Professor Judith Rees, CBE – Ceremony 2

Doctor of Science, honoris causa
Monday 9 July 2012, 430pm

Since May 2011, Judith Rees has been Interim Director of the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), a post from which she will step down in September 2012...


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Professor Parveen Kumar, CBE – Ceremony 3

Doctor of Science, honoris causa
Tuesday 10 July 2012, 10.30am

As Professor of Medicine and Education, Parveen Kumar teaches at Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary, University of London...


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Professor Peter Raynes – Ceremony 4

Doctor of Science, honoris causa
Tuesday 10 July 2012, 1.30pm

York-born Peter Raynes studied physics at the University of Cambridge. After a PhD in low-temperature physics, also at Cambridge, he joined the Royal Signals and Radar Establishment (now part of QinetiQ) in 1971 and started up research into liquid-crystals materials and devices...

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Linda Colley, CBE – Ceremony 6

Doctor of Letters, honoris causa
Wednesday 11 July 2012, 10.30am

Linda Colley is the Shelby M C Davis 1958 Professor of History at Princeton University and is an expert on Britain since 1700. Born in Britain, Professor Colley read history at Bristol (graduating in 1972) and completed her PhD in history at Cambridge (1977)...

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Peter Barnes – Ceremony 7

Doctor of Science in Economics, honoris causa
Wednesday 11 July 2012, 1.30pm

Peter Barnes was born in Uganda and, after moving to England at the age of 11, graduated from the University of Hull in 1977 with a degree in economics...


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Andrew Steel – Ceremony 8

Doctor of Science, honoris causa
Wednesday 11 July 2012, 4.30pm

Born and schooled in Hull, Andrew Steel served for 13 years in the Royal Navy. During his Forces career he demonstrated great leadership both on and off the field...


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Terence G Manby – Ceremony 9

Doctor of Letters, honoris causa
Thursday 12 July 2012, 10.30am

Terence Manby was born at Thornton Dale in North Yorkshire and lived in York during his school years. As a teenager he developed an interest in archaeology, joining local societies and visiting museums...

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Professor Jeremy Horder 10

Doctor of Laws, honoris causa
Thursday 12 July 2012, 1.30pm

Jeremy Horder came up to read law at the University of Hull in September 1981, taking his LLB degree in the summer of 1984. He then obtained a scholarship to read for the degree of Bachelor of Civil Law at Keble College, Oxford...

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Penelope Wilton – Ceremony 11 (Scarborough)

Doctor of Letters, honoris causa
Friday 13 July 2012, 2.00pm

One of Britain’s most versatile, respected and sought-after character actresses, Penelope Wilton was born in Scarborough and attended school in Newcastle upon Tyne...

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