Alumni at the University of Bradford

Honorary Graduates

The University of Bradford confers an Honorary Degree at each of its award ceremonies throughout the academic year.

A member of the University's staff presents the Honorary Graduand to the Chancellor. He or she will be an individual who has made a particular contribution in a field which is of academic interest to the University or which reflects the University's core values and mission. Often the Honorary Graduand has local connections.

The award of an Honorary Degree is recognition by the University of the contribution that the individual has made to academic life or to society at large.

Our honorary graduates are from all walks of life and include:

• David Hockney
• The Rt Hon Betty Boothroyd
• Alan Titchmarsh MBE
• Sir David Attenborough
• Peter Sallis
• Jeremy Paxman
• Dame Diana Rigg
• Sir Digby Jones
• Brian Blessed
• David Bailey
• Lord Bragg of Wigton in the county of Cumbria
• Doreen and Neville Lawrence
• Baroness Valerie Amos
• Sir John Lewis
• Inspector Martin Baines
• Barrie Rutter
• Barbara Stephens
• Lord Haskins of Skidby
• Baroness Estelle Morris
• Professor Craig Jordan
• Dr Gill Hawksworth

Plus many many more! A full list, with years, will appear here soon.