New vice chancellor ‘is real coup’ for university

LEEDS University has announced that the head of the body which funds the country’s higher education sector is to become its next vice chancellor at the start of the next academic year.
By The Newsroom
Published 26th Mar 2013, 00:01 BST

Sir Alan Langlands, who is currently the chief executive of the Higher Education Funding Council for England, will take over from Professor Michael Arthur who is leaving Leeds at the end of August.

The new vice chancellor also used to head up Dundee University and spent six years as the chief executive of the NHS. Sir Alan said: “I feel very privileged to be the next vice chancellor of the University of Leeds.

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“I am attracted by the university’s heritage, values and distinctive ability to integrate world class research, scholarship and education and I am looking forward to meeting the students and staff at the beginning of the academic year.”

Prof Arthur has welcomed the appointment, describing Sir Alan as “an outstanding appointment and a stellar figure in the UK higher education sector, who will, I know, work tirelessly to continue to make Leeds a truly world-class university.”

Leeds University’s pro chancellor Linda Pollard said: “I am absolutely delighted at Alan’s appointment. This is a real coup for Leeds, and a very exciting moment for the institution.”

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