Paul Layzell

Paul John Layzell

NationalityBritish
Occupation(s)Principal, Royal Holloway, University of London (2010-2022)
AwardsDeputy Lieutenant of Surrey
Academic background
Education
Academic work
DisciplineEngineering
Sub-disciplineSoftware Engineering
Institutions

Paul John Layzell, CBE, DL, CEng, FBCS, FHEA (born 23 July 1957) is a British academic, academic administrator, and software engineer. From August 2010 until July 2022, he served as Principal of Royal Holloway, University of London. [1] He is also Deputy Vice-Chancellor of the University of London[2] and Treasurer of Universities UK.[3]

He previously worked at the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST), rising to become Professor of Computer Science (1995–2004) and its Pro-Vice-Chancellor (2000–2004). He then joined its successor, the University of Manchester, where he was Vice-President (University Development) from 2004 to 2006. Before joining Royal Holloway, he was Deputy Vice-Chancellor of the University of Sussex (2006–2010).[4][5][6][7]

Layzell was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2022 Birthday Honours for services to higher education and technology.[8]

  1. ^ "Update for all colleagues from Professor Paul Layzell". Royal Holloway University. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
  2. ^ "New Deputy Vice-Chancellor announced". University of London. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
  3. ^ "Universities UK Board Election Results". Universities UK. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
  4. ^ 'LAYZELL, Prof. Paul John', Who's Who 2017, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2017; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2016; online edn, Nov 2016 accessed 1 Nov 2017
  5. ^ "Professor Paul Layzell". University of London. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
  6. ^ "The Principal - Paul Layzell". Royal Holloway, University of London. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
  7. ^ "Paul Layzell named new principal of Royal Holloway". Times Higher Education (THE). 20 March 2010. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
  8. ^ "No. 63714". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 June 2022. p. B10.

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