Chris Brink
| Professor Chris Brink | |
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| Vice-Chancellor of Newcastle University | |
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In office July 2007 – Incumbent | |
| Preceded by | Professor Christopher Edwards |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 31 January 1951 |
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Chris Brink (born 31 January 1951) is the Vice-Chancellor of Newcastle University.
Career
After graduating with a degree in maths and computer science from Rand Afrikaans University, Brink undertook post-graduate study at Rhodes University and the University of Cambridge.[1] He became Professor and Head of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics at the University of Cape Town in 1995, Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Research) at the University of Wollongong in 1999 and Rector and Vice-Chancellor of Stellenbosch University in 2002 before being appointed Vice-Chancellor of Newcastle University in 2007.[2]
In the 1980s Chris Brink was a Senior Research Fellow at the Australian National University.[3] In 1996 The Foundation for Research Development in South Africa rated Chris Brink in category A.[4] He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of South Africa,[5] a former President of the South African Mathematical Society, a Founder Member of the Academy of Science of South Africa[6] and a former chair of the Advisory Board of the African Institute of Mathematical Sciences.[7]
He chaired the Student Policy Network[8] (part of Universities UK) and the N8 Research Partnership, a group of eight research-intensive universities in the North of England.[9][10] Nationally he has served on the Board of the Equality Challenge Unit (including two years as a Co-Chair),[11] the Board of the Quality Assurance Agency (and its Advisory Committee on Degree-Awarding Powers),[12] and the Advisory Committee on Leadership, Governance and Management of the Higher Education Funding Council for England.[13]
Work in mathematics
Chris Brink developed the study of Boolean modules over relation algebras.[14] He focused on formal aspects of computer science with emphasis on program semantics[15] and Popper's concept of verisimilitude and on the universal-algebraic concept of power structures.[16]
References
- ↑ Higher Education Academy
- ↑ "Newcastle University names next Vice-Chancellor". Newcastle University. Retrieved 10 March 2009.
- ↑ "What can higher education contribute to improving social mobility in the UK?" (PDF). Higher Education Academy. Retrieved 8 February 2014.
- ↑ "Previous A-rated researchers". National Research Foundation South Africa. Retrieved 8 February 2014.
- ↑ "Fellows of the Royal Society of South Africa". Royal Society of South Africa. Retrieved 8 February 2014.
- ↑ "Members List". Academy of Science of South Africa. Retrieved 8 February 2014.
- ↑ "Annual Report 2013" (PDF). African Institute for Mathematical Sciences South Africa. Retrieved 8 February 2014.
- ↑ "UK Board". Universities UK. Retrieved 8 February 2014.
- ↑ "N8 Board of Directors". N8 Research Partnership. Retrieved 8 February 2014.
- ↑ "Newcastle Science City Board". Newcastle Science City. Retrieved 8 February 2014.
- ↑ "Equality Challenge Unit Board of Directors". Equality Challenge Unit. Retrieved 8 February 2014.
- ↑ "QAA Annual Subscribers' Meeting 2010". Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education. Retrieved 8 February 2014.
- ↑ "Expert Advisory Board – Members' Profiles". Advisory Committee on Leadership, Governance and Management of the Higher Education Funding Council for England. Retrieved 8 February 2014.
- ↑ "Boolean_modules". Journal of Algebra. Retrieved 8 February 2014.
- ↑ "A Paradigm for Program Semantics: Power Structures and Duality". CSLI Publications. Retrieved 8 February 2014.
- ↑ "Power structures". Algebra Universalis. Retrieved 8 February 2014.
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| Preceded by Christopher Edwards |
Vice-Chancellor of the University of Newcastle upon Tyne 2007– |
Succeeded by Incumbent |