qStudent mother Ms Lesley McMahon, 27, has gained a first class degree as Bachelor of arts in economics from Abertay University, with surprise double honours in the shape of baby boy twins.

Ms McMahon was told that she had got a first only two days after giving birth to Bailey and Rory, both weighing in at nearly 7lbs.

She said: ''The lecturers were supportive but when I first told them, they didn't think that I'd be able to manage with the heavy work load. I realised it would be difficult, but I knew I could cope.'' Ms McMahon intends to take a year out from her studies to look after the new arrivals, before beginning a postgraduate Masters degree.

q The following are expected to graduate from St Andrews University at a ceremony today:

Faculty of Arts

Doctor of Languages

Evelyne Marie-Lou Fabienne Hervy.

Doctor of Philosophy

David Stewart Claridge; Michael Alan Penman; Andrew Paton Nash; Clevo Ignatious Wilson; Mark Simon Hagger; Mindy Ann Babitz; Stephanie Malone Thorson; Luc Racaut; Luke Ferretter; Ian Richard Holgate; Peran David Milyan Mils Hills; Mark John Taplin; Roland John Tanner; Bjorn Klaus Udo Weiler; Melissa McPherson; Anna Catherine Myatt; Heather Pulliam; Heather Ann Thompson; Paul Wilkinson; Baafour Kwaku Adomako-Attah Kwabiah; Alexander Hugo Schulenburg; Anne Stephen Wilson Louttit Dunnett; Frances Vasey; Stefan Gullatz; Martyn Christopher Jones; Ann-Stacy Rowland; Anthony Earl Lockett; Mirjam Greteke Plantinga.

Master of Letters

Sune Hannibal Holm; Ruth Margaret Adrienne Underhill; Deborah Jane Collier; Jennifer Itzenson; Geraldine Philomena Coggins; Joanna Kristin Bratten; Henry Devereux Haskell; Colleen Elizabeth Kerr-Chastek; James Alexander Gow; Helen Julia Paul; Dominic Christopher Sandbrook; April Susanne Harper; Mark Edward Cullum; Kenneth Richard George Austin; Dustin Lloyd Street; Samantha Beyer; Adam Lindsay Gordon Nevill; Kimberley Slocki; Heather Leo; Suchitra Dutta; Jane Helen MacKenzie; Gillian Louise Anderson; David Richard Addison; Neil George James Hutchison; Christopher Ian Hall; Philip James Skroska; Chau Huynh; Raffaella Campaner; Nicola Jane Drinkwater; Clifford Curtis Irelan; Nina Pohl; Penny Anne George; Sandra Thein; Karen Louise Foster; Juliet Mary Warren; Jorge Manzano Garcia; William Edward Reed; Konstantinos Zafeiris; Brian Michael Saint John; Jesse Spohnholz; Richard John Gregson; Aimee

Elisabeth Lykins; Michele Santamaria; Lesley-Anne Lettice; Malcolm Crawford Macdonald; Katharine Austin Gray; Sarah Caroline Jones; Sean Christopher Duggan; Alison Mary Bett; Anthony Thomas Marshall Richards; Philip Sponagel; Sarah Marie Hannam; Dieter Jochem Weiss; Elizabeth Hastings Harrison; Etienne Jacques Gonin; Joanna Mia Schlesinger; Patrick N Sweeney; Richard James Ling.

Master of Philosophy

Philip Charles Booth; Sarah Beattie; Joanna Mia Schlesinger.

Faculty of Divinity

Bachelor of Divinity

with Honours

I - Kimberly Anne Bohan; Valerie Jean Ott.

Doctor of Philosophy

James Hamilton Bruce; Robert Scott Hastings; Paul Victor Beddoe; Sarah Logan Nicholson.

Master of Letters

Martin David Hall; Stephanie Elisabeth Portner.

Master of Theology

Mark Hopper.

Master of Theology (Special)

Maria Theresia Kellermann; Hugh O'Brien.

Master of Theology

with Honours

I - Katherine Jane Gwynne. II:1 - Nathanael David Stephen Lewis; Irene Allan Reidpath Ure; Wilma Ann Johnston; Andrew Eaneas Mackintosh-Walker; John Stuart Holdsworth; Rebecca Alison Hatfield; Sarah Louise Buck; James Fraser Stuart McLeman; Bethany Emma Mary Sanders; Eugene Anthony Day; Dominic Paul Jacobs; Paul David Barlow; Tita Luisa Marguerite Hahn-Godeffroy; Peter John Reeves Broughton; Katherine Beatrice Christopher; Andrew Paul Smith; Stuart William Sharp; Mark John Taylor. II:2 - Deborah Louise Kruithof; Hazel Anne Evelyn Smith; Mark David Ferguson; Cathryn Adele Lamble; Edward John Carpenter; Fiona Elizabeth Latter; Michael Peter Toolan; Rachael Theresa Sarah O'Hara; Nicholas Charles McMenemy; Henry Robert Jarrold; Jonathan Graham Salmon.

Faculty of Science

Doctor of Philosophy

Robert Gordon Hislop; Johannes K Courtial; Neil David Anderson; James Theodore Hyland; Graham Alexander Turnbull; Graham Martin Gibson; Christopher Ian Baker; James Richard Killeen; Mark Elliott Williams; Elaine Hilary Brown; James Robert Boon; Patricia Catherine Marr; John Eugenes Musukuma Peter Chisi; Simon Paul Johnson; Charles Richard White; Douglas MacKay Short; Sabine Bressin; Kieran Jason Lee; Vinton James Carter; Lindsey Jane Millar; Jonathan Richard Howarth; Iain McCombe Matthews; Julian Charles Cole; Mohammad Afzal; Jacob Mark Howe; Stuart Christopher Clough; Evagelini Zekou; Graham William Noble; Jeremy Gauntlett-Gilbert; Clare Ellen Martin; Adrian Derick Hillier; Lynne Margaret Birrell; Jennifer Margaret Inglis; John-Mark Hopkins; Astrid Maria Schloerscheidt; Davina Noelle Moothoo; David Ian Donaldson; Alan John Feighery; Graham Robert Kiddle; Zoe Elma Penman; Nicola Ethel Davidson;

Jennifer Amanda Harrison; Andrew Craig Marr; Diane Masson; Stefan John Collier; Glenda Louise Keating; Alexander Llinas; Darren Steers; Joyce Elizabeth Watson; Andrew David Jacobs; Tracy Ruth Johnson; Gareth John Valentine; Paul James Bartlett; Cheryl Ann Mundie; Elisabeth Mary Saiu; Ian Cameron McDougall; Andrew Michael Allsebrook; Mark Daniell; Rachel Bickford Whitelaw; Anna Maria Buj-Bello; Margaret Rose Whoriskey; Gayle Helane Middleton; Faraia Mir.

Master of Philosophy

Elizabeth Jane Halsey.

Master of Science

Miguel Angel Bernal Ilarri; Stuart John Lawson; Ian Oxley.