At a recent breakfast meeting on Highfield campus, I had an interesting discussion with Associate Deans (Research) from across the University and our Vice-President for Research and Enterprise, Professor Mark Spearing, about the research culture of the University. This was
Read more
“Research Culture: an issue of our time” by Professor John Holloway
A new Vice Chancellor and a new vision by Professor Diana Eccles
I can’t imagine any of you are unaware that we have a new Vice Chancellor. Mark Smith joined the University on 1st October 2019, he finds much at this University that is world class but is aware of the key
Read more“The Dean’s Update” by Professor Diana Eccles
As the nights draw in, the bad weather persists and Brexit looms, I feel the need to seek out the positive side of life. I spoke to new staff coming to work at the University a few weeks ago and
Read more“How we contribute to the culture of the University” by Professor Tim Underwood
We are the culture of the University of Southampton. That means that you are the culture of the University of Southampton. Culture is not delivered by the Vice-Chancellor or the Dean (yes, they have a role to play in creating
Read more“Remembrance Day 2019” by Adrian Reyes-Hughes
100 years ago at 11 am on the 11th November 1919 the first Service of Remembrance (Poppy Day) post World War One was carried out with due reverence at The Cenotaph in Whitehall, London, remembering the many thousands of UK
Read more“Open Access” by Professor Philip Calder
Last week was Open Access Week. I think this passed with little, perhaps no, attention from within the Faculty which is a shame, since, as my blog Plan S and You of April 2019 highlighted, everyone in the Faculty is
Read more“Our greatest asset is our human resource” by Professor Salim Khakoo
As the newly appointed Head of School of Clinical and Experimental Sciences, it has been a challenging few months. The role is a double-edged sword as inevitably it leaves less time for research, which I remain passionate about, but on
Read more“What do the public require from 21st century medical graduates?” By Professor Karen Morrison
In September, several of us in the Faculty were sent a ‘Call for Evidence’ document by Health Education England (HEE) in which advice was sought from key stakeholders and partners to establish ‘what the NHS, patients and the public require
Read more“It’s all about the impact” by Professor John Holloway
I am writing this blog in Washington DC where I was invited to speak at the 50th Meeting of the Environmental Mutagenesis and Genomics Society. I was speaking in a workshop on the Heritable Hazards of Smoking. This session focussed
Read more“Enterprise is for everyone” by Professor Ying Cheong
While I was on-call last weekend, there was a pause in activity as the patient got ready for her procedure. As I stood in front of the time-lapse embryoscope (an embryo incubator with videoing capabilities) in the IVF laboratory, I
Read more“Welcome back” by Professor Diana Eccles
Welcome to staff and students as we start the new academic year in the Faculty of Medicine. Optimism is associated with exceptional longevity according to researchers at The Rockerfeller University, New York. So we should all try and look on
Read more‘And now you can dare to dream’ by Professor Diana Eccles
Last November, I received an invitation to represent the European Society of Medical Oncology, speaking at the Japanese Society of Medical Oncology in Kyoto in July 2019. My first thought was “what a great opportunity”, my second was “I think
Read more