The University of West of Scotland graduates

The graduates, of the University's Ayr Campus, will be joined by friends and a family in a spectacular event at Troon Concert Hall.

Among the proud recipients of degrees and diplomas will be Scottish writer and broadcaster Billy Kay, who will receive an Honorary Doctorate.

Billy, who was born in Galston in Ayrshire in 1951, says the honour is all the more sweet as it comes from his home territory.

"I grew up in Ayrshire, and everything I have tried to promote, in terms of the culture and the language and the working class ethos, has been from that background, so it's a real thrill for me," smiles Billy, who is an awardwinning writer and presenter.

A former pupil of Kilmarnock Academy, and a graduate of Edinburgh University, Billy joined the BBC as a researcher in 1979. As a producer, he created the acclaimed Odyssey series of documentaries recording the oral history of the Scottish working class. Later, as a freelance writer and broadcaster, he continued this theme in a number of television documentaries for BBC Scotland. These included the story of Scottish colliers - Miners, and The Mother Tongue.

He has written two plays for radio and one for the stage, They Fairly Mak Ye Work, which broke box office records at Dundee Rep in its two runs at the theatre in 1986. He has had poetry and short stories published in several Scottish anthologies.

In 1994 the UK Wine Guild awarded the Best Radio or TV programme prize to Kay's feature Fresche Fragrant Clairettis. In 1999 he made a television series on Scots for Channel 4 Schools - Haud Yer Tongue, and in 2003, he represented Scotland at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival in Washington DC.

Recently, Billy has presented and produced an average of ten new features per year on Radio Scotland. In 2006, Mainstream Publishing issued a brand new edition of his classic, Scots: The Mither Tongue.

Professor Seamus McDaid, Principal and Vice Chancellor of the University of the West of Scotland said: "We are delighted to award Billy Kay with an Honorary Doctorate. He has made a significant contribution to Scottish culture and is a fitting recipient of this honour."

