New Year Honours 2015
“Vice-Chancellor, University of Ulster. For services to Higher Education and Business in Northern Ireland.”
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Vice-Chancellor, University of Ulster. For services to Higher Education and Business in Northern Ireland.
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Londonderry
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New Year Honours 2015- Role at the time
- Vice-Chancellor
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- Londonderry
“Vice-Chancellor, University of Ulster. For services to Higher Education and Business in Northern Ireland.”
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How common is this award?
The Knight Bachelor was awarded 26 times in the New Year Honours List 2015 — about 2% of the list.
What organisation were they with?
Vice-Chancellor, University of Ulster.
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.
Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Knight Bachelor in the New Year Honours 2015
Andrew Jonathan Bate, C.B.E., F.B.A.,
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Andrew Valentine Morris
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Berkshire
“Chief Executive, Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust. For services to the NHS.”
David Anthony Andrew Amess
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Essex
“Member of Parliament for Southend West. For political and public service.”
David Edward John Ramsden
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London
“Head, Government Economic Service. For services to Economic Policy Making.”
David John Verey
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London
“Chair, The Art Fund. For services to Arts Philanthropy.”
Dickson Poon
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London
“For services to Business and to charity particularly Higher Education.”
Dr Anthony Herbert Everington
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London
“Chair, NHS Tower Hamlets Clinical Commissioning Group. For services to Primary Care.”
Dr Simon Fraser Campbell
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Dorset
“Drug Discover and Scientific Adviser. For services to Chemistry.”
Hugh Nigel Edward Bayley, M.P.,
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“For services to Parliamentary engagement with the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation.”
John Arthur Townsley
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North Yorkshire
“Executive Principal, The Gorse Academies Trust, Leeds. For services to Education.”
John Vincent Hurt
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Norfolk
“Actor. For services to Drama.”
Julian Ernest Michael Le Grand, F.B.A.,
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“For services to Social Science and public service.”
Matthew David Baggott
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West Midlands
“Lately Chief Constable, Police Service of Northern Ireland. For services to Policing in the United Kingdom.”
Nigel John Thrift, D.L., F.B.A.,
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“For services to Higher Education.”
Peter Ashley Kendall
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Hertfordshire
“For services to the Agricultural Industry in England and Wales.”
Prof Martyn Poliakoff
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Nottinghamshire
“Research Professor of Chemistry, University of Nottingham. For services to the Chemical Sciences.”
Professor Jonathan Bate
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Oxfordshire
“Literary Scholar and Provost, Worcester College, University of Oxford. For services to Literary Scholarship and Higher Education.”
Professor Julian Ernest Michael Le
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Bristol
“Richard Titmuss Professor of Social Policy, London School of Economics. For services to Social Science and public service.”
Professor Nigel John Thrift
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West Midlands
“Vice-Chancellor, University of Warwick. For services to Higher Education.”
Professor Nilesh Jayantilal Samani
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Leicestershire
“Professor of Cardiology, University of Leicester. For services to Medicine and Medical Research.”
Professor Norman Stanley Williams
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London
“Past President, Royal College of Surgeons of England. For services to Surgery.”
Richard Paniguian
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London
“Head, Defence and Security Organisation, UK Trade and Investment. For services to the UK Defence Industry.”
Theodore Agnew
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Norfolk
“For services to Education.”
Thomas Philip Winsor
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Kent
“HM Chief Inspector of Constabulary. For public service.”
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London, Greater London
“For services to Holocaust Remembrance and Education.”
Stephen Thurston Munby
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Kendal, Cumbria
“For services to Education.”
Shelagh Jane Legrave
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Chichester, West Sussex
“For services to Education.”
Rachael Ross
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Hinton Daubnay, Hampshire
“For services to Education, to Policy and to People with Down Syndrome.”
Debra Gray
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Dronfield, Derbyshire
“For services to Further Education.”
William Smith
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Witney, Oxfordshire
“For services to Education.”
Dawn Tinley
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“For services to People with Learning Disabilities in Jersey.”
Keri Scott
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“For services to Education in Gibraltar.”
Glenda Mctaggart
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“For services to Education in the Cayman Islands.”
Catherine Grove
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“For services to Education and Young People in The Gambia.”
Julia Downey
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“For services to Children and Education in Moldova.”
Barbara Connell
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“For services to Education and Young People in The Gambia.”
Diane Willson
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Bognor Regis, West Sussex
“For services to the Education Community in Bognor Regis, West Sussex.”
Caroline Tyerman
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Durham, County Durham
“For services to Education.”
Patricia Wells
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London, Greater London
“For services to Early Years in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets.”
Alison Turner
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London, Greater London
“For services to the Learning Disabled and Neurodiverse Community.”
Louise Sutherland
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Leatherhead, Surrey
“For services to Early Years.”
Peter Scobie
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Newtownards, County Down
“For services to Higher Education.”
Audrey Moore
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Limavady, County Londonderry
“For voluntary services to Special Education.”
Fiona Mccullough
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Tamworth, Staffordshire
“For services to Education and Outreach.”
Rita Lewis (helen Hopkins)
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Carmarthen, Dyfed
“For services to Music and Music Education.”
Iraklis Kolokotronis
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London, Greater London
“For services to the Early Years.”
Fiona Knight
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Corwen, Clwyd
“For services to People with Learning Disabilities and to Autistic People.”
Eleanor Keeley
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London, Greater London
“For services to Education.”
Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
Knight Bachelor · 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 (Londonderry) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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