Honorary Graduates

Honorary awards are conferred on an annual basis during the University’s award ceremony weeks in July and November.  They are intended to reward individuals who have attained national and international success and recognition in their chosen field, to maximise the University’s public presence, to allow its Schools to develop closer relationships with distinguished persons and to engage students in the process by inviting recipients of Honorary Awards to maintain their links with the University by giving master classes and public lectures.

The honorary awards available are Doctor of the University (Hon DUniv), Fellow of the University (Hon UHFellow), Emeritus/Emerita Vice-Chancellor, Emeritus/Emerita Professor and Emeritus/Emerita Dean.

Please click on the links below for a list of Honorary graduates by year:

For details on how to submit a nomination please visit our Awards pages.

Honorary graduates from the University of Huddersfield in 2016
NameAwardYear
Naomi Climer Hon DUniv 2016
Kaffe Fassett Hon DUniv 2016
Michael Mansfield QC Hon DUniv 2016
Dr Julie Maxton Hon DUniv 2016
Maggie Philbin Hon DUniv 2016
Sally Wainwright Hon DUniv 2016
Professor Sir Al Aynsley-Green Kt Hon DUniv 2016
Professor John Colligon Emeritus Professor 2016
Professor Dame Ann Dowling Hon DUniv 2016
Kigge Mai Hvid Hon DUniv 2016
Iby Knill Hon DUniv 2016
Jenny Molloy Hon DUniv 2016
Jane Platt CBE Hon DUniv 2016
Sir Gary Verity Hon DUniv 2016

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Honorary graduates from the University of Huddersfield in 2015
NameAwardYear
Professor Eric Blyth Emeritus Professor 2015
Professor Robert Cywinski Emeritus Professor 2015
Nigel Foster Hon DUniv 2015
Richie Hawtin Hon DUniv 2015
Nina Hossain Hon DUniv 2015
Professor Sir Peter Knight Hon DUniv 2015
Professor Richard Morris
Emeritus Professor 2015
Professor Li Peigen Hon DUniv 2015
Baroness Pinnock of Cleckheaton Hon DUniv 2015
Sir John O'Reilly Hon DUniv 2015
Rob Vincent CBE Hon DUniv 2015
Malcolm Walker CBE Hon DUniv 2015

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Honorary graduates from the University of Huddersfield in 2014 
NameAwardYear
Mr Bernard Ainsworth OBE Hon DUniv 2014
Mr Irvine Arditti Hon DUniv 2014
Professor Colin Bamford Emeritus Professor 2014
Professor David Crystal OBE Hon DUniv 2014
Mr Philip Darnell Hon DUniv 2014
Mr Nicholas Fluck Hon DUniv 2014
Professor Ian Gow OBE Hon DUniv 2014
Professor Guy Lloyd-Jones FRS Hon DUniv 2014
Rt Reverend Tony Robinson Hon DUniv 2014
Sir John Sorrell Hon DUniv 2014
Sir Rodney Walker Hon DUniv 2014

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Honorary graduates from the University of Huddersfield in 2013
NameAwardYear
Mr Cyril Brandford Hon DUniv 2013
Professor Colin Carlile Hon DUniv 2013
Mr Duncan Druce (Deceased) Hon DUniv 2013
Mr Ashley Jackson Hon DUniv 2013
Sir Ian Kershaw  Hon DUNiv 2013
Hon. Fatou Lamin Faye Hon DUniv 2013
Kavita Oberoi OBE Hon DUniv 2013
Mr Robert Powell Hon DUniv 2013
Mr Ty Unwin Hon DUniv 2013
Mr Michael Woodhead Hon DUniv 2013
Baroness Bryony Worthington Hon DUniv 2013

