Glasgow women earn Queen’s birthday honours

Four female professors at the University of Glasgow have received awards in the Queen's Birthday Honours List. Professors Sally Macintyre, Mona Siddiqui, Noreen Burrows and Sheila Rowan all received honours as part of the Queen's official 85th birthday celebrations. Professor Sally Macintyre, Director of the Institute of Health and Wellbeing and Director of the Medical Research Council/Chief Scientist Office Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, has received a DBE (Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire). Mona Siddiqui, Professor of Islamic Studies and Director of the Centre for the Study of Islam and Noreen Burrows, Jean Monnet Professor of European Law, are awarded OBEs (Officer of the Order of the British Empire). Sheila Rowan, an experimental physicist in the School of Physics, was awarded an MBE (Member of the Order of the British Empire). Professor Anton Muscatelli, Principal & Vice Chancellor of the University of Glasgow, said: 'We are very proud that so many of our academics have received honours from Her Majesty The Queen. The awards recognise the huge contribution each has made to their field and to education in Scotland and the UK as a whole.