Wendy Piatt
| Dr Wendy Piatt | |
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| 1st Director-General of Russell Group | |
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Assumed office 2007 | |
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| Born | 17 November 1970 (age 45) |
| Alma mater |
King's College London University of Oxford |
Wendy Louisa Piatt (born 17 November 1970) is the Director General of The Russell Group of UK universities from January 2007.
Life
Piatt was born in Birkenhead, in the Wirral,[1] and went to convent school in Birkenhead.[2]
She was awarded a first class honours BA in English from King's College London before studying for an MPhil in Shakespeare and Renaissance drama and then a D.Phil in 16th and 17th century political philosophy at Lincoln College, Oxford.[1][2] Her thesis was entitled "Politics and religion in Renaissance closet drama".[3]
Employment
Piatt went on to work for the left-of-centre think-tank, the Institute for Public Policy Research before joining the Prime Minister's Strategy Unit, where she rose to the post of Deputy Director.[2] She was a former head of education at the Institute of Public Policy Research (IPPR).[4]
In January 2007, she was appointed Director General of The Russell Group.[2]
References
- 1 2 Wendy Piatt: Taking on the world The Independent, 22 February 2007 Archived 6 November 2010 at the Wayback Machine.
- 1 2 3 4 Wendy Piatt: The vice-chancellors' new velvet glove | Special Reports | EducationGuardian.co.uk
- ↑ University of Oxford Combined library catalogue
- ↑ Crace, John (14 November 2006). "Wendy Piatt: The vice-chancellors' new velvet glove". The Guardian (London). Retrieved 20 October 2015.
External links
- BBC Russell Group's Wendy Piatt on university funding video of Wendy Piatt
- SciTech2010 Speakers biographies with image of Wendy Piatt
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