AGCAS bids farewell to Margaret
Margaret Dane has retired after almost 10 years as AGCAS Chief Executive. Her membership of AGCAS spans 34 years, including three as AGCAS President, as well as serving periods of office on a wide range of sub-committees and working groups. Margaret was awarded with an AGCAS Lifetime Achievement Award at the Biennial Conference earlier this month. She has also received NASES Lifetime Membership in recognition of her contribution to HE careers work.
A retirement celebration was held in Margaret’s honour on Tuesday 27 September at Senate House, University of London, which was attended by AGCAS colleagues past and present.
Interim arrangements
Margaret will be a hard act to follow. The AGCAS Board is in the process of reviewing the structure of AGCAS to ensure that it continues to be as effective over the next ten years as it has in the last ten years. All AGCAS Heads of Service have received an invitation to participate in the initial stages of planning this future.
In the interim, the Board has appointed a part-time manager, Martin Pennington, to handle certain aspects of Margaret's role, support senior AGCAS staff and focus on specific aspects of the business. Martin, an independent consultant, was formerly Head of Careers at the University of Leicester and has been an active contributor to AGCAS for many years, and only retired from the AGCAS Board in July of this year. Martin received an AGCAS Lifetime Achievement Award at the AGCAS Biennial Conference in Nottingham earlier this month.
From 1 October 2011, any email sent to margaret.dane@agcas.org.uk will be automatically forwarded to martin.pennington@agcas.org.uk.
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Created on: 27 September 2011
Last updated: 30 September 2011