East Midlands Inclusive Growth Commission
Intervention
This commission will explore solutions that offer a long-term plan for people who live, work and study in the region; equipping them with the opportunity to fulfil their potential.
Sir Keith Burnett FRS
Professor Sir Keith Burnett FRS is an eminent scientist formerly the Head of the Division of Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences at The University of Oxford.
He also worked as a physicist in the United States and at Imperial College in London before spending two decades at Oxford and then 11 years as the President and Vice-Chancellor of The University of Sheffield where he was a powerful advocate of work on advanced manufacturing research with industry and of high-quality vocational education, including advanced apprenticeships. Born and raised in the Rhondda Valley in Wales, he deeply commits to creating opportunities for all through education and economic growth.
Sir Keith is Chair of the Nuffield Foundation - the charitable trust established in 1943 by Lord Nuffield, the founder of Morris Motors, which aims to improve social well-being by funding research and innovation projects in education and social policy and building research capacity in science and social science. He also served as Chair of the Academic Council of the Schmidt Science Fellows in partnership with the Rhodes Trust in Oxford, a global programme to support exemplary interdisciplinary science in partnership with the world’s leading universities. He has been President of the U.K. Science Council, a trustee of the Royal Society and a member of the Prime Minister’s Advisory Council on Science and Technology.
A speaker of Chinese, Sir Keith has also been a significant leader in scientific and educational partnerships between the UK and China. In 2014 and 2016 he was given an Award for Outstanding Personal Achievement for his contribution to the understanding of Chinese language and culture. Sir Keith was the co-founder of the award-winning #WeAreInternational campaign which welcomes international students and scholars to the UK, now supported by over 100 UK universities, education providers and businesses and led by the U.K. Council for International Student Affairs and is a member of the board of International Education providers Study Group.
He was awarded a knighthood in 2013 for services to Science and Higher Education.
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Local Prosperity Plans
Area of focus
Local Prosperity Plans provide a single, long-term, integrated strategic approach to delivering economic, social, and natural prosperity for an area's residents.