Gillian Slater

Slater became a mathematics instructor at South Bank Polytechnic (now London South Bank University) and at Sheffield City Polytechnic (now Sheffield Hallam University). She moved into academic administration as dean of science and technology at Manchester Polytechnic, and then after it became Manchester Metropolitan University, as pro-vice-chancellor.^[1]

Her next step was to become vice chancellor of Bournemouth University, in 1994,^[5] succeeding the university's first vice chancellor, Bernard MacManus.^[6] She came under pressure from the UK's Labour government in 2004 for taking a stand against the government's push to institute differential fees for different universities,^[7] and retired in 2005, replaced as vice chancellor by atmospheric scientist Paul Curran.^[8]

• Slater, Gillian L. (1996), "Oh, Poor You!", in Walton, Karen Doyle (ed.), Against the Tide: Career Paths of Women Leaders in American and British Higher Education, Phi Delta Kappa Educational Foundation