Glittering prizes

Golfers Seve Ballesteros and Colin Montgomerie will receive honorary degrees of doctor of laws from the University of St Andrews in July.

Warwick University is to award honorary degrees to: Baroness Amos, a government whip in the House of Lords and spokesperson on international development (LLD); Sir John Browne, chief executive of BP (DSc); Sir Terry Frost, artist (DLitt); De Anne Julius, independent member of the Monetary Policy Committee (LLD); Sir John Krebs, head of the Food Standards Agency (DSc); Jane Lapotaire, actress (DLitt); Jacob Palis, president of the International Mathematical Union (DSc); Barry Supple, director of the Leverhulme Trust (DLitt); and Lord Hunt, professor in climate modelling at the department of space and climate physics of University College London.

The University of Bristol will award honorary degrees to: Ralph Benjamin, visiting professor of engineering at the university (DEng); Keith Burgess, patron of the Campaign for Resource (LLD); Madeline Caviness, historian of medieval art (DLitt); Arnold Denman, supporter of university cancer research (MA); Laurie Hall, professor of medicinal chemistry at the University of Cambridge (DSc); Michael Hamlin, former principal and vice-chancellor of the University of Dundee (DEng); Andreas Kazamias, emeritus professor of education, University of Athens (DLitt); Dame Sheila Masters, chartered accountant (LLD); Terence Mordaunt, owner and manager of the port of Bristol (LLD); Ed Morrison, international rugby referee (MA); Monica Simms, former BBC radio and television producer and controller (DLitt); Christopher Stringer, anthropologist (LLD); Marko Turina, cardiac surgeon (MD); Martin West, chairman of the university joint social club (MSc); and philanthropist Garfield Weston, (LLD).

The London Institute has awarded honorary fellowships to: Dame Antonia Byatt, author; Alan Fletcher, designer; Ewen Henderson, ceramics artist; Norbert Lynton, art historian; and Sean Scully, painter. Illustrator Quentin Blake has received an honorary doctorate from the institute.

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