Honorary graduates

A list of honorary degree recipients from 2016 to present.

NameDegreeYear
Charles John Partridge (BSc) Doctor of Engineering (DEng) 2016
Alfred Brendel (KBE) Doctor of Music (DMus) 2016
James Hillier Blount (Capt [Retd], BSc) Doctor of Music (DMus) 2016
Simon King (OBE, Hon FRPS, Hon FBNA) Doctor of Laws (LLD) 2016
Professor Dame Teresa Rees (DBE, FAcSS, FLSW) Doctor of Laws (LLD) 2016
Dr Gerald Avison (PhD) Doctor of Engineering (DEng) 2016
Anne Burrell Doctor of Laws (LLD) 2016
Jane Anne Camlin Doctor of Science (DSc) 2016
Dr Timothy Lachlan Chambers (OBE, JP, DL, FRCP) Doctor of Science (DSc) 2016
Dr Jennifer Dixon (MBChB PhD FRCP FFPH CBE) Doctor of Science (DSc) 2016
Dr Wendy Ewart (PhD, MBE) Doctor of Letters (DLitt) 2016
Ben Kane (MVB) Doctor of Letters (DLitt) 2016
Dr Martin Edmund Kiszko (PGCert. RFT, BA) Doctor of Laws (LLD) 2016
Fahma Mohamed Doctor of Letters (DLitt) 2016
David Nicholls Doctor of Science (DSc) 2016
Professor Timothy Noel Palmer (CBE, FRS) Doctor of Laws (LLD) 2016
The Rt. Hon Dawn Primarolo (DBE, PC) Doctor of Laws (LLD) 2016
IEG Ray (BSC) Doctor of Laws (LLD) 2016
Daniel Schaffer (LLB, BCL) Doctor of Laws (LLD) 2016
Dr Lew Watts Doctor of Science (DSc) 2016
Lesley. J Yellowlees (CBE FRSC FInstP FRSE) Doctor of Science (DSc) 2016
Chrissie Wellington, OBE Doctor of Laws (LLD) 2017
Chris Jolly Doctor of Science (DSc) 2017
Charlotte Moore Doctor of Laws (LLD) 2017
Matt Lucas Doctor of Letters (DLitt) 2017
Donald Cameron Doctor of Engineering (DEng) 2017
Katya Adler Doctor of Laws (LLD) 2017
David Barford Doctor of Science (DSc) 2017
John Beddington Doctor of Science (DSc) 2017
Richard Blundell Doctor of Laws (LLD) 2017
Gillian Camm Doctor of Laws (LLD) 2017
Simon Cook Doctor of Letters (DLitt) 2017
Stephen Frankel Doctor of Science (DSc) 2017
Russell Hamilton Doctor of Science (DSc) 2017
Richard Pound Doctor of Laws (LLD) 2017
Alice Mary Prior Doctor of Laws (LLD) 2017
Emma Stenning and Tom Morris Doctor of Letters (DLitt) 2017
Bernard Silverman Doctor of Science (DSc) 2017
Sir David Tanner Doctor of Laws (LLD) 2017
Julia Unwin Doctor of Laws (LLD) 2017
Keith Warner Doctor of Music (DMus) 2017
Timothy West Doctor of Letters (DLitt) 2017
Andrew Langdon Doctor of Laws (LLD) 2018
Col Needham Doctor of Letters (DLitt) 2018
Mark Watkins Doctor of Engineering (DEng) 2018
Sherry Coutu Doctor of Laws (LLD) 2018
Professor Virginijus Šikšnys Doctor of Science (DSc)  2018
Jonathan Benjamin, MBE and Neil Laybourn Doctor of Laws (LLD)  2018
Valerie Jeal, MBE  Doctor of Laws (LLD)  2018
Proefssor Marcus Pembrey, FMedSci Doctor of Science (DSc)  2018
Bryan A Stevenson Doctor of Laws (LLD)  2018
Lois Patricia Golding, OBE Doctor of Laws (LLD)  2018
Dominic Wood Doctor of Laws (LLD)  2018
Alastair Fothergill Doctor of Science (DSc) 2018
Dame Mary Perkins Doctor of Laws (LLD) 2018
Professor Sarah Glennie Doctor of Letters (DLitt)  2018
Sir Ranulph Twisleton-Wykeham Fiennes, BT, OBE Doctor of Laws (LLD)  2018
Baroness Amos, CH Doctor of Laws (LLD)  2018
Katie Alcott Doctor of Laws (LLD)  2018

