Leslie Wagner

{{Short description|British academic}}

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Leslie Wagner, CBE (born 21 February 1943)[https://web.archive.org/web/20121104163255/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/birthdays-1320129.html The Independent] 21 Feb 1996 Birthdays is a British academic, who has been Vice-Chancellor of two universities and the second Chancellor of the University of Derby.{{cite web |title=Our Chancellor |url=https://www.derby.ac.uk/about/governance/chancellor/ |website=www.derby.ac.uk |publisher=University of Derby}}

Wagner was educated at Salford Grammar School and obtained a BA and MA at Manchester University. He worked for the British government until 1970, when he became a lecturer in economics at the Open University.[http://www.derby.ac.uk/press-office/news/new-chancellor-for-the-university-of-derby University of Derby Press Office] 12 November 2002 New Chancellor He was later Head of Economics at the Polytechnic of Central London, becoming Vice-Chancellor of the University of North London in 1987.[http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?storyCode=176587§ioncode=26 Times Higher Education] 9 May 2003 In the News - Leslie Wagner

From 1994 to 2003, he was Vice-Chancellor of Leeds Metropolitan University.[http://www.hefce.ac.uk/news/hefce/2003/wagner.htm Hefce news 2003]

Wagner served as the second Chancellor of the University of Derby from 2003 to 2008. He was the first chair of the Higher Education Academy.[http://www.exchange.ac.uk/files/eissue5.pdf Exchange] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111009060419/http://www.exchange.ac.uk/files/eissue5.pdf |date=2011-10-09 }} issue 5

Wagner has been prominent in the British Jewish community, being a Trustee of The Jewish Chronicle, a member of the Chief Rabbinate Trust and chair of the Commission on Jewish Schools.Jewish Chronicle May 4, 2007 page 9 Wagner Heads School Body He was rated number 60 in a list of the most influential Jews in the UK.Jewish Chronicle May 1, 2008 JC Power 100: the key influences in our community

He was appointed a CBE in 2000 for services to higher education and the Jewish community.