Anne Carlisle (professor)

Professor Anne Carlisle
Born 1956 (age 59–60)
Nationality Northern Irish
Spouse(s) Simon Pugh

Professor Anne Carlisle is the Vice-Chancellor & Chief Executive of Falmouth University, Cornwall.

Biography

Born in Northern Ireland, Carlisle attended Ballyclare High School from 1974-1976. She studied a Diploma in Foundation Art & Design at the University Polytechnic, Belfast (1976). Further to this, Professor Carlisle graduated with a First Class Honours in Fine Art from the University of Ulster, Belfast (1979) and went on to complete a Masters at the University of Arts, London in 1981.

Having always had an eye for art, Professor Carlisle was an external examiner and advisor for a number of universities and colleges (1997-2006). Following this, she was Director of her own publishing business 'Circa Publications'. In 1990, Professor Carlisle was appointed Senior Lecturer in Fine Art and Media at Gwent College of Higher Education. After 5 years, she moved to become the Head of Field in Interactive Arts at the University of Wales College, Newport. Upon promotion, she took up her position as Head of the Department of Art & Design, University of Wales College, Newport in 1997, and was then appointed Dean of the School of Art, Media and Design, University of Wales College, Newport. During the next 6 years, Carlisle went on to become the Pro-Vice Chancellor (Academic) and then the Senior Deputy Vice-Chancellor at the University of Wales, Newport.

In 2009, Professor Anne Carlisle was appointed Vice-Chancellor and CEO of Falmouth University.[1]

Shortly after arriving in Cornwall, she spearheaded Falmouth's bid to establish the Academy for Innovation & Research (AIR), a pre-incubation business facing resource at the Penryn Campus, with the twin themes of Digital Economy and Sustainable Design. She is a member on the Board of Next Generation Broadband (NGB) with a role to stimulate innovation in response to super-fast broadband.[2] She is also a member of the Steering Group of the Combined Universities of Cornwall (CUC)[3]

References

  1. ↑ Vergnault, Olivier (2015-02-15). "The artist now driving Falmouth University forward". Western Morning News. Retrieved 2015-08-16.
  2. ↑ "Accelerating Next Generation Access roll-out" (PDF). Swdevelopmentplan.org. Retrieved 2015-08-16.
  3. ↑ "Anne Carlisle - The Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Local Enterprise Partnership". Cornwallandislesofscillylep.com. Retrieved 2015-08-16.
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