Brigadier Jane Arigho CBE RRC
Doctor of Science
Tuesday 3 November - Afternoon Ceremony
Brigadier Jane Arigho is a perioperative nurse who has served with great distinction at the head of the British Army’s medical services. After a series of increasingly senior posts in Army hospitals in the UK and overseas she became Director of Army Nursing Services in 1995. Later, as Director Defence Nursing Services, she established the unified military nursing organisation which is celebrated for its life-saving work in many conflicts including the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. After retirement Jane Arigho was Colonel Commandant of the Queen Alexandra’s Royal Army Nursing Corps from 2005 until 2008.
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Bernard Dyer
Doctor of Science
Wednesday 4 November - Afternoon Ceremony
Bernard Dyer is a distinguished industrial chemist who spent most of his working life at senior levels in ICI, where he led numerous major projects and was ultimately responsible for all new products. Latterly he was a member of the Board Support Group at the company’s Millbank HQ. In retirement he has tirelessly served the British Association for the Advancement of Science, which brings scientists and industry together, and other charities. He has also greatly enriched the life of Dorset as Chairman of the Poole Harbour Heritage Project and other maritime heritage bodies, and as Chairman of Dorset Life magazine.
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Darren Kenny OBE
Doctor of Arts
Tuesday 3 November - Morning Ceremony
Darren Kenny is an outstanding Paralympic cyclist who sets an inspirational example of determination and perseverance against the odds. Accidents and injuries seemed to have ended his career at the age of 18, but he returned to competitive cycling some years later and swiftly rose to the heights of international success. At the 2008 Paralympic Games in Beijing he won four gold medals and one silver, following two gold medals and one silver at Athens in 2004. He has been World Cup champion six times and holds numerous speed records.
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Peter Kosminsky
Doctor of Arts
Friday 6 November - Morning Ceremony
Peter Kosminsky is an eminent TV drama director and writer. His critically acclaimed work has for many years dealt with strong social and international issues such as child abuse (No Child of Mine), bullying in schools (Walking on the Moon), the United Nations’ involvement in Bosnia (Warriors) and the death of the government scientist David Kelly (The Government Inspector). Britz, in 2007, reflected the differing attitudes of second-generation British Muslims to world events through the stories of a young Muslim brother and sister. Peter Kosminsky is a Visiting Fellow of The Media School at Bournemouth University.
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Gordon Page CBE DL
Doctor of Business Administration
Thursday 5 November - Morning Ceremony
Gordon Page has made an enormous contribution to the business community of Bournemouth, Poole and Dorset over a period of two decades. After 27 years with Rolls Royce he joined Cobham plc in
1990. As Chief Executive and later Chairman, he led the company to global standing as a front-runner in the development, delivery and support of aerospace and defence systems. He is currently Chairman of Hamworthy plc. Among many other prominent roles in business and education he chairs the Multi-Area Agreement for Bournemouth, Dorset and Poole, a partnership of local authorities, businesses and educational and training organisations (including Bournemouth University) working for the economic development of the region.
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Bernard Roberts
Doctor of Engineering
Tuesday 3 November - Morning Ceremony
Bernard Roberts is the founder and Chief Executive of Marben Engineering Co Ltd, a Ferndown based company which makes and supplies boiler technology equipment for power stations around the world. As a leading international specialist in boiler engineering, Bernard’s expertise is much in demand and he has played key technical roles in many high profile power-supply projects, many in developing countries. These have led him into extensive charitable work, most notably in Zimbabwe where he has organised many relief projects and has supported schools, universities, hospitals and churches.
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