16 Facts About Dominic Shellard

Dominic Shellard is a British academic who has served as Head of the School of English and Pro-Vice-Chancellor at the University of Sheffield and Vice-Chancellor of De Montfort University.

Dominic Shellard was born in Orpington, Greater London in 1966.

Dominic Shellard went to school at Crofton Junior School and then the private Dulwich College, before going on to read English and German at St Peter's College, Oxford, where he obtained a DPhil in English Literature on the theatre criticism of Harold Hobson.

Dominic Shellard is a former Labour Party councillor for Boston Ward on Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council, serving from 1999 until 2003.

Dominic Shellard moved to the University of Sheffield in 1996, and was awarded a Readership in 1999 and a Personal Chair in 2003.

Dominic Shellard is an expert in post-war British theatre and an active Shakespeare scholar.

Dominic Shellard founded and led the Theatre Archive Project, a joint venture with the British Library to reinvestigate British theatre history from 1945 to 1968.

Dominic Shellard is a former chairman of Sheffield Theatres Trust, responsible for the Crucible Theatre and the Lyceum Theatre.

In 2017, Shellard was appointed special representative to the United Nations Civil Society Unit for the Gandhi Global Family and in August 2019, he delivered an address, together with Baroness Doreen Lawrence of Clarendon and Padmashri Dr S P Varma, the Vice-President of the Gandhi Global Family, on his 'social good work' in India to the 68th United Nations Civil Society Conference in Salt Lake City, Utah.

In November 2019, Dominic Shellard initiated new 'social good' projects in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir.

Dominic Shellard conducted charity activity whilst working at De Montfort University.

In January 2019, Dominic Shellard came under public scrutiny regarding a 22.3 per cent increase in his remuneration over that of the previous year, following the award to DMU of TEF Gold status for the university.

Dominic Shellard established a series of companies including Theseus Global Limited, Theseus Global Limited, and Acetute Limited.

Dominic Shellard is listed as an executive coach for Ride The Wave Training Limited.

Dominic Shellard was one of the very few openly gay Vice-Chancellors.

Dominic Shellard is a fan of Queens Park Rangers football club.