Patrick Bailey

Patrick has wide experience of supporting and leading educational activities, as well as having a strong research record. Most recently, he was Provost and Deputy Vice Chancellor of London South Bank University, and has held academic/leadership posts at the Universities of York, Heriot-Watt, Manchester and Keele. His teaching has been recognised by a number of awards, including his appointment as a National Teaching Fellow in 2005, and he was a member of the TEF Panel. His research expertise is in medicinal chemistry (>100 papers), especially the synthesis of biologically active heterocycles and the development of drug delivery systems, for which he has attracted significant funding (ca £4M). He is a passionate supporter of widening access and participation in HE, and his outreach activities and commitment to sharing science with the wider community led to him receiving the BSA Lord Kelvin Award in 1999. He has a strong commitment to the principles of ‘sustainability’ and ‘social justice’, and is a Fellow of the Royal Society for the Arts, the Royal Society of Chemistry, and the Royal Society of Edinburgh. Outside work, he enjoys reading fiction, rock climbing, and walking his border collies in the local Peak District countryside.