Robert Alasdair Pearce (born 28 November 1951)'PEARCE, Prof. Robert Alasdair', Who's Who 2008, A & C Black, 2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 200
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/ref> is a British academic. He was the

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of the

University of Wales, Lampeter University of Wales, Lampeter () was a university in Lampeter, Wales. Founded in 1822, and incorporated by royal charter in 1828, it was the oldest Academic degree, degree awarding institution in Wales, with limited degree awarding powers sinc ...

between 2003 and 2008. Educated at

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s in

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and

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, Pearce went on to study

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at Pembroke College,

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(BA Hons (Jurisprudence) 1973; BCL 1974; MA 1978). From there he went on to hold academic positions at the Universities of

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(part of the National University of Ireland), and at the

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. Pearce was Professor in Law at the

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between 1990 and 2003, where he was successively Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Acting Vice-Chancellor. On 1 October 2003, he became the Vice-Chancellor of the

, in succession to

Keith Robbins Keith Gilbert Robbins (9 April 1940 – 12 September 2019) was a British historian and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Wales, Lampeter. Professor Robbins was educated at Bristol Grammar School, Magdalen, and St Antony's College, Oxford ...

. In this capacity, he was Welsh Supernumerary Fellow of

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for the academic year 2007/8. He retired as Vice-Chancellor in September 2008. Alfred Morris was announced as his interim successor. He has also been an academic auditor for the

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for Higher Education and its predecessor, the Higher Education Quality Council, since 1993.

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English legal professionals People educated at Bristol Grammar School Alumni of Pembroke College, Oxford Academics of the University of Buckingham Academics of Newcastle University People associated with the University of Wales, Lampeter People educated at Sir Thomas Rich's School Living people 1951 births English Anglicans Fellows of Jesus College, Oxford {{Wales-academic-bio-stub