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Tim Blackman

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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 byNic Beech
Personal details
BornGravesend, Kent, UK
EducationDurham University
OccupationAcademic

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]

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.[4]

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.[5]

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.[6]

References

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  1. ^ "Professor Tim Blackman steps down as Middlesex University Vice-Chancellor". Middlesex University. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
  2. ^ https://www.open.ac.uk/blogs/news/around-ou/university-news/vicechancellor/
  3. ^ "Professor Tim Blackman FAcSS appointed as The Open University's new Vice-Chancellor". Academy of Social Sciences. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
  4. ^ "Vice-Chancellor Tim Blackman". www.oustudents.com. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
  5. ^ "The Open University welcomes new Vice-Chancellor". OU News. 1 October 2019. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
  6. ^ "Vice-Chancellor - Professor Tim Blackman". About The Open University. 28 June 2018. Retrieved 6 July 2021.