Julia Goodfellow

Dame Julia Mary Goodfellow, DBE, FMedSci, FInstP (née Lansdall; born 1 July 1951) is Vice-Chancellor of the University of Kent,^[2][3][4][5] and Chair of the British Science Association.^[6] She is the president of Universities UK from 1 August 2015 until July 2017.^[7][8]

Early life, education and career

Goodfellow completed her BSc degree in physics at the University of Bristol^[9] and obtained a PhD degree in biophysics at the Open University^[10] Research Unit in Oxford. She began her career as Professor of Biomolecular Science at Birkbeck College in 1995, and was promoted to Vice Master in 1998.^[11] In 2002, she was appointed chief executive of the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council, the first woman to lead a UK research council.^[8] Goodfellow served as chair of the British Science Association from 2009 to 2014.^[12]

In 2007, she was appointed Vice-Chancellor of the University of Kent.^[13] In 2011, she was appointed to both the Council for Science and Technology and the Science and Technology Facilities Council.^[7] Currently, Goodfellow is a member of the Higher Education Policy Institute (Hepi) advisory board.^[14]

Goodfellow has been elected Universities UK president from 2015-2017 and is the first woman to hold the role. In 2015, Goodfellow stated that Universities UK supported staying in the European Union, citing the “economic growth, employable graduates and cutting edge research discoveries” that the EU could provide in the education sector.^[15]

Honours

• 2001: Appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
• 2002: Honorary Doctor of Science (Hon DSc) degree from the University of Bristol^[16]
• 2002: Honorary Doctor of Science degree from the University of Strathclyde^[9]
• 2004: Doctor of the University (DUniv) degree from the University of Essex^[17]
• 2005: Honorary Doctor of Science degree from the University of Edinburgh^[18]
• 2005: Honorary Doctor of Science degree from Durham University^[19]
• 2009: Honorary Doctor of Science degree from the University of Manchester^[20]
• 2010: Promoted to Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) 'For services to Science'^[21]

Personal life

In 1972, Julia Lansdall married Peter Goodfellow, with whom she has one daughter and one son.

Criticism

Goodfellow has been criticised for her travel expenses and pay for the 2014-15 year. Her travel expenses were reported to be £26,635, with 92% of flights being first or business class. She also received a pay rise of 3% in the same year, increasing her salary to £272,000.^[22]

She received a £43,000 pay rise in 2012-13, a rise of 19%.^[23] Other staff at the university were striking to secure a 2% pay rise in the same year.^[23] The university was criticised by the University and College Union for attempting to "obscure key information" by obfuscating records of the meeting in which her salary was decided.

Selected publications

• Goodfellow, J.; Winstanley, M. (2004). "Shaping the future in biology". Systems biology. 1 (1): 6–7. PMID 17052110. 
• MacDonald, J. T.; Purkiss, A. G.; Smith, M. A.; Evans, P.; Goodfellow, J. M.; Slingsby, C. (2005). "Unfolding crystallins: The destabilizing role of a β-hairpin cysteine in βB2-crystallin by simulation and experiment". Protein Science. 14 (5): 1282–1292. doi:10.1110/ps.041227805. PMC 2253261. PMID 15840832. 
• Sy, D.; Gravier, Y.; Goodfellow, J.; Vovelle, F. (2003). "Protein stability and plasticity of the hydrophobic cavity in wheat ns-LTP". Journal of biomolecular structure & dynamics. 21 (1): 15–29. doi:10.1080/07391102.2003.10506902. PMID 12854956. 
• Moraitakis, G.; Goodfellow, J. M. (2003). "Simulations of Human Lysozyme: Probing the Conformations Triggering Amyloidosis". Biophysical Journal. 84 (4): 2149–2158. doi:10.1016/S0006-3495(03)75021-8. PMC 1302782. PMID 12668424. 
• Beatty, E.; Zhong, W.; Kubal, G.; Houldershaw, D.; Goodfellow, J.; Sadler, P. (2002). "Histidine pK(a) values for the N-lobe of human transferrin: Effect of substitution of binding site Asp by Ser (D63S)". Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry. 88 (3–4): 403–409. doi:10.1016/S0162-0134(01)00352-X. PMID 11897357. 
• Goodfellow, J. (2002). "Keeping focus on the science. Interview by Nigel Williams". Current Biology. 12 (3): R80–R81. doi:10.1016/s0960-9822(02)00663-2. PMID 11839282. 
• Purkiss, A. G.; Bateman, O.; Goodfellow, J.; Lubsen, N.; Slingsby, C. (2001). "The X-ray Crystal Structure of Human gamma S-crystallin C-terminal Domain". Journal of Biological Chemistry. 277 (6): 4199–4205. doi:10.1074/jbc.M110083200. PMID 11706012. 

References

1. 1 2 "GOODFELLOW, Dame Julia (Mary)". Who's Who 2013, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2013; online edn, Oxford University Press. (subscription required)
2. ↑ University of Kent website, 1
3. ↑ University of Kent website, 2
4. ↑ Birkbeck College website
5. ↑ List of publications from Microsoft Academic Search
6. ↑ British Science Association Council
7. 1 2 "Professor Dame Julia Goodfellow elected President of Universities UK for 2015 - 2017". UUK. Retrieved 1 August 2015. 
8. 1 2 Morgan, John (27 November 2014). "Julia Goodfellow to be first female UUK president". timeshighereducation.co.uk. Retrieved 1 August 2015. 
9. 1 2 Faculty of Science: Alumni and friends, bristol.ac.uk; accessed 9 April 2016.
10. ↑ Goodfellow, Julia (1975). Structural studies of the corneal stroma (PhD thesis). Open University. 
11. ↑ Goodfellow profile at the University of Kent website
12. ↑ "David Willetts to be new chair of the BSA". British Science Association. Retrieved 7 October 2015. 
13. ↑ "University appoints new vice-chancellor". Kent Online News. Retrieved 28 September 2015. 
14. ↑ "Advisory Board". Higher Education Policy Institute (Hepi). Retrieved 28 September 2015. 
15. ↑ "Universities UK declares "in" stance in UK's EU debate". The PIE News. Retrieved 5 October 2015. 
16. ↑ Honorary degrees at Bristol University, bristol.ac.uk; accessed 9 April 2016.
17. ↑ Honorary Graduates, essex.ac.uk; accessed 9 April 2016.
18. ↑ Honorary graduates 2004-05, ed.ac.uk; accessed 9 April 2016.
19. ↑ News: Six set for honorary doctorates at Durham University, dur.ac.uk; accessed 9 April 2016.
20. ↑ Quartet to be honoured at Manchester, manchester.ac.uk; accessed 9 April 2016.
21. ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 59446. p. 6. 12 June 2010. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
22. ↑ Florence Maher, UKC VC spent a staggering £26,635 on flying first class last year, thetab.com; accessed 9 April 2016.
23. 1 2 University of Kent vice-chancellor Professor Dame Julia Goodfellow's salary increases to £265,000, kentonline.co.uk; accessed 9 April 2016.