by Viewpoint | Nov 1, 2021 | PSLT
Today (Monday, 1 November) marks a significant step as the Directorate of Human Resources changes its name to the Directorate of People and Organisational Development (which may be shortened to People and OD, but please not POD!) So why a name change and why now? In...
by Viewpoint | Oct 13, 2021 | SLT
To tackle the greatest crisis of our lifetime – climate change – our University is undertaking agenda-setting work to help ensure a sustainable planet. We are driven by our commitment to social responsibility, one of our three core strategic goals, and we are...
by Viewpoint | Sep 21, 2021 | Registrar, Uncategorised
Slowly emerging from the upheaval of the pandemic, I’ve been thinking about the potential opportunity to apply what we have learned through that challenging period to reshaping Professional Services (PS) as we move forward. Over the past 18 months there have been...
by Viewpoint | Jul 7, 2021 | SLT
Our institution is one of three spearheading the Research England-funded Prosper project. In partnership with the University of Liverpool and Lancaster University, we are working to redefine how the UK HE sector approaches postdoc career development. We aim to open up...
by Viewpoint | Jun 28, 2021 | Uncategorised
How we will spend our hard-earned retirement has been top of my agenda this year. Not only because I will retire from the University in November, after 15 years of service, but also because the Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS) has been facing challenges. As...
