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Honorary graduates

The University of Brighton confers honorary academic awards during our graduation ceremonies at the Brighton Dome in February and July.

In making these honorary awards, the university recognises the achievement of individuals who have made a significant contribution towards activities which link closely to our mission as an institution of higher education and scholarship.

Below is a list of all honorary awards conferred since 1987.

Awards by year

Summer 2024

Dorothy Koomson (Doctor of Letters)
Martin Griffiths, CBE (Doctor of Medicine)
Russell Martin (Doctor of Science)
David Webb (Doctor of Science)

Winter 2024

Michelle Ogundehin (Doctor of Arts)

Summer 2023

Rosemary French, OBE (Doctor of Arts)
Sunny Jacobs (Doctor of Laws)
Ken Webster (Doctor of Science)

Winter 2023

Anna Burns (Doctor of Letters)
Professor Rory Mortimer (Doctor of Science)

Summer 2022

Gillian Cavell (Doctor of Science)
Helen Cammock (Doctor of Arts)
Siobhan Melia (Doctor of Science)
Anna Oddi (nee Bullus) (Doctor of Arts)
Hope Powell (Doctor of Science)
Joe Townsend (Doctor of Science)

Summer 2019

Munroe Bergdorf (Doctor of Letters)
Becca Bland (Doctor of Letters)
Serge Attukwei Clottey (Doctor of Arts)
Phoebe Cummings (Doctor of Arts)
Martyn Davies (Doctor of Science)
Marianne Griffiths (Doctor of Science)
Benita Mehra (Doctor of Engineering)

Winter 2019

Chris Riddell OBE (Doctor of Arts)

Summer 2018

Anthony Bloom (Doctor of Science)
Jenny Higham (Doctor of Medicine)
Kingslee McLean Daley (Akala) (Doctor of Arts)
Lynne McTavish (Doctor of Science)

Winter 2018

Jennie Price (Doctor of Letters)

Summer 2017

Miranda Brawn (Doctor of Letters)
Jake Chapman (Doctor of Arts)
Fox Fisher (Doctor of Arts)
Bert Williams MBE (Doctor of Letters)

Winter 2017

Diana Garnham (Doctor of Science)

Summer 2016

Professor Jon Cohen (Doctor of Medicine)
Helen Jones (Master of Arts)
Des Lambert OBE (Doctor of Technology)
Paris Lees (Doctor of Letters)
Professor Valerie Lund (Doctor of Medicine)
Angela Weight (Doctor of Arts)

Winter 2016

Sarah Brown (Doctor of Letters)
Jim Crace (Doctor of Letters)
Julie Stanford (Master of Arts)

Summer 2015

Mandy Chessell CBE (Doctor of Technology)
Luke Cresswell (Doctor of Arts)
Sean Duggan (Master of Science)
Kathryn Flett (Master of Letters)
Emily Gravett (Doctor of Letters)
Steve McNicholas (Doctor of Arts)
Indra Sinha (Doctor of Letters)
Francoise Tulkens (Doctor of Laws)

Winter 2015

Nicholas Owen (Doctor of Letters)

Summer 2014

Professor Dame Valerie Beral DBE (Doctor of Medicine)
Martin Fausset (Doctor of Engineering)
Simon Fuller (Doctor of Letters)
Anji Hunter (Doctor of Letters)
Alison Lapper MBE (Doctor of Arts)
Dame Alison Peacock DBE (Doctor of Letters)
Liz Redfern CBE (Doctor of Science)
John Shaw (Master of Laws)
Wolfgang Suschitzky (Doctor of Arts)

Winter 2014

Phil Jones (Master of Letters)
Professor Ian Stewart (Doctor of Science)
Michael Thomson (Doctor of Arts)

Summer 2013

Hasan Bakhshi (Doctor of Letters)
Neil Bartlett OBE (Doctor of Arts)
Professor Tim Jackson (Doctor of Science)
Dick Knight (Master of Arts)
Karen Middleton CBE (Doctor of Science)
Elizabeth Mills OBE (Doctor of Science)
Chris Thomson (Master of Letters)
Nigel Walker (Doctor of Science)

Winter 2013

Patricia Barnett (Doctor of Letters)
Les Dawson OBE (Doctor of Engineering) 

Summer 2012

Johnny Ball (Doctor of Science)
Harvey Goldsmith CBE (Doctor of Arts)
David Lepper (Master of Laws)
Professor Baroness Ruth Lister CBE (Doctor of Laws)
Professor Sir Alex Markham (Doctor of Medicine)
Ghazi Nujeidat (Doctor of Arts)
Professor Dame Linda Partridge (Doctor of Science)
Deyan Sudjic OBE (Doctor of Letters)
Matthew Taylor (Doctor of Arts)

