Lifetime award for York university professor (From York Press)

Lifetime award for York university professor

9:46am Friday 18th November 2011 in Business news

PROFESSOR Brian Cantor, the man behind the city’s biggest development, was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award at The Press Business Awards last night.

Under Prof Cantor’s leadership, as vice chancellor since 2002, the University of York has been placed in the top 100 in the world for several years.

Last year, it was also named University Of The Year in the Times Higher Education Awards and is this year nominated for Outstanding Engineering Research Team of the Year, Outstanding Support for Students and Entrepreneurial University Of The Year.

The University of York has also embarked upon a £750 million expansion, with the new 65-hectare Heslington East campus extension expected to increase total student numbers to 15,400 and create up to 2,000 new jobs. It is the single largest investment made by any UK university.

A further £60 million is being invested in the next year in a new sports village, Langwith College, library refurbishments and chemistry research facilities.

Prof Cantor, who has previously been a consultant to NASA and Rolls-Royce, has also played a vital role in setting the university and the city’s sights on the wider world, forging ties with emerging markets in China, India and Korea, and is an enthusiastic ambassador of international trade among the wider business community.