A 26-year-old African woman becomes the youngest honorary doctor in the school’s history after receiving a doctorate from a UK institution.
Vee Kativhu, a 26-year-old African woman, is the youngest person in history to receive an honorary doctorate from the University of Bradford in the United Kingdom.
In the United Kingdom, Vee received an honorary degree from the University of Bradford in England. She came to Linkedin to commemorate an achievement noting that she also set a record as the youngest honorary doctor in the institution.
“I AM A DOCTOR, IT’S OFFICIAL!” The youngest person to ever receive an honorary doctorate degree from the University of Bradford, I created history yesterday,” she remarked.
Vee said that with all the challenges she had to overcome, her younger self would have been shocked to witness her achievement. She said it is an honor for her to have traveled from Zimbabwe to the United Kingdom to get an honorary doctorate.
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Vee stated she is proud of her achievements at that young age when she thinks back on her path. She mentioned that in order to graduate from Oxford University, she first worked at McDonald’s while completing her A-levels and studying during breaks.
She then went on to earn a Master’s degree at Harvard during the global epidemic, publishing a book in the process. She is currently pursuing a PhD in Education Policy at the age of 26, and she was just granted an honorary doctorate.
On Linkedin, Vee first revealed that her high school instructor had told her not to apply for undergraduate entrance to the University of Oxford in England because she was not good enough.
She earned a bachelor’s degree in classical archaeology and ancient history from the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom and a master’s degree in international education policy from Harvard University in Massachusetts, USA, five years after her teacher made the remark.
Vee received a fully financed fellowship from the Youth Mentoring Action Network (YMAN) to pursue a PhD in International Education Policy at Claremont Graduate University in the United States. She was the scholarship’s inaugural recipient.
Vee is a young leader for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) of the UN and an advocate for girls’ education. During her time at Oxford University, the vice chancellor named her a Diversity Champion.
