Alan Wilson (academic)
Alan Wilson | |
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Born | Alan Geoffrey Wilson 8 January 1939 Bradford, England, UK |
Education | Queen Elizabeth Sixth Form College |
Alma mater | University of Cambridge (MA) |
Awards | Knight Bachelor (2001) |
Scientific career | |
Institutions | Alan Turing Institute University College London University of Leeds Rutherford Appleton Laboratory |
Website | iris |
Sir Alan Geoffrey Wilson
Early life and education
Wilson was born in Bradford on 8 January 1939,[2] and educated at Queen Elizabeth Grammar School,[3] Darlington and the University of Cambridge where he was an undergraduate student of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge and studied the Mathematical Tripos, graduating in 1960.[4]
Career and research
Wilson converted in the 1960s from theoretical
Sir Alan retired in May 2004 after 13 years as Vice-Chancellor. During his time the University underwent unprecedented growth and transformation. Student numbers increased from 12,000 to 31,500, turnover increased from £100m to £320m and research income increased by more than 400% to £71m.[citation needed]
His knowledge of the university sector led to his appointment as first Director General for Higher Education by the UK Government at the Department for Education and Skills, a post which he took up part-time in February 2004 and full-time on 1 June 2004 until 2007. In this role, he was a key adviser to secretaries of state Charles Clarke, Ruth Kelly and Alan Johnson, and played a critical role in the government's drive to widen participation in higher education and maintaining a world-class education system.
In May 2006 he was appointed Master of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge,[4] and took up the post in October. He resigned from the post of Master of Corpus Christi on 1 May 2007, after only seven months in post.[citation needed]
In September, 2007, he joined
In 2016, he was appointed as Interim CEO of the Alan Turing Institute[8] before becoming director of special projects when Adrian Smith took over. He retired as executive chair of the Ada Lovelace Institute in February 2020, having overseen the organisation's development phase, and was succeeded by Dame Wendy Hall.[9]
Publications
- Entropy in urban and regional modelling. London: Pion, 1970. 166 p. / Russ. ed.: Вильсон А. Дж. Энтропийные методы моделирования сложных систем. – М., Наука, 1978. 248 с.
Awards and honours
Wilson was elected a
Personal life
Wilson's wife's name is Sarah.[11]
References
- ^ UCL Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis accessed 19 December 2010
- ^ Debrett's Archived 15 August 2012 at the Wayback Machine Prof Sir Alan Wilson, FBA, FRS
- ^ Kelly, Jim (28 October 2003). "Top man". The Guardian. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
- ^ a b "New Master announced for College". Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. Archived from the original on 19 October 2006. Retrieved 24 October 2006.
- ^ "Staff". Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis (CASA). Retrieved 12 May 2011.
- ^ "Professor Sir Alan Wilson joins UCL CASA". Ucl.ac.uk. 12 September 2007. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
- ^ "Professor Sir Alan Wilson". Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 16 August 2012.
- ^ "Leadership - The Alan Turing Institute". Turing.ac.uk. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
- ^ "Professor Dame Wendy Hall appointed Chair of the Ada Lovelace Institute". Nuffield Foundation. 18 May 2020. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
- ^ "Alan Wilson : Bio". Royalsociety.org. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
- ^ Leeds Reporter 503 (2004) Archived 16 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine Retirements Confirmed