New Vice-Chancellor starts at Aberystwyth
Aberystwyth University’s new Vice-Chancellor, Professor April McMahon, has taken up her new role today. Professor McMahon joins Aberystwyth University from Edinburgh University where she was Vice-Principal Planning, Resources & Research Policy. A native of the Scottish Borders and Scots speaker, Professor McMahon gained an MA in English Language and Linguistics followed by a PhD in English Language at Edinburgh University. For 12 years she taught at the Department of Linguistics at Cambridge University, where she was also a Fellow of Selwyn College, and was Professor of English Language and Linguistics at the University of Sheffield from 2000 until 2004. In 2005 Professor McMahon returned to Edinburgh University as Forbes Professor of English Language and Head of the Department of Linguistics and English Language. She was subsequently appointed Head of the College of Humanities and Social Science before becoming Vice-Principal in September 2009. Professor McMahon said:“It is a grea...