We have spent a great deal of time recently, across all our campuses, talking about being ‘safe’. And our automatic reaction is to think Covid-19. But we must not forget all the other elements that keep us safe, including our IT. A recent cyber-attack on two other universities in the north of England has reminded us that we should always remain vigilant. With changing working methods and patterns, […] Read More
I would like to start by thanking everyone at all campus locations for their continued engagement across all aspect of our University life. We had a very large number of people attend the Executive Briefing last week and over 100 questions were submitted on the day, on a variety of subjects. With the time available, we were only able to answer a small number during the live event, […] Read More
It has been an incredibly busy time for everyone. The diet of resit examinations has been magnificently handled across the University. We are now getting ready for Semester 1. As we see some cautious opening of a number of normal activities in our city and town locations we can now respond and start the process of enabling our students to get back to education on campus. It has […] Read More
The ‘Clearing’ season is always an important critical time of year – there’s the excitement of exam results for school-leavers and, for many, the rush to get their preferred University place secured. And for us, it’s always a busy time, both in the weeks before as we promote our University and the results days themselves when we have to process a vast number of offers first for Scottish […] Read More
Being ‘on holiday at home’ for the last two weeks has given me the chance to reflect as we count down to the start of the new academic year. It is good to be back and to be busy catching up as there has been a great deal happening across the University. There is always an excitement to the new academic year and for all of us this […] Read More