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Leadership Foundation for Higher Education (LFHE)

Leadership Foundation for Higher Education (LFHE)

Posted on 7 October 2014 by Colin Riordan

The LFHE was established in 2004. Its aim is to design and deliver exceptional leadership and organisational development for higher education institutions thus enabling transformational change. As one of 12 […]

Academic Promotions Reception

Academic Promotions Reception

Posted on 6 October 2014 by

This evening I attended a reception for academic staff who were promoted during 2013/14.  The Vice-Chancellor gave a warm welcome and congratulated our guests. The evening was spent meeting staff […]

UEB 6 October 2014

UEB 6 October 2014

Posted on 6 October 2014 by Mairwen Harris

UEB received a demonstration of the new UEB blog. It was noted that feedback from The Way Forward: Making it Happen workshops had highlighted internal communications as an issue and […]

Innovation Fast Forward Festival

Innovation Fast Forward Festival

Posted on 2 October 2014 by Colin Riordan

I was very proud to launch the Cardiff Innovation System at the University’s Innovation Fast Forward Festival in the Hadyn Ellis Building today. At the festival we outlined our plans to […]

HMC (Headmasters’ and Headmistresses’ Conference)

HMC (Headmasters’ and Headmistresses’ Conference)

Posted on 30 September 2014 by Colin Riordan

Cardiff University’s Business School hosted the Q&A for the Universities Panel of the Headmasters’ and Headmistresses’ annual conference. The delegates decamped from the Celtic Manor to the University for this […]

Annual all-staff address, 16/29/30 September 2014

Annual all-staff address, 16/29/30 September 2014

Posted on 30 September 2014 by Colin Riordan

I have just completed my three all-staff annual addresses. It was great to see so many staff at this year’s events. Thank you to everyone who attended. If you couldn't attend […]

Vice-Chancellor’s September 2014 all-staff email

Vice-Chancellor’s September 2014 all-staff email

Posted on 30 September 2014 by Colin Riordan

Dear colleague I'm writing this on my journey back from leading a Cardiff University delegation to Leuven in Belgium, during the course of which I signed an agreement with my […]

Opening of the new Business School building

Opening of the new Business School building

Posted on 29 September 2014 by Colin Riordan

It was a real pleasure for me to formally open the new Cardiff Business School Postgraduate Teaching Centre. This £14.5m building will provide a learning and teaching hub with state-of-the-art […]

UEB 29 September 2014

UEB 29 September 2014

Posted on 29 September 2014 by Mairwen Harris

UEB received a report on The Way Forward: Making it Happen workshops that ran during 2013/14. The report summarised the findings of a review, based on an analysis of the outputs, […]

The promise of a bright future for business school teaching

The promise of a bright future for business school teaching

Posted on 29 September 2014 by

At the end of September I was very pleased to be invited to the opening of the new Cardiff Business School Postgraduate Teaching Centre. It reflects a £14.5 million investment […]