University of Leeds staff and Alumni have been recognised in the New Year's Honours list.

Peter Buckley, Professor of International Business, receives an OBE and Dr Kath Hodgson, Director of Learning and Teaching Support, receives an MBE.

Professor Buckley is Director of the Centre for International Business (CIBUL) and is recognised as a world-authority on international business. He has written 22 books, and has held visiting Professorships in universities around the world.

Dr Hodgson is a graduate of Leeds three times over, having completed all her higher-education qualifications (Cert Ed, MEd, PhD) at the university. After teaching middle school children for 20 years, she began working in the University's Planning Office in 1992 before moving into a learning and teaching role and going on to become head of the Teaching Quality Assurance Unit in 1998.

Acclaimed poet and former member of staff Geoffrey Hill receives a knighthood, as does alumnus and former staff member Professor Christopher Snowden, now Vice-Chancellor of the University of Surrey.