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...
by Viewpoint | Jun 7, 2021 | PSLT, Registrar
In Professional Services, we want to create a more flexible future for our people because we know that it can benefit us in our professional and personal lives. As a first step, we have today launched our new Hybrid Working Principles to all our staff, setting out...
by Viewpoint | May 5, 2021 | PSLT
Often when we talk about the Student Experience Programme (SEP) we focus on the new technology, processes and staffing changes this major change initiative will bring to the University. In my role working as part of the SEP leadership team, I have, along with many of...