Julie Mennell
Julie Mennell | |
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Vice Chancellor of the University of Cumbria | |
Assumed office 1 August 2016 | |
Preceded by | |
Personal details | |
Born | Julie Sowerby 4 February 1970 Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, England |
Education | University of Leeds (BSc) Teesside University (PhD) |
Julie Mennell (née Sowerby; born 4 February 1970) is an English academic and former police officer who has been the vice chancellor of the University of Cumbria since 2016.
Biography[]
Mennell was born in Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, England, on 4 February 1970, the daughter of Richard Sowerby and Linda Marsden.[1] After receiving the Bachelor of Science degree in physics and mathematics at the University of Leeds in 1992, she accepted a job with the police force in Lancaster, Lancashire, and married John Mennell a few weeks later.[1][2] After several years as a police officer, she returned to education and studied applied physics at Teesside University, where she received the Doctor of Philosophy degree in 1997. After her PhD, Mennell became a lecturer at Teesside specializing in forensic science, and was named as the director of the university's Centre for Forensic Investigation in 2002.[1][2]
She became the dean of the School of Applied Sciences at Northumbria University in 2006, and deputy vice chancellor (academic) at the University of Sunderland in 2010.[2] On 1 August 2016, Mennell became the vice chancellor of the University of Cumbria, succeeding the retiring . She was formally inaugurated on 24 November 2016, and is the first woman to hold the position at the University of Cumbria.[3][4] As vice chancellor, Mennell has overseen the ongoing development of a new university campus in Barrow-in-Furness, in partnership with Lancaster University,[5] as well as the conversion of Carlisle Citadel into a new campus for the University of Cumbria.[6]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "Mennell, Prof. Julie". Who's Who. 1 December 2020. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U288264. ISBN 978-0-19-954088-4. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "Julie Mennell – the University of Cumbria's new vice-chancellor". Lancashire Life. 4 January 2017. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
- ^ "University names new vice chancellor". The Westmorland Gazette. 30 November 2016. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
- ^ Pattison, Kelly (25 February 2016). "New vice-chancellor for University of Cumbria". News and Star. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
- ^ Ovens, Eleanor (20 February 2021). "Universities of Lancaster and Cumbria join forces to build campus in Barrow". The Mail. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
- ^ Parsons, Emily (14 May 2020). "£50m plans to turn Carlisle citadels into new university campus unveiled". In-Cumbria Magazine. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
- 1970 births
- Academics of Northumbria University
- Academics of Teesside University
- Academics of the University of Cumbria
- Academics of the University of Sunderland
- Alumni of Teesside University
- Alumni of the University of Leeds
- British forensic scientists
- British police officers
- British women police officers
- Living people
- People from Middlesbrough
- Women forensic scientists