Principal and Vice-Chancellor at Abertay University.
Joined April 2009
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19 Mar 2025
Brilliant news yesterday that @AbertayUni has been named the top International School for video games education by the Princeton Review đź‘Ź
Our courses are now ranked 8th in the world for undergraduate programmes and 7th at postgraduate level.
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19 Mar 2025
This achievement reflects our investment in state-of-the-art facilities and the hard work of our amazing staff and students.
A huge congratulations to our fantastic staff and students on this well-deserved recognition! đź‘Ź
abertay.ac.uk/news/2025/aber…
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8 Oct 2024
Thanks very much for visiting us @LiamKerrMSP - it was great to meet you & I look forward to working with you on HE issues in the future.
8 Oct 2024
We were delighted to host @LiamKerrMSP on campus this morning to discuss our strategic priorities and the pressing funding challenges facing higher education institutions across the UK.
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20 Sep 2024
Today we welcomed local MP @StephenGethins to our campus to tour our new Interpersonal Skills Lab and Virtual Production Research Environment.
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20 Sep 2024
We had very useful discussions on our work to support the health, wellbeing and economic growth of local community in Dundee and the opportunities and challenges for internationalisation as we expand our routes to an Abertay degree.
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20 Sep 2024
Delighted by @AbertayUni results in the latest Times & Sunday Times Good University Guide.
These results underscore our commitment to providing a top-rate student experience and high-quality teaching, and I'm very grateful to our staff for their hard work and dedication.
20 Sep 2024
🥳 Great Friday news...
We've been ranked in the UK top 10 for student experience & placed 11th for teaching quality in @thetimes Good University Guide 2025! 🏆
Well done to our amazing staff and students for their hard work and dedication đź‘Ź
Read more: abertay.ac.uk/Mjkx
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15 Jul 2024
A real pleasure to celebrate with our Class of 2024 on Friday and a special welcome to our two new honorary graduates David Dorward and Marie Claire-Isaaman.
A fantastic event and the very best of luck to all of our graduates for the future.
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13 Jun 2024
Fantastic to welcome so many colleagues from across Europe to Dundee for this important conference focused on widening access.
Widening access is a top priority for Abertay, as it is for every Scottish institution, and this conference will help us build on our strong progress.
13 Jun 2024
đź’Ľ What a great turnout for this year's European Access Network (EAN) conference!
Spread across two days, the conference drew together hundreds of delegates to share their knowledge and best practices in widening access to higher education.
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21 May 2024
Very pleased to host a productive @uni_scot roundtable at @AbertayUni with colleagues from across Scottish universities and Minister for HE @GraemeDeyMSP. Good discussion on careers education, working with industry on curriculum design and making work-based education a priority.
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8 May 2024
Another fantastic achievement and the culmination of a great deal of hard work by colleagues. We're proud to offer an excellent student experience at Abertay and continuously work to update, enhance and improve our approach to make sure we are offering the best possible quality.
8 May 2024
🆕 The University has made significant progress in monitoring, reviewing, and enhancing its academic standards and the quality of the student experience, according to a review by @QAAtweets.
Read more ⏩ abertay.ac.uk/ZDA5
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18 Apr 2024
Bernard had a profound impact on the University and his loss is felt by all in the Abertay community. While I didn’t have the privilege of working alongside him directly, it is very much upon his legacy that Abertay’s success was founded. 1/2
17 Apr 2024
It is with great sadness that the University announces the death of former Principal and Vice-Chancellor, Professor Bernard King.
The thoughts of the University community are with Professor King's family, friends and all who knew him.
abertay.ac.uk/Nzg1
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18 Apr 2024
His vision to gain university status and to revise our programme portfolio at a time of huge technological change was a vital step for the institution and has had great benefit for Dundee and the Scottish HE sector. Our thoughts are with his loved ones and all who knew him.
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Liz Bacon retweeted
26 Mar 2024
🚨 Next week we will publish the first edition of Abertay Focus, our new quarterly newsletter.
If you want to stay informed about our research, achievements by staff & students, and upcoming events, subscribe to our mailing list so you don't miss out.
⏩ lnkd.in/gCtgEV7p
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19 Mar 2024
Great to see the impact of our world-leading School of Design and Informatics being celebrated in the Princeton Review's new International School ranking for #videogames. A fantastic result which once again underlines how important this sector is to Scotland and the UK. @UUKIntl
19 Mar 2024
What a result! 🎉
We’re beyond proud to announce that Abertay has been ranked the top International School for video games design by the prestigious Princeton Review!
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Liz Bacon retweeted
9 Feb 2024
Research finds teenage boys trust answers provided by males over females ♂️♀️
A psychology study from Abertay’s School of Applied Sciences found that boys are more likely to copy an answer provided by a male than a female when they are presented with a difficult question 👇
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9 Feb 2024
Modern universities play a hugely important role in the success of the nation. This report from @million_plus outlines some of the key strengths - from upskilling and reskilling through widening access and world-leading research and innovation.
9 Feb 2024
A new report from @million_plus has shown the vital role that modern universities like Abertay play at local and national level 👉 abertay.co/ZGU4
đź’« Boosting growth and local economies
đź’« Delivering exceptional research
đź’« Upskilling and reskilling
đź’« Changing lives
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16 Oct 2023
A pleasure to be part of the @million_plus panel at the #snpconference this afternoon. Useful insights and discussion on how modern universities impact the Scottish economy and also the support and collaboration required to make progress. #SNP23 @AbertayUni
16 Oct 2023
Ready to go here in the room at #SNP23 for the MillionPlus fringe panel event “Modern universities strengthening Scotland’s economy” with @AbertayVC @RichardLochhead @johnnymone @Rachel_Hewitt_
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Liz Bacon retweeted
16 Oct 2023
Modern universities a key driver of economic growth, MillionPlus VC Professor Liz Bacon tells #SNP23 conference event
@AbertayVC @AbertayUni
bit.ly/3tw8EO9
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9 Sep 2023
Hugely proud of my colleagues across the university today. These latest rankings and our NSS 2023 scores illustrate their commitment to professionalism, quality and providing a first-rate student experience against a backdrop of increasingly challenging times across the sector.
9 Sep 2023
📢More great rankings news today! Abertay has been ranked in the UK's top 10 universities for best student experience.
🙌Another great result ahead of the new academic year as we welcome our new students!
đź‘ŹBig congrats to all of our amazing team.
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abertay.co/YjVi
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1 Jul 2023
Great to welcome @DouglasChapmanSNP and @AlexNeilSNP to @AbertayUni to discuss synergies between plans for developing for #Dundee and #Dunfermline and to showcase our ground-breaking new work in virtual production.
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