Aberdeen University student Emma Bridgeford will travel to England to start the first chapter of her graduate life when lockdown restrictions allow.
The 22-year-old, from Bucksburn, graduated with an Upper Second Class Honours MA in Geography.
And in August, she will be starting as a city analyst, specialising in transport.
The role will eventually take her to Cambridge, but due to the pandemic she will begin her new job from home in Aberdeen.
She said: “Despite everything, I still feel a massive sense of accomplishment for what I have achieved. I could not be happier.
“I am lucky enough to have an amazing family who put on a graduation party for me in the house.
“To be honest, it felt like the celebrations lasted even longer than they would have if they had gone ahead as normal.
“I am still hopeful of being able to graduate alongside the rest of my class in the future.”
Ms Bridgeford was initially nervous about starting university, but quickly made firm friends within her classes.
She added: “We grew closer each year. All those long days in the library, stressing over our dissertations and drinking lots of caramel lattes from the cafe.
“Without them I don’t know how I would have survived – that’s both my friends and the coffee!
“One of the highlights of my student experience was travelling to Boston for my Honours field trip.
“We all had such a great time and it was a really good group of students and lecturers who went.
“I definitely made memories that will stick with me forever.”
A keen swimmer, she was a member of both the swimming and the waterpolo club in her first two years of university, and was also in the Economics and Business Society as well as the Geography Society.
