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Colin Riordan

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

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

Posted on 6 January 2020 by Colin Riordan

Dear colleague It has been an eventful year both for the University and the country. In terms of the University we have brought medical training to North Wales for the […]

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

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

Posted on 2 December 2019 by Colin Riordan

Dear colleague I’d like to start this email with one or two updates. This time last year I began my November email to you by briefly outlining the disadvantageous financial […]

Green energy – powering the future

Green energy – powering the future

Posted on 18 November 2019 by Colin Riordan

At our annual University Executive Board away day in September we had a PESTLE session to explore the Political, Economic, Social, Technological, Legal and Environmental risks, challenges and opportunities facing […]

Digital disruption: Are robots taking our jobs?

Digital disruption: Are robots taking our jobs?

Posted on 13 November 2019 by Colin Riordan

At our annual University Executive Board away day in September we had a PESTLE session to explore the Political, Economic, Social, Technological, Legal and Environmental risks, challenges and opportunities facing […]

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

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

Posted on 1 November 2019 by Colin Riordan

Dear colleague Now the new academic year is properly underway it seems appropriate to reflect on the challenges for 2019-20 in terms of our academic endeavour, particularly because we have […]

Three challenges for Higher Education in Wales

Three challenges for Higher Education in Wales

Posted on 17 October 2019 by Colin Riordan

At our annual University Executive Board away day in September we had a PESTLE session to explore the Political, Economic, Social, Technological, Legal and Environmental risks, challenges and opportunities facing […]

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

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

Posted on 3 October 2019 by Colin Riordan

Dear colleague When I was a student of German literature back in the late 1970s I remember obtaining real satisfaction from understanding the novella form and recognising the various features […]

Environmental expert advises UEB

Environmental expert advises UEB

Posted on 26 September 2019 by Colin Riordan

At the recent UEB away day we had a PESTLE session to explore the Political, Economic, Social, Technological, Legal and Environmental risks, challenges and opportunities facing the University.  We will […]

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

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

Posted on 29 July 2019 by Colin Riordan

Dear colleague The Brexit saga has now claimed the scalps of two Prime Ministers since 2016, and it remains to be seen whether Mr Johnson can avoid the fate suffered […]

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

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

Posted on 8 July 2019 by Colin Riordan

Dear colleague Earlier in the month I attended a meeting of university leaders in Hamburg, on the topic of Universities and Society (the topics of necessity have to be quite […]