Notes from the VC’s Desk: Direct from the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Brigid Heywood this week
Another week has passed by in a blink and yet so much has happened (granted in my small sphere). The hiatus across higher education is a topic of current national interest as the sector will likely shed some 21,000 jobs (more than the 9,000 projected loss from Qantas,...
Notes from the VC’s Desk: Direct from the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Brigid Heywood this week
When Patrick Geddes first promoted the ‘think locally, act globally’ concept over a hundred years ago his perspectives were doubtless bounded by his awareness of the social geography of the early 20th century and fruitful discourse with Huxley, Darwin and colleagues....
Notes from the VC’s Desk: Direct from the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Brigid Heywood this week
My week was due to start with a journey to Sydney and then time spent catching up around Parramatta, with NSW Government officers and with fellow VCs. The increased COVID risk around the Sydney CBD required a change of plans so spent the time connecting using...
Notes from the VC’s Desk: Direct from the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Brigid Heywood this week
Under a cerulean blue sky, Armidale is welcoming spring and I gather the same is true across the state as we emerge from under the Antarctic weather bubble; one feels joyous! This week has prompted a range of reflections around the spaces which apparently exist...
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