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.
Dorothy Koomson (Doctor of Letters)Martin Griffiths, CBE (Doctor of Medicine)Russell Martin (Doctor of Science)David Webb (Doctor of Science)
Michelle Ogundehin (Doctor of Arts)
Rosemary French, OBE (Doctor of Arts)Sunny Jacobs (Doctor of Laws)Ken Webster (Doctor of Science)
Anna Burns (Doctor of Letters)Professor Rory Mortimer (Doctor of Science)
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)
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)
Chris Riddell OBE (Doctor of Arts)
Anthony Bloom (Doctor of Science)Jenny Higham (Doctor of Medicine)Kingslee McLean Daley (Akala) (Doctor of Arts)Lynne McTavish (Doctor of Science)
Jennie Price (Doctor of Letters)
Miranda Brawn (Doctor of Letters)Jake Chapman (Doctor of Arts)Fox Fisher (Doctor of Arts)Bert Williams MBE (Doctor of Letters)
Diana Garnham (Doctor of Science)
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)
Sarah Brown (Doctor of Letters)Jim Crace (Doctor of Letters)Julie Stanford (Master of Arts)
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)
Nicholas Owen (Doctor of Letters)
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)
Phil Jones (Master of Letters) Professor Ian Stewart (Doctor of Science) Michael Thomson (Doctor of Arts)
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)
Patricia Barnett (Doctor of Letters) Les Dawson OBE (Doctor of Engineering)
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)
Helen Boaden (Doctor of Letters) Nick Cave (Doctor of Letters) Michael Rosen (Doctor of Letters)
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)
Mr David House (Doctor of Letters) Professor Iram Siraj-Blatchford OBE (Doctor of Letters)
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)
Dr Darren Kenny OBE (Master of Science)
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)
Professor Sir Tim Brighouse (Doctor of Letters) Dr June Crown CBE (Doctor of Science) Robin and Lucienne Day (Degrees of Doctors of Letters)
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)
Mr Joe Edwards QPM (Doctor of Laws)Ms Hanneke van Bruggen (Doctor of Science)
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)
Professor Roger Wilson (Doctor of Letters)
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)
Mr Jiri Pelcl (Doctor of Letters) Mr Rick Stein OBE (Doctor of Letters)
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)
Professor Norma Brook (Doctor of Science) Ms Sara Parkin OBE (Doctor of Science)
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)
Professor Dame Jill Macleod Clark (Doctor of Science) Dr Anthony Seldon (Doctor of Letters)
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)
Professor John Weinman (Doctor of Science)
Mr Michael Aldrich (Doctor of Letters) Ms M J Long (Doctor of Science) Mr Derek Norcross OBE (Master of Arts)
Datuk Ir Mohd Annas Hj Mohd Nor (Doctor of Technology)
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)
Ms Sue Atkins (Doctor of Letters) Dr Norman Boyland (Doctor of Laws)Mr Manfred Eicher (Doctor of Letters)Professor John Lord (Doctor of Letters)
Professor Sir Kenneth Calman KCB FRSE FRCS FRCP (Doctor of Science)
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)
Lord Dearing of Kingston upon Hull CB (Doctor of Letters)
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)
Mr Christopher Boardman MBE (Doctor of Science)
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)
Dr Geoffrey Lockwood (Doctor of Laws)
Lord Berkeley OBE (Doctor of Science) Mr Anthony Land (Doctor of Letters)Mr Barry Wordsworth (Doctor of Letters)
Mr Peter Hall (Doctor of Laws)
Mr David Mallen (Doctor of Laws)Mr Joseph Noero (Doctor of Science)Ms Grace Robertson OBE (Doctor of Letters)
Baroness Cumberlege of Newick CBE (Doctor of Science)
Mr Paul Hilton (Doctor of Technology) Mr John Holland (Doctor of Laws)Sir Claus Moser KCB CBE FBA (Doctor of Letters)
Dr Susan Campbell CBE (Doctor of Science)Mr George Squair (Doctor of Technology)
Summer 2016Maggie Carroll
Summer 2015Margaret Wallis
Summer 2014Paul Bramwell
Winter 2010Dr John Clements
Summer 2009Professor 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 2002Mr Barry Gray
Summer 2001 Dr Ida Webb
Summer 1999 Dr John Hartley
Winter 1993 Mr Robin Beechey Mr Gavin Henderson CBE Mr John Sully
Winter 1992Professor Quentin Blake CBE Dr Malcolm Frazer CBE Dr Ned NorrisMr Oscar Roith CB
Winter 1991 Mr Kenneth Cooper Professor Geoffrey Hall CBE Dr Geoffrey Hatcher Dr David Jones
Winter 1990Sir John Bourn KB Sir Norman Lindop Dato Mohd Tahir
Winter 1988 Professor Gian MichelettiMiss Muriel Pemberton
Winter 1987 Dr Harry French CBE