Dame Janet Olive Trotter (born 29 October 1943) is an academic and administrator in higher education; she helped found the

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in 2001, becoming its first Vice-Chancellor in the same year. She lives in

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Career

Trotter was born in

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and attended the Technical High School for Girls at

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before entering Bishop Lonsdale Church of England College (1962-1965) (now part of the

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), where she read Religious Studies. Trotter taught at

King Alfred's College, Winchester , mottoeng = Wisdom and Knowledge , established = 1840 - Winchester Diocesan Training School1847 - Winchester Training College1928 - King Alfred's College2005 - University of Winchester , type = Public research university ...

(now the University of Winchester) before becoming Vice-Principal of

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, Lancaster (now part of the

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) and Principal of St Paul and St Mary's College,

. In 1989 she chaired

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's committee which produced the "Trotter Report" for the

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on the use of

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in initial

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. In 1990 she was appointed Director of the Cheltenham and Gloucester College of Higher Education, when St Paul and St Mary's College was merged with the higher education sector of the Gloucestershire College of Art and Technology. Trotter subsequently oversaw its conversion into the

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in 2001, and was its founding

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and principal until her retirement in 2006. As chair of the Council of Church Colleges and Universities she was instrumental in advocating a church presence in higher education. While pursuing a career in

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, she has also held several positions within the

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and the Southwest of England. She is currently chair of the Gloucestershire Hospitals Trust. On 24 October 2010, Trotter was appointed

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. Trotter is a Lay Member of Chapter of

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Dame Trotter is currently chair of The Cyber Trust, a charity founded by Professor Richard Benham in 2016 to help vulnerable groups online.

Awards and honours

Trotter was appointed OBE in 1991, promoted to DBE in 2001 and CVO in 2018. She has received

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ates from the

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;

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;

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;

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; the

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; Newman University College and the

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Publications

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References

External links

Official biography
2004 Report of

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(page 20), archived 2 April 2012, accessed September 2021.
Report on inauguration of University of Gloucestershire

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