Joan Stringer
| Dame Joan Stringer | |
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| Former Principal of Edinburgh Napier University |
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Assumed office January 2003 |
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| Preceded by | John Mavor |
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| Born |
Joan Kathleen Stringer 12 May 1948 |
| Residence | Edinburgh, Scotland, UK |
| Alma mater | Keele University |
| Profession | Public administrator |
| Salary | £176,000 (2008) |
Dame Joan Kathleen Stringer, DBE, FRSE, FRSA (born 12 May 1948) is a British political scientist and former Principal and Vice-Chancellor of Edinburgh Napier University.
Stringer attended Portland House High School, Stoke-on-Trent, and Stoke-on-Trent College of Art. She then went to Keele University, where she took a B.A. degree with joint honours in History and Politics and completed a Ph.D degree in Politics in 1986.
From 1980-88, she worked at Robert Gordon's Institute of Technology, Aberdeen as a lecturer in Public Administration, becoming in 1988 the Head of the School of Public Administration and Law, and served as Vice-Principal from 1991-96. In 1996, she was named Principal and Vice-Patron of Queen Margaret College (QMUC) in Edinburgh. Her time at the College saw much expansion, and in 1998, the College was awarded full degree-awarding powers, changing its name in 1999 to Queen Margaret University College (QMUC). From 2001-07, she was convener of the Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations.
Stringer left Queen Margaret University College in 2003 to be appointed Principal/Vice-Chancellor of Edinburgh Napier University. the first woman to be leader of a Scottish university.
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