We are thrilled to announce that Professor Sue Yeandle has been awarded an OBE in the King’s Birthday Honours List, recognizing her profound impact on care research, policy and practice in the UK and internationally.
For over 40 years, Sue has been a determined advocate and pioneer in the field of care research. Her unwavering commitment to improving the lives of those who provide and receive care, combined with her groundbreaking research, has made her an internationally leading academic and a truly worthy recipient of this prestigious honour.
Sue’s extensive career includes developing and leading large national and international research projects and centres, notably the first Economic and Social Care Research Council-funded Centre dedicated to care. Her landmark collaboration with colleagues and Carers UK in 2007 resulted in “Valuing carers – calculating the value of carers’ support” a figure that has been updated repeatedly and cited frequently by policymakers and those advocating for the rights of carers. Leveraging her vast knowledge and expertise, Sue has been a leading voice in reimagining care policy in the UK and internationally. Through her powerful collaborative partnerships with stakeholders outside of academia, including local authorities, policymakers, charitable organisations, and advocacy groups, she has helped develop new policies and support systems that have brought about tangible, positive changes in the lives of people who receive and provide care.
We extend our warmest congratulations to Professor Sue Yeandle on this outstanding and well-deserved recognition.
I’m delighted to accept this honour recognising the contribution made by studies of care and caring I have led over many years.
I’m grateful both to colleagues who’ve worked with me as we’ve tried, through our research, to make a difference in carers’ lives, and especially to the many unpaid carers and carers’ organisations I’ve met along the way. I hope they will feel this honour also recognises hem, and unpaid carers all around the world, who contribute so much to our world each and every day.
It’s wonderful that Sue’s contribution to research on care and caring has been recognised. Her work is inspirational in how it has shone a light on the experiences of people experiencing care and caring, but also in demonstrating how research can make a real world difference to people’s lives
Vice-President and Head of Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Sheffield, Professor Ruth Blakely, said;
This is richly deserved recognition for Sue’s leadership within and beyond the University of Sheffield and the advances that she has made in our understanding of this pressing contemporary social challenge
