Jane Norman (professor)

Jane Norman
FRSE
Vice Chancellor of the University of Nottingham
Incumbent
Assumed office
November 2024
Preceded byShearer West
Personal details
EducationUniversity of Edinburgh (MBBS, MD)
Academic work
Institutions

Jane Norman is a Scottish academic and physician who has been the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Nottingham since January 2025, having previously taken the position on an interim basis since November 2024.[1][2] She was previously the Provost and Deputy Vice-Chancellor of the University of Nottingham[3] and had served as the Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Bristol in 2019.[4][5]

Education

Norman graduated in medicine from the University of Edinburgh in 1986.[6] After early clinical and academic training in obstetrics and gynaecology in Edinburgh, she was awarded the degree of MD by the University of Edinburgh in 1992.[6]

Research and career

Norman was Regius Chair of obstetrics and gynaecology at the University of Glasgow and Head of the Section of Reproductive and Maternal Medicine from 2006.[7] In 2008, she became Professor of Maternal and Fetal Health at the University of Edinburgh and Director of the Edinburgh Tommy's Centre for maternal and fetal health research.[6] In 2014, she also became Vice-principal of Equality and Diversity (now Vice-principal, People and Culture) at the University of Edinburgh.[6]

Her research focusses on the pregnancy “stressors” of obesity, maternal depression/stress, inflammation and hypoxia.[8]

She previously maintained a clinical practice as a Consultant Obstetrician at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh.[6]

Future Nottingham

As Vice-Chancellor of the University of Nottingham, she has overseen a program, named Future Nottingham, that proposes cutting more than 600 academic jobs[9], as well as 48 degrees (including all modern languages and music)[10], with 2700 staff in total put on notice. Some departments, such as the chemistry department, are facing staff cuts of over 30%,[11]. Petitions against the cuts at various departments have gained signatures from thousands of academics, including several Nobel Laureates.[11][12]

Select publications

  • John R Challis; Charles J Lockwood; Leslie Myatt; Jane E. Norman; Jerome F Strauss; Felice Petraglia (1 February 2009). "Inflammation and pregnancy". Reproductive Sciences. 16 (2): 206–215. doi:10.1177/1933719108329095. ISSN 1933-7191. PMID 19208789. Wikidata Q37390203.
  • K.A. Roberts; S.C. Riley; R.M. Reynolds; et al. (12 January 2011). "Placental structure and inflammation in pregnancies associated with obesity". Placenta. 32 (3): 247–254. doi:10.1016/j.placenta.2010.12.023. ISSN 0143-4004. PMID 21232790. Wikidata Q46328759.
  • F C Denison; K A Roberts; S M Barr; J E Norman (9 March 2010). "Obesity, pregnancy, inflammation, and vascular function". Reproduction. 140 (3): 373–385. doi:10.1530/rep-10-0074. ISSN 1470-1626. PMID 20215337. Wikidata Q37705670.

Professional qualifications

References

  1. ↑ "Professor Jane Norman". www.nottingham.ac.uk. University of Nottingham.
  2. ↑ "News - Professor Jane Norman appointed as President and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Nottingham - University of Nottingham". www.nottingham.ac.uk. Retrieved 16 December 2024.
  3. ↑ "Professor Jane Norman is the Provost and Deputy Vice-Chancellor of the University of Nottingham, taking up the role on 1 December 2022". University of Nottingham. 1 December 2022.
  4. ↑ "Professor Jane Norman appointed as the new Dean for the Faculty of Health Sciences". University of Bristol. 17 January 2019.
  5. ↑ "Jane E Norman". University of Bristol. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 "Professor Jane Norman". Advance HE. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
  7. ↑ "University of Glasgow :: Story :: Biography of Jane Norman". universitystory.gla.ac.uk. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
  8. ↑ "Professor Jane Elizabeth Norman FMedSci, FRSE". The Royal Society of Edinburgh. 24 August 2020. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
  9. ↑ Adams, Richard (12 May 2026). "Thousands of University of Nottingham staff told they are at risk of redundancy". The Guardian. Retrieved 20 May 2026.
  10. ↑ Adams, Richard (18 November 2025). "University of Nottingham considers axing language and music degrees". The Guardian. Retrieved 20 May 2026.
  11. 1 2 Durrani, Jamie (20 May 2026). "Nottingham's chemistry department faces loss of 30% of faculty amid university-wide staff cuts". Chemistry World. Retrieved 20 May 2026.
  12. ↑ Banks, Michael (19 May 2026). "Nottingham physics redundancies 'an act of academic sabotage', warn scientists". Physics World. Retrieved 20 May 2026.
  13. ↑ "Jane Norman - Edinburgh Research Explorer". www.research.ed.ac.uk. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
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