A former vice-chancellor has been appointed to lead Wales’ new post-16 education regulator.
The Welsh government said that Dame Julie Lydon, who retired as vice-chancellor of the University of South Wales in September 2021, would chair the Commission for Tertiary Education and Research (CTER). As vice-chancellor of the University of Glamorgan from 2010, Dame Julie led the merger that formed USW in 2013 and also served as chair of Universities Wales and vice-president of Universities UK.
Meanwhile David Sweeney, the former executive chair of Research England, will be deputy chair, and will chair the regulator’s research and innovation committee.
