National Honours

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National Honours

The Scottish Government’s Protocol and Honours team welcome nominations for a range of national honours. Anyone can submit a nomination, including university staff and students. Nominations from under-represented groups are particularly welcome.

Past recipients of an award from the university community include Professor James N’Dow, who was made an OBE for services to the profession of urology, and Paul Mealor, Professor of Composition, who became a Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order.

Please note that self-nominations for national honours are not permitted. If you are putting someone else forward, then they should not be made aware of the nomination, as the submission may no longer be accepted.

Timeframe and nomination form

Nominations can be submitted at any time. Further support and advice on national honours and the nomination process is available from the Scottish Government and can be found here.

To request an Honours pack, which contains a nomination form, a guidance note to help you complete the process, and a template for at least two mandatory letters of support, please contact: ScottishHonours@gov.scot

For general university related queries, the public affairs team may be contacted on: publicaffairs@abdn.ac.uk

What happens next?

National honours are announced twice a year, with New Year Honours typically announced on January 1st and the King’s Birthday Honours usually announced in June.

The University does not have any control over the timescale for the award of a national honour as the process is overseen by the UK Cabinet Office.

If staff have any queries about the nomination process, they should contact the Scottish Government’s Protocol and Honours team on: ScottishHonours@gov.scot