Rector & Chief Executive receives honorary fellowship from University of Wales
Monday, 01 November 2010
(1)In recognition of her exceptional service to the world of academia, Professor Anne Carlisle, University College Falmouth's (UCF's) Rector & Chief Executive received an Honorary Fellowship from the University of Wales, Newport during their graduation ceremonies in September.
Professor Anne Carlisle was among only seven figures from the worlds of sport, business, social reform, academia and the arts bestowed this honour and will join a distinguished list of over fifty prominent people at the University.
Professor Anne Carlisle was appointed as Rector & Chief Executive of UCF in 2009. Prior to this she was Deputy Vice Chancellor at Newport and Dean of the University's School of Art, Media and Design where she led the rapid expansion of the School's portfolio and enhanced its reputation and international research achievements which included a grade 5, the highest research rating of any UK art school in the 2001 Research Assessment Exercise (RAE). In 2008 she led all 5 of the University's submissions in that year's RAE, which resulted in the University achieving international recognition for the quality of its research.
Whilst at Newport she was central in the development of the concept of a new cultural and educational quarter in Newport. This included close collaboration with Newport City Council and Newport Unlimited, the city's economic development organisation. She played a central role in developing the University's City Campus, which is nearing completion in Newport. The new building is based on an integrated arts and business environment and is home to an innovation and incubation centre known as "The Hothouse".
Drawing from these achievements at Newport, Professor Anne Carlisle is now leading UCF in its creative drive to become one of the top five specialist art instititions in the world, working closely with the business community and acting as a catalyst for Cornwall's economic regeneration.
UCF is the only independent Higher Education institution in Cornwall with the right to award degrees in its own name. The University College has two campuses - at Woodlane in Falmouth and Tremough in Penryn (which it owns and jointly manages with the University of Exeter).
UCF's merger with Dartington College of Arts in 2008 created a new institution focusing on the expansion of Falmouth's expertise in Art, Design and Media and Dartington's expertise in Dance, Music, Theatre, Art and Writing. The Dartington-based courses have now relocated to an impressive, high-specification £19M Performance Centre at the Tremough Campus, which launches this October. The ERDF (European Regional Development Fund) Convergence Programme invested £12,266,667 in this development which will prepare performance students for success within the creative industries. The South West Regional Development Agency's Single Pot Fund contributed a further £3M, with the remainder being invested by the Higher Education Funding Council for England's Strategic Development Fund.
The Performance Centre is the latest phase in UCF's ambition to create a new specialist Arts University in Cornwall by 2013/2014 that will be unrivalled in the South West.
UCF is a founding partner in the Combined Universities in Cornwall (CUC), a unique initiative to promote regional economic regeneration through Higher Education, funded mainly by the European Union (Objective One and Convergence), the South West Regional Development Agency and the Higher Education Funding Council for England, with support from Cornwall Council.
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