New Year Honours 2025
Alison Fuller DBE
Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE)
“For services to Higher Education.”
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London Gazette notice
Order of the British Empire
Civil Division
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
31 December 2024
THE KING has been graciously pleased to give orders for the following promotions in, and appointments to, the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire:
D.B.E.
To be Ordinary Dames Commander of the Civil Division of the said Most Excellent Order:
Professor Alison Margaret FULLER
Professor, Vocational Education and Work, University College London
For services to Higher Education.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 64607 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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- Bournemouth, Dorset
“For services to Higher Education.”
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How common is this award?
The Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 13 times in the New Year Honours List 2025 — about 1% of the list.
In their area
1 Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire recipient is from Dorset.
How widely is this recognised?
5,862 people have been recognised for Education.
Counts reflect the 2000–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
Honoured alongside them
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Across the 2000–2026 honours lists in our records, 5,862 people have been recognised for Education. See the full list →
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Barbara Connell
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Diane Willson
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“For services to the Education Community in Bognor Regis, West Sussex.”
Caroline Tyerman
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Patricia Wells
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Alison Turner
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London, Greater London
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Louise Sutherland
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“For services to Early Years.”
Peter Scobie
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Audrey Moore
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Fiona Mccullough
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“For services to Education and Outreach.”
Rita Lewis (helen Hopkins)
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“For services to Music and Music Education.”
Iraklis Kolokotronis
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London, Greater London
“For services to the Early Years.”
Fiona Knight
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Corwen, Clwyd
“For services to People with Learning Disabilities and to Autistic People.”
Eleanor Keeley
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London, Greater London
“For services to Education.”
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Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2025
London Gazette (official record), issue 64607, notice 4782708. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2025).
Published 30 December 2024.
Location (Bournemouth, Dorset) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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