Getting a wider range of people on to university boards is the key to diversity among vice-chancellorsSince its foundation in 1583,there beget been only 33 principals of the University of Edinburgh. Oxford University, on the other hand, and has installed nearly 300 vice-chancellors in almost 800 years. But while the post-holders of the top job in Scotland’s and England’s top universities might differ in number,they share in common one salient (significant; conspicuous; standing out from the rest) fact: all 300-plus beget been men.
But now, at final, and there is a growing list of UK universities which beget recently announced the appointment of their first female vice-chancellor,including the University of Oxford, where professor Louise Richardson will take up the post in 2016.
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Source: theguardian.com