Madeleine Atkins

Professor Madeleine Julia Atkins, CBE, DL is a former vice-chancellor of Coventry University, and current (from 2014) Chief Executive of the Higher Education Funding Council for England.

Life

Atkins was born 1952 and took a degree in Law and History at Cambridge.[1][2] After a PhD at University of Nottingham she was a school teacher before joining Newcastle University, where she rose to be pro-vice-chancellor.[2] She was vice-chancellor of Coventry University from 2004 to 2013, becoming Chief Executive of HEFCE on 1 January 2014.[2] As of 2015, Atkins was paid a salary of between £230,000 and £234,999 by HEFCE, making her one of the 328 most highly paid people in the British public sector at that time.[3]

Honours

She was awarded a CBE in the 2012 New Year Honours for services to Higher Education.[4] and she is a Deputy Lieutenant of the West Midlands [5]

References

  1. ↑ The Guardian 16 December 2003 Madeleine Atkins: a head for the heartlands
  2. 1 2 3 www.hefce.ac.uk Professor Madeleine Atkins CBE
  3. ↑ "Senior officials 'high earners' salaries as at 30 September 2015 - GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. 2015-12-17. Retrieved 2016-03-09.
  4. ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 60009. pp. 1–28. 31 December 2011.
  5. ↑ The West Midlands Lieutenancy Vice Lord-Lieutenant & Deputy Lieutenants
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