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Edinburgh College Graduation Class of 2026

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Edinburgh College Graduation Class of 2026

Today is a moment of celebration, pride and reflection as we recognise all that you have achieved. On behalf of everyone at Edinburgh College, I offer my heartfelt congratulations to you, our Class of 2026. 

Audrey Cumberford, MBE FRSE  Principal and CEO Edinburgh College

Congratulations Class of 2026

Stage Party

  • Principal and CEO, Audrey Cumberford MBE FRSE
  • Depute Principal and COO, Dr Michael Jeffrey
  • Depute Principal, Jon Buglass
  • Vice Principal, Jonny Pearson
  • Director of HR and OD, Sue Clyne
  • Assistant Principal Curriculum, James Davies
  • Director of Finance and Estate Infrastructure, Ian Deed
  • Director of Communications, Marketing and Policy, Scott Douglas
  • Director of Income Generation and Partnerships, Neale Gardiner
  • Assistant Principal, Quality and Improvement, Gail Graham
  • Assistant Principal Curriculum, Jakki Jeffery
  • Assistant Principal Student Experience, Anna Vogt
  • Assistant Principal Curriculum, Scott Warden

The stage party will also be joined by members of the Edinburgh College Board of Management throughout the ceremonies.

Edinburgh College Honorary Ambassador Award 2026

Each year, the Edinburgh College Board of Management recognises an individual who, through direct involvement with the College, has had a meaningful and sustained impact on the student experience. This year’s Honorary Ambassador is Liz McAreavey.

Since becoming Chief Executive of the Edinburgh Chamber of Commerce in 2016, Liz McAreavey has established herself as one of Edinburgh’s most influential business and civic leaders. Her career spans entrepreneurship, senior leadership roles within global professional services firms, and significant contributions to economic development and public policy across the city and region.

Liz serves on numerous strategic boards and advisory groups, helping to shape Edinburgh’s economic future, inclusive growth agenda, and city development priorities. Her extensive network and leadership have enabled strong collaboration between industry, government, and education.

A longstanding supporter of Edinburgh College, Liz has consistently championed the College’s role within the business community, ensuring it remains central to discussions on workforce development, skills, and economic policy. Her advocacy and partnership have strengthened the College’s connections with employers and key stakeholders across the region.

Ceremony 1

School of Art and Design  

HND 3D Animation 

  • Katarzyna Fik
  • Keira Gibson
  • Josh Osinsao
  • Shantelle Smith 

HND 3D Design 

  • Maite Abumohor
  • Raghda Alshafei
  • Anasztazia Boskovski
  • Kumar Chhabra
  • Hager El Bakkush
  • Adela Friedrichova
  • Sandra García
  • Demetrio Granata
  • Dylan Hutchison
  • Ellis Kirkpatrick
  • Isobel Lewis
  • Arran McDougall Barr
  • Kaley Millar
  • Sarah Louise Pedersen
  • Alexandra Pometcu
  • Oliwia Skarzynska
  • Migle Tamasauskaite 

HND Contemporary Art Practice 

  • Borislava Georgieva
  • Jodi Harris-Walker 

HND Visual Communication: Illustration 

  • Brooke Harmer
  • Cathal McAlister
  • Becky Turnbull 

HND Visual Communication: User Experience Design 

  • Sofiya Cherednyk
  • Kar Man Cynthia Chui
  • Lucas Hutchison 

BA (Hons) Visual Communications (Kingston University London) 

  • Laura Balestrieri
  • Paul Early
  • Damian Ferenc
  • Brooke Halliday
  • Ross Highley
  • Karolina Laskarzewska
  • Louise Morrison
  • Sam Simpson 

HND Textiles 

  • Khadija Khan
  • Freya Lavender 

School of Media, Music and Sound Production  

HNC Television and Film 

  • Madison Auty
  • Federico Fiorentini
  • Mackenzie Foreman
  • Archie Kelly 

HNC Television with Multi-Camera Operation 

  • Rebecca Greig
  • Sam Lopatowski
  • Charlie Simpson-White 

HND Television and Film 

  • Dean Milne
  • Andrew Ross
  • Amy Turnbull 

HND Television and Film with Multi-Camera 

  • Maina Akbar
  • Marc Garcia
  • Volodymyr Iushchenko
  • Jack McCallum
  • Grant Salton
  • Teagan Sherwood 

BA (Hons) Film (Kingston University London) 

