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Professor Louise Richardson nominated as next Vice-Chancellor

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Professor Louise Richardson © Photograph by Alan Richardson
Professor Louise Richardson

We are very pleased to announce that the Council of the University has today agreed to propose to Congregation that the next Vice-Chancellor should be Professor Louise Richardson, currently Principal and Vice-Chancellor of the University of St Andrews.

Professor Alastair Buchan, Head of the Medical Sciences Division and Dean of Medicine, has commented: “I am delighted to have been involved in the nomination of Professor Richardson and believe that she will be an excellent Vice-Chancellor.”

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