Professor Rebecca Bunting was appointed Vice Chancellor of the University of Bedfordshire in 2020. She is a founding director of the Higher Education Academy and of its successor organisation, Advance HE. She is also the Chair of a number of national HE committees for learning and teaching, and widening participation. She has conducted research and published in the field of children’s language and literacy development, educational linguistics and pedagogy.
Professor Bunting graduated from Girton College, University of Cambridge, with a degree in English Literature and took postgraduate qualifications at London University. She began her career teaching in London comprehensive schools, moving into higher education as a Senior Lecturer at the University of Roehampton.
She later became Dean of Education at Anglia Ruskin University and Pro-Rector at the University of Northampton. From there she moved to the University of Portsmouth in 2004 as Pro Vice Chancellor and from 2007 as Deputy Vice Chancellor. In 2015, Rebecca was appointed Vice Chancellor and Chief Executive Officer of Buckinghamshire New University.
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