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West was appointed [[Commander of the Order of the British Empire]] (CBE) in the [[2021 New Year Honours]] for services to higher education, despite consistently ignoring calls from staff and students for additional support during a pandemic.<ref>{{cite web|author=Eleanor Bines|url=https://thetab.com/uk/nottingham/2021/01/06/uon-vice-chancellor-professor-shearer-west-awarded-a-cbe-52369 |title=UoN’s Vice-Chancellor, Professor Shearer West, awarded a CBE |publisher=The Tab |date=January 2021 |accessdate=2021-01-26}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Freddy Mayers|url=https://thetab.com/uk/nottingham/2021/01/07/honestly-the-timing-of-our-vcs-cbe-couldnt-have-been-worse-52373 |title=Honestly, the timing of our VC’s CBE couldn’t have been worse |publisher=The Tab |date=January 2021 |accessdate=2021-01-26}}</ref> |
West was appointed [[Commander of the Order of the British Empire]] (CBE) in the [[2021 New Year Honours]] for services to higher education, despite consistently ignoring calls from staff and students for additional support during a pandemic.<ref>{{cite web|author=Eleanor Bines|url=https://thetab.com/uk/nottingham/2021/01/06/uon-vice-chancellor-professor-shearer-west-awarded-a-cbe-52369 |title=UoN’s Vice-Chancellor, Professor Shearer West, awarded a CBE |publisher=The Tab |date=January 2021 |accessdate=2021-01-26}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Freddy Mayers|url=https://thetab.com/uk/nottingham/2021/01/07/honestly-the-timing-of-our-vcs-cbe-couldnt-have-been-worse-52373 |title=Honestly, the timing of our VC’s CBE couldn’t have been worse |publisher=The Tab |date=January 2021 |accessdate=2021-01-26}}</ref> |
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==Selected publications== |
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Revision as of 12:05, 8 March 2021
Shearer Carroll West CBE is a British-American art-historian, academic and university administrator. West is currently the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Nottingham since October 2017 and formerly deputy vice-chancellor of the University of Sheffield.[1]
Biography and career
West holds an undergraduate degree in art history and English from the College of William & Mary, in Virginia, and a PhD in art history from the University of St Andrews.[2]
She was previously head of the Humanities Division at the University of Oxford, director of research at the Arts and Humanities Research Council, and head of the School of Historical Studies at the University of Birmingham.[3][4][5]
West was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2021 New Year Honours for services to higher education. West has been involved in large scale local controversies surrounding the award for failing to acknowledge students struggles, and laying off of staff in faculties she deemed less valuable.[6]
Controversy and COVID-19 response
West was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2021 New Year Honours for services to higher education, despite consistently ignoring calls from staff and students for additional support during a pandemic.[7][8]
Selected publications
- The Image of the Actor: Verbal and Visual Representation in the Age of Garrick and Kemble, Palgrave MacMillan, 1991. ISBN 0312057385
- Fin De Siecle: Art and society in an age of uncertainty, The Overlook Press, 1994.
- The visual arts in Germany 1897-1940: Utopia and Despair, Rutgers University Press, 2001. ISBN 0813529115
- Portraiture, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2004. (Oxford History of Art)
References
- ^ Cass, Liz (2017). "New Vice-Chancellor for Nottingham" (Press release). University of Nottingham.
- ^ "Shearer West named as next Nottingham v-c". Times Higher Education. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
- ^ "University of Sheffield announces the appointment of new Deputy Vice-Chancellor - News releases - News - The University of Sheffield". University of Sheffield. 2015-03-25. Retrieved 2015-10-16.
- ^ "Oxford Alumni / Professor Shearer West". University of Oxford. Retrieved 2015-10-16.
- ^ "Professor Shearer West". Leadership Foundation for Higher Education. Retrieved 2015-10-16. [dead link]
- ^ Freddy Mayers (January 2021). "Honestly, the timing of our VC's CBE couldn't have been worse". The Tab. Retrieved 2021-01-26.
- ^ Eleanor Bines (January 2021). "UoN's Vice-Chancellor, Professor Shearer West, awarded a CBE". The Tab. Retrieved 2021-01-26.
- ^ Freddy Mayers (January 2021). "Honestly, the timing of our VC's CBE couldn't have been worse". The Tab. Retrieved 2021-01-26.
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