Glyndwr names Maria Hinfelaar as next v-c

The next vice-chancellor of Glyndwr University will be Maria Hinfelaar.

Dr Hinfelaar, who has been president of 바카라사이트 Limerick Institute of Technology since 2004, will join 바카라사이트 North Wales university at 바카라사이트 start of April.

She will succeed Graham Upton, who has been Glyndwr¡¯s interim vice-chancellor since 바카라사이트 sudden departure of Michael Scott at 바카라사이트 start of 바카라사이트 year.

Professor Upton has been credited with stabilising 바카라사이트 fortunes of an institution that?reported a ?4 million loss in 2013-14 and faces continuing restrictions on international recruitment following 바카라사이트 suspension of its visa sponsorship licence last year.

Glyndwr now plans to double its number of full-time UK and European Union undergraduates over 바카라사이트 next five years, to increase international recruitment, and to work towards securing research degree-awarding powers.

Dr Hinfelaar, a Dutch-born expert in international retailing, said she hoped to ¡°export¡± Limerick¡¯s focus on enterprise and research to Wrexham.

¡°I can see tremendous potential for 바카라사이트 university at 바카라사이트 heart of North East Wales, which is a region undergoing interesting development,¡± Dr Hinfelaar said. ¡°Glyndwr offers a wide diversity of programmes and has some really exciting niches. Personally, having spent 바카라사이트 last 11 years leading a similar institution in 바카라사이트 mid-west of Ireland, I have discovered first-hand how crucially important universities are to 바카라사이트ir area.¡±

Professor Upton, 바카라사이트 former vice-chancellor of Oxford Brookes University and 바카라사이트 University of Cumbria, said that his time at Glyndwr had been ¡°challenging¡± but thoroughly enjoyable.

The university, he said, had ¡°huge potential¡±.

¡°The staff have worked incredibly hard to turn a corner and lay 바카라사이트 foundations for 바카라사이트 years ahead, which should see Glyndwr University grow in stature as an institution 바카라사이트 people of Wrexham and North East Wales can be incredibly proud of,¡± Professor Upton said.

Dr Hinfelaar is 바카라사이트 latest in a string of female vice-chancellors to be recruited by UK higher education institutions in 바카라사이트 past year, following, most recently, 바카라사이트 appointment of Liz Barnes at Staffordshire University.

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