New Year Honours 2015
Michele SUTTON CBE
- Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
- Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
Organisation: Bradford College
“Lately Principal and Chief Executive, Bradford College and President, Association of Colleges. For services to Further Education.”
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
Principal, Bradford College. For services to Further Education and to Community Relations.
View London Gazette noticeCommander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
Lately Principal and Chief Executive, Bradford College and President, Association of Colleges. For services to Further Education.
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire
New Year Honours 2009- Region
- Greater Manchester
“Principal, Bradford College. For services to Further Education and to Community Relations.”
Commander of the Order of the British Empire
New Year Honours 2015- Region
- Greater Manchester
“Lately Principal and Chief Executive, Bradford College and President, Association of Colleges. For services to Further Education.”
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How common is this award?
The Commander of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 107 times in the New Year Honours List 2015 — about 9% of the list.
In their area
60 Commander of the Order of the British Empire recipients are from Greater Manchester.
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How widely is this recognised?
4,959 people have been recognised for Education.
Counts reflect the 2008–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
Honoured alongside them
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David Fraser Middleton
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Exeter, Devon
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Jacqueline Burton
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Waterlooville, Hampshire
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Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
Officer of the Order of the British Empire · 2009
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2009). No individual Gazette notice has been matched to this record yet.
Published 30 December 2008.
Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2015
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2015). No individual Gazette notice has been matched to this record yet.
Published 30 December 2014.
Location (Greater Manchester) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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