Vice Chancellor and Rector of the University of Westminster from
January 1996 until July 2007 Dr Geoffrey
Copland studied Physics at Oxford University and
has a doctorate in Solid State Physics.
He spent two years as a post-doctoral researcher at Yale
University in the USA, followed by eleven years researching and
lecturing in physics at Queen Mary College and Queen Elizabeth
College. He has held a number of positions in higher
education organisations, including Vice-President of Universities
UK, Chair of Universities and Colleges Employers Association,
Trustee of Council for Industry and Higher Education, and
Vice-Chairman of London Higher
He was awarded the CBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours in
2007.
Register of interests held:
| ASET |
President |
| Employment Opportunities for People with Disabilities |
Vice President |
| Goldsmiths College |
Honorary Fellow |
| HEFCE - Sustainability Group |
Project Chair |
| Helena Kennedy Foundation |
Trustee |
| Institute of Physics |
Fellow |
| International Student House |
Trustee |
| Learning from Experience Trust |
Trustee |
| Royal Society of Arts |
Fellow |
| Thomas Wall Trust |
Chairman |
| University of Bedfordshire |
Governor |
| University of Westminster |
Hon Doctorate |
Photo: Alex Rumford
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