The University of Nottingham

University of Nottingham staff and alumni have been recognised in the 2013 Queen’s Birthday Honours list.

Professor Nick Miles (Mining Engineering 1983 PhD) received an OBE for his work to further UK/China educational interests. Professor Miles is Pro-Vice-Chancellor and Provost of The University of Nottingham Ningbo China (UNNC).

Melanie Futer, Manager for Off-Campus Student Affairs, was awarded an MBE for services to higher education and community engagement. She has transformed the University’s engagement with the local community.

Among the alumni community: Honorary graduate Professor Nigel Richard Shadbolt (Hon DSc 2011), Professor of Artificial Intelligence, University of Southampton, was awarded a Knights Batchelor; Dinah Elizabeth Caine OBE (Politics 1981), Chief Executive Officer, Creative Skillset, was awarded a CBE; Mark Last (Human Rights Law 2000), a senior human rights adviser, UK Mission to the UN, was awarded an OBE; Professor Christopher Wathes (PhD 1978 Environmental Physics), formerly Chairman of the Farm Animal Welfare Committee, was awarded an OBE; and Charles Trippe (Industrial Economics 1965) was awarded an OBE.

MBEs were awarded to George Hitchon (Horticulture 1967) and Ann Hambly (MEd Education 1998), Head of Special Educational Needs and Advance Skills Teacher, Queen Elizabeth’s Grammar School, Ashbourne.