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.

Blog: New era, old tricks: confessions of an erstwhile lecturer

I was a lecturer for many years. However, I didn’t think of it as lecturing, but more as ‘facilitated learning’. I didn’t want to deliver hour-long presentations, and I was pretty sure my students didn’t wish to endure them! Instead, my approach was ‘intermittent lecture and tutorial’. I alternated between presenting information, and then pausing […]


Blog: Reflections on the role of Vice-Chancellor

The new academic year is upon us – the beginning of my third full academic year as Surrey’s Vice-Chancellor. After a brief summertime break, September means it’s time to hit the ground running. A VC’s year is challenging, exciting, unpredictable, unbelievably busy, fascinating, rewarding, exhausting….and more! In this blog, I’d like to share some insight […]


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