original ) (raw )We actively invite recipients of Honorary Awards to maintain their links with the University and transfer their knowledge and experience through master classes and public lectures.
Honorary awards reward individuals who have attained national and international success and recognition in their chosen field. They maximise the University’s public presence, allow Schools to develop closer relationships with distinguished persons and engage students in the process.
The honorary awards available are Doctor of the University (Hon DUniv) Emeritus/Emerita Chancellor Emeritus/Emerita Vice-Chancellor and Emeritus/Emerita Dean conferred on annual basis during the University’s award ceremony weeks in July and November.
For details on how to submit a nomination please visit our graduation awards pages.
2023 awards
2022 awards
Name
Award
Year
Simon Blagden CBE
Hon DUniv
2019
Dapinder Singh QC
Hon DUniv
2019
Ambassador Liu Xiaoming
Hon DUniv
2019
Jason Mallinson
Hon DUniv
2019
John Dixon Hon DUniv
2019
Ann Francke
Hon DUniv
2019
Chris Brown OBE DL
Hon DUniv
2019
Gavin Sutherland Hon DUniv
2019
Phillip McCann Hon DUniv
2019
Roger Burnley Hon DUniv
2019
Name
Award
Year
Ashok Vaswani
Hon DUniv
2018
Christopher Reid
Hon DUniv
2018
Colin Dennis
Hon DUniv
2018
Eric L F Nicholls
Hon DUniv
2018
Jacqueline Dyer MBE
Hon DUniv
2018
John Bernard
Hon DUniv
2018
Distinguished Professor Lady Rachel Cooper OBE
Hon DUniv
2018
Sir Paul Nurse
Hon DUniv
2018
Professor Ojan Assadian
Emeritus Professor
2018
Professor David Croisdale-Appleby OBE
Hon DUniv
2018
Rebecca Saunders
Hon DUniv
2018
Dr Peter Alan Shaw
Hon DUniv
2018
Winthrop Professor Fiona Wood
Hon DUniv
2018
Mrs Fatma Zakaria
Hon DUniv
2018
Name
Award
Year
Professor Mario Neto Borges PhD
Hon DUniv
2017
Sir John Parker GBE FREng
Hon DUniv
2017
Roger Marsh OBE BSc(Hons) FCA
Hon DUniv
2017
Professor Dame Carol Robinson
Hon DUniv
2017
Baroness Williams of Trafford
Hon DUniv
2017
Professor David Leaper
Emeritus Professor
2017
Professor The Lord (David) Blunkett PC
Hon DUniv
2017
Beth Butterwick
Hon DUniv
2017
Professor Lesley Yellowlees
Hon DUniv
2017
Rear Admiral Philip Greenish CBE
Hon DUniv
2017
Sir David McMurtry
Hon DUniv
2017
Professor Roger Barlow
Emeritus Professor
2017
Name
Award
Year
Naomi Climer
Hon DUniv
2016
Kaffe Fassett
Hon DUniv
2016
Michael Mansfield QC
Hon DUniv
2016
Dr Julie Maxton OBE
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 BEM
Hon DUniv
2016
Jenny Molloy
Hon DUniv
2016
Jane Platt CBE
Hon DUniv
2016
Sir Gary Verity
Hon DUniv
2016
Name
Award
Year
Professor Eric Blyth
Emeritus Professor
2015
Professor Robert Cywinski
Emeritus Professor
2015
Nigel Foster
Hon DUniv
2015
Richie Hawtin
Hon DUniv
2015
Nina Hossain
Hon DUniv
2015
Professor Sir Peter Knight
Hon DUniv
2015
Professor Richard Morris
Emeritus Professor
2015
Professor Li Peigen
