It was back to her roots for psychologist and broadcaster Claudia Hammond recently when she was awarded an honorary degree by The Open University.<\/p>\n
Claudia was a psychology tutor for ten years at the OU\u2019s summer schools and has made a name for herself in broadcast journalism.<\/p>\n
She is now one of BBC radio\u2019s most recognisable and important voices, primarily based on Radio Four and the World Service.<\/p>\n
Among many other programmes and podcasts, she presents weekly instalments of Health Check, and All in the Mind, the world\u2019s longest-running series on mental health.<\/p>\n
On receiving the accolade, she said:<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m so honoured to receive this honorary doctorate because I have so many connections with The Open University and it is such a special university. Completely unique.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
She said:<\/p>\n
\u201cMy sister and my mother-in-law both studied with The Open University and loved it.\u201d\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n
She continued: \u201cThese days, with the BBC team, I work in partnership with The Open University on All In The Mind, the show and podcast that I present which covers psychology and neuroscience and mental health.<\/em><\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m very lucky because this job means that every week I\u2019m reading brand new research and then I interview the authors and I get to ask them about any bits of their papers that I didn\u2019t quite understand, which is a nice way to be a kind of unofficial perpetual student.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
And she urged graduates to capitalise on their learning skills, to carry on being curious and always thinking critically about what they read and what they hear.<\/p>\n
She added:<\/p>\n
\u201cSo I\u2019d say whatever else you\u2019re doing you can still also be an unofficial perpetual student.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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