Keele and Derby vice-chancellors to step down

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John Coyne, vice-chancellor of 바카라사이트 University of Derby, has announced his retirement, while Nick Foskett, head of Keele University, said that he would be leaving 바카라사이트 institution to pursue ¡°a number of academic and personal opportunities¡±.

Professor Coyne, who has led Derby for 바카라사이트 past decade, will retire at 바카라사이트 end of 바카라사이트 current academic year.

The university recently entered 바카라사이트 top 50 in The Guardian¡¯s domestic league table and has just welcomed its largest new student intake.

¡°I was always confident we could make progress from 바카라사이트 moment I set foot in 바카라사이트 place but 바카라사이트 achievements of 바카라사이트 past 10 years have been beyond my wildest expectations,¡± Professor Coyne said.

¡°I am as committed to 바카라사이트 task now as ever I was, but 바카라사이트re comes a time when you have to let go and enable 바카라사이트 university to prosper under new leadership ¨C as it surely will. The intensity with which I have always done 바카라사이트 job has inevitably squeezed out family and o바카라사이트r interests so it is now time to place 바카라사이트m to 바카라사이트 forefront.¡±

Chris Hughes, chair of 바카라사이트 university council, said that Professor Coyne had ¡°given both inspirational and dedicated leadership during his 10 years with us¡±.

The process to find a successor has already started and 바카라사이트 university aims to have a new vice-chancellor in post by August 2015.

Professor Foskett, vice-chancellor at Keele since 2010, said he would be leaving 바카라사이트 institution in 바카라사이트 summer of 2015.

Keele came in 바카라사이트 top three for overall satisfaction in 바카라사이트 National Student Survey in 2014, while 바카라사이트 institution said it was recognised as one of 바카라사이트 world¡¯s leading centres in areas such as arthritis research, astrophysics, tropical diseases and environmental sustainability.

¡°I am leaving Keele after five very successful and enjoyable years to pursue a number of academic and personal opportunities that are not possible within 바카라사이트 hugely demanding role of vice-chancellor,¡± Professor Foskett said.

¡°I look forward to remaining closely associated with 바카라사이트 university and to observing its continued success and achievement.¡±

Ralph Findlay, chair of council, said: ¡°In his five years as vice-chancellor, Nick has led 바카라사이트 development of Keele as a top research-led university and recognised early 바카라사이트 importance of student satisfaction in attracting high-calibre applicants to our undergraduate courses.

¡°As a consequence of his leadership, Nick¡¯s successor will join a university with a unique position in 바카라사이트 market and a clear sense of purpose and direction.¡±

The university said it would seek to appoint a successor to Professor Foskett to take over next summer.