Professor Jenny Higham

Professor Higham is Vice-Chancellor at the University of Suffolk, having previously been Vice-Chancellor at St George’s, University of London which she joined in late 2015 as the first female leader in its 290-year history.

Professor Higham has a specialist medical background. She has previously chaired the Medical Schools Council and served as Vice-Dean for Institutional Affairs and Director of Education for the Faculty of Medicine at Imperial College London. Whilst at Imperial, she worked closely with Nanyang Technological University to create a new joint medical school in Singapore.

In addition to her Vice-Chancellor role, Professor Higham has national responsibilities in the university sector, sitting on the boards of both the Universities and Colleges Employers Association (UCEA) and Universities UK (UUK). She is the UUK’s Funding and Regulation Policy Lead and also a Council member for the All-Party Parliamentary University Group.