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Honorary graduates from the University of Huddersfield in 2012
NameAwardYear
Mrs Susan Bernhauser Emerita Dean 2012
Sir Norman Bettison Hon DUniv 2012
Professor Brian Cox Hon DUniv 2012
Mr Alan Garner Hon DUniv 2012
Mr Dean Hoyle Hon DUniv 2012
Ms Gwyneth Hughes  Hon DUNiv 2012
Dr Simon Lindley Hon DUniv 2012
Mr Jonathan Mason Hon DUniv 2012
Professor Helen Masson   Emerita Professor 2012
Rt Revd Stephen Platten Hon DUniv 2012
Professor Michael Russ Emeritus Dean 2012
Professor John Thompson   Emeritus Professor 2012

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Honorary graduates from the University of Huddersfield in 2011
NameAwardYear
Professor Sir John Enderby Hon DUniv 2011
Mr Rod Franks (Deceased) Hon DUniv 2011
Professor Mark Halstead Emeritus Professor 2011
Ms Betty Jackson Hon DUniv 2011
Mr David Peace Hon DUNiv 2011
Mr Lawrence Tomlinson Hon DUniv 2011

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Honorary graduates from the University of Huddersfield in 2010
NameAwardYear
Lieutenant General Nadeem Ahmed Hon DUniv 2010
Professor Peter Bradshaw Emeritus Professor 2010
Ms Rita Britton Hon DUniv 2010
Professor Valerie Bryson Emeritus Professor 2010
Mr Peter Clegg Hon DUniv  2010
Mr Eorl Crabtree Hon UHFell  2010
Mr Fred Frith Hon DUniv 2010
Mr Steve Hallam Hon DUniv 2010
Mrs Kathryn Hinchliff Hon DUniv 2010
Mr Terry Hodgkinson Hon DUniv 2010
Professor John Lancaster Emeritus Professor  2010
Mr Richard Reed CBE Hon DUniv 2010
Professor David Titterington Hon DUniv 2010
Mr Chris Wilson Hon UHFell 2010

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Honorary graduates from the University of Huddersfield in 2009
NameAwardYear
Andrew Booth Hon UHFell 2009
Professor Tony Butterworth Hon DSc 2009
Professor Sue Frost Emeritus Professor 2009
Baroness Hale of Richmond Hon DCL 2009
Elgar Howarth Hon DLitt 2009
Professor Sir Alec Jeffreys Hon DSc 2009
Sarah Lancashire Hon DLitt 2009
Professor Mike Page Emeritus Professor and Hon DUniv 2009
Peter Murray OBE Hon DSc 2009
Theo Paphitis Hon DBA 2009
Michael Phipps  Hon UHFell 2009
Professor Mona Siddiqui   Hon DCL 2009
Lemn Sissay Hon DLitt 2009
Professor Rob Smith Emeritus Professor 2009
Professor Barrie Web Emeritus Professor 2009
James Whitham Hon DSc 2009
Professor Christian Wolff Hon DLitt 2009
Dr Philip Woodfine Emeritus Reader  2009
General Nadeem Ahmed Honorary Doctor of the University (HonD Univ) 2009

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Honorary graduates from the University of Huddersfield in 2008
NameAwardYear
Harold 'Dickie' Bird Hon DCL 2008
Professor Ted Charsley  Emeritus Professor 2008
Robert Cockcroft Hon DLitt 2008
Sir George Cox Hon DSc 2008
Professor Sir Richard Dawkins Hon DSc 2008
Lord Harries of Pentregarth Hon DCL 2008
Jonathan Harvey (deceased) Hon DLitt 2008
Baroness Kennedy of The Shaws  Hon DCL 2008
Andrew Kilburn Hon DCL 2008
Colin McDowell Hon DSc 2008
Professor Tim Moscovitch Emeritus Professor 2008
Sir Michael Parkinson Hon DLitt 2008
Lord Patel of Bradford Hon DCL 2008
Denis Smalley Hon DLitt 2008
Jaswant Toor Hon DBA 2008
Professor David Taylor Emeritus Professor 2008
David Wheeler Hon DLitt 2008
Professor Christian Wolff Hon DLitt 2008

