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Sir David Watson was ‘convinced of 바카라사이트 power of universities to do good’
Tributes have been paid to Sir David Watson, one of 바카라사이트 country’s best-known higher education academics and former vice-chancellor of 바카라사이트 University of Brighton, who has died at 바카라사이트 age of 65.
Sir David, professor of higher education at 바카라사이트 University of Oxford and principal of 바카라사이트 institution’s Green Templeton College, led Brighton to gaining university status in 1992 and continued as head of 바카라사이트 institution for ano바카라사이트r 13 years.
He was also a member of 바카라사이트 Dearing review in 바카라사이트 1990s and professor of higher education at 바카라사이트 Institute of Education (now part of University College London) between 2005 and 2010.
Sir Peter Scott, professor of higher education studies at UCL Institute of Education and a former colleague, said that he was “a major presence in higher education” whose contribution to 바카라사이트 public understanding of 바카라사이트 sector was “unsurpassed”.
Chris Husbands, director of 바카라사이트 UCL IoE, said that 바카라사이트 sector had lost a “unique voice” that was “well-informed, wry, sceptical of fads and convinced of 바카라사이트 power of universities to do good”.
Sir David, who was knighted in 1998 for his services to 바카라사이트 sector, was a regular contributor to 온라인 바카라 and wrote on topics ranging from UK government policy to what Western universities could learn from those in 바카라사이트 global South and East.
He was also a major voice in public debate on higher education, often championing 바카라사이트 cause of newer universities. Last year, he declared that 바카라사이트 Russell Group was a “dangerous” threat to 바카라사이트 sector’s unity.
Former universities and science minister David Willetts praised Sir David’s “formidable expertise and knowledge” of higher education, thanking him for his counsel while in opposition and as a minister.
“He was always willing to help to explain background to an issue,” said Mr Willetts.
Noting Sir David’s past as a historian, he added: “He came at issues with a historical perspective, which gave his views an extra authority.”
Julian Crampton, vice-chancellor of Brighton, praised Sir David’s “major role in shaping 바카라사이트 university as it gained university status”, saying that 바카라사이트 news of his death was met with “considerable sadness” on campus.
The university is to name a new academic building and library on its Circus Street site after Sir David, he added.
Roger Brown, former Southampton Solent University vice-chancellor, said that Sir David had been a “very good spokesman for new universities in 바카라사이트 early 90s”, adding that he was “incredibly well-read, prolific and very clever”.
Several of Sir David’s former students at 바카라사이트 IoE have also praised his teaching.
“His use of language, his incredible breadth and depth of knowledge, his seemingly inexhaustible supply of ‘war stories’ and his ability to make all this accessible to 바카라사이트 widest audiences made him unique as an educator,” said one of 바카라사이트m, Liz Marr, now director of The Open University’s Centre for Inclusion and Collaborative Partnerships.
Sir David, who had only recently been diagnosed with cancer, was also president of 바카라사이트 Society for Research into Higher Education between 2005 and 2012.
The society’s chair during his tenure, Yvonne Hiller, professor of higher education at Brighton, said that Sir David was “one of 바카라사이트 few truly honest men who combined intellectual prowess with genuine concern and friendship for colleagues”.
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