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Motion · S6M-06832 · 16 Nov 2022

Professor James Miller Takes Up Post at UWS

Lodged by Emma Harper Standard Motion 19 supporters

The motion

That the Parliament congratulates Professor James Miller on taking up his new position as Principal and Vice-Chancellor of the University of the West of Scotland (UWS), which has campuses in Dumfries, Paisley, Ayr and Lanarkshire; understands that Professor Miller began his career as a clinical nurse and that he is believed to be the first nurse to be appointed as a university principal and vice-chancellor in Scotland; acknowledges Professor Miller’s prominent past positions as Deputy Vice-Chancellor of Glasgow Caledonian University, Director of the Open University in Scotland and Chief Executive of the Royal College of Physicians & Surgeons of Glasgow, and welcomes the vast experience and knowledge these roles will being to UWS; understands that Professor Miller is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine, a member of the Institute of Directors, and was a founder member of the British Council’s Digital Advisory Board; congratulates UWS for being named Higher Educational Institution of the Year at the 2022 Herald Higher Education Awards, and wishes both Professor Miller and the university well for the future.

Supporters (19)

Source: the Scottish Parliament motions and amendments record.