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Honorary graduates from the University of Huddersfield in 2007
NameAwardYear
Christopher Bailey Hon DSc 2007
Ken Davy Hon DBA 2007
Professor Robert Edwards Hon DSc 2007
Professor Kel Fidler FREng Hon DSc 2007
Ian McMillan Hon DLitt (Barnsley) 2007
Dr Robert Perks Hon DLitt 2007
Parnell Reilly Hon DCL 2007
Dr Ingrid Roscoe Hon DCL 2007
Kate Rusby Hon DLitt (Barnsley) 2007
Richard Smith Hon DCL 2007
Emeritus Vice-Chancellor John Tarrant Hon DSc 2007
Hilary Wainwright Hon DLitt 2007
Martin Wainwright Hon DLitt 2007
Paul Walsh Hon DBA (Oldham) 2007

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Honorary graduates from the University of Huddersfield in 2006
NameAwardYear
Mr R K Krishna Kumar Hon DBA 2006
Mr Colin Cramphorn (Deceased) Hon DCL (in absentia) 2006
Mr Carl Fogarty Hon DCL 2006
Mr Malvern Goodall Hon Fellowship 2006
Mrs Celia Kilner Hon DLitt 2006
Mr Malcolm Lee (Deceased) Hon DLitt (Posthumous) 2006
Mr Graham Leslie Hon DBA 2006
Mr Graham Penning OBE Hon DSC 2006
Ms Anita Lonsbrough MBE (now Mrs Porter) Hon DCL 2006
Mr Barrie Rutter Hon DLitt 2006
Professor Brian Tattersfield Hon DSc 2006
Mrs Hazel Wigmore Hon DCL 2006
Ms Shobna Gulati Hon DLitt(Oldham) 2006
Mr Brian Clarke Hon DLitt(Oldham) 2006
Darren Gough Hon DCL (Barnsley) 2006

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Honorary graduates from the University of Huddersfield in 2005
NameAwardYear
Mr David Armitage OBE Hon DBA 2005
Professor Fen Arthur Hon DSc and Emeritus Professor 2005
Mr Trevor Cherry Hon DCL 2005
Ms Charlotte di Vita Hon DBA 2005
Dr Margaret Faull Hon DCL 2005
Dame Suzi Leather Hon DCL 2005
Mr Ping Cheung Liu Hon DCL 2005
Mr Edward Stanners Hon DSc 2005
Mr Gordon Stewart Hon DLItt 2005
Professor David Whitehouse Hon DSc 2005
Mr Paul Whittaker OBE Hon DLitt 2005

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Honorary graduates from the University of Huddersfield in 2004
NameAwardYear
Mrs Sonia Benster Hon MA 2004
Mr Gregory Doran Hon DLitt 2004
Mr Cecil Dormand Hon DLitt 2004
Dame Pauline Green Hon DCL 2004
Mr Brian Hill MBE Hon DCL 2004
Mr Derek Ibbotson (Deceased) Hon DCL 2004
Eur Ing Isobel Pollock OBE Hon DSc 2004
David Scacchetti Hon DBA 2004
Luisa Scacchetti Hon DBA 2004
Professor Richard Steinitz OBE Hon DLitt 2004
Patrick Stewart OBE Hon DLItt 2004
Ms Clare Taylor MBE Hon DCL 2004

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Honorary graduates from the University of Huddersfield in 2003
NameAwardYear
Mr Roger Bale Hon DBA 2003
Dr George W Buckley Hon DSc 2003
Mr James Dillon Hon DLitt 2003
Mr Jeremy Dyson (League of Gentlemen) Hon DLitt 2003
Mr Mark Gatiss (League of Gentlemen) Hon DLitt 2003
Mr Reece Shearsmith (League of Gentlemen) Hon DLitt 2003
Mr Steve Pemberton (League of Gentlemen) Hon DLitt 2003
Mrs Joanne Harris MBE Hon DLitt 2003
Professor Steven V Ley CBE FRS Hon DSc 2003
The Right Reverend Nigel McCulloch (the Bishop of Manchester) Hon DCL 2003
Mr John Murgatroyd Hon DCL 2003
Mrs Jane Tomlinson (Deceased) Hon DCL 2003
Professor Leslie Wagner CBE Hon DCL 2003

