{"id":8383,"date":"2018-04-19T07:00:05","date_gmt":"2018-04-19T07:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ounews.co\/?p=8383"},"modified":"2018-04-19T07:00:05","modified_gmt":"2018-04-19T07:00:05","slug":"eddie-izzard-honorary-degree-open-university","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/news\/around-ou\/university-news\/eddie-izzard-honorary-degree-open-university\/","title":{"rendered":"Eddie Izzard honoured by Open University"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_8385\" style=\"width: 195px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8385\" class=\" wp-image-8385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Eddie-image-1-230x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"185\" height=\"241\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Eddie-image-1-230x300.jpg 230w, https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Eddie-image-1-785x1024.jpg 785w, https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Eddie-image-1-768x1002.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Eddie-image-1-1177x1536.jpg 1177w, https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Eddie-image-1.jpg 1242w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 185px) 100vw, 185px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-8385\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Eddie Izzard collects his Honorary Degree<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Known for his comic genius, acting prowess, love of languages and epic charity endeavours, Eddie Izzard is now the proud recipient of an Honorary Doctorate from The Open University.<\/p>\n<p>Eddie collected his award at the OU\u2019s Barbican Ceremony, and was nominated for his contributions towards the arts, languages, charity work and for promoting tolerance and understanding.<\/p>\n<h2>&#8220;You people have done the hard work&#8221;<\/h2>\n<p>Also collecting their awards at the ceremony were hundreds of OU graduates, and Eddie paid tribute to them, saying \u201cI could hear people say six years&#8230;eight years&#8230;ten, twelve years that it\u2019s taken; but to stay in there and keep the fight going and then see it through is a fantastic thing \u2013 so well done you.\u00a0 You people have done the hard work.\u201d<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 1920px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('video');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-8383-1\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/ounews.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Eddie_Izzard_students_2.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/ounews.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Eddie_Izzard_students_2.mp4\">https:\/\/ounews.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Eddie_Izzard_students_2.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<h2><strong>Endurance<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Known for his epic feats of running <a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/celebritynews\/6195634\/Eddie-Izzard-completes-43-marathons-in-51-days.html\">43 marathons in 51 days<\/a> and later <a href=\"http:\/\/eddieizzard.com\/en\/mandela-marathons\">27 marathons in 27 days<\/a> to raise money for Sport Relief, Eddie shared his thoughts on how students also have to endure to achieve their goals:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019ve got to decide that you\u2019re going to do it come what may. You have to concentrate on that end point otherwise you could waiver, you could think well I\u2019m not sure, I have to do this and I have to do that. You have to just fixate on that end point, the idea of getting it and what it can do for you. Getting a degree is going to be so much better than not having a degree.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Known for his comic genius, acting prowess, love of languages and epic charity endeavours, Eddie Izzard is now the proud recipient of an Honorary Doctorate from The Open University. 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