Judith Freedman, professor of tax law, University of Oxford, for services to tax research Nicholas Ferguson, chair, Courtauld Institute, for services to philanthropy and higher education Eileen Evason, emeritus professor at the University of Ulster, for services to disadvantaged people in Northern Ireland Joseph Elborn, professor of respiratory medicine and consultant physician, Queen's University Belfast, for services to healthcare in Northern Ireland David Cleevely, founding director of the Centre for Science and Policy at the University of Cambridge, for services to technology and innovation
Brian Cantor, vice-chancellor of the University of York, for services to higher education Josephine Ades, professor of art history and theory at the University of Essex, for services to higher education and art history He has been awarded his knighthood for “services to social science and higher education”.Ī knighthood for “services to science and higher education” goes to Keith Burnett, vice-chancellor of the University of Sheffield, who was chair of the Universities and Colleges Employers Association between 20.Īlso knighted are David Payne, director of the Optoelectronics Research Centre at the University of Southampton, Hew Strachan, Chichele professor of the history of war at All Souls, Oxford and Simon Wessely, head of the department of psychological medicine at King's College London.
Professor Diamond, a social statistician, chaired a review into efficiency and effectiveness in higher education that was published in April 2011. The existence of a particle with all the hallmarks of the Higgs boson was confirmed by scientists at the European Organization for Nuclear Research, Cern, in July.Ĭarol Robinson, professor of physical chemistry at the University of Oxford, is made a Dame for services to “science and industry”, as is Sarah Cowley, retired professor of community practice development at King's College London, for services to health visiting.įive academics have been knighted, including Ian Diamond, principal and vice-chancellor of the University of Aberdeen. The Higgs boson, predicted by theoretical physicists in the 1960s, has been known as the “God particle” because without it other particles would not have any mass.
The award is given to people who have made a “major contribution to the arts, science, medicine, or government lasting over a long period of time”. Peter Higgs, emeritus professor of theoretical physics at the University of Edinburgh, has been made a Companion of Honour, joining figures such as Sir David Attenborough, Sir John Major and Harold Pinter in the 65-strong order.