Only two technology leaders on honours list

parliamentary reporter, Computing, Monday 14 June 2010 at 16:09:00

Imperial college ICT director and secretary of UK children's charity recieve
gongs

The Queen's Birthday Honours list released on Friday [11/06] saw just two
technology gongs awarded.

An MBE, to ICT Director of Imperial College London, Arthur Spirling, and an
OBE to John Carr, Secretary of the UK Children's Charities' Coalition on
Internet Safety and long-time campaigner for improved child safety on the
internet.

Stirling was awarded "for services to Higher Education," and lives in
Carshalton, Surrey.

Carr was awarded for his contribution to internet safety, being a key figure
in promoting the establishment of the Child Exploitation and Online Protection
centre (CEOP), the UK police?s main operational national agency for dealing with
online child protection.

He said of the award: "I am deeply moved and honoured to have my work
recognised in this way. I am also very keen for this award to be seen as an
acknowledgement of everything Britain?s children?s charities have been doing to
help make the internet an even better place than it already is.?

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