Helen Wilby (MRes English Literature, 2024)

A local family celebrated a special full-circle moment when Heather Wilby (MRes Health Service Management, 1998) watched her daughter graduate, in the same hall that she graduated in whilst pregnant with her.

The first in her family to attend university, Heather juggled a full-time job in the NHS, a young family and a masters degree by research in 1998. 26 years later, the baby she was carrying would walk across the stage (for a second time!) to collect the exact same degree.