Robert Van de Noort

Robert Van de Noort
CBE DL
Vice-Chancellor of the University of Reading
Incumbent
Assumed office
September 2018
Preceded bySir David Bell
Personal details
Alma materUniversity of Utrecht
University of Amsterdam
ProfessionAcademic, university administrator
Salary£201,000 (2021–22)[1]
Websitewww.reading.ac.uk/about/governance/key-people/professor-robert-van-de-noort

Robert Adrianus Leonardus Van de Noort CBE DL is a Dutch-British historian and archaeologist who is the Vice-Chancellor and the Chief Executive of the University of Reading.[2] He is the chair of the Thames Regional Flood and Coastal Committee (RFCC).[2] He worked at the University of Exeter (2000–14) where he was the dean of the College of Social Sciences and International Studies.[3] Van de Noort worked from 1988 to 1989 at the British School in Rome, from 1989 to 1991 at the Rotterdam Archaeology Unit, and then he went to the University of Hull (1992–2000). He is a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London and a Principal Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.[2]

Early career

Van de Noort studied History at the University of Utrecht and Archaeology at the University of Amsterdam. He worked at the British School in Rome (1988–89), and the Rotterdam Archaeology Unit (1989–1991) before moving to Britain where he became the manager of the Humber Wetlands Project (1992–2000) and the director of the Centre for Wetland Archaeology (1996–2000), both at the University of Hull.[3]

In 2001 he was appointed Senior Lecturer in Archaeology at the University of Exeter, moving on to became Head of Department and then Head of the School of Geography, Archaeology and Earth Resources from 2003 to 2008.[4] He also was the university's Dean of the Faculty of Graduate Research and the Dean of the College of Social Sciences and International Studies.

In 2021, as Vice-Chancellor at Reading, Van de Noort was involved in controversy with the students' union over tuition fee refunds. He refused the union's request to cancel tutition fees for the year, following concerns over online teaching during the COVID-19 pandemic and reduced contact time.[5][6]

In April 2023, Van de Noort issued a formal apology to Conservative MP James Sunderland, whose invitation to speak at the University of Reading was rescinded by the university's student body due to his views on immigration. Van de Noort invited Sunderland to speak at the university at a later date.[7]

Van de Noort was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2024 New Year Honours for services to science, flood risk management and sustainability.[8] In October 2024, Van de Noort was appointed a deputy lieutenant of Berkshire.[9]

References

  1. ^ "Annual Report and Financial Statements 2021-2022" (PDF). University of Reading. p. 66. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
  2. ^ a b c "Professor Robert Van de Noort". University of Reading. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Staff Van de Noort". University of Exeter. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
  4. ^ "Robert Van de Noort". Wonkhe. 2020. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
  5. ^ Craigie, Emily (21 January 2021). "University of Reading refuses to refund students' tuition fees". Berkshire Live. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
  6. ^ "Covid: University of Reading dismisses demand to refund tuition fees". BBC News. 20 January 2021. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
  7. ^ Hope, Christopher (27 April 2023). "Tory MP 'uncancelled' by Reading University students". The Telegraph. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
  8. ^ "No. 64269". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 December 2023. p. N11.
  9. ^ "No. 64549". The London Gazette (Supplement). 24 October 2024. p. 21101.
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