Former West Indies captain Sir Richie Richardson received an honorary Doctor of Laws (LLD) for his contribution to sport at the UWI Five Islands Campus graduation ceremony on Saturday.

Speaking at the event in Antigua and Barbuda, Richardson, 60, urged Caribbean people from “small islands” to never look at themselves as being small, because they all had big hearts and could compete with anyone in the world.

Richardson told the graduating class of 2022 that he was proud to be an ambassador for Antigua and Barbuda, and proud to represent the region as a cricketer.

“I remain optimistic and hopeful that the WI will return to being the best cricketing team in the world someday, hopefully pretty soon.”

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Doctor Sir Richard Benjamin Richardson!

I remember a time when this message board was scornful of those with honorary doctorates?

Just curious,,,what did he do again

In reply to FuzzyWuzzy

That time might still be now
It’s all well and good to get an honourary PhD, but don’t go calling yuhself doctah afterwards

It’s not an unreasonable ask

In reply to Halliwell

Demman might start to argue with you their craft wad embodied art at the highest level

In reply to doosra

Dem knew the system dem was operating IN.
They didn’t have to submit no thesis, and navigate no viva.
Them get the rewards for their efforts.
I won’t be inducted in the CWI hall of fame, even honourary for amateur exploits. Carting ponderiver all over Reading and into the nearby river notwithstanding.

What next? Honourary Nobel prize for Literature having not written even a pamphlet?

In reply to Halliwell

where is Pondi man?

Sinner Banner left i haven't seen him

In reply to Halliwell

You might get one for posting here for 20 years

BTW Fake tekking over the world

In reply to Narper

Diploma mills?

We didn't seem to have a problem with Dr. Sparrow etal but seemingly do with cricketers

Congratulations.

In reply to doosra

Pharmaceutical companies (and I guess others too) are verifying all education now....by contacting the Universities/colleges.....they are not 'trusting' hard copy degrees/diplomas or such claims in a resume.

I have seen many cases where students are coming out of India and Pakistan with degrees and higher degrees which are fake in the sense the student did not attend any classes and where the degrees were in fact issued by the Universities by corrupt officials.

In reply to Narper

India, South Africa and China selling degrees
You can sift them out after the few couple
Minutes of an interview.

They “know how”, but just “forgot it right now”

In reply to FuzzyWuzzy

what is the order of address- Sir Richard Richarson Hon. Dr.

In reply to tc1
I was once in Oistins with one of my a friend, people kept calling him Dr. Layne, I had to a ask him the reason for the doctor.
Before he answer there was some cussing, reminding me that he was my room mate when he did his doctorate, my response was, and they call you doctor because of that.
More cussing and then he wanted to get me drunk.
I am spending some time with my ex-wife and son, who has just move back to Calgary, she has a PHD, she would think it was a joke and I am being funny, to call her Dr Lewis.