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2017-08-11 | |
发布年 | 2017 |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | 英国 |
领域 | 气候变化 |
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11 August 2017 Professor Duncan Wingham has been appointed Executive Chair Designate of the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) following nearly six years as Chief Executive of the council, Science Minister Jo Johnson announced today. Professor Wingham's current term heading up NERC has been extended from 31 December 2017 through to 31 December 2020. He will continue as Chief Executive until the end of March 2018 and, upon the creation of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) on 1 April, will become NERC's Executive Chair. Executive Chairs will be crucial to the ambition for UKRI to be a world-leading research and innovation organisation. They will lead each of the nine councils that will be part of UKRI, and the role will combine the responsibilities of the current Chair and Chief Executive of each council. Announcing the appointment, Science Minister Jo Johnson said: "Professor Wingham's wealth of knowledge and experience in academia and science, and his pivotal role in setting up the NERC Centre for Polar Observation and Modelling, makes him well-placed to take on the role of Executive Chair and continue being a key part of our global leadership in the environmental sciences. "Working in close coordination with research communities across the UK, the UKRI Executive Chairs, along with the Government’s additional £4.7 billon for research and development, will ensure that we continue to punch above our weight in global science." Sir Mark Walport, UKRI Chief Executive Designate said: "I am very pleased that Duncan will continue to provide excellent leadership of NERC as its first Executive Chair. As part of UK Research and Innovation’s Executive Committee, Duncan will play a critical role in championing and increasing the impact of Environmental Science research through UK Research and Innovation, thus helping to ensure that UK Research and Innovation is the world’s leading research and innovation public funding agency. "I look forward to continuing to work with Duncan to make sure that the UK maintains its world-leading position in the Environmental Sciences and maximising the contribution it makes to the UK's research and innovation landscape." Professor Duncan Wingham, Chief Executive and Executive Chair Designate of NERC said: "I am delighted to be appointed as the first Executive Chair to lead NERC in its new position within UKRI. Environmental science is central to achieving prosperity in harmony with the environment, both here in the UK and globally across the world. NERC has a proud tradition of contributing to that aim. "UKRI provides us with new opportunities to thread environmental science into solutions to the greatest societal and business challenges we face. I look forward to working with all our colleagues within UKRI and across the research community to achieve that." Notes for editors
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条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/102877 |
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