Honours
In the 2002 Queen's Birthday Honours Dickins was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire for services to the music industry, and on 15 July 2002 he received an Honorary Doctorate from his alma mater Loughborough University.
In October the following year he was the recipient of the 2003 Music Industry Trusts Award in recognition of his role as "talent finder extraordinaire".
In Spring 2005, Dickins was conferred as Visiting Professor in Music and Popular Culture at the University of the Arts London. He was appointed a Fellow of The Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce in March 2007. His second Visiting Professorship was confirmed in June of the same year in Music & Media Management at London Metropolitan University.
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