Dame Ann Limb Clarifies Academic Titles Amid Life Peerage Announcement
Dame Ann Limb, chair of the King's Foundation, has clarified that she did not complete a PhD at the University of Liverpool and has acknowledged using the Doctor title based on honorary doctorates instead. In an updated CV from July 2024, the Dr honorific and the 1978 PhD were removed, with honorary PhDs from Anglia Ruskin University and the University of Northampton listed instead.
She also admitted that a previous claim of holding an MA from the Institute of Linguistics, made during a Sunday Times interview, was untrue. Dame Ann Limb has been nominated for a life peerage by the Labour Party, with Downing Street announcing the peerage in December 2025. She will step down from her chair position to take on this new role.
Throughout her career, she has held various significant roles including pro-chancellor of the University of Surrey and chair or non-executive director positions at the City & Guilds Foundation and the Lloyds Bank Foundation. A No 10 document outlining the reasons for her peerage nomination highlights her chairing and governance roles across public, private, and charity sectors.
Dame Ann Limb grew up in Moss Side, Manchester, and was made a dame in 2022 in recognition of her services to young people and philanthropy.
