Three experts in the fields of music, children’s services and sport will be recognised at graduation ceremonies organised by the University of Chichester this week.
Andy Brown, the founder and leader of the London Metropolitan Orchestra, will be conferred with an Honorary Master of Arts degree, while Dame Gillian Pugh, former chief executive of Coram Family, a leading children’s charity, and Professor Celia Brackenridge, the first Chair of the UK Women’s Sports Foundation, will both be conferred with Honorary Fellowship awards.
The trio will receive their awards alongside around 1500 students who have completed their degrees at the University of Chichester. They will formally graduate at ceremonies taking place at Chichester Festival Theatre on Friday 22 and Saturday 23 October 2010.
Further details of honorary awards:
Honorary Master of Arts – Andy Brown (Ceremony 1: Friday 22 October, 10am)
Andy Brown founded and leads the London Metropolitan Orchestra, a multimedia orchestra which employs London’s best musicians renowned for their virtuosity. LMO is one of the finest film recording orchestras in the world, having recorded more than 250 films and worked on many of the greatest Hollywood films.
Andy grew up and went to school in Chichester and is clearly one of the world’s leading film music conductors, having worked with all the major Hollywood studios and worldwide record companies since the orchestra was formed in 1994. The LMO is now working with an exciting younger generation of composers and Andy Brown gives generously of his time to work with and inspire students in the University’s music department.
Honorary Fellowship – Dame Gillian Pugh (Ceremony 4: Saturday 23 October, 10am)
Dame Gillian Pugh retired in 2005 as Chief Executive of Coram Family, a leading children’s charity which aims to develop and promote best practice in the care and support of very vulnerable children and their families. She has published widely, including London’s Forgotten Children: Thomas Coram and the Foundling Hospital (2008) and Contemporary Issues in the Early Years (5th edition 2009). Gillian chaired the Advisory Committee for the Cambridge Primary Review and is a co-author of the final report Children, their World, their Education (Routledge 2009). She was a member of the LGA Narrowing the Gap project team, and is chair of the National Children’s Bureau. Gillian is President of the National Childminding Association, a member of the Children’s Workforce Development Council, is on the Board of the Training and Development Agency for Schools, is visiting Professor at the Institute of Education, and an advisor to the House of Commons Select Committee for children, schools and families. She has recently been appointed to the Family Justice Review panel. She was awarded the DBE in 2005 for services to children and families.
Honorary Fellowship – Professor Celia Brackenridge (Ceremony 6: Saturday 23 October, 2pm)
Professor Brackenridge is internationally respected for her work investigating issues of abuse and harassment in sport, and for her extensive and significant contribution to child protection. She was programme consultant to the International Olympic Committee Medical Commission Consensus Statement on Sexual Harassment and Abuse in Sport (2007) and to the UNICEF working group on violence against children in sport (2007-2008). She serves on the Research Committee of the National Organisation for the Treatment of Abusers and chairs the Research Task Force of the NSPCC/Sport England Child Protection in Sport Unit. She is also a child protection tutor for Sports Coach UK and for the British Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences. Professor Brackenridge was the first Chair of the UK Women’s Sports Foundation, she chaired the Leisure Studies Association from 1993-1995, edited the journal of Leisure Studies from 1995-1997, has published extensively, and is a former international athlete and captain of the England and Great Britain women's lacrosse teams.
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