Dominic Shellard

Dominic Shellard
Shellard (centre) with The Baroness Lawrence and S.P. Varma at The United Nations Civil Society Conference in August 2019.
Vice-Chancellor of De Montfort University
In office
June 2010 – February 2019
ChancellorThe Lord Alli
The Baroness Lawrence of Clarendon
Preceded byPhilip Tasker
Succeeded byAndy Collop (interim)
Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Councillor
for Boston Ward
In office
1999–2003
Personal details
BornOrpington, Greater London
Alma materSt Peter's College, Oxford

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. A former Rotherham Councillor, he is a recipient of the Mahatma Gandhi Seva Medal, awarded by the United Nations NGO, the Gandhi Global Family, for his 'social good work' in the UK and India.[1]

  1. ^ "Leading Gandhi teacher impressed by diversity at DMU during first visit". DMU. 22 May 2017. Archived from the original on 9 August 2020. Retrieved 19 May 2020.