Juliet Davenport

Doctor of Science (DSc) 2018

Professor Sir Andrew Wiles

Doctor of Science (DSc) 2018
Dr Gavin Schmidt Doctor of Science (DSc) 2018
Professor Edward Stolper Doctor of Science (DSc) 2018
John Deer Doctor of Enginnering (DEng) 2018
Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon MBE, HonFBSA, FRSA, Hon DSc Doctor of Science (DSc) 2019
Fiona Fox OBE, FMedSci Doctor of Science (DSc) 2019
Professor Magaret Snowling CBE, FBA, FMedSci Doctor of Science (DSc) 2019
Simon Pugh-Jones MBE Doctor of Science (DSc) 2019
Paul Lindley OBE, Hon LLD Doctor of Laws (LLD) 2019
Colin Skellett OBE Doctor of Laws (LLD) 2019
Stephen. J. Toope OC, LLD Doctor of Laws (LLD) 2019
Andy Sheppard Doctor of Music (DMus) 2019
Professor Howard Wheater FRSC, FREng Doctor of Engineering (DEng) 2019
Gary V Mabbutt MBE Doctor of Laws (LLD) 2019
Gillian Guy CB Doctor of Laws (LLD) 2019
Professor Peter Landrock Doctor of Science (DSc) 2019
Lisa Johnson Doctor of Laws (LLD) 2019
Professor Mamokgethi Phakeng, PhD(Wits), MASSAf, GCOB, FAAS Doctor of Science (DSc) 2019
Sam Smith Doctor of Laws (LLD) 2019
Dr C Cindy Fan Doctor of Laws (LLD) 2019
Dame Clare Marx DBE DL FRCS Doctor of Science (DSc) 2019
Professor Alan Baddeley Doctor of Science (DSc) 2019
Dr Julie Maxton Doctor of Laws (LLD) 2019
Professor Diane Coyle CBE FAcSS Doctor of Laws (LLD) 2019
Christiana Figueres Doctor of Laws (LLD) 2019
Kalpna Woolf Doctor of Letters (DLitt) 2019
Emma Stibbon RA Doctor of Letters (DLitt) 2019
Emeritus Professor John Scott FAHA Doctor of Letters (DLitt) 2019
Michael de Giorgio BSc, FCA Doctor of Laws (LLD) 2020
Ineke Sluiter FBA Doctor of Letters (DLitt) 2020
Lesley Silvester Doctor of Laws (LLD) 2020
Peter Estlin KSTJ, BSC, FCA Doctor of Laws (LLD) 2020
Mya-Rose Craig Doctor of Science (DSc) 2020
Hurbert Thompson Doctor of Laws (LLD) 2020
Luke Jerram FRAS Doctor of Letters (DLitt) 2020
Tony Macdonald Doctor of Laws (LLD) 2022
Gordon Richardson Doctor of Laws (LLD) 2022
Dr Sarah Fane, OBE Doctor of Laws (LLD) 2022
Sheila Rowbotham Doctor of Laws (LLD) 2022
Richard Stanton MBE and Mr John Volanthen Doctor of Laws (LLD) 2022
Professor the Lord Parekh FBA Doctor of Laws (LLD) 2022
Professor Claude Jaupart Doctor of Science (DSc) 2022
Professor Chorh Chuan Tan Doctor of Science (DSc) 2022
Joanna Batstone Doctor of Engineering (DEng) 2022
Es Devlin CBE Doctor of Letters (DLitt) 2022
Alan Riding Doctor of Letters (DLitt) 2022
Graham Broadbent and Peter Czernin Doctor of Letters (DLitt) 2022
David Allen OBE Doctor of Laws (LLD) 2022
Sir Alan Wilson Doctor of Science (DSc) 2022
Dr Purna Sen Doctor of Laws (LLD) 2022
Professor Brian Nosek Doctor of Science (DSc) 2022
Lawrence Hoo Doctor of Letters (DLitt) 2022
Polly Neate Doctor of Laws (LLD) 2022
Ben Shorrock Doctor of Science (DSc) 2023
Alex Raikes Doctor Laws (LLD) 2023
Latif Ismail Doctor of Laws (LLD) 2023
Nigel Toon Doctor of Science (DSc) 2023
Jonathan de Pass Doctor of Science (DSc) 2023
Colonel Anne McClain Doctor of Engineering (DEng) 2023
Councillor Helen Holland Doctor of Letters (DLitt) 2023
Jaya Chakrabarti Doctor of Science (DSc) 2023
Michele Curtis Doctor Arts (DA) 2023
Professor John Wright Doctor of Science (DSc) 2023
Linda Glennie Doctor of Science (DSc) 2024

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