Terence Kealey
George Terence Evelyn Kealey | |
|---|---|
| Born | February 16, 1952[2] |
| Alma mater | Balliol College, Oxford |
| Spouse | Sally[3] |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | University of Buckingham University of Cambridge University of Oxford |
| Thesis | Studies on actomyosin in rat parotid and on eccrine sweat glands (1982) |
| Doctoral advisor | P.J. Randle[1] |
| Website | buckingham |
George Terence Evelyn Kealey (born 16 February 1952) is a British biochemist who was Vice-Chancellor of the University of Buckingham,[2] a private university in Britain. He was appointed Professor of Clinical Biochemistry in 2011. Prior to his tenure at Buckingham, Kealey lectured in clinical biochemistry at the University of Cambridge. He is well known for his outspoken opposition to public funding of science.[4][5][6]
Education
Kealey was educated at Charterhouse School, completed his degrees of Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery and Bachelor of Science in biochemistry at St Bartholomew's Hospital, then gained a Doctor of Philosophy degree from Balliol College, Oxford, in 1982[1] for a thesis on actomyosin in rat parotid and eccrine sweat glands.
Publications
Kealey occasionally writes pieces for the Daily Telegraph and is the author of several books on the economics of science. He has written about how Margaret Thatcher transformed Britain's universities and schools as Secretary of State for Education and Science from 1970 to 1974,[7] and has suggested that a debate with him in 1985 helped to shape her views on the Nobel Prize and the role of the state in sponsoring science.[8] He cites the economic study of the business of science by Angus Maddison, as well as a survey entitled The Sources of Economic Growth in OECD Countries (2003), which found that between 1971 and 1998 only privately funded research had stimulated economic growth in the world’s 21 leading industrialised countries. However, this theory has been challenged by a number of well-regarded academic studies.[9]
- Terence Kealey (1996). The economic laws of scientific research. London: Macmillan Press. ISBN 0-312-17306-7.
- Terence Kealey (2008). Sex, science and profits. London: William Heinemann. ISBN 0-434-00824-9.
References
- ^ a b Kealey, Terence (1982). Studies on actomyosin in rat parotid and on eccrine sweat glands (DPhil thesis). University of Oxford.
- ^ a b "Kealey, Prof. (George) Terence (Evelyn), Who's Who 2012, A & C Black, 2012; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2011 ; online edn".(subscription required)
- ^ "News from the Foundation Office" (PDF). University of Buckingham. Autumn 2007. Retrieved 12 April 2013.
- ^ "SpotOn London 2012: Crowdfunded science – new opportunities or dangerous echo chamber? | SpotOn".
- ^ Peter Wilby (29 June 2010). "Terence Kealey, vice-chancellor of Buckingham and private university champion". The Guardian. Retrieved 20 March 2011.
- ^ Terence Kealey publications indexed by Microsoft Academic
- ^ telegraph.co.uk: "How Margaret Thatcher transformed our universities" 8 Apr 2013
- ^ telegraph.co.uk: "Margaret Thatcher was wrong about one thing: science doesn't need Nobel prizes to thrive" 18 Jun 2014
- ^ https://www.sussex.ac.uk/webteam/gateway/file.php?name=Fac-BRM-UMIP&site=25.
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