11-515: The Lambert Review of Business-University Collaboration was a report by Richard Lambert published by Her Majesty's Treasury in the United Kingdom in 2003, which made "a series of recommendations aimed at smoothing out the path between Britain’s strong science base and the business community" [HM Treasury 2003a]. The Lambert Review concluded that the British dual support system acts as
22-827: A British journalist and business executive. He served as director-general of the CBI , chancellor of the University of Warwick , editor of the Financial Times newspaper and chairman of the board of the British Museum . Lambert was born in north Buckinghamshire and grew up in Manchester , first attending a local grammar school , before, at the age of 13, going to Fettes College , an independent school for boys in Edinburgh , followed by Balliol College at
33-401: A disincentive to business- university collaboration [HM Treasury 2003, p5] and that the biggest single challenge for knowledge transfer is in boosting the demand for research from non-academic communities, rather in increasing the supply of ideas and services from universities [p10]. The Treasury advised that: Richard Lambert Sir Richard Peter Lambert (born 23 September 1944) is
44-818: The Wall Street Journal . From June 2003 to March 2006, he was one of the nine members of the Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of England , which sets the interest rate for the British pound . He became director-general of the Confederation of British Industry on 1 July 2006. He wrote Government reports on BBC News 24 and chaired the Lambert Review on the relationship between higher education and business. He
55-689: The British government indicate the majority of the British public support the repatriation of the Marbles to Greece. Lambert stood down from his role at the British Museum in October 2021 and was replaced by George Osborne . He married Harriet Murray-Browne in 1973 and has two children. Government of Greece Too Many Requests If you report this error to the Wikimedia System Administrators, please include
66-804: The Financial Times as "a ceremonial role that mostly involves raising money and refusing to give the Greeks back the Elgin Marbles". The position of the British Museum is that the Elgin Marbles are owned by the Museum trustees . This position is disputed both by the Greek government and within Britain, where polls indicate that a majority of the British public support the repatriation of
77-576: The University of Oxford , where he studied history . He joined the Financial Times in 1966, editing the Lex Column in the paper in the 1970s. He became financial editor in 1979. From 1982 to 1983, he was the paper's New York correspondent. He was editor of the FT from 1991 to 2001. From 1997 to 1998, he returned in New York and remained editor, where he set up a US version of the paper to challenge
88-401: The Marbles to Athens . Lambert complained of not having received sufficient advanced notice from Egyptian novelist Ahdaf Soueif , who resigned from the board of trustees, citing its connection with " corporate sponsorship " and its failure to repatriate artifacts such as the Elgin Marbles. In response to the controversy surrounding the ownership of the Elgin Marbles, including instances of
99-535: The marbles being accidentally damaged by schoolboys and by unsuccessful whitening attempts, Lambert wrote an article in The Guardian claiming that the marbles should remain in the Museum. This came about after the controversy intensified in Britain, in part thanks to British Labour Party politician Jeremy Corbyn , who suggested that he would approve of repatriating the Marbles to Greece. Polls conducted by
110-435: Was officially installed on 10 December of the same year. After eight years as chancellor, Lambert concluded his term at the end of the 2015–16 academic year and was succeeded by Catherine Ashton . He was knighted in the 2011 New Year Honours for service to business. Lambert took up the controversial role of chair of the board of the British Museum in 2014, a role described in an article published in his former newspaper
121-527: Was replaced by John Cridland as head of the CBI on 1 February 2011. He was awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of York in 2007. He has other honorary degrees from City University , the University of Warwick , Brighton University and the University of Exeter . He was appointed chancellor of the University of Warwick on 19 March 2008. He formally took up the position on 1 August 2008, and
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