ACTRESS Amy Nuttall and radio presenters Mark Radcliffe and Stuart Maconie will be among the stars from the entertainment industry being honoured at this year’s University of Bolton’s graduation ceremony.

They will join hundreds of students at their degree congregation ceremonies at the Victoria Hall this week to receive their honorary doctorates.

Bolton-born Miss Nuttall is an actress and singer best known for playing Chloe Atkinson in the long-running soap opera Emmerdale, from 2000-to- 2005.

Since then she has starred in musicals, from London to Edinburgh, as well as the Octagon in the town centre.

She is credited with being the youngest actress to ever understudy and play the lead role of Christine in a national tour of Phantom of the Opera when she was just 17-years-old.

DJs Radcliffe and Maconie will receive a Doctor of Letters for their contribution to broadcasting and communications.

Mr Radcliffe said: “I kind of feel very proud and a bit self-conscious at the same time.

“I am very proud to come from Bolton and had a very happy upbringing there.

Plus the first gigs I went to were at the University or B.I.T. as it was known back then.

“It feels great for my modest achievements to be recognised by my hometown but I haven’t told that many people about it because I don’t want to look like I’m showing off.”

Radcliffe is one of Britain’s most recognised DJs and a winner of six Sony awards.

Wigan-born Mr Maconie is also a writer, journalist, critic and radio DJ.

In total 12 honorary awards will be handed out by the university. They will be conferred by the vicechancellor Dr George Holmes.

More than 1,399 of the 2,593 students graduating this summer will attend the congregation ceremonies over the two day period.

Students studying on University of Bolton degree courses around the world will travel to Bolton to attend the ceremonies. This year the university will welcome visiting students from as far away as Greece, Malaysia and Russia.

A University of Bolton spokesman said: “Degree congregation ceremonies are important days in the university calendar. This year 2,593 students will graduate from the University of Bolton and a record number will be attending ceremonies here this week.

“But our University has global reach — building, developing and growing far beyond our home campus in Bolton. Just as students will enjoy graduation ceremonies here, so hundreds of University of Bolton students graduate in countries around the world each year, as far away as Hong Kong, Malaysia, China, Zambia, Vietnam, Malawi and the United Arab Emirates.”