Entries by Sam Hewitt

FD Bulletin – February 2024

Email sent to all FD staff from Ann Allen, Director of Campus Innovation and Development, on Thursday 29 February. The busy start to the year continues!  People & Culture Strategy  I’m delighted to share that the FD’s People & Culture group have released their strategy for the Directorate. You can read the FD’s Our People, […]

FD Bulletin – January 2024

Email sent to all FD staff from Ann Allen, Director of Campus Innovation and Development, on Wednesday 31 January. The new term began with some clear steers from our Vice-Chancellor, Hai-Sui. In the Vice-Chancellor’s Welcome to 2024 blog, he emphasised the need to support our colleagues to provide the best possible support for our students. […]

FD Bulletin – November 2023

Email sent to all FD staff from Ann Allen, Director of Campus Innovation and Development, on Friday 1 December. This will be my last bulletin of the year and I’d like to take a moment to look back at what we have achieved and forward to the year ahead. As ever, my main message is […]

New FD senior team complete for start of year

The three new directors who will lead the Facilities Directorate (FD) towards achieving the aims and ambitions of Our Way Ahead are all now in place, reporting to Ann Allen, Director of Campus innovation & Development. Over the past few years, senior colleagues have retired or moved into other top-flight positions. Ann has taken this […]

FD Bulletin – August 2023

Email sent to all FD staff from Ann Allen, Director of Campus Innovation and Development, on Thursday 31 August. I hope that you are enjoying the summer – despite the varied weather!- and finding some time to relax. I know that August and September are two of the busiest months of the year for many […]

FD Bulletin – July 2023

Email sent to all FD staff from Ann Allen, Director of Campus Innovation and Development, on Monday 31 July. It’s been a lively month on campus with two weeks of graduations finishing on Friday and the International Medieval Congress earlier in the month. Thank you to all the many teams involved in making those so […]

FD Marketing, Sales & Communications team scoop top national award

An initiative to attract new members to The Edge – the University’s health club – has won Best Marketing Campaign at the 2023 CUBO Awards. As the national body for campus and commercial services professionals in HE and FE, the CUBO awards are recognised throughout the sector. The ceremony took place at their conference at […]

FD Bulletin: May 2023

Email sent to all FD staff from Ann Allen, Director of Campus Innovation and Development, on Wednesday 31 May. It’s that time of year when teaching is over and assessments are well underway.  More than ever, we hope that our students find the spaces we create and maintain serve them well as they navigate through […]