Vice-Chancellor's blog and selected speeches

Updates from the VC’s Office about the work and activities of the President and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Surrey.

Speech: The Adams-Sweeting Lecture by Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell, Welcome Remarks, 27 March 2019

Good evening, and welcome to the University of Surrey’s second Adams-Sweeting Lecture. This lecture series is the University’s flagship public event, featuring eminent speakers, experts and innovators at the frontiers of science and technology. We are very fortunate to have this unique opportunity to feed our collective curiosity and expand our minds. It is named […]


Speech: High Sheriff’s Dinner Opening Address, 25 January 2019

My Lord Lieutenant, High Sheriff, Honoured Judges and District Judges, Mayors and Chairmen, Magistrates and distinguished guests – Good evening. I am delighted to welcome you all to the University of Surrey. This gathering represents the kind of partnership between the academy and community that every University aspires to.


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