<p>Yale’s Provost, Professor Andrew Hamilton, has been appointed the next Vice-Chancellor of [Oxford University](<a href=“http://www.ox.ac.uk”>http://www.ox.ac.uk</a>) in the United Kingdom. Under Oxford’s statutes, the Vice-Chancellor is the “de facto” chief executive and chief academic officer of the university, as the office of Chancellor properly is purely ceremonial/honorific. </p>
<p>For further details, read the following [press release]( <a href=“http://www.ox.ac.uk/media/news_stories/2008/080603.html”>http://www.ox.ac.uk/media/news_stories/2008/080603.html</a>).</p>
<p>I believe he was nominated as a possible candidate, but has not yet been officially appointed to the position.</p>
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<p>He was nominated by the Search Committee as their candidate for the position. The nomination has to be confirmed now by the Congregation, i.e. the university’s parliament. That is expected to be just a formality though.</p>
<p>Hamilton’s appointment makes a lot of sense as Oxford and Yale currently share many similar strategic goals. Both are comparatively stronger in humanities/social sciences and life sciences/medicine than in physical sciences/engineering, and are seeking to build up their strength in the latter.</p>