Shirley Pearce, Loughborough University
Shirley Pearce has been the Vice-Chancellor of Loughborough University since January 2006.
She is on the Board of CASE Europe, the Youth Sport Trust and the Universities & Colleges Employers Association Board, and she chairs the National Teaching Fellowship Scheme.
Shirley is a member of the HEFCE Board Strategic Advisory Committee for Enterprise and Skills Strategy, the HEFCE Matched Funding Scheme for Voluntary Giving Advisory Group, the Council for Industry and Higher Education, the Universities UK Employability, Business & Industry Policy Committee, Longer Term Strategy Group and Sustainable Development Task Group,
She was previously Pro-Vice-Chancellor at the University of East Anglia responsible for the health and professional schools, where she led the successful bid for a new medical school for the East of England. Prior to that Shirley held an academic post in Psychology at University College London. She was also Deputy Chair of the Healthcare Commission until 2007. Shirley was awarded the CBE in 2005 for services to education in the NHS.
Case studies
IMCRC Innovation With Impact (PDF)
A selection of exciting, high calibre, industry-focused research, produced by top talent at Loughborough’s Innovative Manufacturing and Construction Research Centre (IMCRC).
Pushing Boundaries