Hon DUniv
2015
Baroness Pinnock of Cleckheaton
Hon DUniv
2015
Sir John O'Reilly
Hon DUniv
2015
Rob Vincent CBE
Hon DUniv
2015
Sir Malcolm Walker CBE
Hon DUniv
2015
Name
Award
Year
Cyril Brandford
Hon DUniv
2013
Professor Colin Carlile
Hon DUniv
2013
Duncan Druce (deceased)
Hon DUniv
2013
Ashley Jackson BEM
Hon DUniv
2013
Sir Ian Kershaw
Hon DUNiv
2013
Hon. Fatou Lamin Faye
Hon DUniv
2013
Kavita Oberoi OBE
Hon DUniv
2013
Robert Powell
Hon DUniv
2013
Ty Unwin
Hon DUniv
2013
Michael Woodhead
Hon DUniv
2013
Baroness Bryony Worthington Hon DUniv
2013
Name
Award
Year
Susan Bernhauser
Emerita Dean
2012
Sir Norman Bettison
Hon DUniv
2012
Professor Brian Cox
Hon DUniv
2012
Alan Garner
Hon DUniv
2012
Dean Hoyle Hon DUniv
2012
Gwyneth Hughes
Hon DUNiv
2012
Dr Simon Lindley
Hon DUniv
2012
(deceased)
Jonathan Mason
Hon DUniv
2012
Professor Helen Masson
Emerita Professor
2012
Rt Revd Stephen Platten
Hon DUniv
2012
Professor Michael Russ
Emeritus Dean
2012
Professor John Thompson
Emeritus Professor
2012
Name
Award
Year
Professor Sir John Enderby
Hon DUniv
2011
Rod Franks (deceased) Hon DUniv
2011
Professor Mark Halstead
Emeritus Professor
2011
Betty Jackson Hon DUniv
2011
David Peace
Hon DUNiv
2011
Lawrence Tomlinson
Hon DUniv
2011
Name
Award
Year
Lieutenant General Nadeem Ahmed
Hon DUniv
2010
Professor Peter Bradshaw
Emeritus Professor
2010
Rita Britton
Hon DUniv
2010
Professor Valerie Bryson
Emeritus Professor
2010
Peter Clegg
Hon DUniv
2010
Eorl Crabtree
Hon UHFell
2010
Fred Frith
Hon DUniv
2010
Steve Hallam
Hon DUniv
2010
Kathryn Hinchliff
Hon DUniv
2010
Terry Hodgkinson
Hon DUniv
2010
Professor John Lancaster
Emeritus Professor
2010
Richard Reed CBE
Hon DUniv
2010
Professor David Titterington
Hon DUniv
2010
Chris Wilson
Hon UHFell
2010
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 OBE
Hon DLitt
2009
Professor Mike Page (deceased)
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
HonD Univ
2009
Name
Award
Year
Harold 'Dickie' Bird (deceased)
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 (deceased)
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
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
Dame Dr Ingrid Roscoe DVCO (deceased)
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
Name
Award
Year
R K Krishna Kumar
Hon DBA
2006
Colin Cramphorn (deceased)
Hon DCL (in absentia)
2006
Carl Fogarty
Hon DCL
2006
Malvern Goodall
Hon Fellowship
2006
Celia Kilner
Hon DLitt
2006
Malcolm Lee (deceased)
Hon DLitt (Posthumous)
2006
Graham Leslie
Hon DBA
2006
Graham Penning OBE
Hon DSC
2006
Anita Lonsbrough MBE (now Mrs Porter)
Hon DCL
2006
Barrie Rutter
Hon DLitt
2006
Professor Brian Tattersfield
Hon DSc
2006
Hazel Wigmore
Hon DCL
2006
Shobna Gulati
Hon DLitt (Oldham)
2006
Brian Clarke
Hon DLitt (Oldham)
2006
Darren Gough
Hon DCL (Barnsley)
2006
Name
Award
Year
David Armitage
OBE Hon DBA
2005
