Honorary Awards
Edge Hill University has awarded Honorary degrees to a number of individuals including:
- Sir George Sweeney - Former Principal of Knowsley Community College
- Professor Oliver Fulton - Emeritus Professor of Higher Education, Lancaster University and former Edge Hill governor.
- Dr Tim Gill - Childhood Expert and author of No Fear: Growing Up in a Risk Averse Society.
- Dr Anne Merriman - Physician and hospice movement pioneer
- Sue Smith - International Footballer, Edge Hill graduate
- Moya Sutton - Executive Nurse, Alder Hey Children’s Hospital
- Stuart Maconie - Journalist, Author, Broadcaster, Edge Hill alumnus
- Camila Batmanghelidjh - Social Entrepreneur and CEO of The Kids Company
- Shirley Williams - Politician
- Anne Laing, Chair of the Edge Hill College Guild - Leader of Edge Hill University oldest surviving alumni group
- Bob Wilson, Former Chair of Edge Hill’s Board of Governors and Managing Director of Demerara Sugar Company
- Sir Iain Hall, Headteacher and Executive Advisor to the National Director of Training for the National Future Leaders Initiative
- Mary Bousted - General Secretary of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers
- Ken Millins, CBE, Former Principal of Edge Hill University
- Jon Culshaw - Impressionist and Broadcaster
- Joe Ainsworth - Scriptwriter
- Bhiku Parekh - Political Theorist
- Jennifer Saunders - Comedienne, Actress and Writer
- Professor John Ellershaw - Director of the Marie Curie Palliative Care Institute Liverpool, Medical Director at Marie Curie Hospice, Professor of Palliative Medicine at the University of Liverpool and Clinical Director of Palliative Care at Royal Liverpool University Hospitals.
- Mark Thompson - Director General of the BBC
- Dame Pat Bacon - Principal of St Helens College
- Mayer Hersh – Holocaust survivor and contributor to the Holocaust Education Programme
- Dr Richard Benjamin – Head of the International Slavery Museum and co-Director of the Centre for the Study of International Slavery
- Dr Karen Groves – Medical Director of Queenscourt Hospice
- Tony Cann – Founder of Promethean
- Sandra Hebron – Former Artistic Director of Festivals at the British Film Institute (BFI)
- George Davies – Fashion Designer and Retailer
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