Chris Brink
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Professor Chris Brink FRSSAf |
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Vice-Chancellor Newcastle University |
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In office July 2007 – December 2016 |
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| Preceded by | Sir Christopher Edwards |
| Succeeded by | Chris Day |
| Rector and Vice-Chancellor Stellenbosch University |
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In office 2002–2007 |
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| Succeeded by | Russel Botman |
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| Born | 31 January 1951 |
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Rand Afrikaans University Rhodes University University of Cambridge |
Chris Brink, FRSSAf (born 31 January 1951) is a South African mathematician and academic. He was the Vice-Chancellor of Newcastle University between 2007 and December 2016.
After graduating with a degree in maths and computer science from Rand Afrikaans University, Brink undertook post-graduate study at Rhodes University and the University of Cambridge. He became Professor and Head of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics at the University of Cape Town in 1995, Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Research) at the University of Wollongong in 1999 and Rector and Vice-Chancellor of Stellenbosch University in 2002 before being appointed Vice-Chancellor of Newcastle University in 2007.
In the 1980s Chris Brink was a Senior Research Fellow at the Australian National University. In 1996 The Foundation for Research Development in South Africa rated Chris Brink in category A. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of South Africa, a former President of the South African Mathematical Society, a Founder Member of the Academy of Science of South Africa and a former chair of the Advisory Board of the African Institute of Mathematical Sciences.
He chaired the Student Policy Network (part of Universities UK) and the N8 Research Partnership, a group of eight research-intensive universities in the North of England. Nationally he has served on the Board of the Equality Challenge Unit (including two years as a Co-Chair), the Board of the Quality Assurance Agency (and its Advisory Committee on Degree-Awarding Powers), and the Advisory Committee on Leadership, Governance and Management of the Higher Education Funding Council for England.
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