Singer-songwriter Emeli Sandé, the University of Glasgow Young Alumnus of the Year for 2011-2012, has continued her run of awards success after picking up three prizes at the MOBO Awards in Liverpool on Saturday 3November.

The 25-year-old, who attended the University of Glasgow between 2006 and 2009 and received an intercalcated degree in neuroscience, was named Best Female and Best R&B and Soul Artist. Her debut LP, ‘Our Version of Events’, received the Best Album award.

The awards follow a year of chart success for singles including Heaven and Next to Me and a string of accolades including the Critic’s Choice prize at the Brit Awards, Best Solo Artist at the Q Awards and Harper’s Bazaar’s Woman of the Year.

Professor Anton Muscatelli, the Principal and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Glasgow said: “Emeli has had an extraordinary and very well-deserved run of success this year, and everyone at the University is very proud and pleased for her. 

“She’s a tremendous ambassador for the University of Glasgow as Young Alumnus of the Year and we hope that 2013 turns out to be even more rewarding for her.”

First published: 6 November 2012

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