Madeleine Atkins

Professor Madeleine Julia Atkins, CBE, DL is a former vice-chancellor of Coventry University, and current (from 2014) Chief Executive of the Higher Education Funding Council for England.

Life

Atkins was born 1952 and took a degree in Law and History at Cambridge.[1][2] After a PhD at University of Nottingham she was a school teacher before joining Newcastle University, where she rose to be pro-vice-chancellor.[2] She was vice-chancellor of Coventry University from 2004 to 2013, becoming Chief Executive of HEFCE on 1 January 2014.[2]

Honours

She was awarded a CBE in the 2012 New Year Honours for services to Higher Education.[3] and she is a Deputy Lieutenant of the West Midlands [4]

References

  1. ↑ The Guardian 16 December 2003 Madeleine Atkins: a head for the heartlands
  2. 1 2 3 www.hefce.ac.uk Professor Madeleine Atkins CBE
  3. ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 60009. pp. 1–28. 31 December 2011.
  4. ↑ The West Midlands Lieutenancy Vice Lord-Lieutenant & Deputy Lieutenants
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