If I had wifi access on my train journey in and out of London I would probably have put this blog post together much sooner, but I don’t, no idea why, other First Great Western trains seem to, but oh well, my enormous season ticket price is obviously not enough to provide that kind of [...]
What a busy week of networking I’ve had, and network railing too: Monday: 06:30 train to London (aka the ‘oh my’ it’s early train); tube to Charing Cross to spend some time in the office; before taking a bus to Tavistock Square to talk to Universities UK about the project; then off to Goldsmiths (tube [...]
Following on from last week’s post, about what the future holds, at the moment the future is looking rosy, well actually red, UCAS red, but that’s not a well-known expression is it. Following a late night in London, for the Board meeting and working dinner, which meant I only got home at midnight, I went [...]
So four months into this job how are things progressing? I wrote myself a project plan back in January, and I’ve been busy, chugging along like Ivor the Engine (pushticuff, pushticuff!) to get things done: project set up (blog, web-page, press release & official launch) – tick! desktop research (what do universities do, what do [...]
On my regular 2 hour plus train journeys, from Cheltenham to the big smoke, I have plenty of time to think about the bigger picture of higher education in this web 2.0 world. This morning I was reflecting on decision-making, probably because in my non-work life there’s a lot of decision-making going on related to [...]
Busy week full of information, advice and guidance, or IAG as acronym-lovers like to call it! I’ve had meetings and phone calls with various people about the JISC project (aimed at informing applicants about university), and I’ve also written the first draft of a speech the Executive Director is giving at an upcoming Information, Advice [...]
A busy day for HE yesterday, as described in a letter to the Times Higher last month, a good day to ‘take over the university’ as all the senior management are likely to be out at: Leadership Foundation’s HE Leadership Summit in London Lord Dearing memorial conference in Nottingham Providing an excellent student experience conference [...]
This morning, despite both a delayed train and tube, I attended an evidence session at the House of Commons. The Chairs of the various mission groups answered questions about the potential effects of cuts to science on university teaching and research. If you’d like to experience a bit of what I did then you can [...]
Well, much like a new Prime Minister or President, I have profited from a short ‘honeymoon period’ on starting this new job – though the weather has been anything but holiday-like! The coldest January in 23 years, as I am informed by my now regular read The Metro: www.metro.co.uk/news/811115-coldest-january-for-23-years-as-snow-returns. However, HE is hotting up now, [...]
Hello, my name is Harriet. I have just been appointed Senior Policy Officer at the 1994 Group, and one of my main duties will be leading on this project. The idea of this blog is that you’ll be able to follow my progress on these pages. The 1994 Group are based in central London, and [...]
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