Alan Gilbert (Australian academic)

Alan Gilbert
Alan Gilbert
Born	11 September 1944; Brisbane, Australia
Died	27 July 2010 (aged 65); Manchester, England
Nationality	Australian
Alma mater	Australian National University; Nuffield College, Oxford

Alan David Gilbert AO (11 September 1944 – 27 July 2010) was an Australian historian and academic administrator who was president and vice-chancellor of the University of Manchester between 2004 and 2010.

During his tenure (1996–2004) as vice-chancellor of the University of Melbourne, he pushed for and established Melbourne University Private, a private university offshoot which ultimately failed. This, and his well-known controversial views on private funding of universities, led to Richard Davis in 2002 dubbing him the "doyen of economically rationalist vice-chancellors".^[1]

^ Biggs, John; Davis, Richard, eds. (2002), The subversion of Australian universities, Wollongong: Fund for Intellectual Dissent, archived from the original on 7 February 2009, retrieved 10 June 2005

[1] Biggs, John; Davis, Richard, eds. (2002), The subversion of Australian universities, Wollongong: Fund for Intellectual Dissent, archived from the original on 7 February 2009, retrieved 10 June 2005

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Alan Gilbert
Born	(1944-09-11)11 September 1944 Brisbane, Australia
Died	27 July 2010(2010-07-27) (aged 65) Manchester, England
Nationality	Australian
Alma mater	Australian National University Nuffield College, Oxford