ENGLAND football manager Roy Hodgson and the creator of The Thick of It, Armando Iannucci are among seven people to get honorary degrees from the University of York.

On Friday and Saturday this week the University of York will award seven honorary degrees to among others, the UK’s senior Law Lord, an acclaimed writer and broadcaster, a leading humanitarian and the manager of the England football team.

Lord Neuberger, Armando Iannucci, Lieutenant-General Roméo A Dallaire and Roy Hodgson will receive honorary doctorates alongside hundreds of graduates at the university’s graduation ceremonies taking place at Central Hall in Heslington.

Every year, the university confers honorary degrees on people who have made a significant contribution to society. Honorary graduates are selected from nominations by members of the university and often have existing links with academic departments or are York alumni.

Roy Hodgson was appointed manager of the England national football team on 1 May 2012. His 36-year career as a manager began with Swedish club Halmstad in 1976 and England is the fourth national team he has managed. He speaks five languages and has served on FIFA and UEFA technical study groups. He is the England team’s 13th permanent manager.

Armando Iannucci is a writer and broadcaster who has written and produced a number of critically acclaimed television and radio comedy shows. The screenplay for his film In The Loop (starring Peter Capaldi, Tom Hollander and James Gandolfini) was nominated for an Oscar at the Academy Awards, and his iconic series for the BBC, The Thick of It, was nominated for 13 BAFTA Awards, winning five during its four-series run.

The latest series of his lauded HBO comedy Veep took home a number of Emmy awards and he is currently adapting a new version of Charles Dickens’ David Copperfield for the big screen, as well as a feature film about the death of Stalin.

The other gongs go to Professor Chris Somerville who is a pioneering plant and microbial biologist. He is currently the Philomathia Professor of Alternative Energy at the University of California, Berkeley, and Director of the Energy Biosciences Institute.

Professor The Lord Darzi of Denham is an Honorary Consultant Surgeon at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust and holds the Paul Hamlyn Chair of Surgery at Imperial College London, the Royal Marsden Hospital and the Institute of Cancer Research.

Lieutenant-General The Honourable Roméo A Dallaire achieved the rank of Lieutenant General and assistant deputy minister of human resources in the Canadian military. He served as a Canadian Senator from March 2005 to June 2014.

The Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury is a judge and has been President of the UK’s Supreme Court since 2012, covering English, Welsh and Northern Irish law and Scottish civil law. A Lord of Appeal in Ordinary, he became Master of the Rolls in 2009.

Also receiving his degree will be Edmund de Waal, one of the world’s leading artists. He is best known for his large-scale installations of porcelain vessels, which have been exhibited in many museums and galleries around the world, including the Victoria and Albert Museum and Tate Britain.