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Our son Raphael would be doing his GCSE examinations in the Summer of 2012 and we thought, perhaps naively, that moving to a new school for the sixth form should not be too disruptive. Our daughter Adele had started a Physics degree at Durham in Autumn 2011, and some aspects of the distinctive approach to education at Durham was attractive. I was also interested in what it would be like to step into a senior role in a new University where I knew nobody. I had been at UEA for many years, and there were familiar faces everywhere I went on the campus.
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Chris Higgins was a distinguished molecular biologist, who did fundamental work on the so-called ABC transport mechanisms [149]. Prior to the position of Vice–Chancellor at Durham, he held several senior roles including Director of the Medical Research Council Clinical Sciences Centre and Head of Division in the Imperial College Faculty of Medicine.
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Charities in the UK are usually regulated by the Charity Commissioners. An ‘exempt’ charity is not unregulated—it is an entity created by an Act of Parliament or a Royal Charter that is regulated by another body. In the case of (most) Universities in the UK, that other body has been the Office for Students since 2018. The Office for Students has a Memorandum of Understanding with the Charity Commission clarifying the relationship. Universities are still obliged to comply with Charity Law.
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