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Universities And Colleges Employers Association
The Universities and Colleges Employers' Association (UCEA) is the employers' association for universities and colleges of higher education (HE) in the United Kingdom. It represents universities and HE colleges in national negotiations with the five sector trade unions, government bodies, funding councils and other stakeholders. UCEA also provides advice to members (higher education institutions) on strategic and operational employment issues and undertakes research into human resource planning, pay, pensions, recruitment and retention of staff, and other employment related issues of interest. UCEA was established as new employers’ body on 1 April 1994 with subscriptions invited from 1 August of that year. UCEA's membership includes all UK universities and higher education colleges. The following are the constituent member organisations and the number of seats they have on the board: Universities UK (8), Universities Scotland (2), Committee of University Chairs (6) and GuildHE ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Boyne
George Boyne has been Principal and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Aberdeen since 1 August 2018. He led the creation of the University’s Aberdeen 2040 strategy which was launched in February 2020 to mark the 525th anniversary of the University’s foundation. Aberdeen 2040, which builds directly on the university’s foundational purpose to be open to all and dedicated to the pursuit of truth in the service of others, won the Higher Education Strategic Planners Association award for University strategy of the year in 2021. Boyne is Chair of the University Senate, a member of the University Court and a member of the Board of the University’s Development Trust. His external roles include Chair of the Scottish Committee of the Universities and Colleges Employers Association (UCEA), member of the Board of UCEA UK, member of the Board of Opportunity North East, and member of the Aberdeen City Deal Joint Committee. Boyne is a world-leading expert on the performance of publi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Higher Education
Higher education is tertiary education leading to award of an academic degree. Higher education, also called post-secondary education, third-level or tertiary education, is an optional final stage of formal learning that occurs after completion of secondary education. It represents levels 6, 7 and 8 of the 2011 version of the International Standard Classification of Education structure. Tertiary education at a non-degree level is sometimes referred to as further education or continuing education as distinct from higher education. The right of access to higher education The right of access to higher education is mentioned in a number of international human rights instruments. The UN International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights of 1966 declares, in Article 13, that "higher education shall be made equally accessible to all, on the basis of capacity, by every appropriate means, and in particular by the progressive introduction of free education". In Europe, Ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. The United Kingdom includes the island of Great Britain, the north-eastern part of the island of Ireland, and many smaller islands within the British Isles. Northern Ireland shares a land border with the Republic of Ireland; otherwise, the United Kingdom is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, the North Sea, the English Channel, the Celtic Sea and the Irish Sea. The total area of the United Kingdom is , with an estimated 2020 population of more than 67 million people. The United Kingdom has evolved from a series of annexations, unions and separations of constituent countries over several hundred years. The Treaty of Union between the Kingdom of England (which included Wales, annexed in 1542) and the Kingdom of Scotland in 170 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trade Unions
A trade union (labor union in American English), often simply referred to as a union, is an organization of workers intent on "maintaining or improving the conditions of their employment", ch. I such as attaining better wages and Employee benefits, benefits (such as holiday, health care, and retirement), improving Work (human activity), working conditions, improving safety standards, establishing complaint procedures, developing rules governing status of employees (rules governing promotions, just-cause conditions for termination) and protecting the integrity of their trade through the increased bargaining power wielded by solidarity among workers. Trade unions typically fund their head office and legal team functions through regularly imposed fees called ''union dues''. The delegate staff of the trade union representation in the workforce are usually made up of workplace volunteers who are often appointed by members in democratic elections. The trade union, through an electe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Universities UK
Universities UK (UUK) is an advocacy organisation for universities in the United Kingdom. It began life in the early 20th century through informal meetings of vice-chancellors of a number of universities and principals of university colleges and was previously known as the ''Committee of Vice-Chancellors and Principals of the Universities of the United Kingdom'' (CVCP). As of July 2022, UUK is led by President Steve West – Vice-Chancellor of the University of the West of England (UWE Bristol) – and Chief Executive Vivienne Stern. UUK is registered charity with an annual income of £13.7 million, which is largely raised from its member institutions. History In 1918 the first consultative meeting of all vice-chancellors was held. At that time, the committee consisted of just twenty-two universities and university colleges. In 1930, under the chairmanship of Sir Charles Grant Robertson, vice-chancellors secured a mandate from their respective universities that "it is desirable ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Universities Scotland
