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Tim Blackman

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Tim Blackman
Vice-chancellor of the Open University
Assumed office
1 October 2019
Vice-chancellor of the Middlesex University
In office
2015–2019
Succeeded byNic Beech
Personal details
BornGravesend, Kent, UK
EducationDurham University
OccupationAcademic

Tim Blackman is a British academic. He is the current Vice-Chancellor of the Open University, serving since October 2019.[1] He previously served as the Vice-Chancellor of Middlesex University from 2015–2019.[2]

Education and career

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After graduating with a degree in geography from Durham University, Blackman started his career as a community worker in Belfast, before completing a PhD in urban sociology.[3]

He served as the head of the School of Applied Social Sciences and director of the Wolfson Research Institute.

He served as deputy dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences at the Oxford Brookes University, and was also dean of social sciences and at Teesside University.[4]

Blackman, a fellow of Academy of Social Sciences and Royal Society of Arts. He served as assessor of Social Policy and Social Work in the England Research Excellence Framework. He was a founding member of the Community Technical Aid and the Oxford Dementia Centre.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Professor Tim Blackman steps down as Middlesex University Vice-Chancellor". Middlesex University. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
  2. ^ "Professor Tim Blackman FAcSS appointed as The Open University's new Vice-Chancellor". Academy of Social Sciences. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
  3. ^ "Vice-Chancellor Tim Blackman". www.oustudents.com. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
  4. ^ "The Open University welcomes new Vice-Chancellor". OU News. 1 October 2019. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
  5. ^ "Vice-Chancellor - Professor Tim Blackman". About The Open University. 28 June 2018. Retrieved 6 July 2021.