Lucy Cavendish College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge.
Dame Alison Fettes Richard,is an English anthropologist,conservationist and university administrator. She was the 344th Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge,the third Vice-Chancellor of Cambridge since the post became full-time,and the second woman. Before arriving at Cambridge,she served as the provost of Yale University from 1994 to 2002.
The Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) was a non-departmental public body in the United Kingdom,which was responsible for the distribution of funding for higher education to universities and further education colleges in England since 1992. It ceased to exist as of 1 April 2018,when its duties were divided between the newly created Office for Students and Research England.
Julia Elizabeth King,Baroness Brown of Cambridge,is a British engineer and a crossbench member of the House of Lords,where she chairs the Select Committee on Science and Technology. She is the incumbent chair of the Carbon Trust and the Henry Royce Institute,and was the vice-chancellor of Aston University from 2006 to 2016.
Dame Sandra June Noble Dawson,BA is a British social scientist and academic. She was Master of Sidney Sussex College,Cambridge from 1999 to 2009,making her the first woman to be master of a formerly all male College at the University of Cambridge. She was the inaugural KPMG Professor of Management Studies at the Cambridge Judge Business School. She has a BA in sociology and history from Keele University.
Dame Glynis Marie Breakwell is a British social psychologist,researcher and former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Bath. In January 2014 she was listed in the Science Council's list of '100 leading UK practising scientists'. Her tenure as Vice-Chancellor of the University of Bath was marred by controversy over her remuneration,culminating in her dismissal.
Dame Janet Valerie Finch DBE,DL,FAcSS is a British sociologist and academic administrator. She was Vice-Chancellor and Professor of Social Relations at Keele University,and has held a number of other public appointments in the UK. She currently holds an honorary position at the Morgan Centre for the Study of Relationships and Personal Life,based in the School of Social Sciences,University of Manchester. She is also part of Flooved advisory board.
Dame Jean Olwen Thomas,is a Welsh biochemist,former Master of St Catharine's College,Cambridge,and Chancellor of Swansea University.
Sir Keith Burnett,CBE,FRS FLSW FINSTP is a British physicist and President Elect of the Institute of Physics. He is Chair of the Nuffield Foundation —an independent charitable trust with a mission to advance educational opportunity and social well-being,founding Chair of the Academic Council the Schmidt Science Fellows,and a member of the Board of international education providers Study Group.
Dianne Marie Willcocks CBE DL was the Vice-Chancellor of York St John University until retirement in April 2010 and is a former Deputy Principal of Sheffield Hallam University.
Dame Ann Patricia Dowling is a British mechanical engineer who researches combustion,acoustics and vibration,focusing on efficient,low-emission combustion and reduced road vehicle and aircraft noise. Dowling is a Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Professor of Mechanical Engineering,and from 2009 to 2014 she was Head of the Department of Engineering at the University of Cambridge,where she was the first female professor in 1993. She was President of the Royal Academy of Engineering from 2014 to 2019,the Academy's first female president.
Dame Lynn Faith Gladden is the Shell Professor of Chemical Engineering at the University of Cambridge. She served as Pro-vice-chancellor for research from 2010 to 2016.
Dame Alice Rosemary Murray,was an English chemist and educator. She was instrumental in establishing New Hall,Cambridge,now Murray Edwards College,Cambridge,and was the first woman to hold the office of Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge.
Dame Julia Mary Goodfellow is a former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Kent,and Chair of the British Science Association. She was the president of Universities UK from 1 August 2015 until July 2017.
Ruth Sarah Farwell retired as Vice-Chancellor and Chief Executive of Buckinghamshire New University in February 2015.
Dame Parveen June Kumar is a British doctor who is Professor of Medicine and Education at Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry. She worked in the NHS for over 40 years as a consultant gastroenterologist and physician at Barts and the London Hospitals and the Homerton University Hospital. She was the President of the British Medical Association in 2006,of the Royal Society of Medicine from 2010 to 2012,of the Medical Women's Federation from 2016 to 2018 and of the Royal Medical Benevolent Fund from 2013 to 2020. She was also Vice President of the Royal College of Physicians from 2003 to 2005. In addition,she was a founding non-executive director of the National Institute of Clinical Excellence,chaired the Medicines Commission UK until 2005,and also chaired the BUPA Foundation Charity for Research until 2013.
Dame Clare Lucy Marx was a British surgeon who was president of the Royal College of Surgeons of England from July 2014 to July 2017,the first woman to hold the position,and former chair of the Faculty of Medical Leadership and Management. From January 2019 until July 2021,Dame Clare was chair of the General Medical Council,the first woman appointed to that role.
The Honours Committee is a committee within the Cabinet Office of the Government of the United Kingdom formed to review nominations for national honours for merit,exceptional achievement or service. Twice yearly the Honours Committee submits formal recommendations for the British monarch's New Years and Birthday Honours. Members of the Honours Committee—which comprises a main committee and nine subcommittees in speciality areas—research and vet nominations for national awards,including knighthoods and the Order of the British Empire.
Dame Ann Geraldine Limb is a British educationalist,business leader,charity chair and philanthropist. In September 2015,she became the first woman Chair of The Scout Association since the organization was founded by Robert Baden Powell in 1907. Limb also serves as the 789th High Sheriff of Buckinghamshire,the first Quaker to hold this office.
