Professor Tim Blackman is Emeritus Professor of Sociology and Social Policy at The Open University. He served as Vice-Chancellor of The Open University from 2019 to 2024 and was previously Vice-Chancellor of Middlesex University. During his Visiting Fellowship, Professor Blackman delivered a three-part lecture series titled UK higher education and our fiscal and environmental crises:
- Reassessing UK higher education’s purpose in times of social division and environmental crisis
- Rethinking selection for higher education in the age of acceleration: going comprehensive
- Higher education, livelihood and assets: towards sustainability