{"id":529,"date":"2015-07-10T15:50:06","date_gmt":"2015-07-10T15:50:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/southamptonconnects\/?p=529"},"modified":"2015-07-16T15:06:26","modified_gmt":"2015-07-16T15:06:26","slug":"appointment-of-new-vice-chancellor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/southamptonconnects\/2015\/07\/10\/appointment-of-new-vice-chancellor\/","title":{"rendered":"Appointment of new Vice-Chancellor"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure><a href=\"http:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/southamptonconnects\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/sites\/27\/\/2015\/04\/VC.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-587\" src=\"http:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/southamptonconnects\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/sites\/27\/\/2015\/04\/VC.jpg\" alt=\"New Vice-Chancellor\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>Professor Sir Christopher Snowden has been appointed as the University\u2019s tenth Vice-Chancellor from October 2015. He succeeds Professor Don Nutbeam, who has served Southampton as Vice-Chancellor since 2009.<\/p>\n<p>Current President and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Surrey and President of Universities UK, Professor Snowden joins Southampton at a time when the University\u2019s global reputation for research, education and enterprise continues to rise. With an annual turnover in excess of \u00a3500m and research income surpassing \u00a3100m year-on-year, Southampton:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>is one of the country\u2019s strongest universities for research, ranking eighth amongst all UK institutions in the recent Research Excellence Framework for research intensity<\/li>\n<li>is expanding its international links and influence through strategic partnerships with universities and businesses around the globe, including specific ties with organisations in Malaysia, Singapore, China, the United States, South America and throughout Europe<\/li>\n<li>thrives at the forefront of innovative education in a range of areas, including the University\u2019s leadership in the development of MOOCs (Massive Online Open Courses)<\/li>\n<li>has created the UK\u2019s largest university-business collaboration with Lloyd\u2019s Register<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Professor Snowden joined the University of Surrey in 2005 as President and Vice-Chancellor and was knighted in the 2012 New Year Honours for services to higher education and engineering. He is a member of the Prime Minister\u2019s advisory Council for Science and Technology and President of Universities UK (2013-2015). He has just become Chair of the Queen Elizabeth II Prize Committee \u2013 the \u2018Nobel Prize\u2019 of Engineering and sits on the governing body of the UK\u2019s InnovateUK.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Professor Sir Christopher Snowden has been appointed as the University\u2019s tenth Vice-Chancellor from October 2015. 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