The Fellowship of the Academy of Social Sciences (FAcSS) is an award granted by the Academy of Social Sciences to leading academics, policy-makers, and practitioners of the social sciences.
Fellows were previously known as Academicians and used the post-nominal letter "AcSS". This was changed in July 2014 to bring the academy in line with other British learned societies. [1]
The first fellows (then known as academicians) were elected in 1999. The inaugural fellows were: [2]
There were 91 people elected to the fellowship in 2002: [3]
There were 60 people elected to the fellowship in 2003: [4]
There were 51 people elected to the fellowship in 2004: [5]
There were 63 people elected to the fellowship in March 2006: [6]
There were 20 people elected to the fellowship in September 2006: [7]
These people are known to have been selected sometime prior to 2007: [8]
There were 64 people elected to the fellowship in 2009: [9]
There were 70 people elected to the fellowship in February 2011: [10]
There were 63 people elected to the fellowship in 2012: [12]
There were 35 people elected to the fellowship in March 2013: [13]
There were 51 people elected to the fellowship in August 2013: [14]
There were 28 people elected to the fellowship in March 2014: [15]
There were 34 people elected to the fellowship in September 2014: [16] [17]
There were 33 people elected to the fellowship in March 2015: [18]
There were 46 people elected to the fellowship in October 2015: [19]
There were 84 people elected to the fellowship in 2016: [20]
There were 47 people elected to the fellowship in March 2017: [21]
There were 69 people elected to the fellowship in October 2017: [22]
There were 58 people elected to the fellowship in 2018: [23]
There were 73 people elected to the fellowship in 2019: [25]
There were 73 people elected to the fellowship in 2020: [26]
There were 74 people elected to the fellowship in 2021: [27]
There were 47 people elected to the fellowship in March 2022: [28] [29]
There were 40 people elected to the fellowship in September 2022: [30] [31]
There were 55 people elected to the fellowship in 2023: [32]
The New Year Honours 2010 were announced on 31 December 2009 in the United Kingdom, New Zealand, Cook Islands, Barbados, Grenada, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Saint Lucia, Belize, Antigua and Barbuda, Saint Christopher and Nevis and other Commonwealth realms to celebrate the year passed and mark the beginning of 2010.
The New Year Honours 2011 were announced on 31 December 2010 in the United Kingdom, New Zealand, The Cook Islands Grenada, Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Belize, Antigua and Barbuda, Saint Christopher and Nevis, to celebrate the year passed and mark the beginning of 2011
The New Year Honours 2014 were appointments by some of the 16 Commonwealth realms to various orders and honours to recognise and reward good works by citizens of those countries. The New Year Honours are awarded as part of the New Year celebrations at the start of January.
The 2014 Birthday Honours were appointments by some of the 16 Commonwealth realms of Queen Elizabeth II to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of those countries. The Birthday Honours are awarded as part of the Queen's Official Birthday celebrations during the month of June. The Queen's Birthday Honours were announced on 14 June 2014 in the United Kingdom, on 9 June 2014 in Australia, on 2 June 2014 in New Zealand, on 14 June 2014 in Grenada, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Saint Lucia and Belize.
The New Year Honours 2016 were appointments by some of the 16 Commonwealth realms to various orders and honours to recognise and reward good works by citizens of those countries. The New Year Honours are awarded as part of the New Year celebrations at the start of January. The official lists of the 2016 New Year Honours for civilians and military were announced on 31 December.
The 2018 New Year Honours are appointments by some of the 16 Commonwealth realms to various orders and honours to recognise and reward good works by citizens of those countries. The New Year Honours are awarded as part of the New Year celebrations at the start of January and were officially announced in The London Gazette on 30 December 2017. Australia, an independent Realm, has a separate honours system and its first honours of the year, the 2018 Australia Day Honours, coincide with Australia Day on 26 January. New Zealand, also an independent Realm, has its own system of honours.
The 2018 Queen's Birthday Honours are appointments by some of the 16 Commonwealth realms of Queen Elizabeth II to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of those countries. The Birthday Honours are awarded as part of the Queen's Official Birthday celebrations during the month of June. The Queen's Birthday Honours for the United Kingdom were announced on 9 June; the honours for New Zealand were announced on 4 June and for Australia on 11 June.
The 2019 New Year Honours are appointments by some of the 16 Commonwealth realms to various orders and honours to recognise and reward good works by citizens of those countries. The New Year Honours are awarded as part of the New Year celebrations at the start of January and were officially announced in The London Gazette at 22:30 on 28 December 2018. Australia, an independent Realm, has a separate honours system and its first honours of the year, the 2019 Australia Day Honours, coincide with Australia Day on 26 January.