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Honorary graduates from the University of Huddersfield between 2000 and 2002
NameAwardYear

Professor R Livingstone

Hon DSc 2000

Ms Linda Hirst

Hon DLitt 2000

Mr James Sommerville

Hon D Litt 2000

Mr Simon Needham

Hon D Litt 2000

Sir John Harman

Hon DCL 2000

Sir Tom McKillop

Hon DSc 2000

Sir Len Peach

Hon DCL 2000
Ms Mandy Kennedy Hon MSc 2001
Mrs Pam Liversidge OBE DLHon DSc 2001
Mr Stephen Battye (Deceased) Hon DSc 2001
Mrs Diane Thompson CBE Hon DCL 2001
Professor Stuart Hall Hon DLitt 2001
Professor Geoffrey Sims Hon DSc 2001
Mr John Pryce-Jones Hon DLitt 2001
Professor Paul Hirst Hon DLitt 2002
Mr Jonathan Sands Hon DSc 2002
Dr Kevin Conway CBE Hon DLitt 2002
Ms Aileen Armitage Hon DLitt 2002
Mr Deric Longden (Deceased) Hon DLitt 2002
Professor Mel Chevannes CBE FRCN MAHon DSc 2002
Mr David Moorhouse (Deceased) Hon DSc 2002
Ms Jenni Murray Hon DCL 2002
Lord (Christopher) Haskins Hon DCL 2002
Mr Peter Wood OBE (Deceased) Hon DCL (Posthumous) 2002

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Honorary graduates from the University of Huddersfield between 1996 and 1999
NameAwardYear
Mr Simon Armitage Hon DLitt 1996
Mr Arthur Quarmby Hon DSc 1996
Sir Richard B Sykes Hon DSc 1996
Mrs Edith Bentley MBE Hon MA 1996
Mr Malcolm E Bond (Deceased) Honorary Fellowship 1997
Mr Warwick A Price Honorary Fellowship 1997
Dame Gillian Weir DBE HonDMusHon DLitt 1997
Mr David Blackburn Hon DLitt 1997
Mr Roy Clarke Hon DLitt 1997
Dr Donald E Nicholson (Deceased) Hon DSc 1997
The Revd Dr David A Kirby Hon DLitt 1997
Mr James Dyson Hon DSc 1997
Mr Keith Hellawell QPM Hon DCL 1997
Professor Brian Mellitt Hon DSc 1997
Mrs Yvonne Moores Hon DSc 1997
Miss Anne E Mace OBE DL BAHon DCL 1998
Dr Nicholas Tate Hon DCL 1998
Ms Kamlesh Bahl CBE Hon DCL 1998
Professor Sir Liam Donaldson Hon DSc 1998
Mr J M Hardcastle C TEXT FTI, ARPS Hon MA 1998
Mr Jeffrey Michael Blackburn Hon DLitt 1998
Sir John E Walker FRS MA DPhilHon DSc 1998
Brian Ward FCA (Deceased) Honorary Fellowship and Hon DCL 1998
Dr David Quarmby CBE Hon DSc 1999
Ms Mary Williams OBE Hon MSc 1999
General Sir David J Ramsbotham GCB Hon DCL 1999
Professor Andrew Wallard Hon DSc 1999
Mr David C Jones FCCA, FCIS Hon DLitt 1999
Mr Thomas Megahy BA MEP Fellowship
Hon DCL
1989
1999

