University News Last updated 08 March 2024
探花直播 (BCU) has appointed Professor Harris Beider as its new Pro Vice-Chancellor (PVC) Engagement, Enterprise and Innovation.
Currently Pro Vice-Chancellor for Research, Innovation and Engagement at the University of Bradford, Professor Beider returns to BCU after spells as the University鈥檚 Head of the School of Social Sciences and Associate Dean for Research in the Faculty of Business, Law and Social Sciences.
He takes up his new position on 7 May.
BCU Vice-Chancellor Professor David Mba welcomed Professor Beider鈥檚 appointment, describing him as the 鈥渙utstanding candidate from an extremely strong field鈥�.
Professor Mba continued: 鈥淏CU is powerful anchor institution in our region and Harris will be instrumental in maximising our potential, building partnerships and advancing our reputation for entrepreneurship and innovation.
鈥淗is knowledge and experience will prove vital to our executive team and to our plans to develop the BCU 2030 and Beyond strategy.鈥�
Professor Beider said: 鈥淚鈥檓 enormously pleased to be appointed to such a crucial role, one with such a huge capacity to build on BCU鈥檚 significant regional impact.
鈥淩eturning to 探花直播 is hugely exciting - and taking on this new role at BCU, joining the institution鈥檚 ambitious new leadership team, is even more so. I have had an amazing time at the University of Bradford but coming back to BCU and 探花直播 proved too compelling.
鈥淧roactive engagement with stakeholders, businesses and communities will form the core of the BCU 2030 strategy, so I鈥檓 eager to get to work on raising our profile within 探花直播 and beyond, exerting our considerable influence in order to effect positive change.鈥�
Professor Beider鈥檚 career has included roles at the University of 探花直播, where he was Senior Fellow at the Centre for Urban and Regional Studies, and at Coventry University as Professor and founding Academic Director of the Institute of Community Cohesion.
He has also worked in the USA, as a Visiting Professor in the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University, where he taught on the MPA programme.
A published author whose work has featured regularly in the media, Professor Beider was led national and international research projects funded by foundations in the UK, US and Japan.
His research interests are focused on race, communities and public policy.