Christina Slade

Professor Christina M. Slade was born in Adelaide (29 June 1953) and grew up in South Australia. Educated at the Australian National University, she achieved a Bachelor of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy (1982). Slade is married to a former Australian ambassador and has two children.

Christina Slade

Biography

At the start of 2012, Slade was appointed to her current position as Vice-Chancellor of Bath Spa University. As Chief Executive, she is responsible for the University’s strategic plan, financial management, academic quality and the external profile.[1]

One of her first projects was the major re-development of Newton Park campus (investment of £40 million), providing world-class facilities for students. She is also driving forward a strong international agenda. She herself has linked studies in New York, Montreal, Brussels, Beirut, Oxford, Nairobi, Islamabad, Canberra and Adelaide.

Professor Christina Slade brings a wealth of experience from her previous role as Dean of the Schools of Arts and of Social Sciences and Shadow Deputy Vice-Chancellor at City University London (2009–12). She has been Dean of Humanities at Macquarie University (2003-9) and Professor of Media Theory at the University of Utrechtin which capacity she led a €1.25 million seven nation EU funded project entitled ‘Media and Citizenship: transnational television cultures reshaping political identities in the EU.’[1] At the University of Canberra (2001-3), Slade was Head of School for Creative Communication and developed a suite of modularised online Masters in New Media.

Trained as a philosopher of logic and language, her research has focused on issues of the media since 1990. Her monograph, ‘The Real Thing: doing philosophy with media’ (2002) examines the role of reason in the media, while ‘From Migrant to Citizen: testing language, testing culture’, (2010) jointly edited with Martina Möllering, looks at linguistic, legal and philosophical aspects of citizenship testing. Slade has received a total of $5 million in external grants.

Following her Doctorate, further qualifications include; Top Management Programme 19 (2009–10), Diploma French (1989), Diploma of Teaching English as a Second Language (1975), Certified Teacher Trainer (1988) and Diploma of Education (1986).

Slade is a member of several National and International Committees including; Universities United Kingdom,[2] Association of Commonwealth Universities,[3] Institute of Directors, Royal Society of Arts and the European Association of International Education. She was also Chair of the Philosophy of Communication Division for the International Communication Association (2004-7).[4] Involved in community organisations, Slade is an Honorary Life Patron for the Society of Philosophy for the Young ACT.

Awards and nominations

Australian directorships during 2000 - 2008

Bibliography

Monographs, Joint and Edited Books[5]

References

  1. 1 2 "New Year Brings New Vice-Chancellor to Bath Spa University". Bath Spa University website. Retrieved 30 April 2014.
  2. ↑ "Universities UK members". Universities UK website. Retrieved 30 April 2014.
  3. ↑ "ACU members". Association of Commonwealth Universities website. Retrieved 30 April 2014.
  4. ↑ "International Communication Association Newsletter - Volume 35, Number 9, November 2007". International Communication Association website. Retrieved 30 April 2014.
  5. ↑ "Bath Spa University: Staff Profile for Prof Christina Slade". Bath Spa University website. Retrieved 30 April 2014.
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Frank Morgan, OBE		 Vice-Chancellor of Bath Spa University
2012–present 		Succeeded by
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