University of York to award Honorary Degrees for 2022

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Leading figures from the worlds of history, sport, media, and health are set to receive honorary degrees from the University of York this month.

The University confers honorary degrees to individuals who have made outstanding contributions to society.

This year’s round of honorary degrees will be awarded as part of the University's graduation ceremonies on Tuesday 3 May - Friday 6 May 2022.

This year’s honorary graduands are:

• Author and Historian Professor Timothy Garton Ash

• Chair of Kick It Out, English football’s leading equality and inclusion charity, Sanjay Bhandari

• Chief Executive of York Traveller's Trust, Violet Cannon

• Technology journalist and author, Newsnight producer, Rory Cellan-Jones

• Economist Professor Diane Coyle CBE

• Surgeon and co-founder of York Against Cancer, Professor Stephen Leveson

• Ecological economist, Kate Raworth

• Historian and collector, Lisa Unger Baskin

• Chair of the BRIT School, and former President and Managing Director of Warner Bros. UK, Ireland and Spain, Josh Berger CBE

Professor Timothy Garton Ash

Professor Timothy Garton Ash is an author and historian. He is a Professor of European Studies at the University of Oxford, Isaiah Berlin Professorial Fellow at St Antony’s College, Oxford, and a Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University. He is the author of ten books of contemporary history and political writing which have explored many facets of the history of Europe.

Sanjay Bhandari

Sanjay Bhandari is Chair of Kick It Out, English football’s leading equality and inclusion charity. He is an active and recognised thought leader in Equality, diversity and inclusion. He was a member of the Premier League’s Equality Standard Independent Panel for four years, and is part of the Government-sponsored Parker review into the ethnic diversity of UK boards.

Violet Margaret Princess Cannon

Violet Cannon is the Chief Executive of York Traveller's Trust. She is a Yorkshire-born Romany Gypsy, and was brought up in a traditional Gypsy family, living roadside for most of her formative years. She went on to train as a youth worker, which led to different Gypsy Traveller-specific roles including researcher, author, and becoming the inaugural chair of the Northern Network of Travelling People.

Professor Diane Coyle CBE

Economist Professor Diane Coyle is the Bennett Professor of Public Policy at the University of Cambridge. Diane co-directs the Bennett Institute, where she heads research under the themes of progress and productivity. Diane was awarded a CBE for her contribution to the public understanding of economics in 2018.

Source

https://www.york.ac.uk/news-and-events/news/2022/quality/york-to-award-9-honorary-degrees/