Class of 2023 alumna following in her mum’s footsteps

Posted on: 27 June 2024 in 2024

A mother and daughter pictured on their graduation days

It’s almost that time of year where we celebrate our summer graduates and all they’ve achieved.

For radiography alumna Elle (BSc Hons Diagnostic Radiography 2023), her graduation day was made even more special as she got to celebrate gaining her degree 13 years after her mum - in the same course!

A mother and daughter pictured on the mother's graduation day
Elle posed for a photograph with her mum, Lisa, outside the Philharmonic Hall in 2010. She returned to the same spot 13 years later to take some more...

Graduate outside the philharmonic hall

Elle celebrated her mum's graduation as a child by trying her cap on for size…

Child pictured in her mother's graduation cap

Before wearing her own official dress on her day…

Graduate holding her cap out on graduation day

Just like at her mum’s graduation, her family joined the celebrations…

Family pictured on graduation day
Elle’s nan and grandad outside the Philharmonic Hall.


And her mum, nan and grandad at her graduation meal.

Elle’s mum won an academic award for her performance at Liverpool.

Academic Award

Two friends pictured on their graduation day

And graduated alongside her best friend Anna. They’re just as close today…

Two friends pictured together

They even work together as sonographers, in the same hospital. Along with Elle…

Person in a lift in a hospital taking a selfie

You can watch Elle’s TikTok here: https://www.tiktok.com/@ellena.daly/photo/7374450766930578720

Thanks to Elle and Lisa for sharing their story! If you’ve got a graduation story to share, please get in touch with the Alumni Relations team at: alumni@liverpool.ac.uk. 

 

Keywords: 2024, Reunion.