Universities Scotland was formed in 1992 as the Committee of Scottish Higher Education Principals (COSHEP) adopting its current name in 2000, when Universities UK was also formed. It represents 19 autonomous higher education institutions, 16 of them with University status and three other higher education institutions in Scotland. The Convener serves a two-year term of office. As of 2022, this post is held by Professor Sir Gerry McCormac, principal of the University of Stirling, while Alastair Sim has served as the organization's Director since 2009. Members The following are members: Aberdeen *University of Aberdeen * Robert Gordon University Dundee *Abertay University *University of Dundee Edinburgh *University of Edinburgh *Edinburgh Napier University * Heriot-Watt University *Queen Margaret University Glasgow *University of Glasgow *Glasgow Caledonian University *Glasgow School of Art *Royal Conservatoire of Scotland *University of Strathclyde St Andrews *University of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
GuildHE
GuildHE represents 57 higher education institutions in the UK, including universities, university colleges, further education colleges and specialist institutions. Member institutions include some major providers in professional subject areas including art, design and media; music and the performing arts; agriculture and food; education; law; business and management; construction; and health and sports. GuildHE is a formal representative body, alongside Universities UK and the Association of Colleges and is one of two bodies for higher education in the UK. The Chair of GuildHE is Anthony McClaran the Vice Chancellor of St Mary's University, Twickenham , mottoeng = Show Thyself to be a Mother , established = 1850 (as St Mary's College)2014 (gained university status) , type = Public university , religious_affiliation = Roman Catholic , endowment .... It is a company limited by guarantee and a charity. It was founded in the la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian Fender
Sir Brian Edward Frederick Fender, (born 15 September 1934) is an English academic executive. Career Fender was Chief Executive of the Higher Education Funding Council for England from 1995 to 2001. Prior to that he was Vice-Chancellor of Keele University (1985–95), Associate Director and Director of the Institut Laue-Langevin in Grenoble, France and Chairman of the Science Board of the UK's Science and Engineering Research Council. He is a graduate and Fellow of Imperial College. Sir Brian is currently a member of the University Grants Committee, Hong Kong, President of the National Foundation for Educational Research, Chairman of the National Council for Drama Training and a Director of Higher Aims Ltd, a private consultancy involved in higher education and research management. Sir Brian is a Fellow of the Institute of Physics, the Royal Society of Chemistry and a Companion of the Chartered Management Institute. He has honorary degrees or fellowships from eleven universities ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geoffrey Copland
Geoffrey Malcolm Copland (born 28 June 1942) is a British physicist and former vice-chancellor of the University of Westminster. Education Copland was educated at Fitzmaurice Grammar School in Bradford-on-Avon. He was an undergraduate student at Merton College, Oxford where he read Physics from 1960. After being awarded a first class undergraduate degree in 1963, he remained in Oxford for his DPhil, which was awarded in 1967 for research on hyperfine structure supervised by Brebis Bleaney. Career and research Following his doctorate, Copland spent two years at Yale University, before returning to the UK in 1969 as a Lecturer in Physics at Queen Mary College. In 1971 he joined Queen Elizabeth College as a Lecturer in Physics, a post he held until 1980. In 1981 he was made Dean of Studies at Goldsmiths College, then in 1987 he moved to become Deputy Rector at the Polytechnic of Central London (which later became the University of Westminster), becoming its Rector and Vice-Chancel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alasdair Smith
Alasdair Smith DL is a former professor of economics and Vice-Chancellor at the University of Sussex and is a former Chair of the 1994 Group. He is a noted international economist whose studies (often developed in concert with fellow economist Tony Venables) have been used by the European Union. He became a Deputy Chair of the Competition Commission in 2012 and was then an Inquiry Chair at the Competition and Markets Authority from 2014 to 2017. In April 2017, he became a member of the Scottish Fiscal Commission. Biography Early life Smith was born on the Isle of Lewis in Scotland in 1949. He is a graduate of the University of Glasgow, the London School of Economics and Oxford University. Career He taught for 9 years at the London School of Economics before becoming a professor of economics at the University of Sussex in 1981, and becoming vice-chancellor in 1998. While vice-chancellor, he restructured the university, and helped create the Brighton and Sussex Medical School. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Wakeham
__NOTOC__ Sir William Arnot Wakeham FREng (born 25 September 1944Debrett's People of Today ) is a British . From 2001 to 2009 he was of the . Education Wakeham received his undergraduate and graduate degrees in |
Keith Burnett
Sir Keith Burnett, CBE, FRS FLSW (born 30 September 1953) 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. Burnett is past Vice-Chancellor of the University of Sheffield. Burnett announced his retirement in January 2018 and he stepped down in September of that year when he was succeeded by Koen Lamberts. He received an Honorary degree from the University of Sheffield in July 2022. He is an honorary fellow of Jesus College, Oxford and St John's College, Oxford where he was a tutorial fellow for 20 years. Burnett has a long-standing commitment to vocational and technical education, advocating for the development of high-level vocational education and apprenticeships a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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