Hood to join Patten in change of heads

New Chancellor Chris Patten is to be joined by Dr John Hood, who has been nominated as the next Vice Chancellor, making him the first person in 900 years to hold the position from outside the University. Chris Patten was admitted as Chancellor of the University at a ceremony before this year’s Encaenia on 25 June. New Zealander Dr John Hood makes his way from a four year vice-chancellorship at the University of Auckland. A graduate of the University of Auckland, Dr Hood was an Oxford Rhodes Scholar at Worcester College in the late 1970s, where he gained an MPhil in Management Studies. He taught Civil Engineering at Auckland for several years. Dr. Hood said: “I am humbled to have been invited to lead Oxford, one of the world’s great universities. I expect that the greatest immediate challenge that Oxford will face in 2004 will result from UK national legislation following the White Paper that was published earlier this year.”ARCHIVE: 0th Week MT2003