Kathryn Mary Mitchell, CBE, DL (born May 1963[1]) is the vice-chancellor of the University of Derby.
Kathryn Mitchell | |
|---|---|
| Vice-Chancellor of the University of Derby | |
| Assumed office 1 August 2015 | |
| Chancellor | William Cavendish, Earl of Burlington |
| Preceded by | John Coyne |
| Personal details | |
| Born | St Helens, Merseyside, England |
| Alma mater | University of York |
| Occupation | Psychologist |
| Website | www |
Early life edit
Mitchell was born and brought up in St Helens in Lancashire. Her father died when she was young, and she was brought up by her mother, who was a deputy head. Mitchell attended the Notre Dame High School, a direct grant grammar school, before going on to the University of York to read psychology.
Career edit
She became a biological psychologist after largely teaching herself molecular biology.[2]
Mitchell became a Wellcome fellow studying neurotransmitters at the Institute of Psychiatry in London. This work was related to Alzheimer's disease, and she was able to work with Nobel laureate Paul Greengard.[2] She worked at the University of Chicago, the Rockefeller Institute in New York and the Friedrich Miescher Institute in Basel.
Professor Mitchell was deputy vice-chancellor of the University of West London.[3] She was also pro vice-chancellor academic and student support services and dean of students at West London University.[4]
Mitchell was appointed as vice chancellor of the University of Derby in July 2015, succeeding John Coyne, who retired.[5] She is the first woman vice chancellor at the University of Derby.
She is a Deputy Lieutenant of Derbyshire.[6]
She was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2022 New Year Honours for services to higher education.[7]
References edit
- ^ Companies House
- ^ a b Ashworth, Pat. "Kathryn Mitchell - the University of Derby's new Vice-Chancellor". Derbyshire Life and Countryside. Retrieved 16 December 2017.
- ^ "57 inspirational Derbyshire women". derbytelegraph. 29 September 2017. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 16 December 2017.
- ^ "Professor Kathryn Mitchell delivers lecture on her academic career". University of West London. 12 January 2012. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
- ^ "Derby appoints Kathryn Mitchell as next v-c". Times Higher Education. 5 May 2015. Retrieved 29 September 2015.
- ^ Deputy Lieutenants
- ^ "No. 63571". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 January 2022. p. N10.