About NTU

Senior Management Team

Professor Neil T Gorman, Vice-Chancellor, Nottingham Trent University

DL, BVSc, DVSc (hc), DVMS (hc), DVetMed (hc), PhD, DACVIM (Oncology), Dip ECVIM-ca, FRCVS, FRSA

Professor Gorman became Vice-Chancellor of Nottingham Trent University (NTU) in 2003. Within his first year, Professor Gorman led the design and implementation of a radical new strategy for the University.

The strategy drew on Professor Gorman's background in international business management in the private sector; academic leadership in research-intensive universities; and leadership of the veterinary profession at national and international level.

The University achieved a step change in performance. For example, research grant from the Higher Education Funding Council for England increased by over 72% as a result of NTU's performance in the Research Assessment Exercise of 2008. In 2008, NTU also achieved the largest increase in demand for its undergraduate degree courses of any UK university; and, between 2008 and 2010, achieved growth in undergraduate demand of nearly 36%. The University has transformed its estate through an ambitious regeneration programme.

Professor Gorman is an international authority in veterinary science with a particular emphasis on comparative immunology and oncology.

Following the award of his doctorate, he taught at both the University of Cambridge and the University of Florida, with visiting professorships at Michigan State University and the University of Sydney. In 1986, he was appointed to the Chair of Veterinary Surgery at the University of Glasgow.

In 1993, Professor Gorman joined Mars Incorporated, where he was part of the team leading the Company's international research and development. In 2001, Professor Gorman was promoted to the post of Global Director of Science and Technology Platforms.

Professor Gorman has also made a significant contribution to the veterinary profession through his work with the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS). Professor Gorman was a council member of the RCVS for twenty years (1990-2010) and served on almost all of the RCVS' committees. During 1997-98, Professor Gorman was RCVS President.

In 2001, as Chair of the RCVS Education Strategy Steering Group, Professor Gorman co-authored ‘Veterinary Education and Training: A Framework for 2010 and Beyond'. Professor Gorman also led the development of the future education strategy for the veterinary profession in the UK 2010-2020.

Professor Gorman is a member of the Board of the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS), where he represents Universities UK. Professor Gorman has also served on a number of review bodies - including panel membership in the Research Assessment Exercise of 2001 - and on advisory bodies such as those of the Wellcome Trust and the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC).

Professor Gorman has received numerous awards for his contribution to veterinary science, including an honorary DVMS from the University of Glasgow in 2004, an honorary DVSc from the University of Liverpool in 2006, and an honorary DVetMed from the Royal Veterinary College in 2012. Professor Gorman has also been elected an Honorary Fellow of Wolfson College, Cambridge.