Honorary doctorates are worth precisely nothing - they are a mechanism for universities to have someone who looks glamorous sitting in graduation ceremonies. Frankly, I would just ignore it - Pompey Poly is a very minor institution in any case.
Universities award people who matter other things. I sat in on the ceremonies where Boris Johnson got an honorary doctorate, and from GA Dr. Tony Segal got an honorary fellowship - at the same university. There was no doubt that the former was pure show, and the latter pure substance.
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