Sir Deian Rhys Hopkin was born on 1 March 1944 and is an academic and historian, former vice chancellor and former President of the National Library of Wales.
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Deian Hopkin is a historian, originally from Wales and a fluent Welsh speaker.
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Deian Hopkin graduated in history at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth where he completed his PhD.
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Deian Hopkin has been actively involved in educational policy and, in particular, the skills agenda of the UK over a number of years.
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Deian Hopkin was a council member of the City and Guilds of London Institute, and the Campaign for Learning.
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Deian Hopkin was a patron of Hillcroft College for Women and was previously chairman-emeritus of the University Centre, Jersey; Highlands College.
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Deian Hopkin was for twenty years, until 2023, a trustee of the Council for At-Risk Academics of which he was vice-chairman and was until 2009 Chairman of the UNIAID Foundation, the national charity supporting students in financial difficulty which has now merged with the Brightside Trust.
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Deian Hopkin has published on Labour and press history and on the use of computers in history, and was co-founder of the Association for History and Computing and founding editor of Llafur, The Journal of Welsh People's History, of which he is a vice-president.
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Deian Hopkin is a member of the Higher Education Commission.
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Deian Hopkin was a trustee of the Institute of Historical Research Development Trust, University of London, and was a member of the editorial advisory board of Times Higher Education.
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Deian Hopkin is a judge of the annual Times Higher Awards.
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Deian Hopkin has extensive broadcasting experience and was a member of the BBC General Advisory Council.
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Deian Hopkin is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and the Royal Society of Arts and is a Freeman of the City of London, a Liveryman and trustee of the Worshipful Company of Educators and a Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales Learned Society of Wales.
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Deian Hopkin is an honorary Fellow of the Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers and has been awarded a Fellowship of the City and Guilds of London Institute.
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Deian Hopkin was knighted in the 2009 Birthday Honours for services to higher education and skills.
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In 2009, Deian Hopkin was appointed interim vice-chancellor of the University of East London and in 2010 was appointed interim chair of the Student Loans Company.