Professor Dame Joan Kathleen Stringer, DBE, FRSE, FRSA (born 12 May 1948) is a British political scientist and former Principal and Vice-Chancellor of Edinburgh Napier University and Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh.
Dame Joan Stringer | |
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| Former Principal & Vice-Chancellor of Edinburgh Napier University | |
| In office 2003–2013 | |
| Chancellor | Viscount Younger of Leckie Tim Waterstone |
| Preceded by | John Mavor |
| Succeeded by | Andrea Nolan |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Joan Kathleen Stringer 12 May 1948 |
| Residence(s) | Edinburgh, Scotland, UK |
| Alma mater | Keele University |
| Profession | Public administrator |
| Salary | £176,000 (2008)[1] |
Biography
editEducation
editStringer attended Portland House High School, Stoke-on-Trent, and Stoke-on-Trent College of Art.[2] She then went to Keele University, where she took a B.A. degree with joint honours in History and Politics and completed a Ph.D degree in Politics in 1986.[2]
Career
editFrom 1980-88, she worked at Robert Gordon's Institute of Technology, Aberdeen as a lecturer in Public Administration, becoming in 1988 the Head of the School of Public Administration and Law, and served as Vice-Principal from 1991-96.[2]
In 1996, she was named Principal and Vice-Patron of Queen Margaret University College (QMUC) in Edinburgh.[2] Her time at QMUC saw much expansion, and in 1998, the institution was awarded full degree-awarding powers, changing its name in 1999 to Queen Margaret University College (QMUC). Dame Joan laid the foundations for the University College to become Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh. [citation needed]
Stringer left Queen Margaret University College in 2003 to become Principal/Vice-Chancellor of Napier University.[3][4]
In 2009, Stringer oversaw Napier University's change of name to Edinburgh Napier University in a bid to raise the institution's profile.[5] In 2010-11, Professor Stringer oversaw a programme of redundancies at Edinburgh Napier University which resulted in 89 staff taking voluntary severance and a further anticipated 100 staff being dismissed on the grounds of compulsory redundancy.[6][7]
Stringer has held a number of appointments outside of academia, including Chair of the Northern Ireland Equality Commission Working Group from 1998–1999, Lay Member of the Judicial Appointments Board for Scotland from 2002–07, Senior Independent Director of the Institute of Directors, Member of the Executive Committee for the Scottish Council for Development and Industry, Chair of Education UK Scotland, Chair of Community Integrated Care,[8] Convenor of the Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations, and trustee of the David Hume Institute. [9]
She is currently Chair of Capital Theatres in Edinburgh and a board member of Entrepreneurial Scotland.[10]
Honours
editStringer was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 2001, and promoted to Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in the 2009 Birthday Honours.[11] [12]
In 2001, she was elected a Fellow of The Royal Society of Edinburgh.[13] She is also a Companion of the Chartered Institute of Management and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.[14]
References
edit- ^ "Who they are … and what they earn". The Glasgow Herald. Newsquest. Retrieved 13 June 2009.[permanent dead link]
- ^ a b c d "Stringer, Prof. Joan Kathleen". Who's Who. Oxford University Press. December 2008. Retrieved 13 June 2009.
- ^ "Scotland's first female principal appointed at Napier". The Guardian. London. 2 May 2002. Retrieved 13 June 2009.
- ^ Didcock, Barry (28 September 2003). "A Woman Of Principal". The Sunday Herald. Archived from the original on 22 May 2008. Retrieved 13 June 2009.
- ^ "Name revamp for Napier University". 25 February 2009. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
- ^ "Redundancies at Edinburgh Napier University". Retrieved 23 February 2011.
- ^ "Redundancies at Edinburgh Napier University website". Retrieved 23 February 2011.
- ^ "Dame Joan Stringer Appointed as Chairperson". cic. 3 September 2014. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
- ^ "This Dame's got a real passion for education". www.scotsman.com. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
- ^ "About Us". Entrepreneurial Scotland. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
- ^ "No. 59090". The London Gazette (Supplement). 13 June 2009. p. 7.
- ^ "Knighthoods for university heads". BBC News Online. BBC News. 12 June 2009. Retrieved 13 June 2009.
- ^ "Professor Dame Joan Kathleen Stringer FRSE - The Royal Society of Edinburgh". The Royal Society of Edinburgh. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
- ^ "Edinburgh Napier University". www.joanstringer.com. Retrieved 22 February 2021.