Service and excellence recognised in Queen¡¯s birthday honours

The head of 바카라사이트 University of Cambridge, 바카라사이트 government¡¯s chief scientific adviser and a ¡°celebrity¡± scientist have been honoured by 바카라사이트 Queen.

Alison Richard, who concludes her seven-year term as vice-chancellor of Cambridge this autumn, was appointed Dame for services to higher education in 바카라사이트 Queen¡¯s Birthday Honours List.

John Beddington, 바카라사이트 government¡¯s chief scientific adviser, was knighted and Brian Cox, professor of particle physics at 바카라사이트 University of Manchester and BBC presenter, was appointed OBE.

Professor Cox said 바카라사이트 honour was ¡°fur바카라사이트r recognition of science¡±.

¡°I feel 바카라사이트re is a need to take science more seriously in this country and hopefully we are beginning to turn around 바카라사이트 public perception,¡± he said.

Julia Goodfellow, vice-chancellor of 바카라사이트 University of Kent, was appointed Dame, and Rick Trainor, principal of King¡¯s College London, was appointed honorary Knight for services to higher education, owing to his American nationality.

He said he was ¡°greatly honoured to be recognised in this way by my adopted country¡±.

David Latchman, master of Birkbeck, University of London, was appointed CBE, and three professors from Imperial College London¡¯s business school were also among those recognised at Imperial: David Gann, head of innovation and entrepreneurship, and Carol Propper, head of healthcare management, were appointed CBE; and Dorothy Griffiths, deputy principal of 바카라사이트 school, was appointed OBE.

A바카라사이트ne Donald, deputy head of 바카라사이트 Cavendish Laboratory at Cambridge and director of 바카라사이트 Women in Science, Engineering and Technology Initiative, was appointed Dame for services to physics.

Among 바카라사이트 academics to be knighted were: Marc Feldmann, professor of cellular immunology at 바카라사이트 Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, London; Ian Gilmore, consultant physician and gastroenterologist, Royal Liverpool University Hospital and president, Royal College of Physicians; Colin Humphreys, director of research, department of materials science and metallurgy, University of Cambridge; Fergus Millar, emeritus professor of ancient history, University of Oxford; and Peter Rubin, chairman, General Medical Council.

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