Recruitment of Vice Chancellor

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Dear Manchester Metropolitan University,

I am writing to request the following information:

1. The full list of names of the interview panel that interviewed and recruited the current Vice Chancellor Malcolm Press;
2. A copy of your criteria, as a University, for the recruitment of members to the University's external Board (headed by Vanda Murray).

Yours faithfully,

Mark Hulme

FOI, Manchester Metropolitan University

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Dear Mr Hulme

 

Please find below the information held by the University in the categories
you have requested:

 

1. We can advise that the Appointment Committee and Advisors relating to
the appointment of the current Vice Chancellor were as follows:

Appointment Committee:

• Vanda Murray, Chair of the Board of Governors

• Tony Davison, Independent Governor

• Norman Harrison, Deputy Chair of Board and Independent Governor

• Professor Sir David Melville, Co-opted Governor & Former Vice-Chancellor
of University of Kent

• Wendy Wright, Co-opted Governor

Advisors to the Committee:

• Professor Karen Moore, Registrar

• Professor Dame Nancy Rothwell, External Advisor and President and
Vice-Chancellor of University of Manchester

• Joelle Warren Co-opted member of Nominations, Governance and
Remuneration Committee and former Independent Governor

 

2. Information about the University’s Governance structure, including
recruitment to the Board, is published on the University website, please
see:
[1]https://www2.mmu.ac.uk/about-us/our-peop...
and
[2]https://www2.mmu.ac.uk/media/mmuacuk/con....

 

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Legal Services | Manchester Metropolitan University

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Dear FOI,

Thank you for that information.

Yours sincerely,

Mark Hulme