Dianne Willcocks

Dianne Marie Willcocks CBE DL (born 5 May 1945)^[1] was the Vice-Chancellor of York St John University until retirement in April 2010 and is a former Deputy Principal of Sheffield Hallam University.

Biography

She received a Dip.M from Ealing College of Higher Education in 1966, and a BSc (Hons) in Human Sciences from the University of Surrey in 1976.

Willcocks worked as Director of Research at the University of North London.^[2] She moved from London to Sheffield as Assistant Principal of Sheffield Hallam University. In 1999 she became the first Principal of Ripon and York St John College in 160 years.^[3]

She was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2008 Birthday Honours.^[4]

After retirement, Willcocks has continued her work in gerontology as Chair of the Wilf Ward Family Trust, as a Patron of Older Citizens Advocacy, York, and has served as Health Champion for York’s Older Person’s Assembly.^[3]

Other appointments

Below are a selection of Dianne Willcocks' other appointments.

• Chair of Trustees, York Theatre Royal
• Chair, Action on Access Advisory Forum
• Member of Executive Board, GuildHE
• Board Member, Aimhigher National Partnership
• Board Member, Yorkshire Film Archive
• Deputy Lieutenant, North Yorkshire
• Trustee, York Museums Trust
• Trustee, Higher Education Academy^[5]
• Trustee, York Mediale.^[6]
• Deputy chair of the trustees of the Joseph Rowntree Foundation^[7]

Publications

• Peace, S., Kellaher, L., and Willcocks, D. 1982.A Balanced Life?. Survey Research Unit, The Polytechnic of North London.
• Willcocks, D., Peace, S. and Kellaher, L. 1986. Private lives in public places: a research-based critique of residential life in local authority old people's homes. London, Tavistock.
• Kellaher, L., Peace, S., and Willcocks, D. 1990. "Triangulating data". In: Peace, Sheila M. (ed.) Researching Social Gerontology: Concepts, Methods and Issues. London, Sage. 115–128.
• Peace, S., Kellaher, L., and Willcocks, D. 1997. Re-evaluating residential care. Buckingham, Open University Press.