HONORARY AWARD

Doctor of the University

Billy Kay

SCHOOL OF EDUCATION

Doctor of Philosophy

Carrie Emma Weston

Professional Graduate Diploma in Education

Primary

Abida Ahmed

Catriona Anne Aitken

Elizabeth Baillie

Kerry Vera Baird

Rachel Baird

Aileen Frances Bannatyne

Neil Barnes

Susan Clare Baylon

Deborah Bell

Dorothy Bell

Gemma Lorraine Bell

Pauline Macaulay Bell

Jacqueline Boax

Fiona Ann Bone

Gillian Brown

Emma Gillian Burton

Katrina Calderwood

Blair Russell Campbell

Angela Carmichael

Jade Ruth Chapman

Jacqueline Clapperton

Julie May Clyne

Joanne Adel Coltart

Laura Jennifer Colvin

Kenneth Charles Cooper

Elizabeth Craig

Ruth Eileen Craig

Anna Jane Craven

Jane Clare Crawford

Kimberley Claire Davies

Rachael Mary Dickson

Alison Eleanor Duncan

Claire Amanda Earnshaw

Dorothy Helen Armstrong Findlay Fiona Anne Foley

Jillian Fiona Tumelo Ford

Jane Forsyth

Kate Germaine Elizabeth Frayne Niamh Gannon

Laura Catherine Gilbertson

Paul Mark Graham

Linda Grant

Stuart John Greig

Jacqueline Georgina Habashi

Marie Hamilton

Jane Martha Harrison

Susan Henderson

Rachael Higgins

Lorraine Hogg

Emma Louise Holliday

Susan Jane Hopkins

Hayley Margaret Helen Hughes Jennifer Hughes

Gemma Garven Hunter

Margaret Hunter

Lauren Chris Johnston

Christopher Michael Jukes

Marie Jacqueline Kean

Richard James Keddilty

Mark Kerr

Elizabeth Khalil

Karen King

Russell Lambert

Jillian Sara Lee

Claire Leitch

Yvonne Jane Linn

Lindsey Anne Macadie

Lynsey MacCorquodale

Fiona Jane MacNab

Anna Maher

Andrea Claire Mallaby

Moira Masterman

Victoria Mathers

Chloe Dee McAdam

Arianna McAuslan

Alan Derrick Jackson McClure

Lisa McCormack

Jonathan William McEwan

Laura Anne McGuffie

Fiona Catherine McIntosh

Lynsey McLaughlin

Fiona Janet McLellan

Lauren Helen McNair

Lauren McRailt

Lyndsey Jayne Millar

Lynsey Miller

Stephen Miller

Karen Catherine Moncur

Gemma Ann Monie

Kerry Anne Sarah Montgomery

Laura Catherine Montgomery Lynsey Patricia Morton

Carol Rachel Munro

Leanne Murray

Pauline Agnes Murray

Louise Nisbet

Sharon Louise Ogilvie

Lorraine Susan Park

Louise Ann Pettigrew

Stuart Ralston

Lindy Rowan

Zoe James Ashley Russell

Kathleen Schofield

Tracey Nicole Smith

John George Steel

Katherine Margaret Anne Stephen Lorna Jane Strachan

Fiona Mary Sutherland

Christine Louise Taylor

Caroline Elizabeth Telfer

Mary Caroline Todd

Michaela Rebecca Twemlow

Annmarie Wilson

Melanie Catherine Wilson

Kirsten Helen Margaret Yule

Professional Graduate

Diploma in Education

Secondary

Stuart Alastair Aitken

Laurie Anne Allan

Roslynn Black

Glen Bolland

Vivienne Louise Bradley

Elaine Brierley

John Thomas Hendrie Brogan Iselin Anett Riise Cartwright

David Clark

Eibhlin Patricia Corrigan

Lindsay Elizabeth Cumming

Nicole Frances Dalrymple

Louise Claire Davidson

Sheila Ann Dickson

Cheryl Brown Docherty

David James English

Helen Catherine Gaffney

Iain Thomas Gray

David Stephen Green

Andrew David Hill

Michael Hogan

Laura Houston

Fiona Elizabeth Keith

Laura Kennedy

Michelle Langridge

Pamela Sarah Livingstone

Lesley Forrester Maguire

Kirsty Louise Maxwell

Kerry McAllister

Gillian Nuala McGlone

Jennifer McKirdy

Stephen Joseph McMaster

Karen Lindsay Miller

Lauren Murray

Ross William Nisbet

Simon Grieve Reekie

Emma Richardson

Sharon Marie Robins

Leeanne Tracy Rossi

Julie Sanaghan

Gary Edward Sheppard

Tracey Simpson

Andrew David Smith

Shade Dawn Smith

Kerri Jane Mari Stean

Craig Edward Sweeney

Steven Sweeney

Samuel Nicholas Thornely

Eve Traynor

Annmarie Wilson

Michael Wright

Bachelor of Education with Honours

Primary

Nicola Baillie

Jenny Fliess

Lucy Hawkshaw

Kerry Hillan

Ainsley MacAulay

Jennifer Margaret Nisbet

Aleta Primrose Shaw

Gillian Anderson

Victoria Elizabeth Blaikie

Susan Boyd

Claire Brydson

Karen Janet Buchan

Fiona Margaret Buchanan

Rachel Elizabeth Carruth

Jennifer Louise Chittick

Sara Rosalind Christie

Caroline Clayton

Lynsey Patricia Cuthbert

Jillian Joyce Day

Kenneth David Hillhouse Daye Karen Ann Douglas

Amanda Jayne Edwards

Joyce Diane Catherine Fraser Kim Jean Julie Fraser

Ashley Violet Louise Gallacher Lynn Christine Sherry Grant

Lianne Hamilton

Danielle Harris

Stuart Stephen Harris

Sylvia Helen Harvie

Leanne Kathleen Henderson

Alison Henning

Lauren Tobiasen Hughes

Siobhann Kelly

Rebecca Jane Malcolm

Eilidh Morag McBean

Marisa May McColgan

Rhona Ann McDade

Laura McInnes

Heather Gibson McLachlan

Diane McLaughlin

Jacqueline Yvonne McLaughlin Lauren Anne McWhirter

Claire Mooney

Jennifer Moore

Amanda Louise Moscardini

Lilian Mooney Muirhead

Allan Newton

Stacey Paterson

Rosalind Rae

Lorna Reid

Kirsty Robinson

Jane Ashleigh Margaret Smith Natalie Spence

Jill Stewart

Gemma White

Jennifer Elizabeth Wilson

Laura Mariann Wilson

Bachelor of Arts

Educational Studies

Natalie Graham

Rhona O'Brien

Carole Elizabeth Rennie

Jenna Townsend

BUSINESS SCHOOL

Master of Business Administration with Distinction

Jayne Denise Connelly

Paul Docherty

Barry David Johnstone

Kevin Thomas Mahood

James John McAneny

Keith Taylor

Master of Business Administration

Christopher William Bradshaw Gillian Dow

Brian Andrew Harris

Scott Harvey

Thomas Paton Jackson

Jane Johnstone

Martin Owens

David Graham Robertson

Mario Romano

SCHOOL OF HEALTH, NURSING AND MIDWIFERY

Bachelor of Science with Distinction

Adult Nursing

Elaine Lillian Christina Howie

Chiara Jean Malcolm

Pamela June Emma Mullen

Laura Anne Smith

Bachelor of Science

Adult Nursing

Paulene Currie

Claire Helen Mathieson

Karyn Rosemary McClymont

Lesley Nicolette McHarg

Evonne Mill

Kirsty Robb

Wendy Chuo Ni Wong

Bachelor of Science

with Distinction

Mental Health Nursing

Graeme Mackie

James McGinn

Kimberley Mills

Bachelor of Science

Mental Health Nursing

Julie Ann Gee

Lynette Highet

Sharon Anne Kellie

Allison McKerrell

Clare Evelyn Mitchell

Martin Ryan

Bachelor of Science

Nursing Studies

Tracy Janet Wardrop (with Psychosocial Intervention)

