New Year Honours 2015
Professor Bill Whyte CBE
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
Organisation: University of Edinburgh
“Professor of Social Work Studies in Criminal and Youth Justice, University of Edinburgh. For services to Youth Justice in Scotland.”
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
Professor of Social Work Studies in Criminal and Youth Justice, University of Edinburgh. For services to Youth Justice in Scotland.
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“Professor of Social Work Studies in Criminal and Youth Justice, University of Edinburgh. For services to Youth Justice in Scotland.”
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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.
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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.
Location (East Lothian) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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