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Writer and activist Simon Fanshawe has been named as the new rector of the University of Edinburgh. The former comedian, who now works as a consultant on diversity and inclusion, will take up ...

The University of Edinburgh has announced the (uncontested) appointment of a new rector: Simon Fanshawe. In much of the reporting around this he has variously been described as a writer, an ...

"Being named rector of the University of Edinburgh is a great honour,” he said. “It is a university with a great legacy and current practice of stellar research and wonderful teaching.

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The rector is a member of the University’s governing body, University Court, who champions the views of students and staff, who elect him. Fanshawe was one of the six original co-founders of LGBT+ ...

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Mr Fanshawe said being named rector at Edinburgh was a "great honour". "It is a university with a great legacy and current practice of stellar research and wonderful teaching," he said.

The former comedian, who now works as a consultant on diversity and inclusion, will take up office on 4 March following an uncontested election. Mr Fanshawe won a Perrier Award - awarded for the ...