A number of journalists and broadcasters are among those to be awarded honorary degrees by Queen's University, Belfast, next year.
The list, published yesterday, includes the editor of The Irish Times, Ms Geraldine Kennedy, and the BBC's Special Correspondent, Mr Fergal Keane.
It also includes the writer and broadcaster Lord Bragg, the TV presenter Gloria Hunniford, and the leading neuroscientist Baroness Susan A. Greenfield.
Ms Kennedy and Mr Keane will both be honoured for their services to journalism and are to receive Doctor of the University (DUniv) degrees.
Ms Kennedy worked for a number of newspapers including The Irish Times and the Sunday Tribune before she was elected a TD in 1987, representing the Progressive Democrats in Dún Laoghaire.
She returned to journalism in 1989, becoming political editor of The Irish Times in 1999 and editor in 2002.
Mr Keane began his reporting career with the Limerick Leader and Chronicle before moving to the Irish Press.
He joined RTÉ in 1984 and later the BBC, for which he has reported from several continents.
In 1996 he was awarded an OBE in Britain for his services to journalism. He is also the author of several books including Season of Blood and Letter to Daniel.
Lord Bragg - formerly Melvyn Bragg - began his career as writer, journalist and broadcaster in 1961.
He is synonymous with the long-running ITV arts programme, the South Bank Show, but is also a prolific author, his books including The Hired Man, On Giant's Shoulders and The Adventure of English: the Biography of a Language. He was made a life peer in 1998.
Ms Hunniford is a TV presenter, journalist, author and singer. Born in Portadown, Co Armagh, she has hosted many programmes, including Songs of Praise, Gloria Live and Something for the Weekend.
She recently founded the Caron Keating Foundation in memory of her daughter, the former Blue Peter presenter, who died from cancer earlier this year.
Queen's University's other honorary graduands in 2005 include Prof Sir George S. Bain, a Canadian academic and industrial relations specialist, and Prof Gina Green, a psychologist specialising in autism.