New Year Honours 2012
Geoffrey Hall
Knight Bachelor
Principal and Chief Executive • New College Nottingham
“For services to Further Education.”
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Knight Bachelor · 2012
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Location
Nottinghamshire
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Knight Bachelor
New Year Honours 2012- Role at the time
- Principal and Chief Executive, New College Nottingham
- Region
- Nottinghamshire
“For services to Further Education.”
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How common is this award?
The Knight Bachelor was awarded 25 times in the New Year Honours List 2012 — about 2% of the list.
What organisation were they with?
Principal and Chief Executive, New College Nottingham.
How widely is this recognised?
6,604 people have been recognised for Education.
Counts reflect the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Knight Bachelor in the New Year Honours 2012
Andre Konstantin Geim of Physics
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Greater Manchester
“For services to Science.”
Antonio Pappano
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2012
London
“For services to Music.”
Brian Mellor Greenwood
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“For services to malaria research in Africa.”
Charles Lamb Allen
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2012
London
“For services to the 2012 Olympics and Paralympics.”
Christopher Maxwell Snowden
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2012
Surrey
“For services to Engineering and to Higher Education.”
Clair Buchanan
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2012
Surrey
“For services to Industry.”
David Edward Reid
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2012
Essex
“For services to Business and to Charity.”
Geoffrey William Hill
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2012
Cambridgeshire
“For services to Literature.”
George Iacobescu
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2012
London
“For services to Charity, Community and the Financial Services Industry.”
Gerald Acher
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2012
Surrey
“For charitable services.”
Herbert Douglas Ellis
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2012
West Midlands
“For charitable services.”
John Alexander Armitt
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2012
London
“For services to Engineering and Construction.”
John Gerald Patrick Sissons
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2012
Cambridgeshire
“For services to Research and Education in Clinical Medicine.”
Konstantin Novoselov of Physics
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2012
Greater Manchester
“For services to Science.”
Mark Brian Pepys
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2012
London
“For services to Biomedicine.”
Michael David Bear
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2012
London
“For services to Regeneration, Charity and the City of London.”
Paul Ruddock
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2012
London
“For services to the Arts.”
Peter Lytton Bazalgette
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2012
London
“For services to Broadcasting.”
Robert Russell
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2012
Essex
“For public service.”
Rodney Malcolm Aldridge
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2012
London
“For services to Young People.”
Roger James Gale
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2012
Kent
“For public and political services.”
Simon Kirwan Donaldson
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2012
Middlesex
“For services to Mathematics.”
Stephen Robert Bloom
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2012
London
“For services to Medical Science.”
Venkatraman Ramakrishnan
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2012
Cambridgeshire
“For services to Molecular Biology.”
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Across the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records, 6,604 people have been recognised for Education. See the full list →
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“For services to Education.”
Rachael Ross
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“For services to Education, to Policy and to People with Down Syndrome.”
Debra Gray
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Dronfield, Derbyshire
“For services to Further Education.”
Shelagh Legrave
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Chichester, West Sussex
“For services to Education.”
Keri Scott
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“For services to Education in Gibraltar.”
Glenda Mctaggart
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“For services to Education in the Cayman Islands.”
Julia Downey
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“For services to Children and Education in Moldova.”
Barbara Connell
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“For services to Education and Young People in The Gambia.”
Alison Turner
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to the Learning Disabled and Neurodiverse Community.”
Audrey Moore
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Limavady, County Londonderry
“For voluntary services to Special Education.”
Jamie Goddard
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Chepstow, Gwent
“For services to Education, to Charity and to Young People.”
Julie Gard
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Bracknell, Berkshire
“For services to Further Education.”
Lilian Field
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Strathdon, Aberdeenshire
“For services to Rural Education.”
Mary Boam
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Ashbourne, Derbyshire
“For services to Early Years Education.”
Roy Bowden
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Worthing, West Sussex
“For services to Further Education.”
Michael Hamblin
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to Education in Kenya.”
Wilfred Eaton
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to Child Welfare and Education in Kenya and to UK/Kenya Relations.”
Elizabeth Eaton
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to Child Welfare and Education in Kenya and to UK/Kenya Relations.”
Tariq Obaide
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to British Education Overseas and to UK/Morocco Relations.”
Simon Wood
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Frinton on Sea, Essex
“For services to Education.”
Lucille Windle
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Dronfield, Derbyshire
“For services to Education.”
Emma Whitfield
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Walton-On-Thames, Surrey
“For services to Special Educational Needs and Disabilities.”
Gary Stevens
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Halesowen, West Midlands
“For services to Manufacturing, to International Trade and to Apprenticeships.”
Pauline Smith
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Chatham, Kent
“For services to Education, Skills and Employability.”
Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
Knight Bachelor · 2012
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2012).
Published 31 December 2011.
Location (Nottinghamshire) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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