Editing Merfyn Jones (section)

=== Vice Chancellor of [[Bangor University]] ===

Jones joined the University of Wales, Bangor in 1990 as a [[senior lecturer]] in [[history]]. He became head of the School of Welsh History there in 1993 and was appointed to the chair in Welsh history in 1994. He then served as Dean of Arts and Social Sciences for two years before being appointed [[Pro-Vice Chancellor]] in 1998. He was acting vice-chancellor in 2003.

Jones was appointed as the sixth vice-chancellor of the University of Wales, Bangor in 2004. In September 2007 he oversaw the change in Bangor's status, from a College of the University of Wales to a university in its own right, renamed as [[Bangor University]]. In his capacity as Vice-Chancellor, Jones was the Welsh Supernumerary Fellow of [[Jesus College, Oxford]] in the academic year 2004–05. Jones retired as Vice Chancellor in 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bangor.ac.uk/news/full.php.en?Id=1099|title=Bangor University Vice-Chancellor to retire|date=14 December 2009|publisher=Bangor University|accessdate=2010-02-17}}</ref>