Professor Fen Arthur
Hon DSc and Emeritus Professor
2005
Trevor Cherry
Hon DCL
2005
Charlotte di Vita
Hon DBA
2005
Dr Margaret Faull
Hon DCL
2005
Dame Suzi Leather
Hon DCL
2005
Ping Cheung Liu
Hon DCL
2005
Edward Stanners
Hon DSc
2005
Gordon Stewart
Hon DLItt
2005
Professor David Whitehouse
Hon DSc
2005
Paul Whittaker OBE
Hon DLitt
2005
Name
Award
Year
Sonia Benster
Hon MA
2004
Gregory Doran
Hon DLitt
2004
Cecil Dormand
Hon DLitt
2004
Dame Pauline Green
Hon DCL
2004
Brian Hill MBE
Hon DCL
2004
Derek Ibbotson (deceased)
Hon DCL
2004
Professor Isobel Pollock-Hulf 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
Clare Taylor MBE
Hon DCL
2004
Name
Award
Year
Roger Bale
Hon DBA
2003
Dr George W Buckley
Hon DSc
2003
James Dillon
Hon DLitt
2003
Jeremy Dyson (League of Gentlemen)
Hon DLitt
2003
Mark Gatiss (League of Gentlemen)
Hon DLitt
2003
Reece Shearsmith (League of Gentlemen)
Hon DLitt
2003
Steve Pemberton (League of Gentlemen)
Hon DLitt
2003
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
John Murgatroyd
Hon DCL
2003
Jane Tomlinson (deceased)
Hon DCL
2003
Professor Leslie Wagner CBE
Hon DCL
2003
Name
Award
Year
Professor R Livingstone
Hon DSc
2000
Linda Hirst
Hon DLitt
2000
James Sommerville
Hon D Litt
2000
Simon Needham
Hon D Litt
2000
Sir John Harman
Hon DCL
2000
Sir Tom McKillop
Hon DSc
2000
Sir Len Peach
Hon DCL
2000
Mandy Kennedy
Hon MSc
2001
Pam Liversidge OBE DL
Hon DSc
2001
Stephen Battye (deceased)
Hon DSc
2001
Diane Thompson CBE
Hon DCL
2001
Professor Stuart Hall
Hon DLitt
2001
Professor Geoffrey Sims
Hon DSc
2001
John Pryce-Jones
Hon DLitt
2001
Professor Paul Hirst (deceased)
Hon DLitt
2002
Jonathan Sands
Hon DSc
2002
Dr Kevin Conway CBE
Hon DLitt
2002
Aileen Armitage
Hon DLitt
2002
Deric Longden (deceased)
Hon DLitt
2002
Professor Mel Chevannes CBE FRCN MA
Hon DSc
2002
David Moorhouse (deceased)
Hon DSc
2002
Jenni Murray
Hon DCL
2002
Lord (Christopher) Haskins
Hon DCL
2002
Peter Wood OBE (deceased)
Hon DCL (Posthumous)
2002
Name
Award
Year
Simon Armitage
Hon DLitt
1996
Arthur Quarmby
Hon DSc
1996
Richard B Sykes
Hon DSc
1996
Edith Bentley
MBE Hon MA
1996
Malcolm E Bond (deceased)
Honorary Fellowship
1997
Warwick A Price
Honorary Fellowship
1997
Dame Gillian Weir DBE
HonDMus Hon DLitt
1997
David Blackburn
Hon DLitt
1997
Roy Clarke
Hon DLitt
1997
Dr Donald E Nicholson (deceased)
Hon DSc
1997
The Revd Dr David A Kirby
Hon DLitt
1997
James Dyson
Hon DSc
1997
Keith Hellawell QPM
Hon DCL
1997
Professor Brian Mellitt
Hon DSc
1997
Yvonne Moores
Hon DSc
1997
Anne E Mace OBE DL BA
Hon DCL
1998
Dr Nicholas Tate
Hon DCL
1998
Kamlesh Bahl CBE
Hon DCL
1998
Professor Sir Liam Donaldson
Hon DSc
1998
J M Hardcastle C TEXT FTI ARPS
Hon MA
1998
Jeffrey Michael Blackburn
Hon DLitt
1998
Sir John E Walker FRS MA DPhil
Hon DSc
1998
Brian Ward FCA (deceased)
Honorary Fellowship and Hon DCL
1998
Dr David Quarmby CBE
