Mark Cleary (born 1954) was the

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of the

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in Yorkshire from 2007 to 2013.Yorkshireuniversities.ac.uk (2007)
New VC for Bradford
Retrieved 31 October 2007. He took over in 2007 after the previous vice-chancellor, Chris Taylor, retired after 5 years in the position.

Early life

Born in

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, Cleary earned his Ph.D. in geography from

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Career

In 1980, Cleary took a lecturing post at the

University of Exeter The University of Exeter is a research university in the West Country of England, with its main campus in Exeter, Devon. Its predecessor institutions, St Luke's College, Exeter School of Science, Exeter School of Art, and the Camborne School of ...

. In 1989, he became Senior Lecturer at the University of Brunei Darussalam. After spending 1992 at the

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, New Zealand, Cleary was appointed Senior Lecturer in Geography at the

University of Plymouth The University of Plymouth is a public research university based predominantly in Plymouth, England, where the main campus is located, but the university has campuses and affiliated colleges across South West England. With students, it is the ...

in 1994, being promoted to Reader in Human Geography in 1995 and Professor of Human Geography four years later. In 2003, he was appointed Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences and Business at the University of Plymouth and assumed his Deputy Vice-Chancellor role there in 2004. After the Vice Chancellor of Plymouth was killed in a freak weather accident in January 2007, Cleary was appointed Acting Vice Chancellor, a post he held until he became Vice Chancellor at the University of Bradford. As Vice Chancellor of Bradford University, Cleary announced his intentions to dock the pay of academics who take part in sanctions.

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replaced him on 1 October 2013.Professor Brian Cantor appointed as our new Vice-Chancellor
24 April 2013

References

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