04 Jan 07

Four Oxford academics have been awarded the CBE in the Queen's New Year Honours list:

Professor Doreen McBarnet, Professor of Socio-Legal Studies and a Fellow of Wolfson College, was honoured for services to social science.

Professor Stephen Nickell, formerly a member of the Monetary Policy Committee and Warden of Nuffield College since 2006, was honoured for services to economics.

Sarah Spencer, Associate Director of COMPAS (Centre for Migration, Policy and Society), and an Associate Member of Nuffield College, was honoured for services to equal opportunities and human rights.

Professor Farhan Nizami, a Fellow of Magdalen College and Founder Director of the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies, was honoured for services to Islamic studies.