Andrew Wathey

Andrew Brian Wathey CBE FRHistS FRSA (born 19 July 1958) was the Vice-Chancellor of Northumbria University from 2008 to May 2022. He now holds the role of Chair of the National Archives’ Board.^[1][2][3]

Wathey was educated at St Edmund Hall, Oxford, where he graduated with a BA in Music in 1979,^[4] and MA in 1983 and a doctorate in music (DPhil)^[1] in 1987. In 1999 he became Professor of Music History at Royal Holloway, University of London, where he had taught since 1989.^[4] He was Senior Vice Principal at Royal Holloway from 2006 until 2008.^[4]

In September 2008, he became the fourth Vice-Chancellor of Northumbria University.^[5]

He left Northumbria University in May 2022, succeeded by Professor Andy Long. He now holds the position of Chair of the National Archives’ Board, which he has held since April 2022.^[1] Wathey is a co-founder of the Digital Image Archive of Medieval Music.

In July 2022, he was awarded a Honorary Doctor of Civil Law by Northumbria University^[6] in recognition of his contribution to the University, The North East and the HE sector as a whole.

He was appointed a CBE in the 2016 New Year Honours.^[7] He married in 1995. He became an FRSA in 2005, and an FRHistS in 1986.

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