
Birthday Honours 2015
Professor Victoria Geraldine BRUCE DBE
Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE)
“Vice-President for Public Engagement, British Academy and Professor of School of Psychology, Newcastle University. For services to Higher Education and Psychology.”
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Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE)
Vice-President for Public Engagement, British Academy and Professor of School of Psychology, Newcastle University. For services to Higher Education and Psychology.
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“Vice-President for Public Engagement, British Academy and Professor of School of Psychology, Newcastle University. For services to Higher Education and Psychology.”
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“Vice-President for Public Engagement, British Academy and Professor of School of Psychology, Newcastle University. For services to Higher Education and Psychology.”
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“Vice-President for Public Engagement, British Academy and Professor of School of Psychology, Newcastle University. For services to Higher Education and Psychology.”
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How common is this award?
The Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 6 times in the Birthday Honours List 2015.
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2 Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire recipients are from Northumberland.
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4,959 people have been recognised for Education.
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Aberdeenshire
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Diane Kathleen 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, North Yorkshire
“Lately Lead Practitioner, SEND and Inclusion, Brougham Primary School Hartlepool. For services to Education”
Alison Turner
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London, Greater London
“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
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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
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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
“School Cook and Catering Manager, Linden Lodge School, London Borough of Wandsworth. For services to Education”
Sandra Howes (Cassandra Howes)
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Bedford, Bedfordshire
“For services to Education and to Inter-Faith Relations in Bedfordshire”
Alan John Hiatt
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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
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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
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Ashbourne, Derbyshire
“Manager, Hulland Community Pre School, Ashbourne, Derbyshire. For services to Early Years Education”
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Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2015
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2015). No individual Gazette notice has been matched to this record yet.
Published 14 June 2015.
Location (Northumberland) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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