The ten ceremonies will take place on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday (5, 6, & 7 July), with awards made to nine honorary graduates for outstanding achievements spanning the fields of arts, science and medicine, engineering, business and policy-making.

The ceremonies, presided over by the University’s Chancellor, Lord Tugendhat, will all be preceded by a public procession of some of the University’s senior officers and academics.

The first ceremony at 10am on Tuesday 5 July will be attended by the Mayor of Bath, Bryan Chalker and the Chairman of Bath & North East Somerset Council, Cllr Peter Edwards.

The processions will begin at the Guildhall, go into the High Street, turn right into Cheap Street, and left down Farrs Passage into the Abbey Churchyard. They will return after the ceremonies past Rebecca’s Fountain and into the High Street.

These roads will be closed to traffic for about six minutes during the processions, which will occur at approximately 9.55am, 11.15am (return), 12.25pm, 1.45pm (return), 2.55pm and 4.15pm (return) on all three days, and on Wednesday an extra ceremony will have processions at 5.25pm and 6.45pm (return).

Bath Abbey will be closed to visitors during the day from Monday 4 July to Thursday 7 July, but will open in the evening from 5pm to 8pm (Monday, Tuesday and Thursday) and from 7pm to 8pm on Wednesday. The Abbey shop will open from 10am to 8pm during this period and tower tours will run on the hour from 10am to 7pm on Monday, at 5pm, 6pm and 7pm (Tuesday and Thursday) and at 7pm only on Wednesday 8 July.

Honorary graduates are:

• Dr Peter Bonfield who will receive an honorary degree of Doctor of Engineering on Tuesday (10am). He is Chief Executive of BRE (Building Research Establishment) and a Visiting Professor at the University. He instigated the BRE Innovation Park which has had a significant impact on the UK and global sustainability arena. He has helped to create the sustainable development strategy for the Olympics. 
• Margaret Heffernan who will receive an honorary degree of Doctor of Business Administration on Tuesday (12.30pm). She is a Texan-born entrepreneur, chief executive and author. She also worked in BBC radio and television and was recently featured on Channel 4’s The Secret Millionaire. She is a board member of Bath Festivals and Entrepreneur in Residence at the University, working with the School of Management to nurture aspiring student entrepreneurs.
• Dr Thomas Lönngren who will receive an honorary degree of Doctor of Science on Tuesday (3pm). He is a former Executive Director of the European Medicines Agency. He was senior pharmaceutical consultant for the Swedish International Development Agency’s health cooperation programme in Vietnam. In 2008 he received the Drug Information Association’s Distinguished Career Award.
• Professor Datuk Dr Mohd Mydin Mohd Musa who will receive an honorary degree of Doctor of Medicine on Wednesday (10am). Professor Mydin is a distinguished surgeon in Orthopaedics and Traumatology from Malaysia who has been instrumental in developing sport & exercise medicine in his country and the wider South East Asian region.
• Don McCullin who will receive an honorary degree of Doctor of Arts on Wednesday (12.30pm). He is widely recognised as one of the greatest war photographers of the 20th century. He covered battlefields in Cyprus, the Congo, Biafra, Vietnam, Cambodia, Bangladesh, El Salvador and the Middle East. Twice wounded on the front line he is the first photojournalist to have been made Commander of the British Empire (CBE). The Victoria Art Gallery in Bath ran an exhibition of Don’s work entitled ‘Shaped by War’ in September 2010.

• Dame Linda Partridge who will receive an honorary degree of Doctor of Science on Wednesday (3pm). She is a geneticist who studies the biology and genetics of ageing and age-related diseases such as Alzheimer’s disease and Parkinson’s disease. In 2009, the UKRC announced Dame Partridge as one of six Women of Outstanding Achievement in Science, Engineering and Technology.
• Mr Bharat Shah who will receive an honorary degree of Doctor of Business Administration on Wednesday (5.30pm). He was born in Kenya and is a University of Bath alumnus, among the first batch of students to graduate when the University first received its charter. He started work as a pharmacist in Boots the Chemist in Bath and later went on to start Sigma Pharmaceuticals Plc, Watford. In 2006 Sigma was listed as one of the top 100 companies in Management Today.
• Sir Roger Singleton who will receive an honorary degree of Doctor of Laws on Thursday (10am). He is Chairman of the Independent Safeguarding Authority which was set up to prevent unsuitable people from working with children and vulnerable adults. He was chief executive of children’s charity Barnardo’s for 21 years and was awarded a knighthood for his services to children in 2005. He is currently Chair of The Diana Princess of Wales Memorial Fund.
• Professor Rod Flower who will receive an honorary degree of Doctor of Laws on Thursday (3pm). He has spent the majority of his scientific career working in the area of inflammation and anti-inflammatory drug medicines. He was a major contributor in research that explained the action of aspirin and other non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. His most significant work concerns the mechanism of action of the anti-inflammatory glucocorticoid steroids and the cromone anti-allergic drugs. He was Chair of Pharmacology at Bath in the late 1980s.