  • Ross Anderson
  • Sam Campbell
  • Kieran Clarke
  • Sol Clarkson
  • Forrest Cockburn
  • Micheal Conner MacRury
  • Alexander Dall
  • Sam Davies
  • Catherine Goodman
  • Ethan Hughes
  • Declan Mcgrotty
  • Achilles Mclay
  • Ryan Phillips
  • Daisy Rafferty
  • Finn Ross
  • Adam Slater
  • Andrew Taylor 

HND Music 

  • Juan Abengoza 
  • Maisie Arbuckle
  • Ewan Day
  • Delaylah Fairgrieve
  • Catie France
  • Lorna Galashan
  • Jason Hogg
  • Lewis Horton
  • Emma Roberts 

HND Sound Production 

  • Francesco Lo Cascio
  • Andrew Lonie
  • Lewis Pringle
  • Dominik Szilagyi 

BA (Hons) Audio Production (Kingston University London) 

  • Scott Brydson
  • Reece Davies
  • Joe Harper
  • Emily James
  • Hamish Park
  • Ryan Thomas Rana
  • Paige Simpson
  • Stan Tester 

BA (Hons) Music (Kingston University London) 

  • Cameron Bayes
  • Alastair Clarke
  • Asha Clarkson
  • Shannon Fagan
  • Ines Fernandez
  • Oscar Fisher
  • Aidan Fullerton
  • Ryan Glenwright
  • Kristopher Machmer
  • Reanne Mason
  • Mark McColl
  • Deborah McGarvey
  • Max Morton
  • Jonathan Pollock 

BA (Hons) Music Business (Kingston University London) 

  • Lucy Atkins
  • Thiago Coelho-Mackie
  • Sophie McMenemy
  • Amber Ramsay 

School of Performing Arts and Photography  

HND Costume for Stage and Screen 

  • Julia Bracewell 
  • Miranda Burns 
  • Florence Howarth 
  • Lily Lewis 
  • Bethany McGregor 
  • Marian McPhillips 
  • Fiona Nimmo 

HND Technical Theatre and Production Arts 

  • Nicholas Brown 
  • Oliver Cuthbert 
  • Jamie Farmer 
  • Christina Farnham 
  • Catrina Fraser 
  • Ailidh Fyfe 
  • Tyr James Lowson 
  • William McNab 
  • Beatrice Nicol 

HND Musical Theatre  

  • Cleida Bega 
  • Ella Clark 
  • Anna Elvin 
  • Esme Hudson 
  • Fay Marshall 
  • Yasmin Nekkal 
  • Becca North 
  • Toma Surblyte 
  • Megan Wright 

HND Make-Up Artistry  

  • Olivia Harrison 
  • Faith Hayes 
  • Nicola Hunter 
  • Lily Kennedy 
  • Jessica Mclean 
  • Kayla Wilkie 

HND Dance Artists 

  • Eve Doherty 
  • Katy Hewie 
  • Amy Macleod 
  • Molly Mckenzie 
  • Daniella Moodie 
  • Madison Nicol 
  • Hannah Pelser 
  • Cadence Scott 

BA (Hons) Dance and Drama (Dance) (Kingston University London)

  • Karis Cantley 
  • Rowan Dyga 
  • Kate Marks 
  • Euan McAteer 
  • Katy Noble 
  • Caleb Ross 
  • Victoria Slight 
  • Keelin Thomson 

BA (Hons) Dance and Drama (Drama) (Kingston University London)

  • Hector Buchanan
  • Alex Burgess
  • Ethan Clay
  • Ross Wilson Cunningham
  • Kimberley Devlin
  • Mackenzie Dias
  • Luke Donachie
  • Adelle Ebbs-Smith
  • Sandra Ferrer
  • Jenna Goldie
  • Iona Kellock
  • Mia Linklater
  • Rachel Lyall
  • Sam Mackinnon
  • Cameron Mclay
  • Lorna McNay
  • Owen More
  • Oliver Perry
  • Daniel Pritchard
  • Chantel Raja
  • Keir Russell
  • Iona Stewart
  • Daniel Thomson
  • Calum Urquhart

HND Photography  

  • Liga Bite 
  • Amelia Caldwell 
  • Justyna Cebula 
  • Chantelle Cook 
  • Beth Elders 
  • Hannah Frood 
  • Louise Gordon 
  • Zach Hyland 
  • Christopher Innes 
  • Emily McColl 
  • Ellis Murphy 
  • Jamie Thompson 
  • Alicja Wojcik 

BA (Hons) Professional Photography (Kingston University London) 

  • Lilli Barrett 
  • Arran Cruickshank 
  • Raymond Davies 
  • Erin Fowler 
  • Andre Akheer Garcia 
  • Victoria Johnson-Matchett 
  • Flavia Lo Tempio 
  • Hannah MacLeod 
  • Gemma Christina McNaughton 
  • Anthony Porter 
  • Zita Brigitta Simon 
  • Marina Solar Fernandez 
  • Nikki Stirton 

