Ed Sheeran

A filmmaker who created music videos for Oasis and Paul Weller is one of five esteemed recipients receiving honorary doctorates from the University of ...

She has spent her entire career with the Mary Rose Trust, and is now the Head of Research and Curator of Ordnance and Human Remains at the Trust, which is responsible for preserving, displaying and spreading knowledge of the warship and its crew. The study also resulted in a massive 10-year programme identifying a raft of biomarkers in blood, which are now a key element of clinical trials in Alzheimer’s and are used as a route to develop targeted drug therapy. Professor Burnett is also a world-renowned physicist, and was recognised with a CBE for services to physics in 2004 and a knighthood for services to science and higher education in 2013. Professor Sir Keith Burnett, who will receive a Doctor of Science. Professor Burnett was Vice-Chancellor of the University of Sheffield from 2007-2018, and during his tenure Sheffield was named University of the Year by Times Higher Education and enhanced its worldwide reputation as a top 100 university. Sir Simon Lovestone, who will receive a Doctor of Medicine. Sir Simon is a world-leading figure in the development of drug therapies against Alzheimer’s disease whose contributions to the understanding of the condition have transformed the direction of research internationally. She also played a significant role in the London regeneration project for the 2012 Olympics. Dame Nimmo was appointed CBE in 2004 for services to urban regeneration, and DBE in 2019 for public service, and has been named one of the 100 most powerful women in the UK by BBC Radio 4.