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University's principal set to step down



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Published Date: 10 October 2008
THE principal of Queen Margaret University has announced his retirement.
Professor Anthony Cohen CBE will leave at the end of this academic year after heading the university since 2003.

During his time as principal, he has gained the university title at QMU, developed and relocated it to the UK's greenest campus and led it to become the first British university to open a campus in Singapore.

He was awarded the CBE earlier this year in recognition of his significant contribution to higher education in the UK.

Prof Cohen said: "It has been an enormous privilege.

"The university has a distinctive character, and a crucial role to play in Scotland and internationally in its areas of expertise."

Professor Ian Percy, chairman of the Court of Queen Margaret University, said: "Professor Cohen has been an exceptional leader and we are now seeking as his successor, another inspirational individual with a clear vision of Queen Margaret University's future role in society."





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  • Last Updated: 10 October 2008 10:38 AM
  • Source: Edinburgh Evening News
  • Location: Edinburgh
 
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Kipling,

12/10/2008 17:00:00
Having been party to higher education, I'm more than a little suspicious of those at the top who are given titles and awards. Since the mid 1980s principals and 'secretaries' of many university colleges, schools and the umbrella universities themselves have been state appointees, changing at the whim and political encouragement of the various governments. Note that it's hoped the next incumbent will develop "Queen Margaret University's future role in society". Universities should stick to research. Research governed by the pressures, instincts and preferences of 'society' is in mortal danger of failing academic standards. Universities who play to the needs of student numbers, government funding and business helmsmanship are in mortal danger of producing conformist cogs for a potentially corrupt wheel to turn.

 

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