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Appointments to SHEFC
21/08/2003
Three new members have been appopinted to the Scottish Higher Education Funding Council (SHEFC), it was announced today. One member was also reappointed for a second term.
Lifelong Learning Minister Jim Wallace said:
"I'm very pleased to welcome these new members. Their calibre and expertise is high, and I'm sure they will make a valuable contribution to the work of SHEFC.
"Higher education in Scotland is much valued and has an excellent worldwide reputation - it helps individuals fulfil their potential and also plays a vital role in the Executive's key aim of growing the economy.
"The work of SHEFC is crucial in enabling and supporting higher education to meet current challenges and to continue to perform strongly, and I'm pleased we have such able members of the Council."
SHEFC was established as a non-departmental public body (NDPB) in 1992 under the Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 1992. It has a total expenditure of approximately £740 million for 2003-04, which it allocates to Scotland's higher education institutions in line with Ministerial guidance.
The Council operates within a framework agreed with the Scottish Ministers. It seeks to make effective use of and communicate knowledge and skills that will enrich society, allow individuals to realise their potential and make a major contribution to the country's prosperity.
The new appointments, are:
Professor Peter Holmes is Vice-Principal (Research) at the University of Glasgow, a post he has held for the past 5 years, where he has had a key role in the development and implementation of the University Research Strategy. He led the University team which formulated the extremely successful submission for the 2001 Research Assessment Exercise. During his time as Vice-Principal there has been a major increase in income from external Research Grants and Contracts. As an internationally recognised research scientist he has over 200 scientific publications to his name in the field of veterinary physiology and parasitology. Professor Holmes holds no other ministerial appointments and has declared no political activity over the past 5 years.
Professor William Wardle is Principal and Chief Executive of James Watt College of Further and Higher Education, which is Scotland's largest college of further and higher education. He is involved on a daily basis with many of the key challenges currently facing the further and higher education sectors, including social inclusion, curriculum design and delivery, student retention, partnership working and financial health. In both his previous and current posts he has been heavily involved in collaboration projects between further education colleges and higher education institutions to promote better articulation routes between the two sectors. Professor Wardle holds no other Ministerial appointments and has declared no political activity over the past 5 years.
Professor Stephen Logan is Provost at the University of Aberdeen, a position of key leadership with management responsibilities within the University. During his time as a senior manager at the University he has been personally involved in the licensing and formation of spin-out companies. In 1998 he was appointed Vice-Principal and Dean of the Faculty of Medicine and Medical Sciences, the first non-medically qualified scientist to hold this post. During his time in this post there was significant growth in the Faculty's research and scholarship. As Chairman of Grampian University Hospital NHS Trust he has played a major role in the reorganisation of NHS in Grampian, fostering closer ties between the Trust and the Universities in Aberdeen. This is a Ministerial appointment which is remunerated at £15,000 per annum. Professor Logan holds one other Ministerial appointment as a board member of NHS Grampian, which is remunerated at £7,000 per annum. Professor Logan declared no political activity over the past 5 years.
The reappointment is:
Rowena Arshad OBE is Director of the Centre for Education for Racial Equality in Scotland and a lecturer at the University of Edinburgh. She has worked in the field of equality, in particular racial equality since 1983 in England and Scotland, and was awarded the OBE in 2001 for services to racial equality. Her current research is in documenting the experiences of ethnic minority pupils in Scottish schools and developing staff training materials in the area of anti-racist education for Scottish teachers and senior managers. She is currently Chair of the Equality Advisory Group, an independent advisory group to the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service and also on the Board of Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Education. She holds one other Ministerial appointment as the Commissioner for the Equal Opportunities Commission in Scotland which is remunerated at £134 per day up to 30 days per annum. Ms Arshad declared no political activity over the past 5 years.
All 3 new appointees take up appointments which run from 1 August 2003 to 31 July 2007. Rowena Arshad's reappointment is effective from 1 July 2003 to 30 June 2007. All appointments are part time and currently attract a remuneration of £5,031 per annum for a time commitment of approximately 2 days per month.
These Ministerial Public Appointments were made in accordance with the Code of Practice issued by the Office for the Commissioner for Public Appointments. An Independent Assessor was involved in the selection process.