Tim Blackman
Tim Blackman | |
|---|---|
| Vice-chancellor of the Open University | |
| In office 1 October 2019 – October 2024 | |
| Vice-chancellor of the Middlesex University | |
| In office 2015–2019 | |
| Succeeded by | Nic Beech |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Gravesend, Kent, UK |
| Education | Durham University |
| Occupation | Academic |
Tim Blackman is a British academic. He has been the vice-chancellor of the Open University since October 2019.[1] It was announced in 2024 that owing to ill-health he would step-down from his position.[2] He previously was the vice-chancellor of Middlesex University from 2015 to 2019.[3]
At The Open University he was partly responsible for moving 4000+ teaching staff onto permanent contracts [4] and soon after he initiated the institute's first use of 'fire and rehire' of Associate Lecturers [5]
Education and career
[edit ]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.[6]
He was the deputy dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences at the Oxford Brookes University, and also the dean of social sciences and at Teesside University.[7]
Blackman, a fellow of Academy of Social Sciences and Royal Society of Arts, was the 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.[8]
References
[edit ]- ^ "Professor Tim Blackman steps down as Middlesex University Vice-Chancellor". Middlesex University . Retrieved 6 July 2021.
- ^ https://www.open.ac.uk/blogs/news/around-ou/university-news/vicechancellor/
- ^ "Professor Tim Blackman FAcSS appointed as The Open University's new Vice-Chancellor". Academy of Social Sciences. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
- ^ "De-casualisation deal for tutors".
- ^ "Open University threatens fire and rehire".
- ^ "Vice-Chancellor Tim Blackman". www.oustudents.com. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
- ^ "The Open University welcomes new Vice-Chancellor". OU News. 1 October 2019. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
- ^ "Vice-Chancellor - Professor Tim Blackman". About The Open University. 28 June 2018. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
- Living people
- Academics of Middlesex University
- Academics of Oxford Brookes University
- Academics of Teesside University
- Alumni of University College, Durham
- Alumni of Durham University Graduate Society
- British sociologists
- Fellows of the Academy of Social Sciences
- People associated with the Open University
- People from Gravesend, Kent
- Writers from Belfast
- British academic biography stubs