Susan Ann Price, (born 1956 in

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) is a British

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, previously the

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Leeds Beckett University Leeds Beckett University (LBU), formerly known as Leeds Metropolitan University (LMU) and before that as Leeds Polytechnic, is a public university in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It has campuses in the Leeds city centre, city centre and Hea ...

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, a position which she took up on 1 January 2010 following the resignation of Simon Lee in January 2009. Price was Acting Vice-Chancellor of the

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, to which office she was appointed in 2008 after having been Deputy Vice-Chancellor from 2007 and previously Pro Vice-Chancellor from 2002. According to ''

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'' newspaper, Susan Price is known as a "supporter of widening participation and newer universities." Price graduated from the

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with a first class degree ( BSc) in Modern Languages, and also has a

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in Linguistics from Salford and UCL and obtained the degree of

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from the

University of Bradford The University of Bradford is a public research university located in the city of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. A plate glass university, it received its royal charter in 1966, making it the 40th university to be created in Britain, but ...

. She has held academic posts at Bradford and the

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. She is a Fellow of the

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. According to Leeds Beckett University website, Professor Price speaks six European Languages including French, Spanish and Romanian. In December 2011 it was revealed that Price had earned a listing in the latest edition of

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. She was appointed

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(CBE) in the

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for services to higher education.

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1956 births Living people Alumni of the University of Salford Alumni of University College London Alumni of the University of Bradford People associated with the University of East London Academics of the University of Bradford Academics of Leeds Beckett University Academics of the University of the West of England, Bristol Linguists from the United Kingdom British women linguists People from South Shields Commanders of the Order of the British Empire {{UK-linguist-stub