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At the University of Plymouth, we have a proud 150-year heritage and a sustained legacy of success in advancing knowledge and transforming lives The only ‘post-92’ institution with a medical and dental school, we are also a top 50 research university with clusters of world-class research across areas including Marine, Sustainability, Health and the Arts. Awarded the Queen’s Anniversary Prizes three times, this year we have also been shortlisted for the Times Higher Education University of the Year Award, with results due to be announced in November.

We have a strong financial platform, and excellent and distinctive facilities supporting our research and teaching. We are currently midway through a £170m campus development programme which will see our campus and the surrounding area transformed over the next five years.

We have embarked upon a ten-year strategy – ‘University 2030: A Future of Excellence’. This transformational journey will maximise our current core strengths, including our areas of internationally leading research, our quality teaching, our leading-edge facilities, our location and the priorities of our city and region, and our strong partnerships with research organisations, the public sector and businesses - locally, nationally and beyond.

As part of this ambitious journey, we are now seeking to appoint up to five new Board Governors; exceptional individuals with the requisite intellectual capacity, commercial acumen and strategic expertise to act as critical friends and support us in a non- executive capacity to drive forward our ambitions. We welcome expressions of interest from a wide and diverse range of backgrounds; however, senior finance and audit experience would be particularly additive for two of the five positions. In addition, experience in one or more of the following areas would be an asset, although not essential: Marine; Defence; Environment; Cultural/Arts/Creative industries.

This is an exciting opportunity to leverage the profile of a truly progressive University within a rapidly changing global environment.

For further information, including details of how to apply, please visitwww.odgers.com/86652

Closing date: Friday 4th November at 5pm

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