University Senior Vice-Principal awarded honorary OBE

Professor Andrea Nolan, Senior Vice-Principal and Deputy Chancellor of the University of Glasgow, has been awarded an honorary OBE. The honorary OBE, which is awarded to non-British nationals for their contribution to British interests, was made for services to veterinary science and higher education. Professor Nolan graduated as a veterinary surgeon from Trinity College Dublin and, after a short time in veterinary practice, embarked on an academic career which took her to the Universities of Cambridge, Bristol and the Technical University, Munich. She joined the University of Glasgow in 1989 where she rose to become Professor of Veterinary Pharmacology and Dean of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine. In 2004 she joined the University of Glasgow's Senior Management Group as Vice Principal for Learning & Teaching and has been Senior Vice-Principal & Deputy Vice Chancellor since 2009. Most recently Professor Nolan has instrumental in the successful development of the University of Glasgow's internationalisation strategy, a cornerstone of the University's broader strategic plan. In July she will take over as Principal of Edinburgh Napier University.