Winter 2012

Helen Boaden (Doctor of Letters)
Nick Cave (Doctor of Letters)
Michael Rosen (Doctor of Letters)

Summer 2011

Steve Bell (Master of Arts)
Michael Chowen CBE DL (Doctor of Science)
Liz Gray (Master of Arts)
Jonathan Grimshaw MBE (Master of Laws)
Professor Nigel Llewellyn (Doctor of Letters)
Dr Martin Mackay (Doctor of Science)
Professor Declan McGonagle (Doctor of Letters)
Brian Oliver (Doctor of Letters)

Winter 2011

Mr David House (Doctor of Letters)
Professor Iram Siraj-Blatchford OBE (Doctor of Letters)

Summer 2010

Christopher Adams (Master of Science)
Professor Sir Graeme Catto (Doctor of Medicine)
Bob Cotton OBE (Doctor of Science)
Barbara Hulanicki (Doctor of Letters)
Datuk Dr Zainal Abidin Kasim (Doctor of Technology)
Professor Lucy Orta (Doctor of Letters)
Ed Sweeney CBE (Doctor of Laws)
Dr Etienne Wenger (Doctor of Science)

Winter 2010

Dr Darren Kenny OBE (Master of Science)

Summer 2009

Professor Gregory Ashworth (Doctor of Science)
Mr Keith Clarke (Doctor of Technology)
Mr David Dimbleby (Doctor of Letters)
Professor Sir Christopher Frayling (Doctor of Letters)
Mr Peter James (Doctor of Letters)
Lord Nicholas Stern (Doctor of Science)

Winter 2009

Professor Sir Tim Brighouse (Doctor of Letters)
Dr June Crown CBE (Doctor of Science)
Robin and Lucienne Day (Degrees of Doctors of Letters)

Summer 2008

Mr Trevor Baylis CBE (Doctor of Technology)
Sir Michael Checkland (Doctor of Laws)
Mr Thomas Heatherwick (Doctor of Letters)
Mr Reginald Johnson (Master of Arts)
Professor Sir David King (Doctor of Science)
Mr Marc Koska OBE (Doctor of Science)
Dame Denise Platt DBE (Doctor of Laws)
Dr John Maxwell Roberts (Doctor of Technology)
Baroness Mary Warnock DBE (Doctor of Medicine)
Mr Martin Webb (Doctor of Laws)

Winter 2008

Mr Joe Edwards QPM (Doctor of Laws)
Ms Hanneke van Bruggen (Doctor of Science)

Summer 2007

Professor Laurence Bacow (Doctor of Laws)
Mr Roger French OBE (Master of Arts)
Dr John Gill (Doctor of Science)
Mr Paul Greenhalgh (Doctor of Letters)
Professor Romek Marber (Doctor of Letters)
Mr Derek Marshall (Master of Arts)
Dr Alex Moulton CBE RDI FREng (Doctor of Technology)
Mr Tan Sri Dato Seri Ir. Shamsuddin bin Abdul Kadir
(Doctor of Science)
Sir William Stubbs (Doctor of Laws)

Winter 2007

Professor Roger Wilson (Doctor of Letters)

Summer 2006

Ms Margaret Calvert (Doctor of Letters)
Dr Cecil French (Doctor of Science)
Mr Alan Gilchrist (Doctor of Letters)
Ms Sandy Goulding (Doctor of Science)
Ms Janet Paraskeva (Doctor of Laws)
Sir Crispin Tickell GCMG, KCVO (Doctor of Science)
Professor Sir David Watson (Doctor of Letters)

Winter 2006

Mr Jiri Pelcl (Doctor of Letters)
Mr Rick Stein OBE (Doctor of Letters)

Summer 2005

Mr Roger Bamber (Master of Arts)
Mr David Bedford OBE (Doctor of Science)
Professor Brendan Hicks (Doctor of Science)
Mr Richard Lambert (Doctor of Laws)
Professor Diana Laurillard (Doctor of Science)
Ms Lynne Truss (Doctor of Letters)
Professor Alan Tuckett (Doctor of Letters)
Mr Keith Tyson (Doctor of Letters)

Winter 2005

Professor Norma Brook (Doctor of Science)
Ms Sara Parkin OBE (Doctor of Science)

Summer 2004

Mr Peter Moores (Master of Arts)
Professor Brian Ramsden (Doctor of Letters)
Ms Posy Simmonds MBE (Doctor of Letters)
Mr Stuart Welling (Doctor of Science)

