18.07.2006
Leading figures from the arts, sciences and business including the former Vice-Chancellor Professor Sir David Watson are set to receive honorary degrees from the university at this year's annual degree ceremonies.
Margaret Calvert
Honorary Doctor of Letters
Margaret Calvert is one of the UK's most respected designers. Together
with her colleague Jock Kinneir, she was responsible for designing signing
systems for the UK's roads, followed by the railways and airports
- visibly influencing the landscape of Britain.
Margaret designed the typeface 'Calvert' for the Monotype Corporation which is now widely distributed on the internet and was based on the lettering she designed for the Tyne and Wear Metro.
Margaret has been an influential teacher at the Royal college of Art for over 30 years and between 1987 and 1991 was Head of Graphic Design. She has a long association with the university's Faculty of Arts and Architecture and Architecture and is also involved with ICOGRADA (International Council of Graphic Design Associations) whose archives are now lodged in the Faculty.
Sir Crispin Tickell
Honorary Doctor of Science
Sir Crispin Tickell's career has been mostly spent in the diplomatic
service and engaged with issues of climate change and environmental sustainability.
Sir Crispin has held numerous chairmanships including membership of the
Board of the Climate Institute of Washington.
Widely published in the field of climate change, he has also contributed to many books on environmental issues including human population problems and the conservation of biodiversity. He has been a member of two government task forces: one on Urban Regeneration and the other on Potentially Hazardous Near Earth Objects.
Sandy Goulding
Honorary Doctor of Science
Sandy Goulding recently retired as a senior civil servant in the Department
of Health after an impressive and varied career in health and education.
She has been committed to education and development throughout her career.
In her role as Director for Education and Training for the South Thames Regional Health Authority she worked with the university in establishing the education contracts for nursing and other health professions, which now form a major part of the work of the Faculty of Health.
Dr Cecil French
Honorary Doctor of Science
Formerly an eminent engine researcher, Dr Cecil French worked with Ricardo
Consulting Engineers in Sussex for almost forty years until he retired
in 1991.
During his time at Ricardo he held responsibility for diesel and petrol engine research, became a Director in 1969, was Managing Director from 1979-1983 and became Vice-Chairman in 1982. The university has very strong research links with the company.
Sir David Watson
Honorary Doctor of Letters
Sir David Watson led the University of Brighton with distinction from
1990 until he retired from the post of Vice-Chancellor in summer 2005.
During his time at Brighton he led the university through a period of
enormous expansion, which saw unprecedented growth in the student population,
the range of courses offered, and a transformation of the estate at each
of the university's campuses.
Sir David was a member of the National Committee of Inquiry into Higher Education chaired by Lord Dearing and was also a member of the working groups, which led to the establishment of the Quality Assurance Agency in 1997 and the Higher Education Leadership Foundation in 2003. He was knighted for services to higher education in 1998.
Alan Gilchrist
Honorary Doctor of Letters
Alan Gilchrist is a management consultant with over 30 years consultancy
experience in information management. Much of his work had been concerned
with knowledge organisation and the majority of it has been conducted
from his base in Brighton as Director of the CURA Consortium.
Alan's reputation is as strong in the academic world as it is in business and in recognition of his services to information science and to the profession, he was elected an Honorary Fellow of the Institute if Information Scientists.
Janet Paraskeva
Honorary Doctor of Laws
Janet Paraskeva has been the Chief Executive of the Law Society since
October 2000 and was the driving force behind the reforming changes which
have helped the organisation become effective and forward-thinking - focusing
on representation, regulation and consumer complaints.
Before she took up her role at the Law Society, Janet was Director for England of the National Lottery Charities Board for five years, which awarded more than £1.5bn to voluntary organisations in England.
Janet has been a magistrate and is also involved with ChildLine, Ofsted, and the British Youth Council. She is non-executive Director of the new Serious Organised Crime Squad and the Consumer Council for Water and recently became the first Civil Service Commissioner in the Cabinet Office.
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