| 词条 | Timothy O'Shea |
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| name = Timothy O'Shea | image = Agreement between Peking University and Edinburgh University (7084194833).jpg | caption = Timothy O'Shea (far right), signing an agreement between Peking University and Edinburgh University in 2012. | order = | title = Principal of the University of Edinburgh | term_start = 2002 | term_end = 2018 | predecessor = The Lord Sutherland of Houndwood | successor1 = Peter Mathieson | chancellor = Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh HRH Princess Anne | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1949|03|28|df=yes}} | birth_place = Hamburg, Germany | death_date = | alma_mater = {{Unbulleted list|University of Sussex|University of Leeds}} | website = ed.ac.uk/schools-departments/principals-office }} Sir Timothy Michael Martin O'Shea {{post-nominals|country=GBR|FRSE}} (born 28 March 1949,[1] Hamburg, Germany)[2] was the Vice-Chancellor and Principal of the University of Edinburgh until February 2018. BiographyO'Shea grew up in London, attended the Royal Liberty School, in Romford, Essex. A computer scientist, he was Master of Birkbeck College from 1998 and Pro-Vice-Chancellor of the University of London from 2001[3]. A graduate of the Universities of Sussex and Leeds, he has worked in the United States and for the Open University where he founded the Computer Assisted Learning Research Group and worked on a range of educational technology research and development projects, later becoming Pro-Vice-Chancellor there. He was a Research Fellow at the University of Edinburgh, Department of Artificial Intelligence, from 1974-78.[2] The most translated of his ten books is Learning and Teaching with Computers, co-authored with John Self and his most recent 2007 book, In Order to Learn, published by Oxford University Press, was co-edited with Frank Ritter, Josef Nerb and Erno Lehtinen.{{Citation needed|date=July 2017}} O'Shea became Principal of the University of Edinburgh in October 2002. Since his appointment he has sat on various boards including the Boards of Scottish Enterprise, the Intermediary Technology Institute Scotland Ltd, the British Council, the Governing Body of the Roslin Institute and has been Convenor of the Research and Commercialisation Committee of Universities Scotland and Acting Convener of Universities Scotland. In 2004 he was elected Fellow of The Royal Society of Edinburgh. He was knighted in the 2008 New Year Honours.[4] O'Shea received an Honorary Doctorate from Heriot-Watt University in 2008 [5] On 21 June 2016, it was announced that O'Shea would step down from his position as Principal and Vice-Chancellor of the University in September 2017.[6] Boards and CommitteesSince January 2008, O’Shea has been Chair of Jisc (formerly the Joint Information Systems Committee).[7] He is also Chair of the Scottish Institute for Enterprise, the Board of Directors of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe,[8] and the Board of Newbattle Abbey College Trust. He sits on the Council of the Confucius Institute Headquarters,[9] and is currently a member of the German Initiative for Excellence, or 'Excellenzinitiative'.[10] He has served two terms both as a Trustee of the British Council and as a member of the main Board of Scottish Enterprise. Between 2009 and 2012 he was the Convener of Universities Scotland. He was also served as Deputy President of the French Government’s Initiatives d’ Excellence en Formations Innovantes References1. ^{{Citation| last =| first =| title = Birthdays| newspaper = The Guardian| pages = 43| year =| date = 28 March 2014| url =| accessdate = 28 March 2014 }} {{S-start}}{{S-aca}}{{s-bef|before=The Lord Sutherland of Houndwood}}{{s-ttl|title=Principal of the University of Edinburgh|years=2002–2018}}{{s-aft|after=Peter Mathieson}}{{S-end}}{{University of Edinburgh}}{{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Oshea, Timothy}}2. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://www.ed.ac.uk/schools-departments/principals-office/biography|title=Principal and Vice-Chancellor|publisher=}} 3. ^{{Cite news|url=http://www.ed.ac.uk/about/people/officials/principal|title=The Principal|work=The University of Edinburgh|access-date=2017-07-14|language=en}} 4. ^{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/pdfs/29_12_07_hons_queen.pdf|title=2008 New Year Honours|publisher=}} 5. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www1.hw.ac.uk/annual-review/2008/people_awards.html|title=Annual Review 2008: Principal's Review|website=www1.hw.ac.uk|access-date=2016-03-29|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160412040140/http://www1.hw.ac.uk/annual-review/2008/people_awards.html|archivedate=12 April 2016|df=dmy-all}} 6. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.ed.ac.uk/news/2016/principal-to-stand-down-in-2017|title=Principal to stand down in 2017|publisher=}} 7. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.jisc.ac.uk/news/hefce-announces-new-chair-of-jisc-04-aug-2008|title=HEFCE announces new chair of Jisc|publisher=}} 8. ^{{cite web |url=https://www.edfringe.com/news/world-s-largest-ever-arts-festival-comes-to-an-end-with-news-of-new-appointment |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2013-06-12 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180329000000/http://www.edfringe.com/news/world-s-largest-ever-arts-festival-comes-to-an-end-with-news-of-new-appointment |archivedate=29 March 2018 |df=dmy-all }} 9. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.chinese.cn/conference11/node_37099.htm |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2014-04-21 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150602083521/http://www.chinese.cn/conference11/node_37099.htm |archivedate=2 June 2015 |df=dmy-all }} 10. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.ed.ac.uk/schools-departments/principals-office/biography|title=Principal and Vice-Chancellor|publisher=}} 12 : Principals of the University of Edinburgh|Academics of the University of Edinburgh|Alumni of the University of Sussex|Alumni of the University of Leeds|Edinburgh Festival Fringe staff|1949 births|Living people|Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh|JISC|Knights Bachelor|People associated with Birkbeck, University of London|People educated at the Royal Liberty Grammar School |
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