Background
FENDER, Brian Edward Frederick was born on September 15, 1934 in Barrow. Son of George Clements Fender and Emily Goodwin.
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FENDER, Brian Edward Frederick was born on September 15, 1934 in Barrow. Son of George Clements Fender and Emily Goodwin.
Carlisle and Sale Grammar Schools, Imperial College, London.
He was Chief Executive of the Higher Education Funding Council for England from 1995-2001. Prior to that he was Vice-Chancellor of Keele University (1985-1995), Associate Director and Director of the Institut Laue-Langevin in Grenoble, France and Chairman of the Science Board of the United Kingdom"s Science and Engineering Research Council. He is a graduate and Fellow of Imperial College.
Sir Brian is a Fellow of the Institute of Physics, the Royal Society of Chemistry and a Companion of the Chartered Management Institute.
He has honorary degrees or fellowships from eleven universities and colleges. Sir Brian is the current Chairman and President of the Institute of Knowledge Transfer.
Fender was born in Barrow-in-Furness, and lived in the Eden Valley until 1949. He attended Carlisle Grammar School and Sale County Grammar School.
Sir Brian is currently a member of the University Grants Committee, Hong Kong, President of the National Foundation for Educational Research, Chairman of the National Council for Drama Training and a Director of Higher Aims Limited, a private consultancy involved in higher education and research management.
Married 2nd Ann Linscott in 1986.