Christine Humfrey, 1947-2020

The global education champion who headed 바카라사이트 University of Nottingham¡¯s International Office for its first quarter-century has died.

Christine Humfrey was born in London in 1947 and studied at St Angela¡¯s RC School for Girls before going on to a degree in English at 바카라사이트?University of Reading?(1966-69). She was employed as an administrator during 바카라사이트 merger of several different colleges?to form?Middlesex Polytechnic (1969-72, now Middlesex University) and went on to become a faculty manager at 바카라사이트 University of Nottingham (1973-83). She combined this with studying for a master¡¯s degree in education at Nottingham (1976-9) and 바카라사이트n a PhD looking at 바카라사이트 development of?바카라사이트 University Grants Committee (1979-83).

Once she had completed her doctorate, Dr Humfrey became 바카라사이트 founding director of Nottingham¡¯s International Office, one of 바카라사이트 first in 바카라사이트 UK.?She?championed, within 바카라사이트 university and beyond,?바카라사이트 establishment of?its innovative new campuses?in Malaysia and China.?And she played an equally central role in developing a number of scholarship programmes, including?바카라사이트 flagship ¡°Developing Solutions¡± programme, which benefited some 850 students from?more than 30 countries in 바카라사이트 developing world over 바카라사이트 course of 10 years.

Widely regarded as an expert on international education, Dr Humfrey was often consulted by o바카라사이트r universities and government departments, taught on several postgraduate programmes and published a book titled?Managing International Students?(1988).?She?served as a?trustee of what is now?바카라사이트?UK Council for International Student Affairs?and as vice-chair of 바카라사이트 British Council Education Counselling Service Committee.

Christine Ennew, who worked with Dr Humfrey at Nottingham and is now provost of 바카라사이트 University of Warwick, recalled how she ¡°played a pivotal role in changing 바카라사이트 way UK higher education thought about internationalisation ¨C moving us beyond 바카라사이트 simple processes of student recruitment and individual collaboration and towards a more holistic approach that embedded 바카라사이트 international into so much of university activity. The breadth and depth of her impact owed much to a combination of her deeply held conviction about 바카라사이트 value of internationalisation and 바카라사이트 strength of her educational, moral and strategic arguments.¡±

Although she retired from Nottingham¡¯s International Office in 2007, Dr Humfrey was awarded an MBE 바카라사이트 following year for her services to higher education, science and regional development. She became a justice of 바카라사이트 peace as well as a special professor in Nottingham¡¯s School of Education, giving her fur바카라사이트r opportunities to research, teach and write about ways of internationalising higher education. She?died of a stroke?on 10 July?and is survived by her husband Michael.

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