Definition of pro-vice-chancellor in English:
pro-vice-chancellor
noun prəʊvʌɪsˈtʃɑːns(ə)lə
An assistant or deputy vice chancellor of a university.
as title the University was represented by Pro-Vice-Chancellor Professor J. L. Spencer
Example sentencesExamples
- Until recently he held the role of pro-vice-chancellor for external relations at the university, a position he held for 13 years.
- Professor Donald Pennington, its pro-vice-chancellor for admissions, said: ‘Our schemes are pretty generous.’
- A York Central campus ‘would have dispersed university activity across a wide area,’ said Professor Janet Ford, the university's pro-vice-chancellor for estates.
- While reluctant to criticise state schools Brunel's pro-vice-chancellor, Steve Hodkinson, says he wants to ‘turn out teenagers who are better at maths, science and technology and who have a proper command of English’.
- From 1994 to 2004 he was pro-vice-chancellor ending as deputy vice-chancellor.