Julia Goodfellow
Dame Julia Mary Goodfellow | |
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| Born | Julia Mary Lansdall 1 July 1951[1] |
| Citizenship | UK |
| Spouse | Peter Goodfellow[1] |
| Awards | DBE FMedSci, |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | University of Bristol University of Kent Open University Birkbeck, University of London |
| Thesis | Structural studies of the corneal stroma (1975) |
| Website | www |
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Dame Julia Mary Goodfellow DBE FMedSci FInstP (née Lansdall; born 1 July 1951) is a former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Kent,[2][3][4][5] and Chair of the British Science Association.[6] She was the president of Universities UK from 1 August 2015 until July 2017.[7][8]
Early life, education and career
[edit | edit source]Goodfellow completed her BSc degree in physics at the University of Bristol[9] and obtained a PhD degree in biophysics at the Open University[10] 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.[11] In 2002, she was appointed chief executive of the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council, the first woman to lead a UK research council.[8] Goodfellow served as chair of the British Science Association from 2009 to 2014.[12]
In 2007, she was appointed Vice-Chancellor of the University of Kent.[13] In 2011, she was appointed to both the Council for Science and Technology and the Science and Technology Facilities Council.[7] Currently, Goodfellow is a member of the Higher Education Policy Institute (Hepi) advisory board.[14]
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.[15] In 2018 she became president of the Royal Society of Biology.[16]
Honours
[edit | edit source]- 2001: Appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
- 2002: Honorary Doctor of Science (Hon DSc) degree from the University of Bristol[17]
- 2002: Honorary Doctor of Science degree from the University of Strathclyde[9]
- 2004: Doctor of the University (DUniv) degree from the University of Essex[18]
- 2005: Honorary Doctor of Science degree from the University of Edinburgh[19]
- 2005: Honorary Doctor of Science degree from Durham University[20]
- 2009: Honorary Doctor of Science degree from the University of Manchester[21]
- 2010: Promoted to Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) 'For services to Science'[22]
Personal life
[edit | edit source]In 1972 Julia Lansdall married Peter Goodfellow, with whom she has one daughter and one son.[citation needed]
Criticism
[edit | edit source]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.[23]
She received a £43,000 pay rise in 2012–13, a rise of 19%.[24] Other staff at the university were striking to secure a 2% pay rise in the same year.[24] 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.[citation needed]
Selected publications
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References
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- ^ Birkbeck College website
- ^ Julia Goodfellow publications indexed by Microsoft Academic
- ^ British Science Association Council Archived 2013-06-06 at the Wayback Machine
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- ^ a b Faculty of Science: Alumni and friends Archived 2014-08-20 at the Wayback Machine, bristol.ac.uk; accessed 9 April 2016.
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- ^ Goodfellow profile at the University of Kent website
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- ^ The Biologist 65(2) p22-25
- ^ Honorary degrees at Bristol University, bristol.ac.uk; accessed 9 April 2016.
- ^ Honorary Graduates, essex.ac.uk; accessed 9 April 2016.
- ^ Honorary graduates 2004-05 Archived 2014-12-02 at the Wayback Machine, ed.ac.uk; accessed 9 April 2016.
- ^ News: Six set for honorary doctorates at Durham University, dur.ac.uk; accessed 9 April 2016.
- ^ Quartet to be honoured at Manchester, manchester.ac.uk; accessed 9 April 2016.
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- ^ Florence Maher, UKC VC spent a staggering £26,635 on flying first class last year, thetab.com; accessed 9 April 2016.
- ^ a b University of Kent vice-chancellor Professor Dame Julia Goodfellow's salary increases to £265,000, kentonline.co.uk; accessed 9 April 2016.
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- 1951 births
- Academics of Birkbeck, University of London
- Alumni of the Open University
- Alumni of the University of Bristol
- British women scientists
- Dames Commander of the Order of the British Empire
- English biophysicists
- English physicists
- Fellows of the Institute of Physics
- Living people
- Vice-chancellors of the University of Kent
- Women academic administrators
- Fellows of the Academy of Medical Sciences (United Kingdom)