Peter Scott#
Membership Number: | 1282 |
Membership type: | ORDINARY |
Section: | GOVERNANCE, INSTITUTIONS AND POLICIES: EDUCATION, HEALTH AND WELFARE |
Elected: | 1992 |
Main Country of Residence: | UNITED KINGDOM |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2011 - present Professor of Higher Education Studies, UCL Institute of Education, London
- 2017 - present Commissioner for Fair Access, Scottish Government
- 2011 - 2015 Chair of Council, University of Gloucestershire
- 1998 - 2010 Vice-Chancellor, Kingston University
- 1996 - 1997 Pro-Vice-Chancellor, University of Leeds
- 1992 - 1997 Director of the Centre for Policy Studies in Education, University of Leeds
- 1992 - 1997 Professor of Education, University of Leeds
Fields of Scholarship
- Higher education studies
- Sociology of education
- History of education
Honours and Awards
- Knight Bachelor, New Year’s Honours, 2007
- Hon. Doctor of Laws, University of Leicester, 2013
- Hon. Doctor of Letters, St George’s University of London, 2012
- Hon. Doctor of Laws, University of Bath, 1992
- Hon. Fellow, University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (now the University of Manchester), 1992
- Hon. Doctor of Letters, Council for National Academic Awards, 1992
- Hon. Doctor of Philosophy, Anglia Polytechnic University, 1998
- Hon. Doctor of Letters, Grand Valley State University, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 2001
- Hon. Fellow, Bath College of Higher Education (now Bath Spa University), 1996