Howard Newby
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Sir Howard Newby was born in 1947 and grew up in Derby. He was vice-chancellor of the University of Southampton. His other academic posts include professor of sociology at the University of Essex and visiting appointments in Australia and the United States. From 1980-83 he was professor of sociology and rural sociology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
In August 2001, Sir Howard ended a two-year term as president of Universities UK, the UK body which represents the university sector. His year-long presidency of the British Association ended in September 2002. He was appointed as the Chief Executive of The Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) in October 2001. He is a director of the Universities Superannuation Scheme Limited, chair of trustees for the National Centre for Social Research.
Sir Howard has published many books and articles on social change in rural England and was for eight years a Rural Development Commissioner, a member of the Government body responsible for the economic and social regeneration of rural England. From 1983-88 he was director of the ESRC Data Archive, a national facility for storing and disseminating computerised datasets for use by researchers in the public and private sectors.
Sir Howard was awarded a CBE in 1995 for his services to social science and a knighthood in 2000 for his services to higher education.
He is also a member of the Railway Heritage Committee and trustee of Swindon Steam Railway Museum.
He has been appointed as the vice chancellor of the University of the West of England, starting in 2006
