Research Profile
Prof Teresa Rees - CBE AcSS FLSW BA PhD FRSA
Career Profile
After six years as Pro Vice Chancellor at Cardiff University (2004-10) and a year’s sabbatical leave, I am now combining working on the WAVE project with being the Director for Wales of the Leadership Foundation for Higher Education, both part time.
Research
I continue my interests in inequalities, women and science policy, gender mainstreaming and higher education funding (see Projects). My research has been focused on contributing to evidence-based policy.
Awards and Prizes
- 2012 December. University of Bath honorary degree of Doctor of Laws for distinguished academic work, particularly on gender equality research and policy
- 2012 July. Queen’s University Belfast, Doctor of Social Sciences (honoris causa) for services to education and for public service
- 2012 April. Elected Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales (http://www.learnedsocietywales.ac.uk)
- 2011 Shortlisted for Research Fortnight Academic Achiever of the Year Award
- 2006 Honorary Fellow, University of Wales, Lampeter
- 2003 Commander of the Order of the British Empire, for services to higher education and equal opportunities
- 2002 Western Mail ‘Welsh Woman of the Year Val Feld Award’ for outstanding contribution to women in Wales
- 2002 Honorary Life Membership of the National Union of Students Wales
- 2001 Elected academician of the Academy of Learned Societies for the Social Sciences (http://www.acss.org.uk/)
Memberships / External Activities
Current Memberships
2011 - Board member, Campaign for Social Sciences, Academy of Social Sciences
2007 - Member, Board of Governors of Glamorgan University
2004- President, National Postgraduate Committee
1997- President, South Wales Branch of Workers’ Educational Association
Past Memberships
2007-12 Fellow, Sunningdale Institute
2007-12 Member, BBC Audience Council Wales
2010-11 Member, HEFCE REF Equality and Diversity Advisory Group
2010-11 Member, HEFCW’s Research, Innovation and Engagement Committee’s Research Sub-Group
2007-10 Member, National Equality Panel
2007-9 Commissioner, NIACE Commission of Inquiry A Strategy for Lifelong Learning
2007-9 Member, Higher Education Funding Council for Wales Widening Access Committee
2004-8 Member, BT Wales Advisory Forum
2004-6 Member of Task Force, then Steering Group for Commission for Equality and Human Rights
2004-6 Member of Athena (Women and Science) Advisory Group
2004-9 Member, British Council, Wales Advisory Committee
2004-5 Chair, Independent Study into the Devolution of the Student Support System and Tuition Fee Regime, for the National Assembly for Wales
2003-6 Member, Higher Education Funding Council for England Strategic Advisory Committee for Research
2002-6 Member, then Vice Chair, Economic & Social Research Council Strategic Research Board
2002-3 Joint Funding Councils Review of the Research Assessment Exercise (Chaired by Sir Gareth Roberts)
2000-1 Chair, National Assembly for Wales Independent Investigation Group on Student Hardship and Funding in Wales
1996-2 Equal Opportunities Commission’s Commissioner for Wales
1996-2009 Independent Assessor for National Assembly for Wales (and previously, Welsh Office)
1995-10 Member, Executive Committee of Institute of Welsh Affairs
1993-7 Member, Economic & Social Research Council Research Grants Board
Upcoming External Lectures
Hamburg University (19/04/13) - Hamburg
Title TBC
Symposium on Gender Inequality in Academia
University of Limerick (08/03/13) – Limerick
Title TBC
International Women’s Day Conference
Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Leuven (14/03/13) - Leuven
‘Gender mainstreaming in STEM’
Medical University of Vienna (29/11/12) - Vienna
‘The gendered construction of scientific excellence’
Gender and Excellence Symposium
Recent External Lectures
Association for Research Managers and Administrators (13/06/12) - Southampton
‘Research – from a PVC’s Perspective’
Annual conference
National Research Council of Italy, (18/05/12) - Naples
‘The role of gender in scientific excellence’
Association of Commonwealth Universities (06-08/03/12) – Colombo, Sri Lanka
Critical Women: Women as agents of change in higher education
Gender Conference
National Training Federation for Wales (17/11/11) - Cardiff
‘The value of vocational training’
Annual Conference
European Gender Summit (08-09/11/11) - Brussels
‘Diverse Leadership Styles’
Genset Conference - Changing the Culture of Research and Scientific Leadership
