- Eric Thomas (academic)
Infobox University Vice-Chancellor
name =Eric Thomas
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university =Vice-Chancellor ofBristol University
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birth_date =1953
birth_place =Hartlepool ,England
website = http://www.bristol.ac.uk/university/vc/Eric Jackson Thomas [ [http://www.lustrumleiden.nl/index.php3?c=115 Symp. Thomas ] ] , born
24 March 1953 inHartlepool ,County Durham , is an academic who has beenVice-Chancellor of theUniversity of Bristol since 2001. He is also the current chair of theWorldwide Universities Network . [ [http://text.southwestrda.org.uk/about/board/board-members/eric-thomas.shtm South West RDA: Board Members - Professor Eric Thomas ] ]Academic career
Professor Thomas' training was originally inmedicine at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne where he graduated with theBachelor of Medicine andBachelor of Surgery degrees in 1976. [ [http://www.bris.ac.uk/university/vc/biog.html Bristol University | The University | Vice-Chancellor's biography ] ]He spent the next two decades in various training positions in Newcastle,
Leicester andSheffield , including lectureships at the universities of Newcastle and Sheffield, [ [http://www.bris.ac.uk/university/vc/biog.html Bristol University | The University | Vice-Chancellor's biography ] ] before eventually becoming a consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist atNewcastle General Hospital in 1987. At the same time, he received theDoctor of Medicine degree from Newcastle. In 1991, Thomas became Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at theUniversity of Southampton and was appointed a consultant toSouthampton University Hospitals Trust . He became Head of the School of Medicine at Southampton in 1995 and Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, Health and Biological Sciences in 1998. Upon becoming Vice-Chancellor at Bristol in 2001, he resigned all of hisSouthampton -based posts.While in Bristol, Thomas has served on various committees and agencies. Since 2001, he has been a member of the board of the
Regional Development Agency for the South West of England. In 2002, he began serving on various committees forUniversities UK and as aMedicines Commissioner , stepping down from that post the following year. He joined theCouncil for Industry and Higher Education and was appointed Chair of theWorldwide Universities Network in 2003. In 2005, Thomas joined the Council of theAcademy of Medical Sciences and became Director ofUCAS (the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service). He also chaired theDepartment for Education and Skills ' "Taskforce on Voluntary Giving in Higher Education" which reported in 2004 — an attempt to study how British universities might benefit from the kind of philanthropic donations their American counterparts are familiar with.He was elected a Fellow of the
Royal Society of Arts in1998 and theRoyal College of Physicians in 2004. After three years as the University's Vice-Chancellor, he was awarded an honorary Doctorate of Laws by Bristol in 2004. He was awarded an honorary DSc from the University of Southampton in 2006. He is now a UK Board member of Universites UK and Chair of their Research Strategy Policy CommitteePersonal life
Thomas is married and has two children. His interests include
golf andNewcastle United Football Club . [ [http://www.bristol.ac.uk/university/vc/cv.html Bristol University | The University | Vice-Chancellor's CV ] ]References
ee also
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University of Bristol
*University of Southampton External links
* [http://www.bristol.ac.uk/university/vc/ The Vice Chancellor's page on the website for Bristol University]
* [http://www.bris.ac.uk/university/vc/vc_speeches.html Speeches made by Eric Thomas]
* [http://www.bris.ac.uk/university/vc/cv.html Curriculum Vitae]Persondata
NAME=Thomas, Eric Jackson
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SHORT DESCRIPTION=Gynaecologist, obstetrician,Vice-Chancellor of theUniversity of Bristol
DATE OF BIRTH=24 March 1953
PLACE OF BIRTH=Hartlepool ,County Durham
DATE OF DEATH=
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