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 […]
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Ladies and gentlemen, I am delighted to welcome you all to this year’s Vice-Chancellor’s Awards.
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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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Vice-Chancellor’s Opening Address to Graduates from the Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences
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