Minister of Education (1954-1957 and 1959-1962) and Minister for the Arts (1970-1973).
Staff member, Faculty of Education, Human & Social Studies, Polytechnic of the South Bank.
Dr Miriam Stoppard OBE, also known by her married name of Lady Hogg, is an English medical doctor, author, television presenter and advice columnist. She was made an Honorary Doctor of Science in November 1989.
Sir Michael Heron was made an Honorary Doctor of Letters in 1997.
Jessica Huntley was made an Honorary Doctors of Letters of the University in November 2000. She was a Guyanese-born British publisher, and a women's and community rights activist, notable as the founder in 1969 of Bogle-L'Ouverture Publications in London. Among other activism, Huntley was a co-founder with Margaret Busby and others of Greater Access to Publishing (GAP), a voluntary group campaigning for greater diversity within the mainstream publishing industry.
Sir David Cecil Clementi is a British business executive and a former Deputy Governor of the Bank of England. From January 2017 he was Chairman of the BBC Board.
David Clementi was made an Honorary Fellow of the University in 2001.