Birthday Honours 2018
Prof Leslie Colin EBDON
- Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
- Knight Bachelor
Lately Director
Organisation: University of Bedfordshire
“Lately Director, Fair Access to Higher Education. For services to Higher Education and Social Mobility.”
Timeline
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
Vice-Chancellor, University of Bedfordshire. For services to local and national Higher Education.
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Lately Director, Fair Access to Higher Education. For services to Higher Education and Social Mobility.
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London Gazette notice
Knights Bachelor
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
9 June 2018
THE QUEEN has been graciously pleased, on the occasion of the Celebration of Her Majesty’s Birthday, to signify her intention of conferring the honour of Knighthood upon the undermentioned:
Professor Leslie Colin EBDON C.B.E.
Lately Director, Fair Access to Higher Education.
For services to Higher Education and to Social Mobility.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 62310 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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Role, region and citation as recorded for each award.
Commander of the Order of the British Empire
New Year Honours 2009- Role at the time
- Lately Director
- Region
- Hertfordshire
“Vice-Chancellor, University of Bedfordshire. For services to local and national Higher Education.”
Knight Bachelor
Birthday Honours 2018- Role at the time
- Lately Director
- Region
- Hertfordshire
“Lately Director, Fair Access to Higher Education. For services to Higher Education and Social Mobility.”
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How common is this award?
The Knight Bachelor was awarded 24 times in the Birthday Honours List 2018 — about 2% of the list.
In their area
11 Knight Bachelor recipients are from Hertfordshire.
What organisation were they with?
Lately Director, University of Bedfordshire.
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
Others awarded the Knight Bachelor in the Birthday Honours 2018
Ber Helfgott
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Middlesex
“For services to Holocaust Remembrance and Education.”
Bernard Christison Jenkin
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2018
London
“Member of Parliament for Harwich and North Essex. For political and public service.”
Charles Saumarez Smith
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2018
“For services to Art, to Architecture and to Culture in the UK.”
Christopher Dobson
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2018
Cambridgeshire
“Professor, Chemical and Structural Biology and Master, St John's College, University of Cambridge. For services to Science and Higher Education.”
Christopher Ham
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2018
West Midlands
“Lately Chief Executive, The Kings Fund. For services to Health Policy and Management.”
Christopher Roy Husbands
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2018
South Yorkshire
“Vice Chancellor, Sheffield Hallam University. For services to Higher Education.”
David Haslam
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2018
Dorset
“Chair, National Institute for Health and Care Excellence. For services to NHS Leadership.”
David John Mark Green
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2018
London
“Lately Director, Serious Fraud Office. For services to the Criminal Justice System”
Douglas Jardine Flint
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2018
East Sussex
“For services to the Finance Industry.”
Dr Charles Saumarez
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2018
London
“Secretary and Chief Executive, Royal Academy of Arts. For services to Art, Architecture and Culture in the UK.”
Geoffrey Alan Tantum
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2018
“For services to British interests overseas.”
James Arthur Ratcliffe
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2018
London
“Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Ineos Chemical Group. For services to Business and Investment.”
James Raymond Eadie
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2018
London
“First Treasury Counsel. For services to the Law and to Government.”
Kazuo Ishiguro
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2018
London, London
“Author. For services to Literature.”
Kenneth Dalglish
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2018
Merseyside
“For services to Football, charity and the City of Liverpool.”
Lloyd Dorfman
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2018
London
“Philanthropist. For services to Philanthropy and the Arts.”
Mark Rowley
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2018
Surrey
“Lately Assistant Commissioner, Metropolitan Police Service. For services to Policing.”
Paul Preston
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2018
“For services to UK/Spain relations.”
Professor James Hough
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2018
Dunbartonshire
“Associate Director, Institute for Gravitational Research, University of Glasgow. For services to the Detection of Gravitational Waves.”
Simon Keenlyside
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2018
London
“Baritone. For services to Music.”
Simon Michael Schama
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2018
London
“Historian and Broadcaster. For services to History.”
Steven Charles Cowley
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2018
Oxfordshire
“President, Corpus Christi College, University of Oxford. For services to Science and the Development of Nuclear Fusion.”
Tim Waterstone
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2018
London
“Founder, Waterstones. For services to Bookselling and charity.”
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Barbara Helen Connell
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Diane Kathleen Willson
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Bognor Regis, West Sussex
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Caroline Tyerman
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Durham, North Yorkshire
“Lately Lead Practitioner, SEND and Inclusion, Brougham Primary School Hartlepool. For services to Education”
Alison Turner
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“Chair, Phelan-McDermid Syndrome Foundation UK. For services to the Learning Disabled and Neurodiverse Community”
Barbara Celia Sved
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London, Greater London
“For services to Disabled and Learning Disabled Adults in Harrow and Northwood, Greater London”
Peter Scobie
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Newtownards, County Down
“Head Chef, Queen's University Belfast. For services to Higher Education”
Audrey Moore
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Limavady, County Londonderry
“Chair, Friends of Rossmar School. For voluntary services to Special Education”
Fiona Sarah Winifred McCULLOUGH
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Tamworth, Staffordshire
“For services to Education and Outreach”
Rita Helen Lewis (Helen Hopkins)
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Carmarthen, Dyfed
“For services to Music and Music Education”
Fiona Jayne Knight
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Corwen, Clwyd
“For services to People with Learning Disabilities and to Autistic People”
Eleanor Keeley
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London, Greater London
“School Cook and Catering Manager, Linden Lodge School, London Borough of Wandsworth. For services to Education”
Sandra Howes (Cassandra Howes)
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Bedford, Bedfordshire
“For services to Education and to Inter-Faith Relations in Bedfordshire”
Alan John Hiatt
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Cwmbran, Gwent
“Mental Health and Learning Difficulties Volunteer. For services to Ty Siriol and Hafan Deg Wards, Aneurin Bevan University Health Board”
Jamie Paul Goddard
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Chepstow, Gwent
“Lately Deputy Headteacher. For services to Education, to Charity and to Young People”
Julie Gard
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Bracknell, Berkshire
“Tutor, Bracknell Forest Borough Council, Berkshire. For services to Further Education”
Lilian Jane Field
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Strathdon, Aberdeenshire
“Headteacher, Strathdon School and Crathie School, Aberdeenshire. For services to Rural Education”
Caroline Anne Dickinson
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Exeter, Devon
“Playgroup Leader, St Leonards Pre-School, Exeter. For services to Early Years Education”
Jacqueline Burton
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Waterlooville, Hampshire
“Nursery Practitioner and Manager, Children's Learning Centre, Emsworth, Hampshire. For services to Early Years Education”
Mary Boam
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Ashbourne, Derbyshire
“Manager, Hulland Community Pre School, Ashbourne, Derbyshire. For services to Early Years Education”
Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
Commander 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.
Knight Bachelor · 2018
London Gazette (official record), issue 62310, notice 3041277. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2018).
Published 8 June 2018.
Location (Hertfordshire) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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