Petra Wend
Professor Petra Wend CBE, FRSA, FRSE was Principal and Vice-Chancellor of Edinburgh’s Queen Margaret University between 2009 and 2019.[1]
Academic life
[edit]Petra Wend studied Italian and French Language and Education at the University of Münster in Germany. In 1990 she completed a PhD in Italian Language and Literature at University of Leeds. The title of her thesis was "The Female Voice: Lyrical Expression in the Writings of five Italian Renaissance Poets".[2]
Petra Wend joined Queen Margaret University in 2009 as Principal and Vice-Chancellor and retired in 2019.
Prior to joining Queen Margaret University she was Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic) and Deputy Chief Executive at Oxford Brookes University.
During her time at Queen Margaret University, Petra Wend served as Vice-Convener of Universities Scotland in 2012–2014 and 2014–2016.[2] In 2015 she was appointed by the Scottish Government as a member of the Commission for Widening Access chaired by Dame Ruth Silver. Petra Wend was then appointed by Universities Scotland in 2017 to lead the work stream on Bridging Programmes.[3]
In 2020 Petra Wend was appointed as an external expert to the programme board for the Scottish Funding Council’s review of Further Education and Higher Education.[4] In 2020, she was elected Chair of the University Council of the University of Hamburg.
Recognition and honours
[edit]- Petra Wend was appointed a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 2015.[5]
- She was made Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 2021 New Year Honours.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ "Professor Petra Wend | Staff Profile | Queen Margaret University". www.qmu.ac.uk. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
- ^ a b "Prof. Petra Wend - AcademiaNet". www.academia-net.org. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
- ^ "Commitment to widening access confirmed by Principals appointed to head work streams". Universities Scotland. 5 January 2017. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
- ^ "College and HE review to consider 'nature of provision'". Tes. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
- ^ "Professor Petra Wend CBE FRSE". Royal Society of Edinburgh. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
- ^ "The New Year Honours 2021". GOV.UK. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
