Degree of success for athlete
Heptathlete Jessica Ennis was awarded an honorary degree in her home city today.
The 23-year-old world champion was given the LittD degree from the University of Sheffield, where in 2007 she also completed a degree in psychology, in recognition of her sporting talents. The new qualification means Ennis, who won gold in the World Athletics Championships in Berlin in August, is now a doctor of literature.
Wearing the university's traditional red graduation robe with green trim, she took to the stage at the university's Octagon Centre in Sheffield to accept her honorary degree.
Picture: Chris Lawton.