Winter 2004

Professor Dame Jill Macleod Clark (Doctor of Science)
Dr Anthony Seldon (Doctor of Letters)

Summer 2003

Professor Norbert Lynton OBE (Doctor of Letters)
Baron Ouseley of Peckham Rye, of the London Borough of Southwark (Doctor of Letters)
Dame Sheila Wallis DBE (Master of Arts)

Winter 2003

Professor John Weinman (Doctor of Science)

Summer 2002

Mr Michael Aldrich (Doctor of Letters)
Ms M J Long (Doctor of Science)
Mr Derek Norcross OBE (Master of Arts)

Winter 2002

Datuk Ir Mohd Annas Hj Mohd Nor (Doctor of Technology)

Summer 2001

Professor Sir Gordon Conway (Doctor of Science)
Dame Karlene Davis DBE (Doctor of Science)
Mr Simon Fanshawe (Master of Arts)
Professor Christopher Freeman (Doctor of Laws)
Mr Peter Keen OBE (Doctor of Science)

Summer 2000

Ms Sue Atkins (Doctor of Letters)
Dr Norman Boyland (Doctor of Laws)
Mr Manfred Eicher  (Doctor of Letters)
Professor John Lord (Doctor of Letters)

Winter 2000

Professor Sir Kenneth Calman KCB FRSE FRCS FRCP (Doctor of Science)

Summer 1999

Mr Michael Ann OBE (Doctor of Laws)
Mr Clifford Dann MBE (Doctor of Science)
Mr Kenneth Edwards (Master of Arts)
Ms Helen Rollason MBE (Doctor of Letters)
Mr Roy Greenslade  (Doctor of Letters)

Winter 1998

Lord Dearing of Kingston upon Hull CB (Doctor of Letters)

Summer 1998

Professor John Hilbourne (Doctor of Science)
Mr Jonathan Minns (Doctor of Technology)
The Rt Revd Dominic Walker (Doctor of Letters)
Ms Rachel Whiteread CBE (Doctor of Letters)

Winter 1997

Mr Christopher Boardman MBE (Doctor of Science)

Summer 1997

Baroness Emerton of Tunbridge Wells and Clerkenwell CBE (Doctor of Science)
Mr Noel Hepworth OBE (Doctor of Laws)
Mrs Ann Markham OBE (Doctor of Letters)
Mr Roger Stone (Doctor of Technology)

Winter 1996

Dr Geoffrey Lockwood  (Doctor of Laws)

Summer 1996

Lord Berkeley OBE (Doctor of Science)
Mr Anthony Land (Doctor of Letters)
Mr Barry Wordsworth (Doctor of Letters)

Winter 1995

Mr Peter Hall (Doctor of Laws)

Summer 1995

Mr David Mallen (Doctor of Laws)
Mr Joseph Noero (Doctor of Science)
Ms Grace Robertson OBE (Doctor of Letters)

Winter 1994

Baroness Cumberlege of Newick CBE  (Doctor of Science)

Summer 1994

Mr Paul Hilton (Doctor of Technology)
Mr John Holland (Doctor of Laws)
Sir Claus Moser KCB CBE FBA (Doctor of Letters)

Summer 1993

Dr Susan Campbell CBE (Doctor of Science)
Mr George Squair (Doctor of Technology)

Honorary Fellows – University of Brighton

Summer 2016
Maggie Carroll

Summer 2015
Margaret Wallis 

Summer 2014
Paul Bramwell

Winter 2010
Dr John Clements

Summer 2009
Professor Richard Vincent
Mr David Farmer

Summer 2008
Mr Graham Turner

Winter 2007
Mr Anthony Lane CB

Summer 2004
Mr Christopher Hume

Summer 2003
Judge Michael Kennedy QC

Summer 2002
Mr Barry Gray

Summer 2001
Dr Ida Webb

Summer 1999
Dr John Hartley

Winter 1993
Mr Robin Beechey
Mr Gavin Henderson CBE
Mr John Sully

Honorary Fellows – Brighton Polytechnic

Winter 1992
Professor Quentin Blake CBE
Dr Malcolm Frazer CBE
Dr Ned Norris
Mr Oscar Roith CB

Winter 1991
Mr Kenneth Cooper
Professor Geoffrey Hall CBE
Dr Geoffrey Hatcher
Dr David Jones

Winter 1990
Sir John Bourn KB
Sir Norman Lindop
Dato Mohd Tahir

Winter 1988
Professor Gian Micheletti
Miss Muriel Pemberton

Winter 1987
Dr Harry French CBE

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