The University of Bath’s Knowledge Transfer Account (KTA) has commissioned a series of workshops related to working with the media, the first of which was held on Tuesday 7 June. Further sessions are being held on 30 June and 6 September.

The day is mainly practical and provides the opportunity to learn how to handle television and radio interviews, both live and pre-recorded.

It is run by former ITV journalist Myra Lee, who now works part-time in the University’s press office as well as teaching journalism at the University of the West of England and running her own media-training company.

Dr Rob Branston, School of Management took part in the first workshop. He said: “It was an excellent day and I’d recommend it to others.”

Dr Lucy O’ Shea, Department of Economics, added: “The hands-on practical experience was excellent and extremely helpful. It was a very enjoyable day.”

Anyone interested in booking a place on the two further sessions on 30 June and 6 September should contact Will Marsh, Head of Corporate Communications.

Doug Richard: “The University of Bath is obviously committed to the commercialisation of its research."

The lecture, The Entrepreneurial Academic, was organised by Bath Ventures as part of its annual technology commercialisation campaign.

Doug is a successful entrepreneur and a BBC personality. He is also the leading enterprise educator in the UK and is passionate about collaboration between world-leading research and commercial opportunities.

Doug said:  “It was great to see such a vibrant and enthusiastic group of academics and entrepreneurs coming together in Bath bound by their interest in science-based entrepreneurship.

“The University of Bath is obviously committed to the commercialisation of its research and the sentiment that was communicated today is that researchers there are eager to show the impact their research can have on real-world problems”.

Dr Tony James, a Senior Lecturer from the Department of Chemistry, attended the event. Dr James said: “What a great start to a technology commercialisation campaign. Doug Richard gave a captivating talk which provided a very clear and visual insight into the nuts and bolts of the entrepreneurial process.

“There was a definite buzz after the talk, which carried through to the mixer event. The mixer provided an excellent opportunity for networking with companies, entrepreneurs and colleagues.

“I came away inspired and with a clutch of new contacts as a direct result of this excellent event.”

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Upcoming Bath Ventures events include:

Media Relations  - Thursday 30 June and Tuesday 6 Sep
Pizza with Publications – Friday 1 July
KTA Showcase Conference - Friday 16 September
Pizza with Communications – Friday 7 October

More information can be found on the Bath Ventures website.

He is raising money for Cancer Research UK in memory of his mum Hazel, who died of breast cancer last year.

Will’s mum grew up in Burnley and was a passionate Burnley Football Club supporter, so Will and his best friend Chris Walter will end their ultra-endurance challenge by cycling to Burnley’s Turf Moor stadium on match day, cycling round the pitch at half-time in the match against Middlesbrough on 10 September.

The pair, who will average 100 miles a day, have so far raised over £4,000 and hope to reach a target of £5,000 by the time they set off on 1 September.

Will, who was born in Burnley, used to cycle with his mum when he was a child but has not done any cycling in recent years.

He said: “My family are all chuffed to bits that I’m doing the challenge, and I know it’s something my mum would have enjoyed as she was very active. It’s been good for me to have something to focus on and lots of my family and friends are going to join me along the way.

“Mum was a very popular person and dearly thought of by lots of people, so they’re keen to join me to remember her.

“Chris and I are very excited about the challenge but at the same time it’s very daunting. We’re complete novices at this and I don’t think we really understand what we’ve let ourselves in for.

“We’re so grateful for all the help and support we’ve had so far with organising the trip and to everyone who’s sponsored us, including our shirt sponsors Trotec Laser Ltd.”

Will and Chris’s tour will begin in Swansea, heading to Queens Park Rangers, Fulham, Chelsea, Arsenal, Tottenham, Norwich, Aston Villa, West Bromwich Albion, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Stoke City, Manchester City, Manchester United, Bolton, Wigan, Liverpool, Everton, Newcastle, Sunderland and Blackburn, completing their challenge at Burnley.

To make a donation to cancer research please visit Will’s Just Giving page or text “TRTB63 £x” to 70070, replacing the x with the amount you wish to donate.