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Departing Vice-Chancellor
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Institution
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Reason for leaving
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Succeeded by
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Mark Cleary
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University of Bradford
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Summer 2007 to 1 October 2013. Retired age 59
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Brian Cantor who left York where he was VC
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Sir Eric Thomas
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University of Bristol
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Retirement. Age 62. Leaving August 2015.
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Hugh R. Brady from Sept 2015
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Terence Kealey
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Buckingham
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Retirement “with almost immediate effect”. Age 63. Was v-c April 2001 to August 2014
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VACANCY
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Ruth Farwell
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Buckinghamshire New University
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Retirement. Jan 2006-Feb 2015
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Rebecca Bunting
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Robin Baker
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Canterbury Christ Church University
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Resigned in October 2012
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Rama Thirunamachandran took over on 1 Oct 2013
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Malcolm McVicar
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University of Central Lancashire
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Retired. Was vc from 1 Oct 1998-Aug 2013
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Gerry Kelleher took over in Sept 2013
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Madeleine Atkins
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Coventry University
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Appointed chief exec of Hefce 1 Jan 2014
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John Latham took over in March 2014
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Sir John O’Reilly
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Cranfield University
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Left in Feb 2013 to become Director General of Knowledge and Innovation at BIS: a post he has since left.
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Sir Peter Gregson left his job at Queen’s Belfast to become V-c in Aug 2013
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John Coyne
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University of Derby
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Retiring summer 2015. Joined August 2004
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VACANCY
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Chris Higgins
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Durham University
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He took early retirement on 30 Sept 2014 after Senate discussed whether to reduce his powers
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VACANCY
Acting VC is Prof Ray Hudson
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Edward Acton
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University of East Anglia
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Retired in September 2014 at age of 65. Was VC from 2009-2014
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Professor David Richardson
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Patrick McGhee
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University of East London
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Stepped down suddenly in Jan 2013 on health grounds.
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Professor John Joughin appointed in July 2013. He was acting VC for 6 months and before that deputy VC for two and a half years
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Prof Dame Joan Stringer
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Edinburgh Napier University
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Retired. VC from Jan 2003-June 2013
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Prof Andrea Nolan
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Michael Scott
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Glyndwr University
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Announced he was standing down with immediate effect. Will formally leave on 31 March 2015.
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VACANCY
Graham Upton is new interim VC
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Steve Chapman
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Heriot-Watt
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Announced that he was leaving to run Edith Cowan University in Perth, Western Australia in early 2015
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VACANCY
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James M Fraser
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University of the Highlands and Islands
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Was the first VC when UHI became a university in 2011. Had been Principal since Oct 2009
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Professor Clive Mulholland became Principal and Vice-Chancellor in June 2014
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Sir Keith O’Nions
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Imperial College London
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Retired in August 2014
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Professor Alice Gast who came from President post at Lehigh University
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Nick Foskett
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Keele University
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Announced he was leaving to pursue “a number of academic and personal opportunities”. This will take effect in summer of 2015 when he is 60. He started VC role in August 2010.
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VACANCY
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Nigel Savage
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University of Law
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Retired
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John Latham appointed Provost and CEO as from 23 Sept 2013
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Michael Arthur
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University of Leeds
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Left at the end of August 2013 to become President and Provost at UCL
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Sir Alan Langlands, who left the job of Chief Executive of Hefce to become VC of Leeds on 1 Oct 2013
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Susan Price
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Leeds Beckett University
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Retiring end Sept 2015 after leading the institution since Jan 2010
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VACANCY
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Sir Bob Burgess
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University of Leicester
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Retired in summer 2014, having led institution since 1999
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Paul Boyle, former chief exec of the Economic and Social Research Council
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Sir Howard Newby
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University of Liverpool
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Retired, having led the university since 2008
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Janet Beer, former VC of Oxford Brookes University
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Malcolm Gillies
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London Metropolitan University
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Retired last summer
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John Raftery, former pro VC at Oxford Brookes
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Martin Earwicker
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London South Bank University
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Retired in summer 2013 after four years at the helm
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Prof David Phoenix, former deputy VC at UCLAN
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John Brooks
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Manchester Metropolitan University
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Retiring June 2015 after 10 years running the institution
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Professor Malcolm Press, pro VC at University of Birmingham
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Michael Driscoll
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Middlesex University
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He is retiring after almost 20 years as VC
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Professor Tim Blackman, formerly acting VC at the OU
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Neil Gorman
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Nottingham Trent
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He retired in the summer of 2014 after 11 years in post
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Edward Peck took over in August 2014 from pro VC role at Birmingham
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Martin Bean
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Open University
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He left in Feb 2015 to take up the top job at RMIT University in Australia
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Peter Horrocks, director of the BBC’s World Service, takes over on 5 May 2015
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Janet Beer
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Oxford Brookes
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Left to run University of Liverpool in February 2015 after having been VC of Oxford Brookes since 2007
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Alistair Fitt, who was a pro VC at Oxford Brookes
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Wendy Purcell
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University of Plymouth
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Is still at the university but is not running it, after been suspended for a period by Sir William Taylor, then chairman of governors
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David Coslett is currently the interim chief executive with overall responsibility for running the university
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John Craven
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University of Portsmouth
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Retired in July 2013 after running the university for 16 years
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Professor Graham Galbraith, deputy VC at University of Hertfordshire, took over in September 2013
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Sir Peter Gregson
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Queen’s University, Belfast
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Left to take over the reins at Cranfield University on 1 August 2013 after nine years in Belfast
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Professor Patrick Johnson took over in March 2014
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Martin Hall
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University of Salford
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Stepped down suddenly after six years. He will return to South Africa.
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VACANCY
Prof Helen Marshall has been acting VC since the New Year
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Philip Jones
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Sheffield Hallam
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Has announced he is retiring in spring 2016 after nine years. He will be 65 in Oct 2015
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VACANCY
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Van Gore
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Southampton Solent University
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Retired in August 2014, having led the university since 2007
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Professor Graham Baldwin, formerly deputy VC of UCLAN
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Don Nutbeam
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University of Southampton
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Has announced his decision to leave. Has been VC since 2008
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VACANCY
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Margaret Noble
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University of St Mark and St John
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Left unexpectedly in Sept 2012 to run a tertiary institution in New Zealand
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Cara Aitchison took over in May 2013
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Peter Fidler
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University of Sunderland
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Retired. Took up newly created post as president of the university in Sept 2014, two years before he planned to retire
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Shirley Atkinson is interim VC and chief executive
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Graham Henderson
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Teesside University
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Retiring August 2015 having served 12 years
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Paul Croney, deputy VC at Northumbria, to take over
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Sir Richard Barnett
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University of Ulster
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Retiring end of March 2015
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Paddy Nixon, formerly deputy VC at the University of Tasmania
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Sir Nigel Thrift
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University of Warwick
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Has announced his decision to retire. He will leave at the end of 2015
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VACANCY
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Seamus McDaid
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University of the West of Scotland
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Retired July 2013 after 8 years
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Craig Mahoney, former chief exec of Higher Education Academy
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Brian Cantor
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University of York
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Left unexpectedly early in summer of 2013
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Koen Lamberts took over in January 2014
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David Fleming
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York St John University
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Has announced he will retire in September 2015 due to ill health
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VACANCY
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Paul Webley
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School of Oriental and African Studies
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Has announced he will step down in 2015 owing to ill health
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VACANCY
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Sir Rick Trainor
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King’s College London
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Retired in 2014 to become rector of Exeter College Oxford
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Edward Byrne, former president and VC at Monash University, Australia
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