Dame Ann Limb Clarifies Academic Credentials Amid Peerage Nomination
Dame Ann Limb, chair of the King's Foundation and a Labour life-peer nominee, has admitted that she did not complete a PhD at the University of Liverpool and that her use of the Doctor title was due to honorary doctorates. An older CV listed a 1978 Liverpool PhD, but a July 2024 CV omitted the Dr honorific and the 1978 PhD, instead stating honorary PhDs from Anglia Ruskin University and the University of Northampton.
She also acknowledged that an MA claimed from the Institute of Linguistics was untrue. Previously, her website indicated she began teaching while undertaking a PhD at Liverpool. This admission was reported by the Sunday Times, and a No 10 document outlined reasons for her peerage nomination.
Dame Ann Limb was nominated for a life peerage by Labour in December 2023 and plans to step down as chair of the King's Foundation, a role she has held since January, to become a peer. In addition to this, she serves as pro-chancellor of the University of Surrey and chairs both the Lloyds Bank Foundation and the City & Guilds Foundation. She grew up in Moss Side, Manchester.
In 2020, the City & Guilds Foundation referred to her as Dr Ann Limb. She was made a dame in the 2022 Queen's Birthday Honours for services to young people and philanthropy.
