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Professor Katie Normington joined De Montfort University as Vice-Chancellor and Chief Executive in 2021.
At DMU Katie has led the development of The Empowering University strategy. A central element has been the incorporation of block-mode teaching designed to enhance employability, sustainability, and equality.
Katie has guided DMU’s international expansion, including the opening of new campuses in Dubai and London, and partnerships in Cambodia and Kazakhstan. She has also overseen the creation of seven new Research and Innovation Institutes, reflecting DMU’s ambition to strengthen research, innovation, and global engagement.
Nationally, Katie is the Universities UK lead for the Lifelong Learning Entitlement (LLE), shaping sector responses to this major government reform. She is a Trustee of UCAS, and in 2025 was invited to join a government Taskforce on tackling sexual harms and misogyny in higher education. She also sits on a government group regarding FE/HE collaboration.
Her commitment to equality and inclusion has been widely recognised. In 2023, DMU became the first UK university to be awarded the Silver Race Equality Charter by Advance HE. The university also serves as the United Nations Academic Impact global hub for Sustainable Development Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities - the only UK university to hold such a role.