Robert Alasdair Pearce (born 28 November 1951)[1] is a British academic.
Educated at Grammar Schools in Birmingham, Bristol and Gloucester, Pearce went on to study law at Pembroke College, Oxford (BA Hons (Jurisprudence) 1973; BCL 1974; MA 1978).
On 1 October 2003, he became the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Wales, Lampeter, in succession to Keith Robbins.
In this capacity, he was Welsh Supernumerary Fellow of Jesus College, Oxford for the academic year 2007/8.
[3] He has also been an academic auditor for the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education and its predecessor, the Higher Education Quality Council, since 1993.