Throughout my time at Swansea University, we placed student growth at the centre of our strategy. There were very good reasons for this, but it also presented us with several very significant challenges. In what follows I want to highlight some of the lessons that I personally learnt from that experience. We want to growContinue reading “Negotiating University Growth”
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Coming Out and Coming Out Again
When asked to write about my ‘coming out story’ shortly after taking up the position of PVC at Swansea University eight years ago, my immediate response was to ask ‘which one?’ I have perhaps been lucky, I never needed a big coming out event. Being gay is something I have always taken for granted andContinue reading “Coming Out and Coming Out Again”
Reflecting on Excellence
We have just come through the league table season, with the Guardian, the Times and even the new look TEF, each offering their versions of the best universities in the UK. On LinkedIn and elsewhere colleagues are finding the numbers that position their universities in the best light and telling the world that they areContinue reading “Reflecting on Excellence”
NSS and Student Engagement: What I Learnt from Swansea University
As I continue to write new blogs for this site, I have also been reviewing some of the blogs that I wrote in my seven years as Pro-Vice Chancellor and I have chosen to rewrite them as an occasional series of what I have learnt from my time at Swansea University. Over the last sevenContinue reading “NSS and Student Engagement: What I Learnt from Swansea University”
Martin Stringer Quartet 