Health will meet with parents from Glasgow Answers for Ashes Parents (GAAP) and the Mortonhall Ashes Action Committee (MAAC) in Edinburgh tomorrow.”

See also:

• Mortonhall baby ashes scandal: No criminal charges

• Mortonhall scandal: Grieving parents refused babies’ ashes as mass grave at Crematorium revealed

THE Lord Advocate has taken the rare step of setting out the acceptable limits of the debate on same-sex marriage, warning that those whose views might spark violence or hatred could be prosecuted.

Frank Mulholland, QC, issued the guidance to prosecutors as the historic bill to legalise gay marriage was published in the Scottish Parliament yesterday.

The legislation aims to give gay and lesbian couples the same right to marry as heterosexuals, while at the same time protecting church leaders who do not want to carry out such services.

But the debate has already proved to be extremely divisive.

Mr Mulholland said it was important people were able to express their opinions freely without fear of prosecution. He went on: “Criticism of same-sex marriage or sexual orientation is not in itself an offence and people have the right to express their own opinions, particularly during the passage of the bill through the Scottish Parliament.

“Legitimate comment is part of the democratic process. The prosecution service recognises that freedom and also the sensitivity of the issues and the strength of opinion surrounding same sex marriage.

“I have therefore decided to publish brief guidelines for the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service to ensure a consistency of approach by prosecutors across Scotland in deciding whether it is in the public interest to prosecute a case.”

He called for a “measured and proportionate approach” that would encourage “legitimate comment without fear of prosecution”. But he said the guidelines should “make it clear that when comments are made in relation to same-sex marriage that incite hatred or violence that the rights and freedoms of victims are protected”.

In Scots law, incitement is influencing the mind of another person to commit a crime, regardless of whether or not the crime is carried out. The Lord Advocate’s wording is reminiscent of the legislation introduced to tackle sectarianism and bigotry at football matches.

Mr Mulholland’s full guidance says views “which do not cause or intend to cause public disorder will not be the subject of criminal prosecution” – indicating that those that do, might.

One minister, who was referred to police after comments made in a radio debate, admitted he feared prosecution.

The Rev James Gracie, of the Free Church of Scotland (Continuing), caused outrage in 2011 after comparing homosexuality to paedophilia and polygamy on BBC Radio Scotland’s Call Kaye.

His comments were referred to police but were not pursued by prosecutors.

Yesterday, he said: “What happens, once this bill has become legal, to people who say it is a sin and should not be there? If I go out into the streets and preach that this is against God’s word, what will happen to me?

“I will do that with my congregation. I will go outside with leaflets. If I am called upon to do that, I will do it.”

He added: “Would I be prosecuted if my children came home and told me that a book they have been given was full of homosexuality? I would gladly go to jail rather than let my children be taught that stuff.”

Free-speech campaigners say people should be able to make controversial arguments without fear of prosecution.

Padraig Reidy, of one such group, Index, said: “Equal marriage is a contentious issue, which is exactly why it’s important that everyone feels free to discuss this issue properly.

“We hope that prosecutors will allow people on all sides to speak freely and without fear.”

However, Tom French, policy co-ordinator for the Equality Network, does not expect the debate to stray into the realms of criminality.

“There are some things that people say that are offensive, but that’s freedom of speech,” he said. “The only comments that should be illegal is where they are specifically inciting violence, and I don’t think that territory has been strayed into.

“We would be very clear that we support freedom of speech. People have the right to say they oppose same-sex marriage. There may be a society reaction to that if the language they choose is offensive, but there should not be legal action.”

John Scott, QC, a human rights lawyer, said defining what is offensive, and what is offensive and likely to incite violence, would be a test for police and prosecutors. “I think it’s important to have the right to offend people – that’s an important part of free speech,” he said. “As to whether the balance is struck correctly here, it’s probably a good thing the Lord Advocate has stepped in, and people are aware of it, but we should be careful.

“It’s got to be interpreted by police officers and there’s been questions raised about the interpretation of football laws by police and prosecutors.”

A spokesman for Scotland for Marriage, a coalition that includes the Scottish Catholic Church, said the Lord Advocate’s guidance wasn’t enough. He said: “We need specific and unambiguous protections written on to the face of the bill which will stop people like teachers getting fired just because they support traditional marriage.”

Alex Neil hails plans as ‘historic’

THE plans for a change in the law to allow gay couples to marry were hailed as “historic” by health secretary Alex Neil.

The controversial proposals have met with fierce opposition. Both the Catholic Church and the Church of Scotland are against them, and tens of thousands have signed a petition trying to block the move.

The issue had also split the parties at Holyrood, although a majority are expected to back the change.

