The University of Bristol awards honorary tiers to Colin Skellett OBE, Anne-Marie Imafidon MBE, and Paul Lindley OBE at diploma ceremonies days [19 February] in the Wills Memorial Building.
Colin Skellett OBE is the Chief Executive of Wessex Water and Group Chief Executive of the Wessex Water/YTL UK Group. With more than forty years in commercial enterprise, he has held non-govt roles in rail, journey, and international infrastructure, in addition to working with numerous charities.
In 2012, he changed into offering an OBE for offerings to enterprises and the charity WaterAid. His present-day roles consist of being the non-executive chair of the European Connoisseurs Travel and the Chair of the Merchants’ Academy schools.
A scientist and engineer via schooling, Colin is also a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry. This morning he might be recognized with a Doctor of Laws degree.
Anne-Marie Imafidon MBE, Hon FBSA, FRSA, Hon DSc became recently named ‘one of the world’s pinnacle 50 girls in tech’ by Forbes and is the co-founding father of Stemettes and incubator Outbox, which work to inspire and guide the subsequent era of ladies into Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM).
At age 10, Anne-Marie exceeded her Mathematics and ICT GCSEs. At using the age of 11, she turned into the youngest lady to pass A-degree in computing. By age 20, she became the youngest woman to be presented with a Master’ in Mathematics and Computer Science from Oxford University.
Further accolades include; UK IT Industry and British Computer Society’s Young IT Professional of the Year in 2013 and Red Magazine’s ‘Woman to Watch 2014’. Anne-Marie was offered an MBE 2017 for services to younger ladies and STEM sectors.
This afternoon she will be awarded a Doctor of Science at the birthday party of her work.
Paul Lindley OBE, Hon LLD, could be known by his former group in this night’s rite with an honorary Doctor of Laws.
Paul graduated from the University of Bristol in 1989, studying Economics and Politics (BSc). He observed Ella’s Kitchen in 2006, now the United Kingdom’s largest organic infant meals emblem.
Paul also co-based The Key is E, helping African marketers whose social agencies gain kids. He turned into these days appointed Chair of the London Child Obesity Taskforce and is also Chair of the non-profit Robert F Kennedy Human Rights UK, a Trustee of the educational company Sesame Workshop, and sits on the Board of social corporation Toast Ale.
When we think about the present, the first component that comes to the primary component that involves the mind for many of us is schooling. This isn’t always simply because of the truth that there are a lot of grants available for education. It is because of this reality that this idea has been with us for quite a while now. It has given departments and students alike regions to assign into, parts that, aside from the provider, they could by no means have entered.
Types of Education Grants
The authorities, non-profit organizations, and the private sector supply many types of offers. There are training offers available for children as well as for adults.
For example, there’s the Toshiba America Foundation that offers to help K-12 students in Mathematics and Science. On the other hand, there’s also the Citi Group Foundation; they offer presents for people pursuing a course (research) in Financial Education.