Humanities Dean to retire in September 2010

11 Nov 2009

International search begins for Professor Alistair Ulph's successor

The Vice-President and Dean of the Faculty of Humanities Professor Alistair Ulph has announced he is to retire in September 2010.

Professor Ulph heads the largest of four Faculties at The University of Manchester. Humanities has 934 academic staff and 16,377 students.

The early announcement has been made to allow the University time to conduct an international search for a successor.

Under Professor Ulph’s leadership, 22% of the Faculty’s research was in last year’s RAE classed as world leading and a further 40% as internationally excellent.

Since, 2004, he has doubled the Faculty’s research income and brought world renowned figures to the University including biologist Sir John Sulston, economist Joseph Stiglitz, author Martin Amis and social scientist Robert Putman.

He said: "My priority for the remaining 11 months of my tenure is to put in place plans which will allow my successor to further strengthen the research and teaching reputation of the Faculty.

"This is an important task as it will be a challenging time for UK Higher Education  - and public sector funding in general - over the next five or so years."