Kevin Shakesheff

Kevin Shakesheff
FMedSci
Vice Chancellor of
Keele University
Incumbent
Assumed office
2025
Pro-Vice Chancellor of
Open University
In office
2021–2025
Pro-Vice Chancellor of
University of Nottingham
In office
2015–2021
Succeeded byZoe Wilson[1]
Personal details
Born1969[2]
Websitehttps://about.open.ac.uk/governance-ou/executive-team/pro-vice-chancellor-res
Scientific career
EducationUniversity of Nottingham
Alma materUniversity of Nottingham
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
AwardsRISE award (EPSRC)[3]
FieldsRegenerative Medicine
Biological Therapy

Kevin Shakesheff FMedSci is a British Medical Biologist. He is Vice-Chancellor of Keele University,[4] and has served as Pro-Vice Chancellor for Research and Innovation at the Open University.[5]

Career

Shakesheff qualified as a Pharmacist in the early 1990s and received a PhD in Advanced Drug Delivery Systems from the University of Nottingham[6] School of Pharmacy. He completed a postdoctoral fellowship at MIT In 1997 Shakesheff returned to the University of Nottingham as an EPSRC Advanced Fellow. He became a Professor in 2002, and in 2015 became the first Pro-Vice Chancellor for Science there.[5][6] In 2019 he was elected to the Chair of OneNottingham.[7]

Shakesheff became the Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Research and Innovation at the Open University in 2021, and in September 2025 became Vice Chancellor of Keele University.

References

  1. ^ University appoints new Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Science [1]. Retrieved on 30 April 2025
  2. ^ Companies House [2]. Retrieved on 30 April 2025.
  3. ^ Stem cell pioneer honoured [3]. Retrieved on 29 April 2025.
  4. ^ "Keele University's new Vice-Chancellor commences role". 2024-09-01. Retrieved 2025-09-26.
  5. ^ a b "The Open University". 2024-05-21. Retrieved 2025-04-30.
  6. ^ a b "Keele University announces new Vice-Chancellor". Keele University. 2025-04-29. Retrieved 2025-04-30.
  7. ^ "Science Professor takes Chair at the table of One Nottingham – My Nottingham News". Retrieved 2025-04-30.
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