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Before he took on the vice-chancellorship in 2014, he was dean of the school of medicine, dentistry and biomedical sciences and was regarded as one of the world's leading cancer researchers.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2017

"External research income to the university doubled over the five years of his vice-chancellorship and in those five years a fundraising campaign began and raised £770m."

From BBC • Mar. 15, 2010

The published salary applies to the final year of Dr John Hood's vice-chancellorship.

From BBC • Mar. 15, 2010

Mende promptly staked out his claims: for himself, the vice-chancellorship and Ministry of All-German Affairs again, plus three other Cabinet posts for his party.

From Time Magazine Archive

In that year he was returned, without opposition, as M.P. for the university in the Liberal Unionist interest, and consequently resigned the vice-chancellorship.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo" by Various