A BANGOR University professor is to be awarded a British Empire Medal (BEM) after being included on the New Year Honours List.
Professor Alexander (Sandy) Toogood, an Honorary Professor at Bangor University’s School of Education, has been rewarded for services to people with intellectual disabilities.
Prof Toogood, from Ruthin, a former senior lecturer in Behavioural Analysis and is now honorary professor in the School of Education.
He said: “Receiving an award is a humbling experience for most and very often a stimulus for reflecting on the wonderful work being done by one’s friends and colleagues.
"Increasingly, people with severe or profound intellectual disabilities are finding new ways to contribute to society, which is more inclusive now than when I started in the field forty years ago.