The Scottish Government insists the change offers protection for religious bodies, individual ministers or priests, and makes it clear that freedom of speech is unaffected.

Mr Neil said: “This is a historic moment for Scotland and for equal rights in our country.

“We are striving to create a Scotland that is fairer and more tolerant, where everyone is treated equally. That is why we believe that same-sex couples should be allowed to marry.

He added: “A marriage is about love, not gender. And that is the guiding principle at the heart of this bill.”

Under the plans, religious groups that wish to perform same-sex marriage will have to opt in. If a group does decide to perform same-sex marriages, protection will be in place for individual celebrants who consider such ceremonies to be contrary to their faith.

First Minister Alex Salmond has already indicated he is supportive, although the bill with be the subject of a free vote at Holyrood. A review will be undertaken into whether heterosexual couples can enter civil partnership, which is so far restricted to gay couples.

The bill was lodged on the last day of business before the summer break at Holyrood. It is likely to be passed by a majority in parliament next year, although some MSPs have indicated they will vote against the plans.

Tom French, policy

co-ordinator for the Equality Network, said: “We hope that our MSPs will stand by the values of equality and social justice that the Scottish Parliament was founded on and vote to pass this bill with the strong majority it deserves.”

Marco Biagi, MSP, who is gay, also welcomed the bill, saying: “Marriage is a recognition of love and commitment between two people. Whatever their gender, they deserve equality before the law.”

But another Nationalist MSP, John Mason, said it was “highly unlikely” he would vote for the bill, adding he was unsure if protections promised by the government could be guaranteed.

Mr Mason, who sits on the equal opportunities committee said: “It’s pretty clear from the parliamentary arithmetic that this bill is likely to pass.

“However, it is highly unlikely I will vote for the bill.”

Labour MSP and Deputy Presiding Officer Elaine Smith has also indicated that she will vote against the bill, but it is supported by Scottish Labour leader Johann Lamont.

BARS and brewing group Greene King, whose brands include Belhaven Best, has hit out at the proposal for a statutory code governing links between pub companies and tenanted landlords as unnecessary “strong-arming” of the industry.

Rooney Anand, chief executive, unveiling a 6 per cent rise in full-year underlying pre-tax profits to £162 million, said it was too early to change the legally-binding, self-regulatory code just two years after it was set up.

“We have been running tenanted pubs for a couple of hundred years,” he said. “We talk to our licensees. Two years is too premature for the government to change the goalposts and strong-arm the industry into a statutory code.”

His comments came as Greene King shrugged off slowing trade in the second half of its trading year to 28 April partly triggered by the cold, wet winter.

The group, which has more than 2,200 pubs, about 300 of them in Scotland including Edinburgh’s World’s End, saw like-for-like sales at its managed outlets, which include Hungry Horse, rise 2.3 per cent. Earnings rose 10 per cent to £212.3m.

It was less positive at the tenanted business, with profits down 5.7 per cent to £68m, while brewing profits were off 9 per cent at £30m, partly due to rising supplier costs. The company’s other brands include Abbot Ale.

Anand said Green King’s continuing resilience came despite the group “not assuming a pick-up in the economy”. The total dividend rises by 7 per cent to 26.6p from 24.8p, courtesy of a final payment of 19.45p.

DEBENHAMS has blamed bruising trading conditions for the slower sales growth seen at the department store chain over the past 16 weeks.

The group, which has 235 stores in 27 countries, said like-for-like sales were flat in the period to last Saturday, having risen 3.1 per cent in the prior half-year.

Chief executive Michael Sharp described the performance as robust and said there had been a high degree of volatility caused by the poor spring weather, which dampened demand for new season ranges.

Oil and gas services firm Wood Group today said it is on track to deliver “good growth” during the first half of the year, and its annual profits should meet market expectations.

The Aberdeen-based group, which employs 43,000 people in 50 countries, said activity in the North Sea remain “remains strong”, with its PSN subsidiary having won a string of contract extensions in recent months.

Its engineering division is on course to achieve growth in underlying pre-tax profits of about 15 per cent, while its GTS gas turbine maintenance business has seen an upturn in activity after a sluggish first quarter.

The company said: “Looking further ahead, our strong balance sheet, market fundamentals, leading positions, and balance of opex and capex related activities position the group well for longer-term growth.”

DOG mess is a bane of life for thousands across the Capital – but only two weeks after it began, evidence has emerged that our Dish the Dirt campaign is helping to clean up the streets.

Signs of early progress in the war against dog fouling came as the Evening News joined environmental wardens Fernando Munoz and Brenda Walter on one of their daily patrols in Moredun, south Edinburgh.

