An expert in management and business education, Professor Croney¡¯s current role sees him focus on strategic planning and international development at Northumbria. He has previously served as the institution¡¯s pro vice-chancellor for learning and teaching, and as dean of Newcastle Business School.

He will take over from Professor Henderson in May, when the current vice-chancellor will retire.

Professor Croney said it was an ¡°honour and a privilege¡± to join the university, hailing its ¡°outstanding reputation for its student experience, high-calibre research and business engagement activity¡±.

¡°I look forward to working with all the staff and students across the university in the new strategic context of higher education in the UK,¡± he said. ¡°I believe that Teesside now has a great opportunity to develop further as a global university with an international reputation for quality, enterprise and learning opportunities.¡± ?

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Under Professor Henderson, Teesside University more than doubled in size, became the first modern university to win the ³ÉÈËVRÊÓƵ University of the Year award, and received a Queen¡¯s Anniversary Prize for enterprise and business engagement.

Professor Henderson, who has completed 40 years of service within higher education, said his decision to retire ¡°was one of the hardest I have ever made, but I believe it is the right time, both for myself and the university¡±. He added that he was confident that Professor Croney could lead the institution ¡°to further success¡±.

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Professor Croney joins Teesside as a ?20 million teaching and learning building nears completion. Other ongoing projects include a ?6 million refurbishment of the Orion science, technology and engineering building, and a significant upgrade of the library.

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