University of St Andrews

DD: Gerd Theissen, professor of New Testament, University of Heidelberg.

DLitt: William Boyd, author; Billie Whitelaw, actress; Nawal El Saadwai, author.

DSc: Richard Mabey, writer and broadcaster; Roger Penrose, professor in mathematics, University of Oxford; Eve Arnold, photographer; Jessica Rawson, warden of Merton College, Oxford.

LLD: Elizabeth Carnegy, former member of the university's court, life peer; Hanan Mikhail-Ashrawi, minister of higher education, Palestinian National Authority; Gavin Brown, vice chancellor, University of Sydney.

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University of Kent at Canterbury

DCL: Eddy Fong, partner with Coopers & Lybrand in Hong Kong, in recognition of his public service to Hong Kong and for his advice and help to the university; Michel Rocard, former prime minister of France, for his contribution to French public life and the European Parliament; Peter Williams, former director of the Kent Institute of Art and Design in recognition of his contribution to art education in Kent.

DLitt: Lewis Elton, professor of science education, UCL, in recognition of his contribution to higher and science education and the work of the University of Kent; Mary Soames, author and chairman of the trustees of the Winston Churchill Memorial Trust, in recognition of her contribution to literature and public life.

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