School of Social Science  

HNC Social Sciences

  • Jessica Adams 
  • Struan Adams 
  • Murray Anderson 
  • Dyllan Arnold 
  • Rosie Belal 
  • Diana Bogdanova 
  • Sophie Crooks 
  • Amy Docherty 
  • Elise Farquhar 
  • Nyomo Fofana 
  • Ashleigh Love 
  • Coral Martinez Vadillo 
  • Jaime Miller 
  • Vicky Nibloe 
  • Bardia Nikbakht Shahbazee 
  • Bintou Nyassi 
  • Naim Ozen 
  • Denzel Pujol Ould 
  • Christopher Quinn 
  • Kacey Renwick 
  • Chloe Strathdee 

School of Science 

HNC Applied Science 

  • Shahd Ahmed Ali
  • Reimaz Bashier
  • Alaa Belhadj
  • Lucy Kempton
  • Scarlett Lee
  • Niamh Ramsay 

School of Construction 

HNC Architectural Technology 

  • Sean Cocker
  • Kieran Fraser
  • Jessica Moran 

HNC Civil Engineering 

  • Ryan McMurray

School of Engineering 

HNC Engineering Systems 

  • Maciej Maciejczak

HNC Measurement and Control Engineering 

  • Emma Flett 

HNC Mechanical Engineering  

  • Bushra Hossain
  • Amaris Chiaka Ogilvie-Nsofor
  • Sara Wakas

HND Mechanical Engineering  

  • Lewis Carnegie
  • James Dobrescu-Parr
  • Ben Weir 

HND Electrical Engineering 

  • Owen Brennan 

HND Engineering Systems 

  • Cameron Mackay 

IMI Diploma in Light Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Principles 

  • Subbir Ahmed
  • Ryan Barnett
  • Aaron Campbell
  • Jamie Gray
  • Samuel Holywell
  • Lewis Hutton
  • Jackie Inch
  • Jon-Paul Macgregor
  • Dylan Martin
  • Hayden Novak
  • Awais Rasul 

Prize Winners 

Chair's Award for Academic Excellence 

  • Jessica Moran 

Principal's Award for Academic Excellence 

  • Owen Brennan 

Principal's Award for Academic Excellence 

  • Louise Morrison

Marston Events Citizenship Award 

  • Ryan Glenwright 

Stephen Dunn Professional Photography Award 

  • Raymond Davies 

Outstanding Achievement Photography Award 

  • Gemma McNaughton 

Outstanding Achievement Photography Award 

  • Marina Fernandez 

Ceremony 2

School of Childhood Practice 

HNC Childhood Practice 

  • Romi Abernethy 
  • Asma Akter 
  • Eloise Arnold 
  • Mia Beattie 
  • Ashley Craig 
  • Anna Davanna 
  • Marianella Desanti 
  • Emma Fairbairn 
  • Lori Faughnan 
  • Chloe Foley 
  • Niamh Fox 
  • Rachel Gibson 
  • Lauren Gilhooley 
  • Alanna Grandison 
  • Sapna Guleria 
  • Emma Jamieson 
  • Joanna King 
  • Sarah Lawrie 
  • Amy Lonnie 
  • Aljona Madji 
  • Brooke McLauchlan 
  • Frances Mclean 
  • Lian McLeod 
  • Lovelin Ndams 
  • Anne Ness 
  • Hannah Ofori 
  • Anna Owusu-Ansah 
  • Fern Scott 
  • Jenna Spencer 
  • Morgan Tait 
  • Natalia Wojcik 
  • Nicola Wood 
  • Melissa Wylie  

HNC Childhood Practice (Primary Teaching Focus) 

  • Siobhan Boyle 
  • Imogen Larkins 
  • Alexander Noble
  • Armands Sprogis

PDA Level 8 Childhood Practice 

  • Nicola Dickson 
  • Brooke Dickson 
  • Katarzyna Filipczak 
  • Julie Izatt 
  • Jennifer Loughton 
  • Tracy Mckenzie 
  • Asifa Mohammed 
  • Kairen Nova 
  • Vanesa Stankova 
  • Rebecca Stoddart 
  • Sarah Young 

PDA Level 9 Childhood Practice 

  • Amberly Caldwell 
  • Carol Judith Cerdan 
  • Theressa Clarke-Daley 
  • Jodie Dossett 
  • Jade Forrester 
  • Louise Gourmelen 
  • Sarah Livingstone 
  • Elaine Livingstone 
  • Morna Longmuir 
  • Lorraine Mossie 
  • Miranda Slaven 

