Vice-Chancellor's Office

The Vice-Chancellor of Loughborough University is Professor Shirley Pearce, who succeeded Professor Sir David Wallace on his retirement in January 2006.

After graduating from St Annes College Oxford University with a degree in PPP (Psychology, Physiology and Philosophy) Shirley trained as a clinical psychologist gaining an MPhil in Clinical Psychology from the Institute of Psychiatry in London.

She then worked at St Mary's Hospital in Paddington as a clinical psychologist before becoming lecturer in Psychology at University College London. She studied part time as a post graduate student obtaining her PhD in 1986.

In 1994 she moved to the University of East Anglia where she established the School of Health Policy and Practice. In 1998 she led the bid for a new medical school at UEA to enable medical students to learn in an inter-professional environment.

As Pro-Vice-Chancellor for the Health and Professional Schools, and Director of the Institute of Health she was a member of UEA's executive team for five years prior to moving to Loughborough.

During that time she was also a Non-executive director of Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire Strategic Health Authority and a Commissioner for the Healthcare Commission which is responsible for the regulation of NHS and private healthcare providers in England and Wales.

In 2005 she was awarded the CBE for services to education in the National Health Service. She has two sons.

• The Vice-Chancellor is the academic and executive head for the University.

• The Vice-Chancellor is responsible for the delivery of the strategic and operational plans that have been agreed by our governing body, the University Council.

• The Vice-Chancellor works closely with the Academic Leadership Team (ALT), who support the work of all aspects of the University.

• The Vice-Chancellor has special responsibilities for the advancement of the University, through the development of relationships with partners and supporters worldwide.

• She also has statutory reporting duties to the Higher Education Funding Council for England.

Name: Shirley Pearce
C.B.E, B.A.(Oxon), M.Phil(Lond.), PhD(Lond.)
Email: s.pearce@lboro.ac.uk
Date of Birth: 19.02.54

Present employment

2006 - present: Vice-Chancellor
Loughborough University

Previous employment

2004 - 2007: Deputy Chair
Healthcare Commission (CHAI)
Chair: Nominations Committee
Member: Regional Policy Committee, Clinical Strategy Group, Research & Development Group

2003 - 2007: Commissioner
Commission for Healthcare Audit and Inspection (CHAI)
CHAI took over the functions of:

• The Commission for Health Improvement
• The National Care Standards Commission
• The Audit Commission (healthcare responsibilities)
• The Mental Health Act Commission

2004 - 2006: Director of Institute of Health
Professor of Health Psychology
University of East Anglia (UEA)

2002 - 2006: Director of the Centre for Interprofessional Practice, UEA
delivering:

• small-group inter-professional learning (IPL) for all pre-registration health professional students at UEA
• team-based learning  for clinical, interprofessional teams in acute trusts and primary care team development and IPL for inter-agency child protection teams involving the police, social services, health service and education.

2003 - 2005: Non-Executive Director
Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire Strategic Health Authority
with responsibility for mental health services and complaints. Member of the Remuneration Committee.

2000 - 2004: Pro-Vice-Chancellor: Health and Professional Schools (UEA)   with direct management responsibility for the Schools of:

• Law
• Nursing and Midwifery
• Medicine, Health Policy and Practice
• Education and Professional Development
• Continuing Education
• Social Work and Psychosocial Studies
• Occupational Therapy and Physiotherapy
• Management

1997 - 2000: Dean of the Schools of Health, UEA
(Nursing & Midwifery, Occupational Therapy and Physiotherapy, Health Policy & Practice) and Director of the successful East Anglia Joint Venture bid for a Medical School  at UEA.

1994 - 1997: Inaugural Director of the School of Health Policy and Practice, UEA and Professor of Health Psychology

1990 - 1994: Senior Lecturer in Psychology
University College London and Head of Health Psychology Services Camden & Islington Community Trust

1981 - 1990: Lecturer in Psychology
University College London

1979 - 1981: Senior Clinical Psychologist
St. Mary's Hospital, London.

1977 - 1979: Basic Grade Clinical Psychologist
St. Mary's Hospital, London.

Previous honorary and non-executive employment

1996 - 2006: Hon Clinical Psychologist
Norfolk - Norwich University Hospital NHS Trust

1996 - 1997: Non Executive Director of East Norfolk Health Authority

1986 - 1994: Honorary Clinical Psychologist
Whittington Hospital, London

1984 - 1994: Honorary Clinical Psychologist
St Mark's Hospital, London

1978 - 1994: Honorary Clinical Psychologist
Samaritan Hospital for Women, Paddington

1979 - 1981: Honorary Lecturer
St. Mary's Hospital Medical School, London.

1979 - 1981: Honorary Academic Tutor
North West Thames Region
Clinical Psychology Training Scheme.