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The Role of Universities in Global Security
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July 2022
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`Higher Education
    Yesterday I was honoured to be invited to give a lecture to educationalists, policy makers and students at the Commonwealth Secretariat in London. I had been asked to consider the role u
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Graduations: The rubies in the rubble of a news filled week
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July 2022
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It’s Friday. A scan of the news this week will tell you that the Met Office issued its first ever extreme heat warnings as the UK reported record temperatures; Sri Lanka’s president fled his count
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A New Kind of Chancellor for the Univeristy of Reading's Second Century
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July 2022
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    In May 2022 I was appointed as Chancellor of the University of Reading, the ceremonial head of the University. I am the ninth person to hold the position in Reading’s 96 years as
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One Person Two Degrees and 30 Years of Perspective
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March 2019
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Education, More in Common
In February I was humbled to be conferred with an Honorary Doctorate by the Univeristy of Bristol. It was a surreal experience, getting robed up and entering the Great Hall to receive a degree exactly
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