SVQ 3 Playwork 

  • Laura Macneil 

SVQ 3 Social Services Children and Young People 

  • Erin Allan 
  • Dilusha Dharmawardhana 
  • Sabine Donnelly 
  • Kelly Perez Gloria 
  • Jennifer Horsburgh 
  • Joanne Hume 
  • Roxsanne Jenkinson 
  • Ramona Viorica Kallamadi 
  • Rhian Matthews 
  • Izabela Nykiel 
  • Shannon Osprey 
  • Hayley Phillips 
  • Isabelle Prevost 
  • Laura Smith 
  • Sandra Sutherland 

School of Health Professions and Social Services 

HNC Pharmacy Services Development and Management 

  • Susan Barclay 
  • Lauren Callan 
  • Kenzie Glynn 
  • Claire McIntyre 

Pharmacy Services Diploma

  • Jodie Forbes 
  • Emilia Grainger 
  • Katarzyna Kochaniec 
  • Devi Sampath 
  • Keeva Smith 
  • Erin Sneddon 
  • Elizabeth Stenhouse 
  • Abbi Jade Wilson 

HNC In Oral Health Care: Dental Nursing 

  • Mohammad Al Mualim 
  • Ryan Gallacher 
  • Monika Gargala 
  • Michalina Janiszewska 
  • Demi Ketchen 
  • Aleksandra Kocubowska 
  • Fiza Nasar 
  • Anna Pawlak 
  • Amina Yusuf Sanusi 
  • Tamara Serrano 
  • Loraini Sivo 
  • Maja Steliga 

PDA Dental Nursing (MA) 

  • Habibah Oluwafunmilola Giwa 

PDA Developing Professional Practice in Health and Social Care 

  • Lara Dunbar 
  • Mandy Kakompe Gray 
  • Danielle Ogilvie 
  • Jackie Summers 

HNC Healthcare Practice 

  • Aidan Blackie 
  • Kerrine Cockburn 
  • Emma Doig 
  • Ginny Fryer 
  • Karina Gallego Goncalves 
  • Raquel Gomez 
  • Isabella Ingibina 
  • Susan Jerome 
  • Sarah Logan 
  • Ewelina Markowska De Mello 
  • Jade Marshall 
  • Abbie Mckay 
  • Keri Mole 
  • Florence Scott 
  • Hayley Short 
  • Amy Thompson 

HNC Social Services 

  • Meadow Belal 
  • Janet Butterworth 
  • Leanne Doig
  • Aiesha Ewen
  • Mya Fairbairn
  • Lucrecia Vatjiukua Flynn
  • Nadia Francis
  • Aicha Ghafouane
  • Amelie Greig
  • Benjamin Osei Gyamerah
  • Cheryll Jimenez
  • Ruth Leslie
  • Jane Lowe
  • Auxicillia Tashinga Makwadze
  • Victoria McGovern
  • Ash Miller
  • Samantha Robertson
  • Nicole Spyropoulou
  • Katrina Stove
  • Lynsey Thorburn
  • Wioleta Wolska

PDA Acute and Community Care 

  • Samantha Greer 
  • Jane Hutchison 
  • Kim Lamont 
  • Christie Locke 
  • Natasha Lodge 
  • Rebecca Marshall 
  • Nicole Mccondochie 
  • Ryan Montgomery 
  • Ellie Rodgers 
  • Mandy Syme 
  • Denise Watson 

SVQ 4 Social Services and Healthcare 

  • Kelly MacDonald 

SVQ 4 Social Services and Healthcare (MA) 

  • Amanda Gibb 
  • Tracey Thomson 

HNC Counselling 

  • Sonia Bellinsegna 
  • Phoebe Crehan 
  • Kirsty Grahame 

School of Routes into Education or Employment 

HNC Working with Communities 

  • Gillian Bracher 
  • Walid Gulistan 
  • Beth Jenkins 
  • Beatriz Jiménez González 
  • John Main 
  • Cassie McLeod 
  • Jamie Austin-Scanlon 
  • Kerra Stewart 
  • Sami Veitch 

School of Sport and Fitness 

HNC Sports Coaching and Development 

  • Caitlyn Eldridge 

HND Sports Coaching and Development 

  • Finlay Campbelton 
  • Sam Capes 
  • Emilie Caroff 
  • Skye Feeley 
  • Nathan Ferguson 
  • Erin French 
  • Ellie Gray 
  • Shane Harper 
  • Abigail Hunter 
  • Lawrie Kerr 
  • Lewis Linton 
  • Aidan Maben 
  • Alan Melon 
  • Ilva Ogste 
  • Robbie Reid 
  • Ellie Woodmansey 

