Rector of Imperial College London
The Rector of Imperial College is the highest academic official of Imperial College London.[1] The Rector is the chief executive, elected by the Council of the college and Chairman of the Senate.[2] The position is currently head on an interim basis by Keith O'Nions after the resignation of Roy Anderson in November 2009. The post at Imperial College currently has the second highest salary of all UK university heads, behind the Dean of London Business School. Richard Sykes and Roy Anderson had a salary of £429,000 between them for the year 2007–08,[3] this was a 23.3% rise from £348,000 in the previous year.[4]
The Rector's residence is a large house on Queen's Gate, at the southwest corner of the college's campus in South Kensington, London.
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[edit] List of Rectors
- 1908 Henry Bovey
- 1910 Alfred Keogh
- 1922 Thomas Henry Holland
- 1929 Henry Tizard
- 1942 Richard Southwell
- 1948 Roderic Hill
- 1954 Patrick Linstead
- 1966 Owen Saunders (Acting Rector)
- 1967 William Penney
- 1973 Brian Flowers
- 1985 Eric Ash
- 1993 Ronald Oxburgh
- 2000 Richard Sykes
- 2008 Roy Anderson
- 2009 Keith O'Nions (Acting Rector[5])
- 2010 Keith O'Nions (Full appointment)
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Rectors of Imperial College, Search.com.
- ^ Past Rectors, Imperial College London, http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/aboutimperial/imperial_people/pastrectors, retrieved 2009-03-21
- ^ Sugden, Joanna (2009-03-19), "Campus fury at vice-chancellors’ windfalls", The Times, http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/education/article5934706.ece, retrieved 2009-03-19
- ^ Ross, Tim (2009-03-19), "300,000 for university chiefs but they want student fees to go up", Evening Standard, http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23664148-details/300,000+for+university+chiefs+but+they+want+student+fees+to+go+up/article.do, retrieved 2009-03-22
- ^ "Keith O'Nions Takes Over as Rector". Imperial Live!. 2009-01-04. http://live.cgcu.net/news/2047?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_content=2047.
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