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The actor Michael Sheen OBE and The One Show host Alex Jones were presented as Fellows of Aberystwyth University at the first of this year’s Graduation Ceremonies on Tuesday 10 July. Professor Emeritus Elan Closs Stephens CBE, BBC Trustee for Wales and former Chair of S4C presented both and pre-recorded messages of acceptance and good wishes were played to members of the audience as neither was able to attend in person. Presentation by Professor Stephens for Michael Sheen and Alex Jones - Michael Sheen and Alex Jones cannot be with us today but the President and Vice Chancellor have asked me to refer briefly to their achievements. Michael Sheen is one of the outstanding acting talents of his generation. He was brought up in Port Talbot, starred in his schooldays with the National Youth Theatre of Wales, studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts. In the Nineties, he worked predominantly in classical stage roles, in work by Shakespeare, Pinter, Chekhov, Ibsen’s Peer Gynt and played ...

Eight Fellows, which include the actor Michael Sheen and The One Show presenter Alex Jones, will be honoured by Aberystwyth University during the 2012 Graduation Ceremonies in July. The title of Fellow is awarded to honour distinguished people who have a close association with Aberystwyth University or who have made an outstanding contribution to professional or public life in Wales. The 2012 Aberystwyth University Honorary Fellows are (in alphabetical order): Professor Michael Clarke Professor Michael Clarke is a former graduate of the International Politics department at Aberystwyth University. He is currently the Director of the Royal United Services Institute. Until July 2007 he was the Deputy Vice-Principal and Director of Research Development at King's College London, where he remains a Visiting Professor of Defence Studies. From 1990 to 2001, he was founding Director of the Centre for Defence Studies, from 2001-2005, founding Director of the International Policy Instit...