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Vice Principal International
The Vice Principal International leads Edinburgh Global.
Professor Hillier is responsible for implementing the University's Internationalisation Strategy, and works with staff across the University to develop teaching and research partnerships around the world.
My job is to support the University to internationalise un-reservedly and make sure that all staff and students own the process. Our new Internationalisation Strategy makes clear that the risks of not embracing this agenda are severe. In this dynamic, exciting and challenging world, to stand still or even to make incremental progress will be to fall behind.
But if we are successful, we will see clear benefits in terms of having even more vibrant, internationally-focused staff and students who are open to and working with the best minds worldwide.
Professor Hillier
Vice Principal International
Background
Professor Hillier joined the University in 1985 and was appointed Professor of Reproductive Endocrinology in 1993. He is also an Honorary Consultant Clinical Scientist with Lothian University Hospitals Trust.
He has previously worked in London, Leiden, and Maryland, USA where he was a Fogarty International Postdoctoral Fellow at the National Institutes of Health.
He is a Fellow of the Royal College of Pathologists, and holds degrees from Leeds, Wales and Edinburgh (DSc 1992).
His extensive external service includes former membership of the Human Fertilisation & Embryology Authority (HFEA) and the Overseas Research Scholarships Committee (Universities UK). He is presently a member of the Medical Research Council Training and Careers Group.
His academic and clinical work have given him extensive overseas experience: he has particularly strong connections with the USA, China and India.
This article was published on Apr 12, 2011