HNC Sports Therapy (Soft Tissue Therapy) 

  • Gary Forret 

HND Fitness Health and Exercise 

  • Amy Brydon 
  • Conal Flanagan 
  • Oliwia Jankowska 
  • Muhammad Hashim Khan 
  • Karl Porton 
  • Allie Speer 
  • Katie Wyse 

School of Enterprise and Commerce 

HNC Accounting (NextGen) 

  • Magdalena Burdzy 
  • Pavla Cervena 
  • Nora El Aayadi El Raitab 
  • Rebecca Hutton-Mills 
  • Aamna Mahmood 
  • Arwa Mudawi 
  • Argentina Popescu 
  • Karm Singh 
  • Justina Siurbyte 

HNC Administration and Information Technology 

  • Carla Bio 
  • Monica Crichton-Laird 
  • Urte Krisciunaite 
  • Dominika Milaszewiczius 
  • Fhiona Monkhouse 
  • Barbara Szczybylo 
  • Olha Zakharchenko     

HNC Business 

  • Agnieszka Majer 
  • Ryan McLellan 
  • Mohammad Najjar 
  • Samuel Waugh 

HNC Financial Services 

  • Abdul Sami Chaudhry 
  • Viktoriia Chernenko 
  • Moises Gonzalez-Aostri 
  • Hayden Griffiths 
  • Katalin Koszjak 
  • Even Marianne Mwiki 
  • Zuzana Smolkova 
  • Daniel Thomson 

HNC Marketing 

  • Doreen Aidoo Cann 
  • Nicholas Dainton-Dundas 
  • Freya Evans 
  • Nuwaira Jaffrey 
  • Amelia Piskorzynska 
  • Sophie Smith 

HNC Police Studies 

  • Oskar Lewandowski 
  • Florina Maribel Stan 

HNC Legal Services 

  • Fátima Cedeno Rosales 
  • Lily Hill 
  • Courtney Hop 
  • Aimee Mcdougall 

School of Computing 

HND Computing: Software Development 

  • Patryk Worach 

HND Cyber Security 

  • Steven Baruc 
  • Mazlum Erguz 

HND Networking 

  • Sofiane Laleg 
  • Reginand Nuwabiine 

HND Web Development 

  • Ivan Kompaniiets 

School of Hairdressing and Beauty 

HNC Beauty Therapy 

  • Madison Baird 
  • Lucy Collins 
  • Libby Hendry 
  • Beth Jolly 
  • Olivia Kaya 
  • Ariadni Koutoupa 
  • Camrin Morgan 
  • Wai Nip 
  • Sophie Rintoul 
  • Abby Stipetic 

HND Beauty Therapy 

  • Oxana Biryukova 
  • Ieva Bucina 
  • Olivia Hart 
  • Izabela Kowalska 
  • Lynsey Stringer 

School of Professional Cookery, Hospitality and Events 

SVQ 3 Professional Cookery (Patisserie and Confectionery) 

  • Suzan Basbaydar 
  • Bartosz Filipczak 
  • Carmen Gillies 
  • Zahara Loyra Echegaray 
  • Lauren Marshall 
  • Robyn Martin 
  • Naomi McCombe 
  • Joanne Stenhouse 

HNC Events 

  • Pavlo Bazychenko 
  • Yasmina Fernández Mosquera 
  • Karis Gordon 
  • Matilda Hudson 
  • Nadia Konowalczyk 
  • Ruby Mclean 

HNC Hospitality Operations 

  • Conall Dockerty 
  • Cameron Du Puy 
  • Leah Glynn 
  • Chris Hale 
  • Kateryna Khoroshevska 
  • Leia Livornese 
  • Iona MacGillivray 

School of Travel and Tourism 

HNC Travel and Tourism 

  • Rosie Barrett 
  • Vidmantas Bugas 
  • Leah Douglas 
  • Paige Fennell 
  • Keiran McIvor 
  • Lily McMillan 
  • James Moyer 
  • Emily Rennie 
  • Isla Rhodes 
  • Holly Ross 
  • Caitlin Smith 

Prize Winners 

Principal's Award for Academic Excellence 

  • Chris Hale 

Principal's Award for Academic Excellence 

  • Kerrine Cockburn 

Chair's Award for Academic Excellence 

  • Isla Simpson 

Marston Events Citizenship Award 

  • Armands Sprogis 

Seven Hills Wealth Management Award for Top Performing Student in Financial Services 

  • Zuzana Smolkova