Professor Andrew Goudie is the new Chair of Oxford Inspires

Wed 4 Aug, 2004

Professor Andrew Goudie has been appointed as the new Chair of Oxford Inspires, the cultural development agency for Oxford and Oxfordshire. He succeeds the previous Chair of Oxford Inspires, Professor Paul Langford, with immediate effect.

Professor Goudie is Master of St Cross College, a graduate college of Oxford University. He was formerly Professor of Geography and Head of the School of Geography and the Environment. He is an Honorary Fellow of Hertford College, President of the Oxford Branch of the Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) and a Patron of the CPRE Oxfordshire Buildings Preservation Trust.

Commenting on his appointment, Professor Goudie said: “This is an exciting time to be joining Oxford Inspires, as it develops its ambitious plans for the Evolving City programme in 2005 and a countywide festival in 2007. The recent news of the £600,000 Urban Cultural Programme grant from Arts Council England for Evolving City is a tremendous boost for Oxford. I look forward to working with the board and staff as this programme and other plans take shape.”

The outgoing Chair of Oxford Inspires, Paul Langford, said: “It has been a great privilege to lead Oxford Inspires in taking Oxford’s bid to the shortlist of the European Capital of Culture competition, and then to see the organisation established in its new role as a cultural development agency for Oxford and Oxfordshire. With the recent award to Oxford Inspires from the Urban Cultural Programme, the organisation has entered a new phase of its existence, and I felt it was the right time for me to hand over to someone new. I’m particularly delighted that Andrew Goudie is to be my successor. His experience will be invaluable to the board and staff as they face the exciting challenges that lie ahead.”

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