Mark Smith
With: Lancaster University
Role: Vice Chancellor
Mark has been vice chancellor of Lancaster University since January 2012, having previously been deputy vice chancellor at Warwick University. He has also worked in Germany and Australia. He is a member of the HESA Board, the UniversitiesUK Research Policy, Funding Policy and Long Term Strategy Network groups and in June 2015 became chair of the Financial Sustainability Strategy Group for Higher Education.
Contact: Mark
Sharing equipment – a welcome efficiency?
The dramatic cuts in capital funding in 2011 rocked academics working in scientific research. However as Lancaster University VC Mark Smith reports, this shock to the system has enabled the concept of equipment sharing to gain real ground.
