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| Mhairi Black awarded first class honours degree | Mhairi Black awarded first class honours degree |
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| The youngest MP to sit in the House of Commons for almost 350 years has been awarded a first class honours degree in politics from Glasgow University. | |
| Mhairi Black won the Paisley and Renfrewshire South seat for the SNP in last month's general election. | Mhairi Black won the Paisley and Renfrewshire South seat for the SNP in last month's general election. |
| The 20-year-old sat her final exam on Scottish politics shortly after being elected. | The 20-year-old sat her final exam on Scottish politics shortly after being elected. |
| She will graduate along with the rest of her class in a ceremony at the university on Friday. | She will graduate along with the rest of her class in a ceremony at the university on Friday. |
| Ms Black said: "I'm really delighted, and looking forward to celebrating the day with my parents and the other students." | Ms Black said: "I'm really delighted, and looking forward to celebrating the day with my parents and the other students." |
| She won her seat by 5,500 votes after overturning former Shadow Foreign Secretary Douglas Alexander's 16,000 vote majority. | She won her seat by 5,500 votes after overturning former Shadow Foreign Secretary Douglas Alexander's 16,000 vote majority. |
| 'Brass neck' | |
| The MP admitted recently that it was "quite bizarre" returning to university after being elected an MP. | |
| Speaking on BBC Radio Scotland, she said: "It was a brass neck walking into a room with people I've been studying with for years and they're all pulling their hair out applying for a million and one jobs and I'm like, 'Hi guys, how's it going?'." | |
| A spokesman for the University of Glasgow said: "We would like to congratulate Mhairi Black, as we would all of our students who are graduating this summer. | A spokesman for the University of Glasgow said: "We would like to congratulate Mhairi Black, as we would all of our students who are graduating this summer. |
| "They have all worked extremely hard to earn their degrees and we wish them the very best for their future careers." | "They have all worked extremely hard to earn their degrees and we wish them the very best for their future careers." |