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Vice-Chancellor receives OBE from King for Services to Higher Education
In March , Keele ’ s Vice-Chancellor was officially presented with an OBE by His Majesty the King , honouring his extensive work in higher education .
Professor Trevor McMillan was awarded an OBE in the Queen ’ s Jubilee Birthday Honours in 2022 , which mark the extraordinary contributions and service of people across the United Kingdom .
On accepting his OBE , Professor McMillan said : “ This really is an enormous honour that I am very proud to receive . A major part of leadership in universities is to create an environment that gives opportunities for staff , students and the communities of people and organisations that you work with to do wonderful things . I have been lucky to be surrounded by people who have been fantastic in what they have achieved , and I can only hope that I have had a small role in enabling that .”
Nationally , he chaired the Knowledge Exchange Framework Steering Group when it was formed by Research England and continues as chair of the Knowledge Exchange Concordat Strategy group . In 2016 , he published a report on technology transfer from universities which was referenced extensively by Government .
He also chairs the Midlands Innovation board and is a member of the Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire Local Enterprise Partnership board and the board of the Shropshire , Telford and Wrekin Integrated Care System . He also chairs Network Staffordshire and the Newcastle-under-Lyme Town Deal Board .
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