One of the clear messages from my Let’s Talk discussions with staff colleagues last session was a strong interest in developing a coherent, distinctive and ambitious plan for our organisational sustainability and our external positioning on how to address climate change challenges. The evident climate anxiety of younger people must be addressed, but there is a paucity of real advice on where actions need to be focused. Our […] Read More
Scholarships provide a wonderful way to change lives and empower communities and I am very proud of our mission in this area. In keeping with our desires to open access and opportunity, Heriot-Watt has a long history of raising support to enable learners from a range of different circumstances to transform their lives through studying with us. Scholarships come from a whole range of places and are deployed […] Read More
It is always nice to receive an invitation to visit a research group. I was pleased to visit the Psychology team recently, which is the group I have sometimes referred to as the most connected research team in the University. “Connected” in the sense that they have a passion for ensuring the research is undertaken, but also communicated by those undertaking it. The team has a well-defined approach […] Read More
Have you noticed how much our Safeguarding Services (formally Security) have changed? Working away in the background, Les Allan and his team have ‘globalised’ our care for staff and students using digital tools. I was impressed to see that a whole family of software tools are in widespread use now, especially SafeZone and the WorkRite e-learning platform. The functionalities are not just digital but connect with the Safeguarding […] Read More
A key aspect of delivering our future ambitions is to reduce complexity, assure reliability and continue to enhance support to our professional and academic staff and students. The initiative on Building our Community (BoC) is designed to achieve this. BoC is designed to deliver the “Globally Connected University” goal of our Strategy 2025, for the benefit of all staff and students. Recently the University Executive spent some time […] Read More