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 — Brexit: What does it mean for our university community?

Early this month I travelled to Hamburg for a family gathering.  My flight back to the UK was cancelled due to Storm Ciara. While waiting for the next available flight back, it suddenly dawned on me that I was in Post-Brexit Germany and the landscape of Europe had irrevocably changed.  What, I wondered, will happen […]


Speech — The Toulson Law Lecture: Baroness Hale, ‘Testing the Rule of Law in the Modern World’, Welcome Remarks, 12 February 2020

Lady Toulson, our honoured speaker Baroness Hale, distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen: good evening, and welcome. On behalf of the University of Surrey, I am privileged to welcome and introduce Baroness Hale to deliver this year’s Toulson Law Lecture.


Speech — Holocaust Memorial Day: Opening Remarks, 29 January 2020

Good evening ladies and gentlemen, and welcome. Holocaust Memorial Day is dedicated to the remembrance of the millions of people murdered during the Holocaust, under Nazi persecution, and in the genocides of more recent years in Cambodia, Rwanda, Bosnia and Darfur. It is a time to re-commit ourselves to preventing these crimes and atrocities from […]


Speech — Opening of the Kate Granger Building: Welcome Remarks, 29 January 2020

In the presence of HRH The Countess of Wessex. Your Royal Highness, a very warm welcome to you, and thank you for taking the time to join us today. Vice Lord-Lieutenant, distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen — Good morning, and welcome!


Speech — Winchester Science Centre & University of Surrey MoU Launch: Opening Remarks, 28 January 2020

Good afternoon, everyone. I am delighted to be here today to sign the Memorandum of Understanding between the University of Surrey and Winchester Science Centre. It is a great privilege to be partnering with such a successful and inspirational Centre. This ceremony is an important milestone in the journey to a strong and fruitful partnership […]


Blog — Cultivating our people: staff development and engagement in higher education

“Life belongs to the living, and he who lives must be prepared for changes.” Johann Wolfgang von Goethe In times of change and transformation, it’s our people who are our anchor.


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