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7*$& $)"/$&--03 3&5*3&4 !NNA 0RITCHARD $EPUTY %DITOR 4HE 5NIVERSITY OF %AST !NGLIA HAS AN NOUNCED THAT 6ICE #HANCELLOR 0RO FESSOR "ILL -ACMILLAN WILL TAKE EARLY RETIREMENT AT THE END OF THIS ACADEMIC YEAR AFTER A LEAVE OF ABSENCE DUE TO ILL HEALTH BEGINNING IN .OVEMBER 0ROFESSOR -ACMILLAN HAS BEEN 6ICE #HANCELLOR OF 5%! SINCE ST 3EPTEMBER PREVIOUS TO WHICH HE WAS 0RO 6ICE #HANCELLOR AT /X FORD 5NIVERSITY ! MISNOMER THE TITLE @6ICE #HANCELLOR ACTUALLY MEANS THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF A UNIVERSITY AND AL THOUGH IN THE POST FOR LESS THAN THREE YEARS -ACMILLAN HAS ACHIEVED A GREAT DEAL )T IS HE WHO SPEAR HEADED THE CORPORATE PLAN INTENDED TO BOOST THE INTERNATIONAL REPUTATION OF 5%! FOR RESEARCH AND TEACHING AND WHICH HAS SEEN SO MANY CHANGES AT 5%! OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS (E SAID h) AM REALLY SORRY TO BE LEAVING 5%! EARLY (OWEVER ) BELIEVE THAT THE VISION FOR THE 5NIVERSITY CON TAINED IN THE CORPORATE PLAN TO WHICH #OUNCIL AND THE 5NIVERSITY COMMU NITY HAVE SUBSCRIBED WILL ENABLE 5%! TO m OURISH IN AN INCREASINGLY COMPET ITIVE SECTOR AND IN DIFl CULT ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES ) WAS LOOKING FORWARD TO PROMOTING THE 5NIVERSITY THROUGH THE *UBILEE CAMPAIGN AND WORKING WITH OUR MANY PARTNERS TO BUILD THE 5NIVERSITY S CAPACITY TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE 'RAND #HALLENGES OF THE ST CENTURY 4HERE ARE EXCITING DEVELOP MENTS IN ALL FOUR &ACULTIES WHICH )
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WILL NOT NOW SEE THROUGH TO FRUITION BUT ) HAVE EVERY CONl DENCE IN THE $EANS TO DELIVER THEM ) WISH 5%! EVERY SUCCESS FOR THE FUTURE v 0ROFESSOR -ACMILLAN S ACADEMIC SPECIALISATION HAS EVOLVED DURING THE COURSE OF HIS CAREER BEGINNING AS A CIVIL ENGINEER HE THEN SHIFTED FOCUS TO ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY AND THEN ON AGAIN TO ECONOMICS AND PUBLIC POL ICY MORE GENERALLY (E HAS SERVED AS A POLITICAL ADVISER IN -EXICO AND IN POST APARTHEID 3OUTH !FRICA HE HAS ALSO ASSISTED THE "RITISH (OME /Fl CE IN EVALUATING A MODEL OF THE CRIMINAL
JUSTICE SYSTEM AND BEEN INVOLVED IN AN ADVANCED LEADERSHIP PROGRAMME FOR SENIOR #HINESE OFl CIALS SPONSORED BY THE 5.$0 3UBSEQUENTLY A LECTURER AT /XFORD 5NIVERSITY HE ROSE THROUGH THE RANKS TO BE 0RO 6ICE #HANCELLOR 0LANNING AND 2ESOURCES IN IN WHICH ROLE HE WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE UNI VERSITY S BUDGET MAJOR DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS AND INTERNATIONAL STRATEGY AND AMONGST OTHER THINGS OVERSAW THE "ODLEIAN ,IBRARY AND !SHMOLEAN -USEUM )N HE REPLACED $AVID %ASTWOOD AS 6ICE #HANCELLOR OF 5%!
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SINCE HIS ABSENCE IN .OVEMBER LAST YEAR 0ROFESSOR %DWARD !CTON HAS SERVED AS ACTING 6ICE #HANCELLOR AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO UNTIL THE END OF THE ACADEMIC YEAR SAID 5%! IN ITS STATEMENT 5%! #OUNCIL #HAIR 3TUART (OLM ES SAID OF -ACMILLAN h"ILL -ACMIL LAN HAS GIVEN EXCELLENT SERVICE TO THE 5NIVERSITY AND LEAVES US WITH A SOUND STRATEGY AND A STRONG MANAGEMENT TEAM (E HAS GIVEN UNSTINTINGLY OF HIS TIME TO THE ROLE OF 6ICE #HANCEL LOR (E HAS SET HIMSELF A DEMANDING SCHEDULE AND HAS NEVER BEEN RELUCTANT TO ROLL UP HIS SLEEVES AND PROGRESS MA JOR PROJECTS THROUGH HIS DIRECT EFFORTS 4HIS SAME TENACITY HAS CHARACTERISED HIS DEALINGS WITH THE NATIONAL AGEN CIES WHICH FUND REGULATE OR REPRESENT THE SECTOR (E HAS SECURED SOME VERY IMPORTANT OUTCOMES FOR THE 5NIVER SITY 7E WISH HIM EVERY GOOD FORTUNE FOR THE FUTURE v 2OWENA "ODDINGTON #OMMUNI CATIONS /Fl CER OF THE 5NION OF 5%! 3TUDENTS COMMENTED h) M SURE THAT THE STUDENTS OF 5%! WILL JOIN ME IN THANKING 0ROFESSOR -ACMILLAN FOR ALL OF HIS WORK AND PASSION FOR THE 5NI VERSITY OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS (E S OVERSEEN SOME CHALLENGING AND RAPIDLY CHANGING TIMES IN 5%! S HIS TORY BUT HAS ALWAYS LISTENED TO THE NEEDS OF STUDENTS AND DELIVERED A 5NIVERSITY WE CAN ALL BE PROUD OF (IS SUPPORT AND CONTRIBUTION HAS CHANGED OUR EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE FOR THE BETTER )T IS WITH GREAT REGRET THAT WE WISH HIM WELL FOR THE FUTURE v
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