Sally Morgan, Baronnes Morgan of Huyton (pictured), appointed Master of Fitzwilliam College, and Catherine Arnold OBE elected the next Master of St Edmund's.
Sally Morgan, Baroness Morgan of Huyton, appointed Master of Fitzwilliam College
Fitzwilliam College has appointed Sally Morgan, Baroness Morgan of Huyton, as the College's next Master, from 1 October 2019, to succeed Professor Nicky Padfield.
Baroness Morgan studied Geography at Durham University, and then completed postgraduate qualifications at King’s College London and the Institute of Education, University of London.
After teaching in London secondary schools she entered politics. Between 1997 and 2005 she held senior positions at 10 Downing Street and was a Minister of State in the Cabinet Office. Appointed to the House of Lords in 2001, she has chaired the Select Committee on Digital Skills, and is a member of the Science and Technology Select Committee.
Following her election, she said: ‘I am delighted to be joining Fitzwilliam College at a time of both opportunity and challenge. I am looking forward to working with you all to further the founding mission of the College. Fitzwilliam has so much of which it can be proud and I have been struck by the warmth and commitment of everyone I have met so far. I really look forward to getting to know the whole College community.’
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Catherine Arnold OBE elected the next Master of St Edmund’s
St Edmund’s College has elected Catherine Arnold OBE to be its next Master from 1 October, to succeed Mr Matthew Bullock. She will be the 15th Master of the College and the first woman to hold that office.
Catherine Arnold was born in South Korea and went to school in Asia and the UK. She was an undergraduate and postgraduate at Trinity College, Cambridge, where she studied Mathematics and Theology, receiving a First, an MPhil in the Philosophy of Religion, and was a Research, Senior and Choral Scholar. She also holds an MA in Religious Conflict from the University of Nottingham and has attended the Higher Command and Staff Course at the UK Defence Academy.
She joins St Edmund’s from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, where she has had a distinguished international career in the diplomatic service.
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For further details on this joint announcement, please see here.