A member of the university's academic staff with a passion for the care of older people and an alumni leading in the field of sustainable building are among 10 university connections recognised with MBEs in this month's King's Birthday Honours List.

Professor Adam Gordon, from the School of Medicine and President of the British Geriatrics Society, has been awarded an MBE for his services to older people's healthcare.

Clara Bagenal George (Architecture and Environmental Design, 2013), the founder of the Low Energy Transformation Initiative (LETI), has been made an MBE for her services to the built environment and climate change.

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Adam Gordon

In his academic role as Professor of the Care of Older People at the University of Nottingham, Adam has played a key role in developing undergraduate and postgraduate curricula in geriatric medicine. He is also a visiting professor at City University in London, a National Institute of Health Research Senior Investigator and a faculty member of the European Academy of Medicine of Ageing.

Adam is internationally renowned as a leading expert in the field of geriatric medicine and is recognised for his work as a skilled clinician, influential academic and widely published researcher.

Adam's research is focused primarily on how healthcare is delivered in care homes. His published work in this field has informed national policy and shaped changes to service delivery to improve the quality of life, healthcare and service planning for older people living in care homes. 

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King's Birthday Honours - full list

  • Sir Robert Behrens (Politics, 1973) - for public service.
  • Professor Washington Ochieng CBE (Engineering Surveying & Space Geodesy, 1990) - for services to global positioning and satellite systems.
  • Professor Laura Serrant CBE (Nursing, 2004) - for services to nursing.
  • Paddy Tipping CBE (Philosophy, 1972) - for services to parliamentary and political service.
  • Dr Jeanelle de Gruchy OBE (Primary Healthcare, 2002) - for services to public health.
  • Professor Rhona Stainthorp OBE (Politics/Psychology, 1967) - for services to education.
  • Clara Bagenal George MBE (Architecture, 2013) - for services to the built environment and to climate change.
  • Professor Adam Gordon MBE (Clinical Education, 2009) - for services to older people's healthcare.
  • Pradip Patel MBE (MBA Business Administration/Management Studies, 1996) - for services to the NHS.
  • Sarah Randall-Paley MBE (English, 1989) - for services to Higher Education.

Clara Bagenal George

Clara, who graduated from Nottingham in 2013, helped set up the Low Energy Transformation Initiative (LETI) in 2017.

The LETI is a voluntary network of built environment professionals, established to share best practice and expertise to help the UK meet net zero targets through sustainable construction.

The network, which now consists of more than 1,000 professionals across the fields of architecture, engineering and academia, has published building guidance consistent with the UK’s climate targets every year since it was established.

Bagenal George, who now works full-time for sustainability engineering company Etude, said she was ‘bowled over’ by the award, describing it as ‘a great recognition for LETI, that our work is recognised as important and valued’.

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