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Professor David Stephen Eastwood (born 5 January 1959) is a British academic who became Vice-Chancellor of the University of Birmingham on 13 April 2009, taking over from Professor Michael Sterling upon the latter's retirement. Prior to this, he was Chief Executive of the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE), a post he had held since September 2006. Former posts also include Vice-Chancellor of the University of East Anglia and Chief Executive of the Arts and Humanities Research Board.
He was educated at Sandbach School, St Peter's College, Oxford (MA) from where he graduated in 1980, and was subsequently made an Honorary Fellow, and at the University of Oxford (DPhil). He has held the posts of Chief Executive of the Arts and Humanities Research Board and Pro-Vice-Chancellor of Swansea University. His academic specialism is modern history, and he was fellow and senior tutor of Pembroke College, Oxford.
Professor Eastwood is also Chair of the QAA Steering Group for Benchmarking and a member of the QAA Board. He enjoys music, politics, walking, wine; and includes writing on football among his publications.
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Vice-Chancellor of the University of East Anglia 2002–2006 |
Succeeded by Bill MacMillan |
| Preceded by Michael Sterling |
Vice-Chancellor of the University of Birmingham April 2009 |
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