New Year Honours 2012
David James Allen OBE
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
Organisation: University of Exeter
“Registrar and Deputy Chief Executive, University of Exeter. For services to Higher Education.”
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
Registrar and Deputy Chief Executive, University of Exeter. For services to Higher Education.
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“Registrar and Deputy Chief Executive, University of Exeter. For services to Higher Education.”
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“Registrar and Deputy Chief Executive, University of Exeter. For services to Higher Education.”
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The Officer of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 307 times in the New Year Honours List 2012 — about 25% of the list.
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5,862 people have been recognised for Education.
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East Sussex
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Amanda Jane Derrick
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Lancashire
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London
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Hampshire
“Head of Democractic Services, Rushmoor Borough Council. For services to Local Government.”
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Wiltshire
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Kent
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Herefordshire
“Chairman, Road Haulage Association. For services to the Transport Industry.”
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Derbyshire
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Glasgow
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Barbara Connell
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Caroline Tyerman
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Durham, County Durham
“For services to Education.”
Patricia Wells
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London, Greater London
“For services to Early Years in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets.”
Alison Turner
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“For services to the Learning Disabled and Neurodiverse Community.”
Louise Sutherland
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Leatherhead, Surrey
“For services to Early Years.”
Peter Scobie
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Newtownards, County Down
“For services to Higher Education.”
Audrey Moore
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Limavady, County Londonderry
“For voluntary services to Special Education.”
Fiona Mccullough
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Tamworth, Staffordshire
“For services to Education and Outreach.”
Rita Lewis (helen Hopkins)
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Carmarthen, Dyfed
“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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Where this record comes from
Officer of the Order of the British Empire · 2012
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2012).
Published 1 January 2012.
Location (Devon) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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