Sir Mo Farah all smiles as he receives degree from Oxford University

Sir Mo Farah all smiles as he receives degree from Oxford University

Sir Mo Farah has received an honorary degree at Oxford University.

Encaenia in photos: Oxford’s honorary degree award ceremony

The University of Oxford awarded nine honorary degrees at its annual Encaenia awards ceremony today. Among the recipients were British athlete and Olympian Sir Mo Farah; Irish author and academic Professor Colm Tóibín; broadcaster and parliamentarian Lord Melvyn Bragg; and BBC journalist Clive Myrie. Dame Jacina Ardern, the former Prime Minister of New Zealand, also received an honorary degree but was absent from the Encaenia ceremony. The cerem…