The University is delighted to welcome Professor April McMahon as the new Deputy Vice-Chancellor – Education. She started her appointment on 1 September 2016.

April has had a distinguished academic career and is a Fellow of the British Academy. She has worked at the Universities of Cambridge and Sheffield as well as Edinburgh where she held the posts of Head of the School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences, Head of the College of Humanities and Social Science and Vice-Principal, Planning and Resources. She has just finished a five year term as Vice-Chancellor at Aberystwyth.

Professor John Baldock is continuing to lead on our application for the Teaching Excellence Framework which has to be submitted in December. He and April will work closely and ensure a smooth transition over the next few months.