Diploma of Higher Education with Distinction

Nursing - Adult Nursing

Nicola Elizabeth Brown

Julie Edgar

Patricia McCubbin

Ashley Porter

Yvonne Delia Reid

Diploma of Higher Education

Nursing - Adult Nursing

Tammy Anderson

Mhairi Louise Elizabeth Andrew

Linda Bell

Gary Blane

Jemma McCracken Campbell

Helen Crombie

Lesley Cuzen

Robert Davidson

Roslyn Fleming

Lorna Flynn

Debbie Glass

Caroline Gray

Patricia-Ann Gribben

Lorna Innes

Caitlin Janet Jackson

Caroline Kennedy

David Kinghorn

Lynne Macdonald

Amanda Jayne MacIntyre

Karen Martin

Lynn Joyce Martin

Karen Agnes McCaffrey

Louise McCarthy Roseann McJannet

Claire Louise Anne McKee

Nancy Shennan McLean

June McLelland

Jennifer McMorland

Leanne Millar

Laura Elizabeth Marilyn Mitchell

Hayley Muir Suzanne Paterson

Donna Louise Prosser

Dawn Roney

Marissa Ann Templeton

Diploma of Higher Education with Distinction

Nursing - Mental Health Nursing

Kerry Mohan

Diploma of Higher Education

Nursing - Mental Health Nursing

Fiona Aschacher

Surraya Healy

Lynelle McInally

George Alexander McMahon

Barbara Noy

Gillianne Paula Rogers Deborah Smith

Deborah Jean Troup

SCHOOL OF MEDIA, LANGUAGE AND MUSIC

Bachelor of Arts with Honours

Broadcast Production Hayleigh Barclay

Colin Bell

Ally Bhatia

Christine Chivas

Cassandra Jane Clarkson

Sarah Claire Copson

Kayleigh Houston

Louise McGregor

Alaster Phillips

Neil James Thomson-Turner

Bachelor of Arts with Honours

Commercial Music

Amy Burchell

Kenneth Bates

Emma Elizabeth Brady

Robert Walter Brown

Marc Adam Eadie

Kirsty Jane Hammond

David O'Connor

Jonathan Cameron Pirie

Adam Gordon Robertson

Abigail Maria Sandison

Mark Stevenson

Audrey Tait

Andrew Kieran Thomas

Stuart Torrance

Christopher Ward

Craig Ward

Bachelor of Arts with Honours Digital Art

Laura Carolyn Hunter

James Craig Houston Jackson

Heather McDougall

Blair Moglia

Ravinder Badwal

Michelle Cochrane

Louise Anne Gardiner

Adrian Halwani

Nicola May Harkins

James Kyle

Julie Margaret Kyle

Danny McCluskey

Allana Montgomery

Kirsty Aileen Morrison

Sarah Morrison

Ladan Razeghi Khosravieh

Adrian Stansfield

Francine Claire Sweeney

Emma Jane Walker

Karen Jennifer Wallace

Jacqueline Frances Wilson

Bachelor of Arts with Honours

Filmmaking and Screenwriting

Alan Robert Blaikie

Peter Burgoyne

Mary Heather Dowds

Craig McArthur

Amy Conn McCormack

John Steven McMurtrie

Louise Muir

Neil Colin Murray

Peter Hamilton Nevitt

Ashley Jane Storrie

Joseph Thomas

Michael William Tod

Bachelor of Arts with Honours Performance

Evelyn Caputa

Suzanne Morrison

Anna Barclay

Jennifer Conachan

Kester Matthew Dunn

Leighann Foley

Martin Haddow

Amanda Jackson

Caroline Elizabeth James

Lauren Johnstone

Philip John Kingscott

Linzi Jean MacFarlane

Linda Louise Martin

Laura Jane Mathieson Maria McCluskey

Christina Paterson

Donna Storie Robertson

Colette Marie Sheridan

Vicki Thomson

Glynis Wozniak

Amy Catherine Wright

Bachelor of Arts

Cinema

Anna Agriteli

Laura Mary Francis Macaulay

Bachelor of Arts with Distinction

Commercial Music

Stuart Stenhouse

Bachelor of Arts

Commerical Music

Christopher Elkin

Christine MacKay

Kenneth Corbett Steven

Heather Anne Toffanello

Bachelor of Arts

Digital Art

Adam Struan Robertson

Allan William Wilson

Bachelor of Arts

Film Making

Claire Angela Calder

Bachelor of Arts

Media

Lynne Abraham

Jennifer Barnes

Lucy Gabrielle Clark

Natalie Clark

Kayleigh Louise Dunn

Lorna Elaine Ferguson

James Ferguson Rennie

John William Welsh

Bachelor of Arts

Media Theory with Production

Eloise Curran

Bachelor of Arts with Distinction

Performance

Amanda Chisholm

Amy Hall

Laura Stephen

Laura Maria Wallace

Bachelor of Arts

Performance

Tammy Battles

Paul Donnelly

Lorraine Nora Johnston

Calum James Salmond

Lesley Anne Wallace