Professor Nic Beech PhD FAcSS FBAM FCIPD FRSA CCMI
Professor Nic Beech PhD FAcSS FBAM FCIPD FRSA CCMI will be awarded a Doctor of Letters (DLitt) during the morning graduation ceremony on Tuesday 1 December 2026.
Professor Nic Beech has served as Vice-Chancellor of the University of Salford since 2023, following previous leadership roles as Vice-Chancellor of Middlesex University, Provost of the University of Dundee, and Vice-Principal and Dean at the University of St Andrews.
Throughout a career spanning more than three decades, he has played a leading role in shaping higher education policy, governance and strategy across the United Kingdom.
Nationally, Professor Beech chairs the Quality Council for UK Higher Education and has advised government on curriculum reform, student wellbeing, social mobility and community cohesion. He also chairs Student Minds and has held senior leadership positions with Universities UK, the National Union of Students, the British Academy of Management and the International Federation of Scholarly Associations of Management.
A distinguished scholar of management and organisational change, Professor Beech’s research has focused on identity, leadership, learning and inclusivity. He has published extensively, received international recognition for his scholarship and, in 2023, accepted the Richard Whipp Lifetime Achievement in Research Award and the Cooper Medal for Leadership of the Field of Business and Management.