Cardiff University is a public research university in Cardiff,Wales. It was established in 1883 as the University College of South Wales and Monmouthshire and became a founding college of the University of Wales in 1893. It was renamed University College,Cardiff in 1972 and merged with the University of Wales Institute of Science and Technology in 1988 to become University of Wales College,Cardiff and then University of Wales,Cardiff in 1996. In 1997 it received degree-awarding powers,but held them in abeyance. It adopted the operating name of Cardiff University in 1999;this became its legal name in 2005,when it became an independent university awarding its own degrees.
The University of Wales,Newport,was a university based in Newport,South Wales,before the merger that formed the University of South Wales in April 2013. The university had two campuses in Newport,Caerleon on the northern outskirts of the city,which was subsequently closed during July 2016,and a £35 million campus on the east bank of the River Usk in Newport city centre which opened in 2011. In 2012 the university was ranked 111th out of 120 UK universities in the Guardian League Table for university rankings,105th out of 116 in The Complete University Guide and 104th out of 116 UK universities in the Times Good University Guide.
Cardiff Metropolitan University,formerly the University of Wales Institute,Cardiff and commonly referred to as Cardiff Met,is a university located in the city of Cardiff.
A chancellor is a leader of a college or university,usually either the executive or ceremonial head of the university or of a university campus within a university system.
Edelgard Bulmahn is a German politician from the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD). She served as Member of the German Bundestag between 1987 and 2017. She was Federal Minister of Education and Research from 1998 to 2005. From 2013 until 2017 she was elected as one of the Vice Presidents of the Bundestag.
Sir Deian Rhys Hopkin is an academic and historian,former vice chancellor and former President of the National Library of Wales. From 2013 to 2020,he served as Chair of Wales Remembers 1914-1918 and was expert adviser to the First Minister of Wales for the Centenary of the First World War. Hopkin was from 2001 until 2009 vice-chancellor and chief executive of London South Bank University,England. From 2011 to 2015,he was president of the National Library of Wales. He is a historian,originally from Wales and a fluent Welsh speaker.
Sir Michael James Paul Arthur FMedSci is a British academic who was the tenth provost and president of University College London between 2013 and January 2021. Arthur had previously been chairman of the Russell Group of UK universities and the vice-chancellor of the University of Leeds between September 2004 and 2013.
Chris Brink,CBE,FRSSAf is a South African mathematician and academic. He was the Vice-Chancellor of Newcastle University between 2007 and December 2016.
Sir Paul James Curran was president of City,University of London between August 2010 and June 2021. Sir Paul is now professor emeritus. Following a period of significant progress,City joined the University of London Federation in September 2016. He served previously as vice-chancellor of Bournemouth University (2005–10) and deputy vice-chancellor at the University of Southampton,where he is currently a visiting professor. As a member of the senior management team at Southampton,progressing from head of geography to dean of science,Curran was credited with high-profile leadership as head of the Winchester School of Art,part of the University of Southampton.
Sir Leszek Krzysztof Borysiewicz is a British professor,immunologist and scientific administrator. He served as the 345th Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge,his term of office started on 1 October 2010 and ended on 1 October 2017. Borysiewicz also served as chief executive of the Medical Research Council of the UK from 2007-2010 and was the chairman of Cancer Research UK from 2016 to 2023.
Sir Keith Burnett,CBE,FRS FLSW FINSTP is a British physicist and President Elect of the Institute of Physics. He is Chair of the Nuffield Foundation —an independent charitable trust with a mission to advance educational opportunity and social well-being,founding Chair of the Academic Council the Schmidt Science Fellows,and a member of the Board of international education providers Study Group.
Geraint Talfan Davies OBE DL FRIBA FLSW is a Welsh journalist and broadcaster,and a long-serving trustee and chairman of many Welsh civic,arts,media and cultural organisations.
Professor Dame Janet Patricia Beer,is a British academic who served as the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Liverpool from February 2015 until December 2022. She took over from Howard Newby,having previously been Vice-Chancellor at Oxford Brookes University and Pro-Vice Chancellor Academic and Dean of Humanities,Law and Social Sciences at Manchester Metropolitan University.
Dianne Marie Willcocks CBE DL was the Vice-Chancellor of York St John University until retirement in April 2010 and is a former Deputy Principal of Sheffield Hallam University.
Martin George Bean is an Australian education administrator. He served as the Vice-Chancellor of the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT),from 2015 to 2021. He was Vice-Chancellor of Open University from 2009 to 2015.
Sir Ian David Diamond FLSW is a British statistician,academic,and administrator,who served as Principal and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Aberdeen until 2018. He became the UK's National Statistician in October 2019.
Professor Nigel Peter Weatherill,BSc,PhD,DSc,FIMA,C.Math,FRAeS,C.Eng,C.Sci,FREng,FRSA,DL is the former Vice-Chancellor and Chief Executive of Liverpool John Moores University (2011-2018).
Anthony William Forster,FRSA FAcSS FHEA is a British political scientist and former British Army officer. He is the current vice-chancellor of the University of Essex and was previously deputy vice-chancellor of Durham University.
Cara Carmichael Aitchison,,FWLA,FLSW is a British social scientist and university leader. She was President and Vice Chancellor of Cardiff Metropolitan University from 2016 to 2024,and was formerly Vice-Chancellor and Chief Executive or Plymouth Marjon University in England (2013–2016). She was previously Dean of Moray House School of Education and Professor in Social and Environmental Justice at Edinburgh University in Scotland (2010–2013) and has an international research profile in the geography and cultural economy of leisure,sport and tourism and in gender studies,cultural identity and social inclusion.
Karen Margaret Holford is a Welsh engineer,Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Vice-Chancellor and Chief Executive of Cranfield University. She was formerly Deputy Vice-Chancellor at Cardiff University. She is also a former Pro Vice-Chancellor of the College of Physical Sciences and Engineering and Head of the School of Engineering. She is an active researcher of acoustic emission and her work has been applied to damage assessment inspections on industrial components.
