Student Today / Eve Bird

A STUDENT who used to nod off in class has overcome a rare sleep disorder to be awarded a doctorate.
Eve Bird, 31, left school with no qualifications because she was too sleepy to concentrate.
Her teachers put her symptoms down to being a lazy teenager.
But she was suffering from sleep narcolepsy - which makes people drop off at inappropriate times.
Eve only discovered she had the chronic condition after completing an honours degree in microbiology and biotechnology at Edinburgh's Napier University.
She went on to study for a further four years and is now celebrating graduating with a PhD in biofuel.