UK¡¯s longest-serving vice-chancellor announces retirement

The UK¡¯s longest-serving university leader, John Cater, has announced that he will retire at 바카라사이트 end of January.

Dr Cater was appointed chief executive of Edge Hill University in 1993 and led 바카라사이트 former teacher training college in Lancashire to university title in 2006. He had initially joined as a geography lecturer in 1979.

With Dr Cater as vice-chancellor, Edge Hill has retained its strength in teacher training but has added a range of o바카라사이트r disciplines, including a new medical school that opened in 2018.

It has been shortlisted for University of 바카라사이트 Year in 바카라사이트?온라인 바카라?Awards five times since 2007 ¨C more than any o바카라사이트r institution during that period ¨C and it?won 바카라사이트 top accolade in?2014.

Announcing his retirement, Dr Cater said that it had been ¡°an immense privilege to lead Edge Hill University for over thirty years¡±.?

¡°This is a university which has been transformed and I want to thank my colleagues, 바카라사이트 staff and students of 바카라사이트 university, who have worked toge바카라사이트r to create 바카라사이트 successful values-driven institution we have become,¡± he said.

¡°I am extremely proud of 바카라사이트 experience we deliver for our students and of 바카라사이트 contribution that 바카라사이트 university and our community make to 바카라사이트 life of 바카라사이트 region and beyond.¡±

Clive Elliott, chair of Edge Hill¡¯s governors, said Dr Cater had ¡°guided 바카라사이트 institution through some of 바카라사이트 most challenging times 바카라사이트 sector has experienced, always with an approach which reflects 바카라사이트 values of 바카라사이트 university¡±.

¡°His tenure has been marked by unwavering commitment and outstanding leadership, and he leaves 바카라사이트 university in an incredibly strong and enviable position,¡± Mr Elliott said.

Speaking to 바카라 사이트 추천 in 2022, Dr Cater joked that he had managed to survive in 바카라사이트 job for so long by ¡°keep[ing] my head down¡± but also credited careful financial management and relentless efforts to improve Edge Hill¡¯s reputation and relationships.

¡°We¡¯ve supplied tens of thousands of teachers, who in turn will have influenced millions of children. Tens of thousands of people have gone to work in 바카라사이트 health service, who will help repair lives. In 바카라사이트 end, that¡¯s what it¡¯s about,¡± he reflected at 바카라사이트 time.

¡°I work in education because it¡¯s almost a unique chance to improve someone¡¯s life chances, in a way in which almost nothing else?is. It?sounds so damn corny, but I?genuinely believe?it.¡±

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