WALLACE EWART

Professor Wallace Ewart was appointed Director of the Springvale Project in1994. Prior to this he held positions of Dean of the Faculty of Business and Management and Dean of the Faculty of Informatics at the University of Ulster.
His other posts have included Director of the School of Computer Science at the Ulster Polytechnic, Head of the newly formed Data Processing Departmenty at Queen's University Belfast for six years and Head of the newly formed Oxford University Management Services Department for three years. Over a long period, Professor Ewart has advised many universities on the application of information technology to University administration; this has included directing courses and providing consultancy advice to Universities in the UK, Malaysia, Singapore, South Africa, Hong Kong, Fiji and Australia. In 1998 he was appointed Pro Vice Chancellor and Provost of the Belfast campus of the University of Ulster, retaining responsibility for the Springvale Project. As well as the Springvale development, he is actively involved in planning the redevelopment of the Belfast Campus itself, to significantly increase its size and to complement the development of Cathedral Quarter, an historical and cultural quarter within the centre of Belfast contributing to the economic performance of both the City Centre and the wider city region. Professor Ewart was awarded an OBE in 1997 for services to higher education.