is moving in that direction and a few others are as well. I think it's certainly what we must do to maintain our status as an international university." Durham expanded the post of deputy vice-chancellor (created 2011) to be the deputy vice-chancellor and provost when it next became vacant in 2016. most members of the Russell Group of research-intensive universities in the UK had appointed a senior officer with academic responsibility separate from their chief executive. Some of these used the title provost on its own, others used provost in combination with another title indicating that they were deputy to the chief executive officer), while both King's College London and Southampton eschewed the title provost in favour of Senior Vice-President (Academic) and Glasgow used Senior Vice Principal and Deputy Vice Chancellor (Academic). The London School of Economics appointed a provost and deputy director in 2013 but, after the holder left in 2015, no longer have the position in their management structure. However, only a few of the Russell Group universities with provosts (including Imperial, Durham, Edinburgh and Bristol) explicitly identified the provost as being the chief academic officer, and Exeter and Sheffield continued to explicitly identify the chief executive officer as the chief academic officer. See also Director (education) Postgraduate education Principal (university) Professor Undergraduate education References "History of Cornell's Provosts", "About the Provost", Cornell University Office of the Provost. "Dean of the Faculty and Vice President for Academic Affairs", Trinity College (Connecticut) Academic administrators Education and training occupations University governance Academic administration