Abi goes full circle with degree honour

Former council leader back at university 25 years on

- Sentinel Reporter

A TRAILBLAZING politician has 'come home' tothe University of Staffordshire to receive an honorary degree - exactly 25 years after her first graduation.

Councillor Abi Brown OBE was the first generation of her family to go into higher education when she arrived at the Stoke-on-Trent campus to study politics.

"I absolutely loved it," she recalled. "The university has played a massive part in my life. My husband studied computing and graduated the same week as me. My son is now doing psychology here. It's a bit of a family affair."