New Year Honours 2024
Margaret Aderin DBE
Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE)
“For services to Science Education and to Diversity.”
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Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE)
For services to Science Education and to Diversity.
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Order of the British Empire
Civil Division
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
30 December 2023
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:
Dr. Margaret Ebunoluwa ADERIN M.B.E.
Chancellor, University of Leicester
For services to Science Education and to Diversity.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 64269 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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“For services to Science Education and to Diversity.”
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How common is this award?
The Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 15 times in the New Year Honours List 2024 — about 1% of the list.
In their area
7 Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire recipients are from Surrey.
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.
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Audrey Moore
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“For services to Music and Music Education.”
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London, Greater London
“For services to the Early Years.”
Fiona Knight
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Corwen, Clwyd
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London, Greater London
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Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2024
London Gazette (official record), issue 64269, notice 4519984. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2024).
Published 29 December 2023.
Location (Guildford, Surrey) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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