New Year Honours 2015
Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2015
“Lately Principal and Chief Executive, Bradford College and President, Association of Colleges. For services to Further Education.”
Officer of the Order of the British Empire · 2009
“Principal, Bradford College. For services to Further Education and to Community Relations.”
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Commander 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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Principal, Bradford College. For services to Further Education and to Community Relations.
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Greater Manchester
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Role, region and citation as recorded for each award.
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- Role at the time
- Principal and Chief Executive
- 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 131 times in the New Year Honours List 2015 — about 9% of the list.
What organisation were they with?
Principal and Chief Executive, Bradford College.
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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Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2015
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2015).
Published 1 January 2015.
Officer of the Order of the British Empire · 2009
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2009).
Published 1 January 2009.
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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