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Norma Reid Birley (Norma Glasgo Reid) was born on 28 April, 1952 in Limavady Northern Ireland, is a Vice Chancellor and Principal of the University of the Witwatersrand. Discover Norma Reid Birley's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 71 years old?

Popular As Norma Glasgo Reid
Occupation Educator
Age 71 years old
Zodiac Sign Taurus
Born 28 April 1952
Birthday 28 April
Birthplace Limavady Northern Ireland
Nationality Ireland

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1952

Norma Glasgo Reid, Lady Birley (born 28 April 1952 in Limavady, Northern Ireland) was Vice-Chancellor and Principal of the University of the Witwatersrand.

A statistician, and health service researcher, she has also held the positions of director of an academic consultancy firm, Associate Professor of the University of Ulster, and an Honorary Professor of Sussex University.

1974

Birley was educated at Limavady Grammar School, in Northern Ireland, and obtained a BSc and a MSc in mathematics at Sussex University, graduating in 1974.

In 1974, Birley was appointed to the DHSS Health Services Research Unit at the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne.

1977

In 1977 she was appointed lecturer in statistics at the London School of Economics.

She became interested in pedagogy as a result of being asked to teach a Master's class of sociologists, in finding new graphical ways to communicate her subject to a reluctant audience.

1978

In 1978, she returned to Northern Ireland, to lead an interdisciplinary study of nurse education in the clinical setting at the University of Ulster.

1983

She was awarded a D. Phil by the University of Ulster in 1983 and was made an honorary Doctor of Science Sussex University in 2002.

She was awarded a D Phil by the University of Ulster in 1983; her thesis was a statistical investigation of the relationship between the quality of nurse education in the clinical setting, and the historically used apprenticeship model of nurse education.

1984

In 1984, she became founding Director of that university's Research Centre for Applied Health Studies, and in 1986 she was promoted to a senior lectureship in mathematics.

While there, she published the first evidence of the huge exodus of well-qualified school leavers from Ulster in those years.

1985

She sat on the Royal College of Nursing's Commission on Nursing Education (1985), and wrote a chapter in their report on nurse education.

1988

In 1988, she was appointed to Coventry University as Head of Department and Professor of Health Sciences in the first interdisciplinary Department of Health Sciences in the UK, comprising physiotherapy, occupational therapy and nursing.

1991

She was promoted to Dean of the Faculty of Social, Biological and Health Sciences in 1991.

During these years, she published three books, two of which became standard text books in research methods for nurses, and continued to sell well over two decades.

She also published some 70 articles in refereed journals.

1993

Birley was appointed Pro-Vice-Chancellor of Coventry University in 1993, with responsibility for academic development.

1994

In post-1994 South Africa, her appointment was controversial as a female white foreigner – especially in a university which had a turbulent history of internal and external political friction—her predecessor had resigned very early in his appointment, as had two previous Deputy Vice-chancellors.

During her time there, student numbers and external funding reached record levels.

1996

She was appointed as a Quality Auditor of the national Quality Assurance Agency, in 1996, Deputy Vice-Chancellor at Plymouth University, with responsibility for finance, estates, IT and human resources, and in 2000, Deputy Vice-Chancellor for Corporate Development.

In these years, she played a leading role in the establishment of the Peninsula Medical School.

2000

She was appointed to Witwatersrand in 2000, following a 25-year career as a researcher, teacher and senior administrator in higher education.

2001

In 2001, Birley was appointed as Vice-Chancellor and Principal of the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa, the first woman and only the fourth foreigner to hold the position in its 100-year history.

2002

After the death of her husband, Sir Derek Birley, in May 2002, she faced renewed challenges to her leadership, led by the Chair of the University Council, and resigned in November 2002.

2003

In 2003–04, Lady Birley led the development of an econometric/statistical model for the South Africa Department of Labour to predict the financial and human resources impact of HIV/AIDS on major South African companies.

On her return to the UK, she became Director of the Institute for Research in Health and Human Sciences at Thames Valley University, and subsequently, its Director for Postgraduate Development.

Since then she has been director of NRB Consulting, a consultancy company in health and social services.

2004

She sued the university for libel, receiving an out-of-court settlement of R1.1 million in 2004.

2006

She led the establishment of a cultural precinct and raised £2.5 million to found a Rock Art Museum, which was opened as the Origins Centre in 2006.