Martin Scorsese, Mary Beard and more – 2018 honorary degrees

Encaenia is the ceremony at which the University of Oxford awards honorary degrees to distinguished men and women and commemorates its benefactors. It is held annually at the end of the summer ('Trinity') term.

Professor Mary Beard is Professor of Classics at Cambridge University and a Fellow of Newnham College. She is Classics editor of the Times Literary Supplement.

Sir Matthew Bourne is known and admired across the world for his remaking of classic dance works as a choreographer.

Lord (David) Neuberger was President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom until retiring last year.

Professor Helga Nowotny is Professor emeritus of Social Studies of Science, ETH (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology) Zurich and former President of the European Research Council (ERC).

Professor Robert Putnam has taught at Harvard University for decades and was Dean of the John F. Kennedy School, educating generations of social scientists and political leaders on the importance of civil engagement.

Mr Martin Scorsese is an American filmmaker whose career now spans more than six decades.

Lord (Nicholas) Stern is IG Patel Professor of Economics and Government at the London School of Economics, Head of the India Observatory and Chair of the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment.