Honorary degrees

Aston University

DSc: Roy Hattersley, former deputy leader for the Labour party and member of parliament for Birmingham Sparkbrook, author of books and columnist for Punch, The Guardian and The Listener;Peter Knight, vice chancellor of the University of Central England; Raymond Baker, chief executive of the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council, former professor of chemistry at the University of Southampton and director of chemistry at Merck Sharpe Dohme;Thomas Connors, honorary professor at the centre for polymer therapeutics at the University of London.