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class="entry-title"><a href="https://imaguitarist.wordpress.com/2011/07/19/jeff-beck-receives-an-honorary-fellowship-from-university-of-the-arts-london-and-university-of-sussex/" rel="bookmark">Jeff Beck receives an Honorary Fellowship from University of the Arts London and University of Sussex</a></h2> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="meta-prep meta-prep-author">Posted on</span> <a href="https://imaguitarist.wordpress.com/2011/07/19/jeff-beck-receives-an-honorary-fellowship-from-university-of-the-arts-london-and-university-of-sussex/" title="12:39 pm" rel="bookmark"><span class="entry-date">July 19, 2011</span></a> <span class="meta-sep">by</span> <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://imaguitarist.wordpress.com/author/bathguitarschoolband2009/" title="View all posts by Richard Perkins">Richard Perkins</a></span> </div> <div class="entry-content"> <p><strong>Jeff Beck has received an Honorary Fellowship from University of the Arts London in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the field of Music.</strong></p> <p><a href="https://imaguitarist.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/jeff-beck-honorary-degree.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="1158" data-permalink="https://imaguitarist.wordpress.com/2011/07/19/jeff-beck-receives-an-honorary-fellowship-from-university-of-the-arts-london-and-university-of-sussex/jeff-beck-honorary-degree/" data-orig-file="https://imaguitarist.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/jeff-beck-honorary-degree.jpg" data-orig-size="249,441" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="jeff-beck-honorary-degree" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://imaguitarist.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/jeff-beck-honorary-degree.jpg?w=169" data-large-file="https://imaguitarist.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/jeff-beck-honorary-degree.jpg?w=249" class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1158" title="jeff-beck-honorary-degree" src="https://imaguitarist.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/jeff-beck-honorary-degree.jpg?w=84&h=150" alt="" width="84" height="150" srcset="https://imaguitarist.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/jeff-beck-honorary-degree.jpg?w=84 84w, https://imaguitarist.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/jeff-beck-honorary-degree.jpg?w=168 168w" sizes="(max-width: 84px) 100vw, 84px" /></a>On this special occasion Jeff swapped his guitar for the scroll to collect his honorary degree yesterday in London (18/7/11). Congratulations have been pouring in on Jeff’s <a title="Jeff Beck Facebook" href="http://www.facebook.com/jeffbeck" target="_blank">Facebook page</a>, and quite rightly so!</p> <p>Jeff is also due to receive an honorary doctorate of music from Sussex University in Brighton later this summer.</p> <h2><strong>UPDATE!</strong></h2> <p><strong>Jeff Beck has received an Honorary Degree from the University of Sussex for his ‘outstanding’ contribution and career in music.</strong></p> <p><a href="https://imaguitarist.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/jeff-beck-degree-uni-sussex.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="1162" data-permalink="https://imaguitarist.wordpress.com/2011/07/19/jeff-beck-receives-an-honorary-fellowship-from-university-of-the-arts-london-and-university-of-sussex/jeff-beck-degree-uni-sussex/" data-orig-file="https://imaguitarist.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/jeff-beck-degree-uni-sussex.jpg" data-orig-size="592,720" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="jeff-beck-degree-uni-sussex" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://imaguitarist.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/jeff-beck-degree-uni-sussex.jpg?w=247" data-large-file="https://imaguitarist.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/jeff-beck-degree-uni-sussex.jpg?w=592" class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1162" title="jeff-beck-degree-uni-sussex" src="https://imaguitarist.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/jeff-beck-degree-uni-sussex.jpg?w=123&h=150" alt="" width="123" height="150" srcset="https://imaguitarist.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/jeff-beck-degree-uni-sussex.jpg?w=123 123w, https://imaguitarist.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/jeff-beck-degree-uni-sussex.jpg?w=246 246w" sizes="(max-width: 123px) 100vw, 123px" /></a>He received his award from the comedian and actor Sanjeev Bhaskar, who is the university’s chancellor.</p> <p>The university said the honour acknowledged “an outstanding musical career and celebrated the relationship between the university and the Brighton Institute of Modern Music (BIMM)”.</p> <p>Watch his post ceremony interview: <a title="BBC iPlayer Jeff Beck" href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b012myn5/South_East_Today_21_07_2011/?t=22m10s" target="_blank">http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/</a></p> <p>—</p> <p>A fall tour was announced last month starting on October 12th in Halifax, NS and ending on November 1st in Napa, CA. 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