The Queen's birthday honours list 2008
The Queen's Birthday Honours List was published on Saturday 14 June. In total 51 people were successful from across the Department's spectrum of responsibility - the full list is given below.
| Award | Name | Short Citation |
|---|---|---|
| Knight/Dame | Professor Sir James Drummond BONE | Vice-Chancellor, University of Liverpool |
| Sir Christopher EDWARDS | For services to Higher Education, Science and to regeneration in the North East of England | |
| Professor Dame Janet FINCH CBE DL | Vice-Chancellor, Keele University | |
| Professor Sir Andrew McMICHAEL | Professor of Molecular Medicine and Director, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford | |
| Sir William MOORCROFT | Principal, Trafford College | |
| CBE | Bernard BORLAND | Principal, St Francis Xavier Sixth Form College, Clapham, London |
| Professor John CLELAND | Professor of Medical Demography, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine | |
| Professor Christopher DYER | Professor of Local and Regional History and Director, Centre for English Local History, University of Leicester | |
| Mark HAYSOM | Chief Executive, Learning and Skills Council for England | |
| Professor Peter LISS | Professor, School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia | |
| Professor Michael PILLING | Lately Director, Natural Environment Research Council Distributed Institute for Atmospheric Composition, University of Leeds | |
| Dr Graham SPITTLE | Director, IBM Hursley Laboratory and Chair, Technology Strategy Board and Vice President, Software, UKISA (UK, Ireland and South Africa) IBM | |
| Professor Dianne WILLCOCKS | Vice-Chancellor, York St John University | |
| OBE | Professor Muhammad ABDEL HALEEM | King Fahd Professor of Islamic Studies, School of Oriental and African Studies |
| Richard ABNETT | For services to Intellectual Property Rights | |
| Professor Jim AL-KHALILI | Professor of Physics and Professor of Public Engagement in Science, University of Surrey | |
| Professor Frances BALKWILL | Professor of Cancer Biology, Queen Mary, University of London | |
| Dr Catherine MINSHULL-BEECH | Chief Execuitve, Aitua Limited | |
| Raymond BROWNE | Business Continuity Manager, Technology Strategy Board, Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills | |
| Professor Wendy DAVIES | Professor of History and lately Pro-Provost-Europe, University College London | |
| Godfrey GLYN | Principal, Barton Peveril Sixth Form College, Eastleigh, Hampshire and Council Representative, Sixth Form Colleges Forum | |
| Susan HENDERSON | Team Leader, Skills for Life Strategy Unit, Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills | |
| Graham HOYLE | Chief Executive, Association of Learning Providers | |
| Peter LOBBAN | Chief Executive, CITB-ConstructionSkills | |
| Professor George LUNT | Deputy Vice-Chancellor, University of Bath | |
| Keith MARSHALL | Chief Executive, SummitSkills | |
| Merron MITCHELL | Director of Offending Learning, City College Manchester | |
| Professor Michael OSBALDESTON | Director, Cranfield School of Management | |
| Professor Julia SLINGO | Director of Climate Research, National Centre for Atmospheric Science, University of Reading | |
| Julian WOOLFSON | Chair of Governors, Ravensbourne College of Design and Communication, London | |
| MBE | Sandra BREEN | For services to Mary Ward Adult Education Centre, and to the community in Holborn, London |
| Brian BUTLER | Director, Resource and Operations, Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Natural Environment Research Council | |
| Keith COPELAND | Improvement Engineer, One NorthEast Regional Development Agency | |
| Jonathan GAMBLE | Director for Adults and Lifelong Learning, Learning and Skills Council | |
| Gudrun GILSON | Higher Executive Officer, Higher Education Governance Team, Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills | |
| John HAY | Senior Lecturer, Deaf Studies, Wolverhampton University | |
| Andrew HENSON | Director, International Projects, National Physical Laboratory | |
| Kulwant KAUR | General Catering Assistant, University of Birmingham | |
| Yuet-Wah Emily LAM-KWOK | Centre Manager, Learndirect, Chinese Centre (North of England), Newcastle-upon-Tyne | |
| Dr Michael LEE | Lately Director of Geology and Resources, British Geological Survey | |
| Raymond LUCAS | Gardener, Newman College of Higher Education, Birmingham | |
| Felicity MENDELSON | Learning Council Project Manager, Newcastle-upon-Tyne City Council | |
| Valerie Anne MILLER | Subject Librarian,University of Kent | |
| Rebecca PARKER | Head of Physics, Simon Langton Grammar School for Boys, Canterbury | |
| Professor Margaret ROSS | Professor of Software Quality, Southampton Solent University | |
| Lesley RUSHTON | For services to the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council | |
| Dr Philip SMITH | Co-ordinator,Teacher Scientist Network | |
| Anthony TAYLOR | Chair of Governing Body, Walsall College | |
| Reverend Professor June BOYCE-TILLMAN | Professor of Applied Music, University of Winchester | |
| Janet WALES | Study Support Manager, Runshaw College | |
| Sheila ANDERSON-WITTY | Lately Head of Communications, Natural Environment Research Council |
