A 90-year-old woman has finally graduated 70 years after she gained her degree.
Gene Hetherington achieved her BA in Commerce in August 1943 but was unable to attend her ceremony at the University of Manchester because she was involved in the war effort.
Following her studies she immediately went to work as an auditor in aircraft factories.
A subsequent busy work life as a buyer for the Lewis's department store and then starting a family meant she did not have time to pick up her accolade.
Today, she finally graduated and the occasion was made more poignant as her granddaughter, Rachel, 23, collected her law degree in the same ceremony at the university's historic Whitworth Hall.
The ceremony was wonderful and I was so pleased to see my granddaughter Rachel receive her degree, for which she worked so hard."
Prof Tony Redmond, pictured on an earlier medical mission. Credit: University of Manchester
The UK's emergency response to the humanitarian disaster in the Philippines will be led by Tony Redmond, Professor of International Emergency Medicine at the University of Manchester.
Professor Redmond has trained in Emergency Medicine in Britain and the US and is a registered specialist, the Department for International Development said.
Destroyed and damaged houses in the city of Tacloban, central Philippines. Credit: AA / TT/TT News Agency/Press Association Images
At least 10,000 people are feared to have been killed by Typhoon Haiyan, which struck the central Philippines on Friday.
David Cameron said the scenes of devastation caused by Typhoon Haiyan were "heart-breaking" as he announced that a 12-strong team of paramedics and surgeons, led by Prof Redmond, would help the relief effort.
The team of medical experts and the first consignment of UK aid will leave shortly, the Prime Minister said.
A team of 12 British surgeons and paramedics is being sent to help with the aid effort in the Philippines following the super typhoon Haiyan.
The team includes:
Three emergency physicians
Two orthopaedic surgeons
A plastic surgeon
Two accident and emergency nurses
A theatre nurse
Two anaesthetists
A specialist physiotherapist
The team will be led by Professor Anthony Redmond, from the international emergency medicine department at the University of Manchester, who is a consultant in trauma and emergency medicine.
Chancellor George Osborne toured labs at the University of Manchester where he saw research into the use of Graphene in October 2011. Credit: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire
University of Manchester graphene researchers have been awarded a £3.5m funding boost that could bring desalination plants, safer food packaging and enhanced disease detection closer to reality.
Funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, the research focuses on membranes that could provide solutions to worldwide problems; from stopping power stations releasing carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, to detecting the chemical signals produced by agricultural pests.
Wonder material graphene was first isolated in 2004 at The University of Manchester by Professor Andre Geim and Professor Kostya Novoselov. Their work earned them the 2010 Nobel prize for Physics.
Graphene is the world’s thinnest, strongest and most conductive material, and has the potential to revolutionise a huge number of diverse applications; from smartphones and ultrafast broadband to drug delivery and computer chips.
