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Professor Roderick Watkins

Vice Chancellor, Anglia Ruskin University

Professor Roderick Watkins has been Vice Chancellor of Anglia Ruskin University (ARU) since 2019.  Since that time the university has grown strongly and now has over 40,000 students studying at its campuses in Cambridge, Chelmsford, Peterborough, Writtle and London as well as overseas.

ARU has recently won a Queen’s Anniversary Prize for its research and a Gold TEF rating for its education. In 2023 ARU was named the Times Higher Education University of the Year, and in 2026 ARU is a finalist for Times Higher Education Entrepreneurial University of the Year.

Roderick is currently Chair of the University Alliance and the Oxford-Cambridge Arc Universities Group, and a Director of Cambridge Ahead, Cambridge University Health Partners and the OxCam Supercluster Board.

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