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The neighbourhood is one of the worst hit in the city – roughly 40 per cent of all dog fouling complaints in south Edinburgh originate in its parks and streets.

But the pair have noticed that the Evening News’ joint campaign with the city council has already prompted more locals to pick up the phone and shop lazy pet owners.

City chiefs said 194 calls about dog mess had been received by their environmental teams since Dish the Dirt swung into action earlier this month.

And while the flood of complaints indicates the seriousness of the problem, Brenda and Fernando welcomed the calls as a mine of crucial witness information which they said would be key to any effective crackdown on offenders.

Fernando, 41, who has been based in the area as an environmental warden for four years, said: “The challenge is that we have to witness the offence taking place, which is easier said than done.

“Obviously, you need a dog and an owner, and the dog has to do a poo – which only takes seconds. The offence then takes place when the owner walks away from the mess.

“To issue a penalty, you need to be there when those two things are happening. But we can take independent action based on two witness statements.

“That’s why this campaign is so important – residents are our eyes on the ground. We rely so much on detail they provide to be able to take action against offenders.

“Anything that helps in that way, to encourage people to phone and give us detail, is really welcome.”

He added: “Everyone knows about the situation now – people are more aware of the problem and of what they have to do to get it fixed.”

And while complaints about dog dirt are still coming in thick and fast, Brenda and Fernando said signs of an improvement in the situation were emerging.

Brenda, 44, a warden for 11 years, said: “We can get about three or four complaints a week for this area, but since the campaign started, I’ve noticed a drop in the number, especially on the footpaths.

“Things are not as bad as they were previously. I would say there’s been a drop in complaints and in the amount of dog poo we’re seeing. So this campaign has already making a difference. But what I would say to people is – if you don’t want to pick up your dog’s mess, don’t get a dog.”

You might think the task of dealing with dog fouling offenders on a daily basis was bad enough – but for Fernando and Brenda, the job comes with a number of other “challenges”.

Although neither warden has been physically assaulted, they admitted taunts, jeering and even threats of violence were a regular occurrence.

“I’ve had people say to me, ‘I could take you down’ when I’ve had to issue a penalty,” said Fernando. “Or you get people passing you in their cars and shouting out that we should go and get a proper job.

“Sometimes we’ll be out doing joint patrols with the police and even then we’ll get abuse. But it’s just 
verbal.

“We don’t accept it but we don’t react too much and we know to change the way we speak to people if we think we’re in a risky situation.”

In Moredun, weary locals, fed-up with having to negotiate each trip to the shops as if they were walking on a minefield, said it was about time something was done to crack down on the Capital’s dog mess scourge.

Local resident William Gay, 66, said: “There are plenty of reasonable people – but there are a few folk who don’t pick up.

“Then there are folk who come to the field with their cars and let their dogs roam about. Then the dogs disappear and they leave their mess 
everywhere. If I go to the shops, I have to watch myself.

“I’m just annoyed at the amount of dirt. Some people aren’t cleaning up after their dogs but at the same time there are no bins in the area to put your stuff in. There’s one at the bottom of the park but nothing anywhere else.

“There are lots of responsible people as well but it’s the strangers who come in, use the park and then disappear that are the problem.”

Shona Forres, 25, a local resident and dog owner, said: “It’s really bad – it’s a mess, especially near the kids play area. Something needs to be done about it – you don’t want kids playing near that.

“I see it happen every time I’m walking home – there’s at least one person that won’t pick up the mess. I know some councils offer dog owners free doggy bags so maybe that would be a good thing.”

Mum of four Nse Igoniderighe, 40, who is studying for a PhD in computing, said: “It’s really bad and they really need to do something about it.

“When I take the kids to school, you encounter lots of dog owners who have let their dogs off the lead so they’re just walking around and 
leaving their mess everywhere.

“And I won’t allow my kids to play in that field by themselves – an adult has to be with them.”

David Henderson, 69, a stadium assistant at Easter Road, said: “It’s about time something was done about dog mess – it’s disgusting.

“My 12-year-old grandchildren are here every day after school and sometimes they would rather just play in the garden than in the field.

“I see quite a lot of people just looking out of their windows, letting their dogs run about and never picking up after them.

“When I’m out walking, I really have to keep my eyes open to see where I’m walking. I don’t think there are enough patrols or bins.”

Stuart Blyth, 60, landlord at The Royal pub in Moredun, said: “It’s a good thing that they’ve started this campaign. I’ve seen guys coming down with their dogs, which just leave their mess where they want.”

