Professor Eric Thomas

Eric Jackson Thomas, born 24 March 1953 in Hartlepool, County Durham, has been Vice-Chancellor of the University of Bristol since 2001. Image File history File links Eric_Thomas. ... Jump to: navigation, search March 24 is the 83rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (84th in Leap years). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1953 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... Jump to: navigation, search Hartlepool (pronounced HART-le-pool) is a North Sea port in North East England. ... Jump to: navigation, search County Durham is a county in north-east England. ... A Vice-Chancellor (commonly called the VC) of a university in the United Kingdom, other Commonwealth countries, and some universities in Hong Kong, is the de facto head of the university. ... The University of Bristol is a university in Bristol in the United Kingdom. ... Jump to: navigation, search 2001: A Space Odyssey. ...

Professor Thomas' training was originally in medicine at the University of Newcastle where he graduated with the Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery degrees in 1976. He spent the next two decades in various training positions in Newcastle, Leicester and Sheffield, including lectureships at the universities of Newcastle and Sheffield, before eventually becoming a consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist at Newcastle General Hospital in 1987. At the same time, he received the Doctor of Medicine degree from Newcastle. In 1991, Thomas became Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at Southampton University and was appointed a consultant to Southampton University Hospitals Trust. He became Head of the School of Medicine at Southampton in 1995 and Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, Health and Biological Sciences in 1998. Upon election as Vice-Chancellor at Bristol, he resigned all of his Southampton-based posts. Jump to: navigation, search A professor (Latin: one who claims publicly to be an expert) (prof for short) is a senior teacher, lecturer and researcher, usually in a college or university. ... Jump to: navigation, search Medicine is a branch of health science concerned with maintaining human health and restoring it by treating disease and injury; it is both an area of knowledge, a science of body organ system|systems and diseases and their treatment, and the applied practice of that knowledge. ... The University of Newcastle upon Tyne is located in Newcastle upon Tyne in the north of England. ... The Bachelor of Medicine, abbreviated BM, is an academic degree denoting the degree obtained after studying Medicine at University. ... Jump to: navigation, search This article is about academic degrees. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1976 (MCMLXXVI) is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... ... Jump to: navigation, search Leicester (pronounced ) is a city in the English East Midlands, on the River Soar. ... Jump to: navigation, search This article is about the city in England. ... Jump to: navigation, search Lecturer is the name given to university teachers in most of the English-speaking world (but not at most universities in the US or Canada) who do not hold a professorship. ... Jump to: navigation, search A professor giving a lecture at the Helsinki University of Technology A university is an institution of higher education and of research, which grants academic degrees. ... Jump to: navigation, search The University of Sheffield is a leading university, located in Sheffield, UK. // History The University of Sheffield was originally formed by the merger of three colleges. ... Jump to: navigation, search A consultant (from the latin consultus meaning legal expert) is a professional that provides expert advice in a particular domain or area of expertise such as accountancy, technology, the law, human resources, marketing, medicine, finance or more esoteric areas of knowledge, for example engineering of different... Jump to: navigation, search Obstetrics (from the Latin obstare, to stand by) is the surgical specialty dealing with the care of a woman and her offspring during pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (the period shortly after birth). ... The shamefulness associated with the examination of female genitalia has long inhibited the science of gynaecology. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Medicinæ Doctor or Doctor of Medicine (M.D. or D.M.) is a doctorate level degree held by medical doctors. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1991 (MCMXCI) is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Jump to: navigation, search University of Southampton Dolphin logo The University of Southampton is a British university situated just north of the city of Southampton, on the south-coast of the United Kingdom. ... In most educational systems, a School is a semi-automonous unit in a university which study a particular discipline, such the School of Journalism which studies journalism. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... In an educational setting, a dean is a person with significant authority . ... Faculty members of universities are typically senior teachers, lecturers, and/or researchers. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1998(MCMXCVIII) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... Jump to: navigation, search Civic Centre, Southampton Southampton is a city and major port situated on the south coast of England. ...

While in Bristol, Thomas has served on various committees and agencies. Since 2001, he has been a member of the board of the Regional Development Agency for the South West of England. In 2002, he began serving on various committees for Universities UK and as a Medicines Commissioner, stepping down from that post the following year. He joined the Council for Industry and Higher Education and was appointed Chair of the Worldwide Universities Network in 2003. In 2005, Thomas joined the Council of the Academy of Medical Sciences and became Director of UCAS (the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service). He also chaired the Department for Education and Skills' Taskforce on Voluntary Giving in Higher Education which reported in 2004 — an attempt to study how British universities might benefit from the kind of philanthropic donations their American counterparts are familiar with. Jump to: navigation, search 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... Regional Development Agencies are Non-Departmental Public Bodies, sponsored by Central Government Departments, for the development of each of the UKs regions. ... South West England is one of the regions of England. ... Jump to: navigation, search 2002(MMII) is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Universities UK began life as the Committee of Vice-Chancellors and Principals of the Universities of the United Kingdom (CVCP) in the nineteenth century when there were informal meetings involving Vice-Chancellors of a number of universities and Principals of university colleges. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Worldwide Universities Network (WUN) is an invitation-only group of 16 research-led universities which have agreed to carry out research and research training on a collaborative basis. ... Jump to: navigation, search 2003 (MMIII) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Jump to: navigation, search 2005 (MMV) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The academy of medical sciences is thought to be now the best medical collage in Sudan, although it is new & small compared to other universities in Sudan. ... Jump to: navigation, search UCAS logo UCAS (Universities & Colleges Admissions Service, pronounced like YOU-kass, IPA: ) is a clearing house for applications for virtually all undergraduate degree programmes at British universities or colleges. ... Department for Education and Skills (DfES) is a department in the United Kingdom government created in 2001. ... Jump to: navigation, search 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Philanthropy involves the donation or granting of money to various worthy charitable causes. ...

He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts in 1998 and the Royal College of Physicians in 2004. After three years as the University's Vice-Chancellor, he was awarded an honorary Doctorate of Laws by Bristol in 2004. A fellow in the broadest sense is someone who is an equal or a comrade. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA) is a British multi-disciplinary institution, based in London. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1998(MCMXCVIII) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... The Royal College of Physicians of London is the oldest medical institution in England, and among the most active of all medical professional organisations. ... Jump to: navigation, search 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... An Honorary Degree (Latin: honoris causa ad gradum) is an extra-ordinary academic degree awarded to an individual as a decoration, rather than as the result of matriculating and studying for several years. ... Jump to: navigation, search Legum Doctor (English: Doctor of Laws; abbreviated to LL.D.) In the UK, Australia and New Zealand, the LL.D. is a higher doctorate usually awarded on the basis of exceptionally insightful and distinctive publications, containing significant and original contributions to the science or study of... Jump to: navigation, search 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Thomas is married and has two children.

See also

• University of Bristol
• University of Southampton

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External links

• Curriculum Vitae