New Year Honours 2021
Fiona Auty BEM
British Empire Medal (BEM)
“For services to Science and Engineering Communication.”
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British Empire Medal (BEM)
For services to Science and Engineering Communication.
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British Empire Medal
Civil Division
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
31 December 2020
THE QUEEN has been graciously pleased to award the British Empire Medal (Civil Division) to the undermentioned:
B.E.M.
Fiona AUTY
Head of Government Relations, National Physical Laboratory
For services to Science and Engineering Communication.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 63218 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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“For services to Science and Engineering Communication.”
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How common is this award?
The British Empire Medal was awarded 428 times in the New Year Honours List 2021 — about 27% of the list.
In their area
535 British Empire Medal recipients are from Greater London.
How widely is this recognised?
1,706 people have been recognised for Science, Engineering & Technology.
Counts reflect the 2000–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
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British Empire Medal · 2021
London Gazette (official record), issue 63218, notice 3704700. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2021).
Published 30 December 2020.
Location (London, Greater London) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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