Dr Giles
Carden
Giles joined Lancaster University’s Executive Team in October 2017 as Chief of Staff and Director of Strategic Projects. Giles’ role is principally
focused on leading major, transformational strategic initiatives, recent examples would be Lancaster University Leipzig and University Academy 92; he also has
responsibilities for HE policy matters.
Giles’ academic background is the earth sciences, he undertook a PhD at the University of Liverpool and then a Liebniz Prize funded fellowship at the
Rhur-Universitaet Bochum. Prior to joining Lancaster he undertook a range professional services roles at the University of Warwick, latterly occupying the role of
Director of Strategic Planning and Analytics.
Giles has advised the THE on its world rankings design, was asked by Universities UK to serve on its Efficiency and Modernisation task groups, and served for five years
on the Higher Education Strategic Planning Association Executive. He is currently a member of the HE Data Landscape Steering Group and chairs the National REF Managers
Group.
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