Dame Ann was among nominees to the House of Lords announced by Downing Street earlier in December, having held a number of senior public and private roles.<\/p>\n
The King’s Foundation – which offers courses in practical skills to young people – announced last week that she would be stepping down from her role as chair, which she had held since January, to become a peer.<\/p>\n
An old version of her online CV, seen by the BBC, refers to her with the “Dr” honorific and lists a PhD from the University of Liverpool in 1978 as among her qualifications.<\/p>\n
She was referred to as Dr Ann Limb by the City & Guilds Foundation, which she also chairs, in 2020, and in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list, external<\/a> announcing her damehood in 2022.<\/p>\n However, a new version of her CV – made in July 2024 – omits the Dr honorific and the supposed 1978 PhD, stating that she received honorary PhDs from Anglia Ruskin University and the University of Northampton.<\/p>\n Her website still says that she began her teaching career in further education “whilst undertaking a PhD at the University of Liverpool”.<\/p>\n