Birthday Honours 2015
Victoria Bruce DBE
Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE)
• British Academy and Professor of Psychology
“For services to Higher Education and Psychology.”
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Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE)
For services to Higher Education and Psychology.
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London Gazette notice
Order of the British Empire
Civil Division
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
13 June 2015
THE QUEEN has been graciously pleased, on the occasion of the Celebration of Her Majesty's Birthday, to give orders for the following promotions in, and appointments to, the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire:
D.B.E.
To be Ordinary Dames Commander of the Civil Division of the said Most Excellent Order:
Professor Victoria Geraldine BRUCE O.B.E. F.B.A. F.R.S.E.
Vice-President for Public Engagement, British Academy and Professor of Psychology, Newcastle University
For services to Higher Education and Psychology.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 61256 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
Location
Northumberland
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Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Birthday Honours 2015- Role at the time
- British Academy and Professor of Psychology
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- Northumberland
“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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British Academy and Professor of Psychology.
How widely is this recognised?
6,604 people have been recognised for Education.
Counts reflect the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the Birthday Honours 2015
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Zarine Kharas
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“For services to Special Educational Needs and Disabilities.”
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Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2015
London Gazette (official record), issue 61256, notice 2347677. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2015).
Published 13 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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