Vice-Chancellor joins UCAS Board of Trustees
Tue, 03 Nov 2015 11:49:00 GMT
Professor Bob Cryan is one of just 12 trustees, chosen for their expertise, who govern the body that provides the application process for the country
THE Vice-Chancellor of the University of Huddersfield, Professor Bob Cryan CBE FREng (pictured right), has been elected as a member of the Board of Trustees for UCAS, the UK-based charity which provides the application process for most British universities.
The Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) is an independent charity providing information, advice and admissions services to inspire and facilitate educational progression. Their services support young people making choices after their GCSEs, as well as those applying for undergraduate and postgraduate courses.
Governed by the Board of Trustees, UCAS independently selects and appoints members based on their specific skills, experience and expertise and now Professor Cryan – an electrical engineer who is the author of a substantial body of scientific articles – is one of the 12 members.
Professor Cryan has had a distinguished academic career in the field of electrical and electronic engineering and physics at a sequence of UK universities – at the age of 30 he became UK’s youngest Professor of Engineering – before returning to Huddersfield as Vice-Chancellor in 2007.
Becoming a member of UCAS’s Board of Trustees comes in a year that has seen Professor Cryan bestowed with a sequence of honours. In January, he received his CBE at Buckingham Palace, in June he received the Daily Telegraph Educate North Leadership Award, and in September he was one of the 50 world-leading engineers elected as Fellows of the Royal Academy of Engineering.
In April, it was announced that he would become a Vice-President of the Institution of Engineering and Technology, the largest engineering professional body in Europe with 160,000 members. Professor Cryan takes up his appointment this month.
