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NTU alumni recognised in the 2021 New Year Honours List

Published: 18/01/2021

We’re proud to announce that four NTU alumni and honorary graduates have been recognised in the Queen’s 2021 New Year Honours list. The list marks the achievements and service of extraordinary people across the UK throughout 2020 and beyond.

The alumni honoured are:

  • Darryl Morgan (BEd Hons Education, 1986) has been awarded an OBE for services to children and young people special educational needs and disabilities in Surrey. Darryl is currently Head Teacher at the Ridgeway School in Farnham.
  • Ema Swingwood (BSc Hons Combined Studies in Science, 2003) has been awarded an OBE for her services to physiotherapy research. Ema is a respiratory physiotherapist, previously at Queens Medical Centre in Nottingham, and now at University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust. She is also Chair of the Association for Chartered Physiotherapists in Respiratory Care (ACPRC) and has led on the development of respiratory physiotherapy advice and guidance during the pandemic.
  • David Lewis (BA Hons Business Studies, 1987) was awarded a Knight Batchelor (Sir) for services to the food industry and to business. In September 2014, David took up the role of CEO at Tesco, a post which he held until September 2020. In 2012 he was awarded an Honorary Degree of Doctor of Business Administration (Hon DBA) by NTU in recognition of his outstanding service to creative and sustainable business leadership and development within a global corporation.
  • David Pearson CBE (Applied Social Studies, 1982; MSc Public Services Management 2004) was awarded a Knight Batchelor (Sir) for services to health and social care integration. David worked for Nottingham County Council for 36 years, retiring as Director of Adult Social Care. He continues to act as an advisor to the government on social care and health reform and is currently the Independent Non-Executive Chair of the Nottingham Integrated Health & Care System and Chair of the Social Care Sector Covid-19 Support Taskforce. In 2019 we welcomed David back to NTU during graduation, where he was awarded an Honorary Degree of Doctor of Social Sciences.

We’d like to congratulate our alumni on their outstanding successes.