Awards and Honours
Rosen was appointed as the sixth Children's Laureate in June 2007, succeeding Jacqueline Wilson, and held this honour till 9 June 2009, being succeeded by Anthony Browne. Rosen signed off from the Laureateship with an article in The Guardian, in which he said, poignantly: "Sometimes when I sit with children when they have the space to talk and write about ... things, I have the feeling that I am privileged to be the kind of person who is asked to be part of it".
In summer 2007, Rosen was awarded an Honorary D.Litt at the University of Exeter. On 19 January 2008, Rosen was presented with an Honorary Doctorate of Letters from the Tavistock and Portman NHS Trust and the University of East London at a ceremony held at the Institute of Education.
On 5 November 2008, he was presented with an Honorary Masters degree at the University of Worcester. On 18 November 2008, he was presented with the Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (Knight of the Order of Arts and Literature) by the Government of France at the French Ambassador's residence in London.
On 2 April 2010 he was given the Fred and Anne Jarvis Award by the National Union of Teachers for "campaigning for education". On 22 July 2010, Michael Rosen was awarded an honorary degree of Doctor of Education (DEd) by Nottingham Trent University. On 5 April 2011, he was awarded an Honorary Doctorate at the Institute of Education, University of London. On 20 July 2011, Michael Rosen was awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Letters by the University of the West of England.
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