Our Vice-Chancellor

These are interesting times in many parts of the world. Uncertainty has become a feature of higher education in more than the usual ways, and, as we have found recently in the U.K., uncertainty breeds a multitude of opinions and initiatives which then add to the uncertainty in a seemingly endless feedback loop.

3 October 2011

Dear colleagues,

It hardly seems any time since I wrote to you at the end of the summer term and, here we are already at the start of a new academic year. We all know that the campus and our staff remained busy throughout the summer but I hope you found some time to relax in the period. However as so much has happened in the last three months I’d like to take the opportunity to update now on just some of the developments.

We were delighted to be able to celebrate the service of John Leighfield, our former Pro-Chancellor and Chair of Council, who retired from University life at our summer graduation ceremonies. However, he will certainly not be forgotten as the dinner to celebrate his time with us also saw the unveiling of the newly named Leighfield Road on campus. We will also be sad to see Deputy-Vice-Chancellor Professor Mark Smith leave Warwick in January as he takes up the post of Vice-Chancellor of Lancaster University.