…from the Washington Post….
Queen’s University Belfast
@QUBelfast“It is a great privilege to become the Chancellor of @QUBelfast. The University is making waves internationally for its research and impact and I am proud to be an ambassador and help grow its reputation for excellence.” @HillaryClinton
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According to the university, the role includes three main duties: presiding at degree ceremonies, serving as an ambassador for the school and advising its leadership….
In British universities, the actual administration usually falls to a Vice-Chancellor.
For example, members of the Royal Family (e.g. Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, Princess Anne) are often the official Chancellors of one or more universities but they could hardly be expected to run their day-to-day activities, manage their budgets or resolve deep controversies.
Queen’s University, Belfast, was the alma mater of both the former Unionist premier of Northern Ireland, David Trimble, and of Mary McAleese, former President of Ireland (i.e. the Republic), an independent who originally belonged to Eamonn de Valera’s republican Fianna Fáil. They were colleagues in the law school, but Trimble was furious when she, and not he, was chosen to be director of the Institute of Professional Legal Studies, after he had been acting director.