Honorary degrees

BRUNEL UNIVERSITY DSc: Ivo Babuska, research professor at the Texas institution for computational and applied mathematics, University of Texas at Austin.

DUniv: Gordon Brown, privy councillor and shadow chancellor of the Exchequer, opposition spokesperson on Treasury and economic affairs; Anastasios Christodoulou, secretary general of the Association of Commonwealth Universities (1980-96) and former foundation secretary of the Open University; Margaret Thatcher, member of the House of Lords, prime minister (1979-90) and supporter of Brunel's Women into Science and Engineering programme.

DTech: Edmund Wallis, chief executive of Powergen, member of the court of governors of Henley Management College.

MUniv: Michael Craxton, member of Hillingdon Borough Council and mayor of Hillingdon (1995-96), supporter and adviser to Brunel University arts centre; John Guest, managing director and founder of John Guest Ltd.