Julia Goodfellow Explained

Dame Julia Mary Goodfellow
Birth Name:Julia Mary Lansdall
Birth Date:1 July 1951[1]
Citizenship:UK
Workplaces:University of Bristol
University of Kent
Open University
Birkbeck, University of London
Thesis Title:Structural studies of the corneal stroma
Thesis Url:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.456973
Thesis Year:1975
Awards:DBE
FMedSci,
Spouse:Peter Goodfellow

Dame Julia Mary Goodfellow (née Lansdall; born 1 July 1951) is a former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Kent,[2] [3] [4] and Chair of the British Science Association.[5] She was the president of Universities UK from 1 August 2015 until July 2017.[6] [7]

Early life, education and career

Goodfellow completed her BSc degree in physics at the University of Bristol[8] and obtained a PhD degree in biophysics at the Open University[9] Research Unit in Oxford. She began her career as Professor of Biomolecular Science at Birkbeck College in 1995, and was promoted to Vice Master in 1998.[10] In 2002, she was appointed chief executive of the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council, the first woman to lead a UK research council.[7] Goodfellow served as chair of the British Science Association from 2009 to 2014.[11]

In 2007, she was appointed Vice-Chancellor of the University of Kent.[12] In 2011, she was appointed to both the Council for Science and Technology and the Science and Technology Facilities Council.[6] Currently, Goodfellow is a member of the Higher Education Policy Institute (Hepi) advisory board.[13]

Goodfellow was elected Universities UK president from 2015 to 2017, the first woman to hold the role. In 2015 Goodfellow stated that Universities UK supported staying in the European Union, citing the “economic growth, employable graduates and cutting edge research discoveries” that the EU could provide in the education sector.[14] In 2018 she became president of the Royal Society of Biology.[15]

Honours

Personal life

In 1972 Julia Lansdall married Peter Goodfellow, with whom she has one daughter and one son.

Criticism

Goodfellow has been criticised for her travel expenses and pay for the 2014-15 year. Her travel expenses were reported to be £26,635, with 92% of flights being first or business class. She also received a pay rise of 3% in the same year, increasing her salary to £272,000.[21]

She received a £43,000 pay rise in 2012–13, a rise of 19%.[22] Other staff at the university were striking to secure a 2% pay rise in the same year.[22] The university was criticised by the University and College Union for attempting to "obscure key information" by obfuscating records of the meeting in which her salary was decided.

Selected publications

References

  1. Web site: GOODFELLOW, Dame Julia (Mary). Who's Who 2013, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2013; online edn, Oxford University Press.
  2. Web site: University of Kent website, 1 . 2010-08-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110609183218/http://www.kent.ac.uk/news/stories/dbeforvc/2010 . 2011-06-09 . dead .
  3. Web site: University of Kent website, 2 . 2010-08-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150402121352/http://www.kent.ac.uk/news/inthenews/june/24.html . 2015-04-02 . dead .
  4. http://www.bbk.ac.uk/about_us/fellows/goodfellow Birkbeck College website
  5. http://www.britishscienceassociation.org/british-science-association/council British Science Association Council
  6. Web site: Professor Dame Julia Goodfellow elected President of Universities UK for 2015 - 2017. UUK. 1 August 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20151002040150/http://www.universitiesuk.ac.uk/highereducation/Pages/ProfessorDameJuliaGoodfellowelectedPresidentofUniversitiesUKfor2015-2017.aspx#.. 2 October 2015. dead.
  7. News: Morgan. John. Julia Goodfellow to be first female UUK president. 1 August 2015. timeshighereducation.co.uk. 27 November 2014.
  8. http://www.bristol.ac.uk/alumni/featured/science/index.html Faculty of Science: Alumni and friends
  9. PhD. Julia. Goodfellow. Structural studies of the corneal stroma. Open University. 1975. Julia Goodfellow.
  10. http://www.kent.ac.uk/vicechancellor/profile.html Goodfellow profile at the University of Kent website
  11. Web site: David Willetts to be new chair of the BSA. British Science Association. 7 October 2015.
  12. Web site: University appoints new vice-chancellor. Kent Online News. 28 September 2015. 2007-04-02.
  13. Web site: Advisory Board. Higher Education Policy Institute (Hepi). 28 September 2015.
  14. Web site: Universities UK declares "in" stance in UK's EU debate. The PIE News. 5 October 2015.
  15. The Biologist 65(2) p22-25
  16. http://www.bristol.ac.uk/news/2002/hondegsjun.html Honorary degrees at Bristol University
  17. http://www.essex.ac.uk/honorary_graduates/or/2004/julia-goodfellow-oration.aspx Honorary Graduates
  18. http://www.ed.ac.uk/about/people/honorary-degrees/2004-5 Honorary graduates 2004-05
  19. https://www.dur.ac.uk/news/newsitem/?itemno=3821 News: Six set for honorary doctorates at Durham University
  20. http://www.manchester.ac.uk/discover/news/article/?id=5142 Quartet to be honoured at Manchester
  21. Florence Maher, UKC VC spent a staggering £26,635 on flying first class last year, thetab.com; accessed 9 April 2016.
  22. http://www.kentonline.co.uk/canterbury/news/pay-rise-puts-university-boss-33387 University of Kent vice-chancellor Professor Dame Julia Goodfellow's salary increases to £265,000

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