Guide to clean streets

There are no excuses for not cleaning up after your dog. Here the Dogs Trust offers a simple guide:

• Always carry something to clean up after your dog such as plastic bags or nappy sacks. These are cheaper and just as effective as the more cumbersome poop scoops.

• If you have a garden, train your dog to go to the toilet there before you go for a walk, then clean it up straight away.

• Never let your dog out alone to go to the loo.

• Remember, you don’t need to wait until you find a red dog waste bin, you can dispose of bagged dog mess in any public bin.

• Look out for signs and respect the city council rules on dog-free areas such as children’s play areas and sports pitches.

• Do not leave used bags hanging from branches or at the side of the path. Take them with you and dispose of them at your nearest bin.

• Bag it and bin it wherever your dog fouls, whether it’s on a path or in a gutter. Rain water will not wash it away and is a lazy excuse.

• Get your dog wormed regularly. Visit your veterinary surgery for advice on the products suitable for your pet and how often you will need them.

• Always wash your hands after a walk or petting your dog and before eating. While toxocara infections are very rare and are more likely to affect children, adults can become ill too.

How can you help?

• Call Buster on 0300 4563476 to Dish the Dirt on offenders. Basic details are fine but the more information that can be given in terms of times, location, vehicles used, descriptions of the dogs and/or owners responsible will help the council identify the culprits and take appropriate enforcement action.

• All reports will be treated as confidential but updates on action taken will only be possible if contact information is left in the message.

• Calls to 03 numbers cost no more than a standard national rate call to an 01 or 02 number and count towards any inclusive minutes on landline or mobiles.

• Help us promote the campaign by displaying a Dish the Dirt poster. To receive your free poster e-mail kate.pickles@edinburghnews.com.

CAMPAIGNERS have vowed to fight a decision to axe ­homeopathy on the NHS.

Members of the NHS Lothian board unanimously agreed the controversial treatment, which costs £240,000 per year but has not been proven to work by any study, will no longer be publicly funded.

The British Homeopathic Association (BHA), which claimed the controversial 
alternative medicine had been the victim of a “hate campaign”, today refused to rule out a challenge in the courts.

The organisation believes the removal of clinics, used by around 500 people a year in the region, constitutes a “major service change” and is therefore a decision for the Scottish Government, rather than NHS Lothian.

However, other groups expressed delight that the service had been cut, calling the decision a victory for “evidence over superstition”, and said the BHA should “shut up”.

The decision to end funding had been largely based on a public consultation which found that almost three-quarters of Lothian residents did not think homeopathy should be free on the health service.

But after the ruling yesterday, the BHA branded the consultation, which involved more than 3700 people “farcical”.

The group’s chairman, John Cook, said: “[The] consultation failed to listen to actual patient feedback in the form of general correspondence and feedback at public meetings, instead concentrating only on the flawed online survey which was hijacked by people outside of Lothian who campaign against homeopathy.”

Health board sources claimed the Scottish Health Council has advised that the removal of homeopathy would not constitute a “major service change” and that NHS Lothian was therefore entitled to take the decision.

Keir Hardie, president of Edinburgh Skeptics, backed the NHS Lothian board and ridiculed the prospect of a legal challenge. He said: “The ­evidence has spoken, the service users have spoken and frankly it is probably time for the BHA to shut up.”

daniel.sanderson@edinburghnews.com

HEARTS today received a “significant” payment from sponsors Wonga.com as they took a huge step towards survival.

The digital finance company has paid next season’s sponsorship money in full ahead of schedule to administrators BDO to help the ailing Edinburgh club. Added to players agreeing wage cuts, plus extra season ticket sales and fans’ rallying, the threat surrounding Hearts’ immediate future has now reduced. Wonga’s gesture provides vital funding to help BDO keep the club alive until the new season starts in August, by which time television revenue and gate receipts will generate more cash.

Wonga were due to make a payment to Hearts next month at the start of the third year of their sponsorship agreement. That has been brought forward following the onset of administration last week, with Wonga keen to help keep Hearts alive whilst BDO look for a buyer.

David Southern, Hearts’ managing director, said today: “Wonga have shown an exceptional and unprecedented show of faith in our time of need. I cannot speak highly enough of how they have worked with us over the term and again when we have needed them most. Throughout, they have made themselves available and been straightforward and speedy to deal with.

“We are optimistic that their money added to our strong season ticket sales will go a long way to keeping the club going while we look for a suitable buyer. The investment they are making dramatically improves our immediate situation, but the speed with which they have moved should provide other corporate partners with the confidence to come forward and help alongside them.”

