Christine Margaret Hallett, (born 4 May 1949) is a retired British

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, and

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Biography

Hallett was born on 4 May 1949 to Richard William Hallett and his wife Gwendoline (''née'' Owen). She studied at

Newnham College, Cambridge Newnham College is a women's constituent college of the University of Cambridge. The college was founded in 1871 by a group organising Lectures for Ladies, members of which included philosopher Henry Sidgwick and suffragist campaigner Millicen ...

, graduating with a BA in 1970. In 1994 she completed her PhD in social policy from

Loughborough University Loughborough University (abbreviated as ''Lough'' or ''Lboro'' for Post-nominal letters, post-nominals) is a public university, public research university in the market town of Loughborough, Leicestershire, England. It has been a university sinc ...

. She was

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of Social Policy (1995–2010), and Principal and

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of the

University of Stirling The University of Stirling (abbreviated as Stir or Shruiglea, in post-nominals; ) is a public university in Stirling, Scotland, founded by a royal charter in 1967. It is located in the Central Belt of Scotland, built within the walled Airth ...

from 2004 to 2010, the first woman to head a Scottish Pre-1992. She had previously worked at

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, and was then an academic at the

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Keele University Keele University is a Public university#United Kingdom, public research university in Keele, approximately from Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, England. Founded in 1949 as the University College of North Staffordshire, it was granted uni ...

University of Western Australia University of Western Australia (UWA) is a public research university in the Australian state of Western Australia. The university's main campus is in Crawley, Western Australia, Crawley, a suburb in the City of Perth local government area. UW ...

, and the

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. In 2002, Hallett was elected a

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(FRSE), Scotland's

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Selected works

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hallett, Christine 1949 births Living people British social scientists Women social scientists Academics of social policy Civil servants in the Department of Health and Social Security 20th-century British civil servants Academics of the University of Oxford Academics of Keele University Academic staff of the University of Western Australia Academics of the University of Leicester Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 20th-century British women civil servants Alumni of Newnham College, Cambridge Alumni of Loughborough University