Change is afoot on the College of the West of Scotland (UWS) as a brand new head honcho prepares to step into the fray.
The college has introduced that Professor James Miller will probably be on the helm from November, 1, 2022.
He'll take over from Professor Craig Mahoney, who was within the job for eight years earlier than he left to change into vice-chancellor on the College of Legislation in November 2021.
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The previous deputy vice-chancellor of Glasgow Caledonian College, a place he had held since 2015, has an intensive track-record within the training sector, notably in relation to medical research.
His earlier roles embrace director of the Open College in Scotland and chief govt of the Royal School of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow.
He started his profession as a medical nurse, a task he held for 10 years earlier than happening to change into high quality facilitator and deputy director of Nursing for West Lothian Healthcare NHS Belief in 1992.
He subsequently held the position of divisional basic supervisor in South Glasgow College Hospitals NHS Belief from 2001 to 2005, later being appointed as chief govt of the Royal School of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow. He entered greater training administration as director of the Open College in Scotland in August 2010 earlier than taking on his present position at Glasgow Caledonian College.
Professor Miller has an MBA from Edinburgh Napier College, a PhD from the College of Edinburgh and is an alumnus of Harvard College’s Institute of Schooling Administration.
He's additionally a Fellow of the Royal Society of Drugs, a member of the Institute of Administrators, and was a founder member of the British Council’s Digital Advisory Board.
He can have general accountability for the administration and operation of UWS.
Professor Miller, stated: “I'm completely delighted to have been appointed as the following Principal and Vice-Chancellor on the College of the West of Scotland. It's a nice privilege to hitch the workforce at such an vital time for the College and better training extra broadly.
“The College’s enviable report on widening participation has seen it remodel the lives of hundreds of scholars in addition to the financial and social wellbeing of the communities it serves in Scotland, the UK and globally. Our focus will probably be to construct on the achievements of employees and college students in taking the College into the following thrilling part of its historical past.”
The College’s Courtroom oversaw the appointment of the brand new Principal and Vice-Chancellor following an intensive recruitment and choice course of, which included pupil and employees representatives.
UWS Chair of Courtroom, Kate Allum, stated: “It provides me nice pleasure to announce Professor James Miller’s appointment to this vital position, which additionally marks a momentous level in UWS’s historical past.
“As we work to ship our bold strategic imaginative and prescient for the College and proceed to offer a high-quality instructing and studying expertise for our wonderful college students, I sit up for working alongside Professor Miller whose values-based management will guarantee our great establishment continues to go from strength-to-strength.”
UWS has campuses in Paisley, Ayr, Lanarkshire, Dumfries, and London.
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