Dame Christine Braddock, DBE, DL is a British

further education Further education (often abbreviated FE) in the United Kingdom and Ireland is education in addition to that received at secondary school, that is distinct from the higher education (HE) offered in universities and other academic institutions. I ...

administrator, academic and was High Sheriff of the West Midlands for the year 2013-2014. Aston Webb Hall, Birmingham University

Early life

Christine Braddock was born in

Burnley Burnley () is a town and the administrative centre of the wider Borough of Burnley in Lancashire, England, with a 2001 population of 73,021. It is north of Manchester and east of Preston, at the confluence of the River Calder and River Bru ...

Lancashire Lancashire ( , ; abbreviated Lancs) is the name of a historic county, ceremonial county, and non-metropolitan county in North West England. The boundaries of these three areas differ significantly. The non-metropolitan county of Lancashi ...

, where she attended

Towneley High School Unity College is a mixed 11-16 comprehensive school in Burnley, Lancashire, England. History Former school Towneley High School originally opened in 1941. During its history it had been a technical school, an all-boys school, and latterly a ...

(then Burnley Technical High School) and later went to

Newcastle University Newcastle University (legally the University of Newcastle upon Tyne) is a UK public university, public research university based in Newcastle upon Tyne, North East England. It has overseas campuses in Singapore and Malaysia. The university is ...

. Going on to graduate from

Birmingham University , mottoeng = Through efforts to heights , established = 1825 – Birmingham School of Medicine and Surgery1836 – Birmingham Royal School of Medicine and Surgery1843 – Queen's College1875 – Mason Science College1898 – Mason Univers ...

with a BPhilEd in Education in 1989.

Career

She is currently chairman of Birmingham Children’s Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. Until 2014 she was the Principal and Chief Executive of

Birmingham Metropolitan College Birmingham Metropolitan College is a further and higher education college with 10 campuses distributed within Birmingham, England. The college was created in 2009 as an amalgamation of Matthew Boulton College and Sutton Coldfield College. The ...

. She previously ran prison education for the Home Office in the Midlands. Braddock was appointed as the new chairman of

Birmingham Children's Hospital Birmingham Children's Hospital is a specialist children's hospital located in Birmingham, England. The hospital provides a range of specialist services and operates the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) for the city. The serv ...

beginning in 2015. She is a past President of the Birmingham Chamber of Commerce and was the first public sector representative in its history to be nominated for the Presidency.

Appointments

She was appointed High Sheriff of the West Midlands in March 2013. She was awarded an honorary DUniv degree by

in 2013.

Honours

Braddock was appointed a

Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations, and public service outside the civil service. It was established o ...

(DBE) for services to Further Education in the

2013 New Year Honours The New Year Honours 2013 were appointments by some of the 16 Commonwealth realms to Orders and decorations of the Commonwealth realms, various orders and honours to recognise and reward good works by citizens of those countries. The New Year Hon ...

.Shatterford College Principal made a Dame
kidderminstershuttle.co.uk; accessed 9 February 2015. She had formerly been appointed a

Commander of the Order of the British Empire The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations, and public service outside the civil service. It was established o ...

(CBE)."Burnley girl made a Dame"
burnleyexpress.net; accessed 9 February 2015.

References

External links

Birmingham Metropolitan College profile
bmetc.ac.uk; accessed 9 February 2015. Alumni of the University of Birmingham Living people Dames Commander of the Order of the British Empire Deputy Lieutenants of the West Midlands (county) People from Burnley British academics English educators High Sheriffs of the West Midlands Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) {{England-academic-bio-stub