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
Name | Award | Year |
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 2011
Name | Award | Year |
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
Name | Award | Year |
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
Name | Award | Year |
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
Name | Award | Year |
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
Name | Award | Year |
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
Name | Award | Year |
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
Name | Award | Year |
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
Name | Award | Year |
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
Name | Award | Year |
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
Name | Award | Year |
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
Name | Award | Year |
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
Name | Award | Year |
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
Name | Award | Year |
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
Name | Award | Year |
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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