Higher Education - Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
106 Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) recipients recognised for this theme
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) for Higher Education - over time
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) appointments recognising Higher Education, by year.
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2026
Helen Millie Mackie
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Guardbridge, Fife
“Assistant Director, Facilities Management, The University of St Andrews. For services to Apprenticeships and Facilities Management in Higher Education”
Gordon Kane
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Islandmagee, County Antrim
“Curriculum Area Manager, Advanced Technologies, Northern Regional College. For services to Further and Higher Education in Northern Ireland.”
Annette Hay
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Coventry, West Midlands
“Head of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, De Montfort University. For services to Higher Education”
Nigel Frederick Coates
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear
“Lately Director of the Business Clinic, Northumbria University. For services to Higher Education and to Business”
John Blakeley
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“Team Leader, Higher Education Student Accommodation and Consumer Rights Policy, Department for Education. For services to Higher Education”
Peter Farrell
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Warrington, Cheshire
“Construction Management Professor Emeritus, University of Greater Manchester. For services to Higher Education and to the Construction Industry”
Jacquelyn Bridget Dunne
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Coventry, West Midlands
“Vice-Chancellor, Birmingham Newman University. For services to Higher Education”
2025
Amanda Wilcox
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2025
York, North Yorkshire
“Pro Vice-Chancellor, York St John University. For services to Higher Education”
Karen Henderson
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2025
Windsor, Berkshire
“Director of Research and Innovation, University of Reading. For services to Higher Education”
Umeshkumar Desai
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2025
Leicester, Leicestershire
“For services to Higher Education”
Sharon Arkell
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2025
Burntwood, Staffordshire
“Dean of the Faculty of Education, Health and Wellbeing, University of Wolverhampton. For services to Higher Education”
Frances Andrews
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2025
St Andrews, Fife
“Professor, School of History, University of St Andrews. For services to Higher Education”
Francis Paul Keenan
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2025
Carrickfergus, County Antrim
“Professor, School of Mathematics and Physics, Queen's University Belfast. For services to Higher Education”
2024
Sarah Jane Randall-Paley
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2024
Carnforth, Lancashire
“Director of Finance, University of Lancaster. For services to Higher Education”
Tanya Krzywinska
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2024
Penryn, Cornwall
“For services to Higher Education and to the Video Games Industry”
Samina Khan
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2024
Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire
“Director, Undergraduate Admissions and Outreach, University of Oxford. For services to Higher Education”
Elizabeth Stuart
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2024
Winchester, Hampshire
“Lately Deputy Vice-Chancellor, University of Winchester. For services to Higher Education”
Deborah Johnston
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2024
London, Greater London
“Deputy Vice-Chancellor, London South Bank University. For services to Stammering Recognition in Higher Education”
Patrick Chapman
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2024
Hexham, Northumberland
“For services to the Creative Industries and to Higher Education”
Anthony John Bjourson
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2024
Strabane, County Tyrone
“Emeritus Professor of Genomics and lately Director, Northern Ireland Centre for Stratified Medicine, Ulster University. For services to Higher Education and to Research”
Catherine Emma Baxter
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2024
Stafford, Staffordshire
“University Secretary, Harper Adams University. For services to Higher Education”
2023
Bencie Woll
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2023
London, Greater London
“Professor of Sign Language, University College London. For services to Higher Education and Deaf People”
Karel Thomas
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2023
Oakham, Leicestershire
“Executive Director, British Universities Finance Directors Group. For services to Higher Education”
Mark Maurice Leach
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2023
London, Greater London
“Founder and Editor, Wonkhe. For services to Higher Education”
Lorna Walker
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2023
St Andrews, Fife
“Honorary Senior Lecturer of Medieval History, University of St Andrews. For services to Higher Education”
Sonja McILFATRICK
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2023
Carrickfergus, County Antrim
“Dean of the Ulster Doctoral College and Professor of Nursing and Palliative Care, Ulster University. For services to Higher Education and Public Health”
Robert Houston (Rab Houston)
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2023
Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh
“Emeritus Professor of Modern History, University of St Andrews. For services to Higher Education”
Mary Evelyn
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2023
London, Greater London
“Director of Postgraduate Programmes, London Contemporary Dance School. For services to Contemporary Dance and to Higher Education”
2022
Elizabeth Janice Hulme
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2022
Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh
“University Secretary and Vice Principal, Glasgow Caledonian University. For services to Higher Education in Scotland”
Gillian Alexandra Armstrong
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2022
Newtownabbey, County Antrim
“Professor of Business Education and Director, Business Engagement Unit, Ulster University. For services to Higher Education and Business”
Joanne Norry
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2022
Sheffield, South Yorkshire
“Director, Library and Student Services, Leeds Beckett University. For services to Higher Education and to Social Inclusion”
Jayne Aldridge
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2022
Horsham, West Sussex
“Director for the Student Experience, University of Sussex and lately Chair, AMOSSHE. For services to Students in Higher Education”
Professor Jackie Mccoy
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2022
Belfast, Belfast
“Professor, Management Development and Associate Dean for Global Engagement, Ulster University. For services to Higher Education, to Business and to the Arts”
2021
Thomas Wrigley
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2021
Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire
“Head of Security and Emergency Planning, Birmingham University. For services to Higher Education”
Karin Qureshi
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2021
Birmingham, West Midlands
“Mental Health Lead, Birmingham City University. For services to Mental Health and Higher Education”
Emrys Pritchard
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2021
Stanley, County Durham
“Director of Health and Safety and Sustainability, University of Northumbria. For services to Higher Education”
Jonathan Peel
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2021
Gillingham, Kent
“Director of Strategy and Business Operations, Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance. For services to Higher Education”
Kelly Vere
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2021
Draycott, Derbyshire
“Director of Technical Skills and Strategy, University of Nottingham. For services to Higher Education”
Deborah Patricia Scully
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2021
London, Greater London
“Deputy Principal, Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. For services to Drama Training and to Higher Education”
Hora Soltani-Karbaschi
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2021
Sheffield, South Yorkshire
“Professor of Maternal and Infant Health, Sheffield Hallam University. For services to Higher Education and to Maternal and Infant Health”
Christine Hayes
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2021
Rasharkin, County Antrim
“Lately Systems, Analytics and Reward Officer, Ulster University. For services to Higher Education”
Lesley Braiden
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2021
Ponteland, Northumberland
“Lately Academic Registrar, Newcastle University. For services to Higher Education”
2020
Mark O?shea
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2020
Telford, Shropshire
“Professor of Herpetology, University of Wolverhampton. For services to Higher Education, Zoology, Reptile Conservation and Snakebite Research”
Eluned Jones
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2020
Birmingham, West Midlands
“Lately Director, Student Employability, University of Birmingham. For services to Career Development in Higher Education”
Diana Lesley Hampson
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2020
Manchester, Greater Manchester
“For services to Higher Education and the community in Greater Manchester”
Francis Lyons
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2020
Belfast, Belfast
“Associate Dean for Research and Impact, Ulster University. For services to Higher Education and Music”
2019
Abbie McKENNA
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2019
Antrim
“Workforce Development Manager, Ulster University. For services to Higher Education and to Deaf Children.”
Duncan Austin Lawson
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2019
West Midlands
“For services to Mathematics in Higher Education.”