vice-chancellor
noun
vice-chan·cel·lor
ˈvīs-ˈchan(t)-s(ə-)lər 
ˌvīs-
variants
or vice chancellor
1
: an officer ranking next below a chancellor and serving as deputy to the chancellor
2
: chief administrative officer in a British university
3
: a judge appointed to act for or to assist a chancellor
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Starmer is leading a delegation of more than 100 entrepreneurs, university vice-chancellors and cultural leaders, including director Gurinder Chadha and British Film Institute (BFI) governors Monica Chadha and Andrew Smith, who is also Corporate Affairs Director at Pinewood Studios.
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Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 8 Oct. 2025
Klingbeil will also become vice-chancellor in the new government.
—Sophie Kiderlin, CNBC, 5 May 2025
Steve Hill is the vice-chancellor and CEO at LIBF and explained the major shift in approach in a recent interview.
—Derek Newton, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025
The leaders of Germany's three-way governing coalition, from left: finance minister Christian Lindner of the Free Democratic Party, chancellor Olaf Scholz of the Social Democratic Party and vice-chancellor Robert Habeck of the Green Party.
—Hanna Ziady, CNN, 10 Feb. 2024
Her mother, Henrietta, was the executive assistant to the vice-chancellor of the University of Tasmania, while her father was a mathematics professor.
—Elise Taylor, Vogue, 2 Jan. 2024
Saurabh Sinha Saurabh Sinha is a professor of microelectronics and deputy vice-chancellor of research and internationalization at the University of Johannesburg.
—IEEE Spectrum, 21 Feb. 2023
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Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 8 Oct. 2025
Klingbeil will also become vice-chancellor in the new government.
—Sophie Kiderlin, CNBC, 5 May 2025
Steve Hill is the vice-chancellor and CEO at LIBF and explained the major shift in approach in a recent interview.
—Derek Newton, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025
The leaders of Germany's three-way governing coalition, from left: finance minister Christian Lindner of the Free Democratic Party, chancellor Olaf Scholz of the Social Democratic Party and vice-chancellor Robert Habeck of the Green Party.
—Hanna Ziady, CNN, 10 Feb. 2024
Her mother, Henrietta, was the executive assistant to the vice-chancellor of the University of Tasmania, while her father was a mathematics professor.
—Elise Taylor, Vogue, 2 Jan. 2024
Saurabh Sinha Saurabh Sinha is a professor of microelectronics and deputy vice-chancellor of research and internationalization at the University of Johannesburg.
—IEEE Spectrum, 21 Feb. 2023
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