Honorary doctorates

Honorary doctorates will be conferred upon Baroness Eliza Manningham-Buller, former director general of MI5 Keir Starmer QC, director of public prosecutions, Sir Ian Kershaw, the academic and historian, and Baroness Onora O’Neill, the philosopher and cross-bench member of the House of Lords.

The ceremonies will take place on 12 July at the University of Leeds. Sir Mark Elder, currently music director of the Halle, will be awarded an honorary degree in September.