Honorary Degrees Committee

Scope: the award of Honorary Degrees.

Nominations for Honorary Degrees

If you wish to submit an honorary degree nomination, please read the Guidance and Criteria document, see link below, before completing the Nomination Form.  This year, all that is needed to nominate an individual is to answer six quick questions!

 
Useful documents‌

Membership

Professor Kevin Shakesheff

Vice-Chancellor (Chair)

 

Professor Mark Ormerod

Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Provost

 

Simon Parkes

Interim Chief Operating Officer

 

Sherree Schaefer  

Lay Member of Council

 

Professor Anna Meredith

Executive Dean of Natural Sciences

 

Professor Donna Lee

Executive Dean of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences and Pro Vice-Chancellor

 

Professor Christian Mallen

Executive Dean of the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences

 

Dr Bleddyn Davies

Head of School of Law

 

Professor Pip Beard

Head of School of Life Sciences

 

Professor Heidi Fuller

Head of School of Pharmacy and Bioengineering

 

Sophie Borman

Union Development & Democracy Officer, Keele Students' Union

 

Anne George

President of the Keele Postgraduate Association

       

In attendance

   

Clare Stevenson

Secretary to Council

 

Victoria Macfarlane

Secretary to Senate

 

Fiona Dumbelton

Governance Secretariat Manager

 

Kelly Tunnicliffe

Secretariat Officer

Secretary

Committee dates

02 October 2025