Dame Sandra June Noble Dawson, DBE , FAcSS ,BA (born 4 June 1946) is a British social scientist and academic. [1] She was Master of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge from 1999 to 2009, making her the first woman to be master of a formerly all male College at the University of Cambridge. [2] She was the inaugural KPMG Professor of Management Studies at the Cambridge Judge Business School. [3] She has a BA in sociology and history from Keele University. [4]
Dawson was also Director of the Judge Business School, University of Cambridge from 1995 to 2006 and one of the Deputy Vice Chancellors of the University of Cambridge between 2008 and 2012. Prior to this Dawson was Professor of Organisational Behaviour within the National Health Service (1990-1995) and Deputy Director of the Management School (1987-1994) at Imperial College London. [5]
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In 2010, the Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling appointed her as a non-executive director at the United Kingdom's Financial Services Authority, following her previous role on the board of directors at Barclays and Chase banks. She is also a trustee of Oxfam.
Dawson was created a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in 2004. [6] [7]
Dame Alison Fettes Richard, is an English anthropologist, conservationist and university administrator. She was the 344th Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge, the third Vice-Chancellor of Cambridge since the post became full-time, and the second woman. Before arriving at Cambridge, she served as the provost of Yale University from 1994 to 2002.
Dame Glynis Marie Breakwell is a British social psychologist, researcher and former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Bath. In January 2014 she was listed in the Science Council's list of '100 leading UK practising scientists'. Her tenure as Vice-Chancellor of the University of Bath was marred by controversy over her remuneration, culminating in her dismissal.
Cambridge Judge Business School is the business school of the University of Cambridge. The School is a provider of management education. It is named after Sir Paul Judge, a founding benefactor of the school. The School is a department of the university's School of Technology administrative group.
Andrew Frederic Wallace-Hadrill, is a British ancient historian, classical archaeologist, and academic. He is Professor of Roman Studies and Director of Research in the Faculty of Classics at the University of Cambridge. He was Director of the British School at Rome between 1995 and 2009, and Master of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge from August 2009 to July 2013.
Dame Julie Katharine Maxton is a British-New Zealand barrister, legal scholar, and academic administrator. Since 2011, she has been executive director of the Royal Society.
Dame Shirley Anne Pearce is a British academic and psychologist. She is Chair of Court and Council at the London School of Economics and Political Science and a member of the Higher Education Quality Assurance Panel for the Ministry of Education (Singapore).
Dame Alexandra Vivien Burslem, also known as Sandra Burslem, was a British academic and educationalist.
Dame Jean Olwen Thomas, is a Welsh biochemist, former Master of St Catharine's College, Cambridge, and Chancellor of Swansea University.
Dame Fiona Claire Reynolds is a British former civil servant and chair of the National Audit Office. She was previously Master of Emmanuel College, Cambridge and Director-General of the National Trust. She is the current Chair of the Governing Council at the Royal Agricultural University, Cirencester.
Dame Ann Patricia Dowling is a British mechanical engineer who researches combustion, acoustics and vibration, focusing on efficient, low-emission combustion and reduced road vehicle and aircraft noise. Dowling is a Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Professor of Mechanical Engineering, and from 2009 to 2014 she was Head of the Department of Engineering at the University of Cambridge, where she was the first female professor in 1993. She was President of the Royal Academy of Engineering from 2014 to 2019, the Academy's first female president.
Dame Lynn Faith Gladden is the Shell Professor of Chemical Engineering at the University of Cambridge. She served as Pro-vice-chancellor for research from 2010 to 2016.
The Council of the University of Cambridge is the principal executive and policy making body, having responsibility for the administration of the university, for the planning of its work and for the management of its resources. Since the Regent House is the governing body of the university, the council must report and be accountable to the Regents through a variety of checks and balances. It has the right of reporting to the university, and is obliged to advise the Regent House on matters of general concern to the university. It performs both functions by authorising notices to be published in the Cambridge University Reporter, its official journal.
Dame Alice Rosemary Murray, was an English chemist and educator. She was instrumental in establishing New Hall, Cambridge, now Murray Edwards College, Cambridge, and was the first woman to hold the office of Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge.
The Cambridge Commonwealth, European & International Trust is an organization that offers scholarships to students from overseas and the Commonwealth who have been accepted for admission to the University of Cambridge in England.
Dame Parveen June Kumar is a British doctor who is a Professor of Medicine and Education at Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry. She worked in the NHS for over 40 years as a consultant gastroenterologist and physician at Barts and the London Hospitals and the Homerton University Hospital. She was the President of the British Medical Association in 2006, of the Royal Society of Medicine from 2010 to 2012, of the Medical Women's Federation from 2016 to 2018 and of the Royal Medical Benevolent Fund from 2013 to 2020. She was also Vice President of the Royal College of Physicians from 2003 to 2005. In addition, she was a founding non-executive director of the National Institute of Clinical Excellence, chaired the Medicines Commission UK until 2005, and also chaired the BUPA Foundation Charity for Research until 2013.
Vivien Judith Rose, Lady Rose of Colmworth, is a British judge currently serving as a justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom.
Richard Vincent Penty, FREng is a British engineer and academic. He is the Head of the School of Technology and Professor of Photonics at the University of Cambridge.
Dame Madeleine Julia Atkins, is a British academic administrator, scholar of education, and former teacher. Since 2018, she has served as the 9th President of Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge. She was formerly vice-chancellor of Coventry University, and the Chief Executive of the Higher Education Funding Council for England (2014–2018).
Dame Veronica Anne Courtice, DBE, LVO, DL, born June 1952 in Johannesburg, known as Polly Courtice, has an MA from the University of Cambridge (1973) and is also a graduate of the University of Cape Town (1978). She is a Fellow of Churchill College and an Honorary Fellow of Murray Edwards College, Cambridge.
Dame Judith Irene Petts is a British academic and the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Plymouth.
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