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Honorary graduates from the University of Huddersfield between 1990 and 1995
NameAwardYear
Sir Christopher George Francis Harding (Deceased) Fellowship 1990
Mr Reginald Charles Cross OBE (Deceased) Fellowship 1990
Director of Higher Education Fellowship 1990
The Reverend Kenneth Robert Cook BA (Deceased) Associate 1990
Professor Derek William Saunders CBE CPhys CEng Hon DTech 1990
Rt Hon Lord Templeman (Sydney William) MBE PC Hon LLD 1990
The Royal Society of Chemistry Fellowship 1991
Mr J Garry Hawkes CBE FHCIMA Fellowship 1991
Mr Watson Johnson CEng FIMarE MIIM MBIM Associate 1991
Dr Jane Alison Glover MA PhD Hon DMus 1991
The Lord Hanson FRSA CBIM (Deceased) Hon DBA 1991
Rt Rev and Rt Hon Lord Hope of Thornes Hon LLD 1991
Professor Frank Barr BSc (Econ) MPhil (Deceased) Hon DSc 1993
Dr Jane Valerie Carter Hon DLit 1993
Rt Hon Kenneth Clarke QC MP BA LLB Hon LLD (Nott) 1993
Dr Peter Fielden (Deceased) Hon DSc 1993
Sir William Taylor CBE Hon EdD 1995

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Honorary graduates from the University of Huddersfield in the 1980's
NameAwardYear
Sir William Mallalieu Freeman of Kirklees 1980
His Excellency Bakary Bunja Darbo BA MP Fellowship 1988
Dr Kenneth W Hillier PhD DIC CPhys, FInstP Fellowship 1988
Dr Edwin Kerr CBE DSC DUniv FIMA FCS FCP Fellowship 1988
Richard Scurah Wainwright BA FCA (Deceased) Fellowship 1988
Reginald Hartley MBE JP (Deceased) Fellowship 1988
Mr Clifford Stephenson (Deceased) Fellowship 1988 
Miss Nancy Hepworth Associate 1988
Mr Eric Seymour IPFA ACIS DMA Associate 1988
Mr Philip Wood FMOB Associate 1988
Sir Ernest Hall OBE DL DUniv ARMCM  Fellowship
Hon DCL
1989
2000
M le Professeur Jean-Francios Robert (Besancon) Fellowship 1989
Mr Edward Austen Johnson MBE JP DipArch FRIBA Fellowship 1989
Mr Thomas Megahy BA Fellowship
Hon DCL
1989
1999
The Right Worshipful the Mayor of the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees Fellowship 1989
The Right Worshipful the Mayor of the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale Fellowship 1989
The Right Worshipful the Mayor of the City of Wakefield Metropolitan District Fellowship 1989
Mr Peter G Davies MA (Deceased) Associate 1989
Miss Effie T Elliott (Deceased) Associate 1989

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Honorary graduates from the University of Huddersfield in the 1970's
NameAwardYear
Mr Harold Gray BA (Deceased) Fellowship 1971
Mr Douglas Sisson FRSA FPH FSAScot FBIM (Deceased) Fellowship 1971
Dr William Errington Scott BSc MSc PhD FRIC FIM FAPTI (Deceased) Fellowship 1971
Sir Tobias Ruston Weaver KT CB (Deceased) Fellowship 1972
Mr Douglas Graham CBE (Deceased) Fellowship 1972
Mr John Llewellyn Dawson MP JP (Deceased) Fellowship 1972
Miss Mary Dennell (Deceased) Fellowship 1973
The Lord Bowden of Chesterfield (Bertram Vivian) MA PhD FIEE MScTech (Deceased) Fellowship 1974
Alexander MacLennan CBE Fellowship 1975
The Lord Rhodes of Saddleworth KG PC DFE DL (Hervey) (Deceased) Fellowship 1976
Professor Charles Smalley Whewell BSc PhD CChem FRSC CText FTI(Hon) CCol FSDC (Deceased) Fellowship 1977
The Lord Wilson of Rievaulx (Harold) KG OBE FRS (Deceased) Fellowship 1977
Dr John Lewis Womersley CBE HonMA HonLLD PhD RIBA DistTP FRTPI (Deceased) Fellowship 1977 

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