Darryl Bowman, Wonga.com’s marketing director, added: “We are a proud supporter of Hearts and we want to do everything we can to help during this turbulent period. We are making this payment with our eyes wide open. Naturally, there’s risk attached, but Hearts need everyone to pull together. If other commercial partners follow our lead, we are optimistic that the fans and football will get the result we all want – a sustainable and competitive Hearts.”

Trevor Birch, administrator at BDO, said: “We greatly appreciate this early payment from Wonga. They have certainly stepped up to the plate. July is a difficult month for the club in terms of cash flow. Things are tight right now and the financial support from Wonga is a real boost. This, together with the incredible reaction from the supporters, is giving us more confidence that we can get through this difficult period.”

BDO want all parties interested in buying Hearts to submit bids by July 12 and have issued a sales memorandum to everyone who has expressed an interest. It states Hearts could generate a £400,000 profit in the next year following the recent cutting of players and staff. BDO are in discussions with officials in Lithuania hoping to ensure Hearts shares held by Ukio Bankas and UBIG are included in any sale along with Tynecastle Stadium.

Hearts’ administrators were due to meet the players at Riccarton this morning as they reported back for pre-season.

NEW research has found that great crested newts are native to the Scottish Highlands.

Experts had previously assumed that the newts had been introduced into the Highlands from other parts of the UK.

The great crested newts which live in the Scottish Highlands can be found in the inner Moray Firth and Inverness area – but are separated by more than 80km of unfavourable habitat from the main areas where the newts live in Central Scotland, so most assumed that they were introduced into the north of Scotland.

But work by SNH staff and local enthusiasts suggested that some of these groups might actually be native.

As a result, SNH commissioned internationally-recognised authority, Dr Robert Jehle of Salford University, to use DNA fingerprinting to find out if great crested newts are native to the Scottish Highlands.

He and his team looked at eight populations from the Highlands and compared their DNA with two reference populations from the northern limits of their more continuous UK distribution in Central Scotland.

The study showed that great crested newts are almost certainly native to the region.

The research also showed that the Highland newts are genetically distinct from those in central Scotland. This may be the result of the Highland population being isolated from the rest of the British population about 3,000 years ago.

There are fewer than 150 known places across the whole of Scotland where these shy animals live, with 30 of these sites in the Highlands.

The great crested newt has declined across its European range and is very rare across Scotland. It’s the rarest of three newt species native to Britain.

David O’Brien of SNH said: “A number of us suspected the great crested newts were native to the Highlands, and we’re thrilled to find that this hunch was right.

“It’s important to know the newts’ origins, as they’re rare and protected nationally and internationally. This research gives even more reason to conserve the small, unique populations of great crested newts in the Highlands.”

Dr Robert Jehle added: “I’ve greatly enjoyed working with SNH and see this as a terrific example of using science to help us better protect this rare Highlands amphibian.”

THREE quarters of Scots support giving wild land special protection from wind farms, according to a new survey.

A YouGov poll for the John Muir Trust has found that 51 per cent of people in Scotland would be ‘less likely to visit a scenic area which contains large-scale developments” - such as. commercial wind farms, quarries and pylons.

The same poll found that 75 per cent of Scots support the proposal that ‘the 20 per cent of Scotland’s landscape identified as core wild land – rugged, remote and free from modern visible human structures – should be given be special protection from inappropriate development including wind farms.’

Only six per cent oppose the proposal.

The poll also found that over 94 per cent of Scots visit rural areas for leisure – and that the most popular consideration in choosing a destination is natural beauty, including sense of wildness, scenery, wildlife.

Asked to give up to two reasons for their choice, natural beauty (61%) was rated far ahead of other factors, including cost (34%); culture and history (31%); facilities (24%); outdoor activities such as fishing and cycling (10%); and local cuisine (10%).

Helen McDade, John Muir Trust head of policy, said: “Some politicians have suggested that wind farms could be a tourist attraction.

“This poll shows that for every tourist who might be enticed into an area by the presence of wind turbines, another 25 will be deterred from visiting that same area.

“The John Muir Trust values wild land for its own sake, but we also recognise that the rugged beauty of many our landscapes provides an vital economic lifeline for many of our most fragile and remote communities.

“In the Highlands, tourism is the biggest employment sector by far, supporting 18,000 jobs – nine times more than are employed in the onshore wind industry across the whole of Scotland.

“We expect that the stark findings of this poll will encourage tourist agencies and businesses, especially in the Highlands, to get involved in the debate now underway over wild land protection.”

The figures are taken from a poll of 1,119 Scottish adults between 18-20 June.

In April Scottish Natural Heritage – the Scottish Government’s official agency that oversees nature and landscape – published a map of Scotland’s “core wild land” based on perceived naturalness, remoteness, ruggedness and absence of visible modern human structure.