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Welcome to a new Vice-Chancellor and Warden

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We are excited to welcome Professor Karen O’Brien to Durham as our new Vice-Chancellor and Warden joining us on 4 January 2022. Professor O’Brien will be our 25th Vice-Chancellor and will succeed Professor Stuart Corbridge, who will retire at the end of July.

For the last five years, Professor O’Brien has led the Humanities Division at the University of Oxford with great success and she has a strong track record of promoting social inclusion at undergraduate and postgraduate levels.


Professor O’Brien has led the Humanities Division at the University of Oxford with great success and she has a strong track record of promoting social inclusion at undergraduate and postgraduate levels.

Prior to joining Oxford, she was Vice-Principal for Education at King’s College London. She has held a number of national and international leadership roles, including serving on the international jury of the Institut Universitaire de France and as chair of the Russell Group Pro-Vice-Chancellors for Teaching and Learning. 

Professor O’Brien said that she is honoured and thrilled to be joining Durham University, which is distinguished for the excellence and impact of its research, the quality of its education and its Colleges and Wider Student Experience. 

 

 

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