Jonathan Nicholls

Jonathan William Nicholas Nicholls (16 June 1956 – 13 March 2022) was the Registrary of the University of Cambridge from October 2007.[1][2] He retired from this post at the end of 2016, at which point Emma Rampton became Acting Registrary.[3]

Nicholls was educated at Culford School, the University of Bristol (first class English degree, 1978), and Emmanuel College, Cambridge (PhD, English, 1984). He was a Herchel Smith Scholar at Harvard. His career began at the University of Warwick, where he was appointed registrar, moving to Birmingham University in 2004.[4] He was a non-executive director of Graduate Prospects and a member of both the national Joint Negotiating Committee for Higher Education Staff and the advisory board of the Institute for Higher Education Policy.

Nicholls, who was a Labour member of Warwick District Council, died following a car accident on 13 March 2022.[5][6]

References

  1. ↑ New Registrary for Cambridge
  2. ↑ ‘NICHOLLS, Jonathan William Nicholas’, Who's Who 2013, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2013; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2012; online edn, Nov 2012 accessed 12 April 2013
  3. ↑ Office of Registrary, University of Cambridge
  4. ↑ Cambridge News, 5 July 2007[link removed]
  5. ↑ "Jonathan Nicholls' Car Accident Unfortunately Led to Death". US day News. 15 March 2022. Archived from the original on 15 March 2022.
  6. ↑ Murphy, Neale (15 March 2022). "Statement from the Chairman of Warwick District Council". Warwick District Council. Retrieved 15 August 2026.