Hon DSc
1999
Mary Williams OBE
Hon MSc
1999
General Sir David J Ramsbotham GCB
Hon DCL
1999
Professor Andrew Wallard
Hon DSc
1999
David C Jones FCCA FCIS
Hon DLitt
1999
Thomas Megahy BA MEP
Honorary FellowshipHon DCL
19891999
Name
Award
Year
Sir Christopher George Francis Harding (deceased)
Honorary Fellowship
1990
Reginald Charles Cross OBE (deceased)
Honorary Fellowship
1990
Director of Higher Education
Honorary 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
Honorary Fellowship
1991
J Garry Hawkes CBE FHCIMA
Honorary Fellowship
1991
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
Name
Award
Year
Sir William Mallalieu
Freeman of Kirklees
1980
His Excellency Bakary Bunja Darbo BA MP
Honorary Fellowship
1988
Dr Kenneth W Hillier PhD DIC CPhys FInstP
Honorary Fellowship
1988
Dr Edwin Kerr CBE DSC DUniv FIMA FCS FCP
Honorary Fellowship
1988
Richard Scurah Wainwright BA FCA (deceased)
Honorary Fellowship
1988
Reginald Hartley MBE JP (deceased)
Honorary Fellowship
1988
Clifford Stephenson (deceased)
Honorary Fellowship
1988
Nancy Hepworth
Associate
1988
Eric Seymour IPFA ACIS DMA
Associate
1988
Philip Wood FMOB
Associate
1988
Sir Ernest Hall OBE DL DUniv ARMCM
Honorary FellowshipHon DCL
19892000
M le Professeur Jean-Francios Robert (Besancon)
Honorary Fellowship
1989
Edward Austen Johnson MBE JP DipArch FRIBA
Honorary Fellowship
1989
Thomas Megahy BA
Honorary FellowshipHon DCL
19891999
The Right Worshipful the Mayor of the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees
Honorary Fellowship
1989
The Right Worshipful the Mayor of the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale
Honorary Fellowship
1989
The Right Worshipful the Mayor of the City of Wakefield Metropolitan District
Honorary Fellowship
1989
Peter G Davies MA (deceased)
Associate
1989
Effie T Elliott (deceased)
Associate
1989
Name
Award
Year
Harold Gray BA (deceased)
Honorary Fellowship
1971
Douglas Sisson FRSA FPH FSAScot FBIM (deceased)
Honorary Fellowship
1971
Dr William Errington Scott BSc MSc PhD FRIC FIM FAPTI (deceased)
Honorary Fellowship
1971
Sir Tobias Ruston Weaver KT CBE (deceased)
Honorary Fellowship
1972
Douglas Graham CBE (deceased)
Honorary Fellowship
1972
John Llewellyn Dawson MP JP (deceased)
Honorary Fellowship
1972
Mary Dennell (deceased)
Honorary Fellowship
1973
The Lord Bowden of Chesterfield (Bertram Vivian) MA PhD FIEE MScTech (deceased)
Honorary Fellowship
1974
Alexander MacLennan CBE
Honorary Fellowship
1975
The Lord Rhodes of Saddleworth KG PC DFE DL (Hervey) (deceased)
Honorary Fellowship
1976
Professor Charles Smalley Whewell BSc PhD CChem FRSC CText FTI(Hon) CCol FSDC (deceased)
Honorary Fellowship
1977
The Lord Wilson of Rievaulx (Harold) KG OBE FRS (deceased)
Honorary Fellowship
1977
Dr John Lewis Womersley CBE HonMA HonLLD PhD RIBA DistTP FRTPI (deceased)
Honorary Fellowship
1977