Christina Slade

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Christina Slade

Christina M. Slade (born 1953) is an Australian academic and author who was Vice-Chancellor of Bath Spa University, England, from 2012 to 2017.

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Biography

Slade is an Emeritus Professor of Bath Spa University, having held the position of Vice-Chancellor from January 2012 to August 2017. During her time in office she was responsible for the University's strategic plan, financial management, academic quality and the external profile. [1] One of her first projects, which she inherited, was the re-development of the university's Newton Park campus at a cost of £40 million. She was also responsible for driving a successful international student recruitment agenda.

Slade has held a number of senior academic roles including Dean of the Schools of Arts and of Social Sciences, and Shadow Deputy Vice-Chancellor at City University, London (2009–12). She was Dean of Humanities at Macquarie University (2003–9) and Professor of Media Theory at the University of Utrecht, in which capacity she led a €1.25 million seven-nation EU-funded project entitled 'Media and Citizenship: transnational television cultures reshaping political identities in the EU.' [2] At the University of Canberra (2001–3), Slade was Head of School for Creative Communication and developed a suite of modularised online Masters in New Media.

Educated at the Australian National University, she achieved a BA and a PhD in Philosophy (1982). Trained as a philosopher of logic and language, her research has focused on issues of the media since 1990. Her monograph, 'The Real Thing: doing philosophy with media' (2002) examines the role of reason in the media, while 'From Migrant to Citizen: testing language, testing culture', (2010) jointly edited with Martina Möllering, looks at linguistic, legal and philosophical aspects of citizenship testing. Slade has received a total of $5 million in external grants.

Slade is a member of several national and international committees, including University of Gibraltar Academic Board, [3] Association of Commonwealth Universities, [4] Institute of Directors, Royal Society of Arts, and the European Association of International Education. She was also Chair of the Philosophy of Communication Division for the International Communication Association (2004–7). [5] Involved in community organisations, Slade is an Honorary Life Patron for the Society of Philosophy for the Young.

She is married to a former Australian ambassador and has two children.

Awards and nominations

Australian directorships, 2000–2008

Bibliography

Monographs, joint and edited books

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References

  1. "Departing Bath Spa v-c paid £808K in final year". Times Higher Education (THE). 6 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  2. "Media and Citizenship: Transnational Television Cultures Reshaping Political Identity in the European Union". EU CORDIS. Retrieved 19 August 2017.
  3. "University of Gibraltar Academic Board". University of Gibraltar website. Retrieved 19 August 2017.
  4. "ACU members". Association of Commonwealth Universities website. Retrieved 30 April 2014.
  5. "International Communication Association Newsletter – Volume 35, Number 9, November 2007". International Communication Association website. Archived from the original on 2 May 2014. Retrieved 30 April 2014.
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