Birthday Honours for psychologists

Congratulations are due to several psychologists and at least one psychology graduate, who were recognised in this year's Queen's Birthday Honours List.

Gisli Gudjonsson, professor of forensic psychology at the Institute of Psychiatry, and a fellow of the British Psychological Society, has been awarded the CBE for services to clinical psychology.

Peter Hulme, an associate fellow of the British Psychological Society, and until recently Principal Clinical Psychologist and Head of Profession for Psychology, Herefordshire Primary Care Trust, has been awarded an OBE for services to mental health care.

Lynne Babbington has also been awarded an MBE, for services to educational psychology in the London Borough of Harrow.

Society fellow Professor Judy Hutchings, Director of the Centre for Evidence Based Early Intervention at Bangor University, gets an OBE for services to special educational needs.

Society member and basketball star John Amaechi has been awarded an OBE for services to sport and the voluntary sector.

And Sheffield University psychology graduate Jessica Ennis, the current World and European heptathlon champion and world indoor pentathlon champion, has been awarded an MBE for services to athletics.