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Vice-Chancellor’s all-staff email – May 2019

Vice-Chancellor’s all-staff email – May 2019

Posted on 31 May 2019 by Colin Riordan

Dear colleague The announcement of the Prime Minister’s resignation and the prospect of a successor in place by the end of July clearly in one sense creates a transformed position […]

Vice-Chancellor’s all-staff email – April 2019

Vice-Chancellor’s all-staff email – April 2019

Posted on 8 May 2019 by Colin Riordan

Dear colleague As we know it is essentially parliamentary arithmetic that has caused the Brexit chaos, along with the fissuring of traditional parties along broadly Leave/Remain lines (though it is […]

Vice-Chancellor’s all-staff email – March 2019

Vice-Chancellor’s all-staff email – March 2019

Posted on 3 April 2019 by Colin Riordan

Dear colleague Although you probably received this email on 29 March 2019, a day which of course I had assumed would require a very carefully thought-through communication, in fact there […]

Vice-Chancellor’s all-staff email – February 2019

Vice-Chancellor’s all-staff email – February 2019

Posted on 1 March 2019 by Colin Riordan

Dear colleague I can barely believe that as I write this email at the end of February 2019, with little more than a month to go before the UK is […]

Vice-Chancellor’s all-staff email – January 2019

Vice-Chancellor’s all-staff email – January 2019

Posted on 1 February 2019 by Colin Riordan

Dear colleague While Brexit looms large in our thoughts (and I will come to that), I thought you would appreciate it if I begin this January email with an update […]

Vice-Chancellor’s all-staff email – December 2018

Vice-Chancellor’s all-staff email – December 2018

Posted on 21 December 2018 by Colin Riordan

Dear colleague I know that as we enter this Christmas season you may have concerns about what the Transforming Cardiff/Trawsffurffio Caerdydd process might mean for the future. It’s important to […]

Vice-Chancellor’s all-staff email – November 2018

Vice-Chancellor’s all-staff email – November 2018

Posted on 3 December 2018 by Colin Riordan

Dear colleague At its meeting on November 26, Council agreed a new Voluntary Severance Scheme to cover the whole University. The scheme will open for applications on 3 January, remaining […]

Vice-Chancellor’s all-staff email – October 2018

Vice-Chancellor’s all-staff email – October 2018

Posted on 1 November 2018 by Colin Riordan

Dear colleague   There is little to add to what I said last month about the increasing possibility of a disorderly exit from the EU, but one feature of the […]

Vice-Chancellor’s all-staff email – September 2018

Vice-Chancellor’s all-staff email – September 2018

Posted on 28 September 2018 by Colin Riordan

Dear colleague Looking back through these emails (as I often do when I sit down to write another) I notice that during the latter part of the last academic year […]

Vice-Chancellor’s response to the open letter from the group Cardiff University Staff Opposing Brexit

Vice-Chancellor’s response to the open letter from the group Cardiff University Staff Opposing Brexit

Posted on 27 September 2018 by Colin Riordan

Thank you for your open letter about Brexit (dated 10 September 2018) and your concerns about its impact on the University, our staff and students, and higher education. Your letter […]