Paul Light is a British academic and psychologist.
Light was brought up in Weymouth in Dorset and studied Psychology from 1966 until c 1974 at St John's College, Cambridge, where he obtained an MA and also a doctorate.
He was appointed Principal of King Alfred's College, Winchester, in 2000.
[1] King Alfred’s College evolved into the University of Winchester in 2005 with Professor Light as its first Vice Chancellor.
Following this, he was a member of the Board of Governors of the University of Portsmouth.