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Before he took on the vice-chancellorship in 2014, he was dean of the school of medicine, dentistry and biomedical sciences and was regarded as one of the world's leading cancer researchers.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2017

The published salary applies to the final year of Dr John Hood's vice-chancellorship.

From BBC • Mar. 15, 2010

"External research income to the university doubled over the five years of his vice-chancellorship and in those five years a fundraising campaign began and raised £770m."

From BBC • Mar. 15, 2010

New post for Dr. O'Brien: the vice-chancellorship of the University of Ghana, under "Chan cellor" Kwame Nkrumah.

From Time Magazine Archive

He then withdrew from the vice-chancellorship of the Primrose League, of which he had been one of the founders, on the ground that it no longer represented the policy of Lord Beaconsfield.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" by Various