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Welsh vice-chancellor and academic From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Medwin Hughes CBE DL FLSW FRSA was the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Wales Trinity Saint David and of the University of Wales from 2011 until August 2023. He was previously principal of Trinity University College, Carmarthen and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Wales, Lampeter.[1]
Hughes studied at University College of Wales, Aberystwyth and Jesus College, Oxford. He earned his doctorate in the Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages and Literature in 1987, for his thesis entitled "Studies in Calvinistic Methodist Welsh Literature, 1790-1825".[2]
In October 2011, Hughes became Vice-Chancellor of the University of Wales after a scandal regarding the university's overseas validation process.[3]
In 2013, Hughes was elected as a Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales.[4]
In 2017, he chaired the Independent Review of Support for Publishing and Literature in Wales report to the Senedd.[5]
In 2021 he was appointed as chair of the Representative Body of the Church in Wales.[6]
Hughes was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2023 Birthday Honours for services to education and the Welsh language.[7]
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