P-cubed Newsletters

Contents HeadsUp I hope everyone had a great Labour Weekend and, in the spirit of this public holiday, you were able to take some time to relax amid the preoccupations of courses ending. Congratulations First off, very big congratulations. We have two new professors...

Contents HeadsUp Kia ora. As the teaching semester begins to wind up and exams approach there’s lots going on behind the scenes at present, preparing for next year. And yesterday we in the SLT (senior leadership team) of the Faculty had the first of two October away...

Contents HeadsUp There’s always something interesting going on as Head of School. Sometimes the word ‘interesting’ is a bit of a euphemism, but mostly its genuinely positive and lively. These next two weeks I’m having the last of this year’s School’s ADPR...

Contents HeadsUp Change it seems is the only ‘Business as Usual’. At this week’s quarterly staff meeting we’ll hear about the university’s new research landscape and teaching responses to AI. Stay tuned as we work through implications of these and other changes....

Contents HeadsUp Kia ora koutou I’m clicking ‘approve’ while Robin is away (returning late this week). It was heartening to see lots of faces at the School of Environment’s desk at Open Day last Saturday. If a good fraction of them decide to enrol in our first-year...

Contents HeadsUp Spring teases its approach with sun and slightly longer days. Spring graduation soon too. I look forward to seeing many colleagues on stage. Last week I saw proceedings from the other side; my sister graduated with her PhD from AUT so I was out with...

Contents HeadsUp Good news Good news is always the best news, especially in these ominous times. I’m therefore grateful to Murray Ford for keeping a vigilant eye on how our suite of first year course are tracking. He notes that 254 students have taken 2 or more ENV10X...

Contents HeadsUp Last week I was at a Senior Leadership Team (SLT1) retreat for two days. I’d never heard of a place called the Generator but it worked well as a venue for generating better understanding of each other’s perspectives and a collective vision of how we...

Contents HeadsUp Last week I was at the Institute of Australian Geographers conference in Newcastle. I came away with three impressions. First, our current and past postgrads are among our best ambassadors as a School: sharp, engaging and enthusiastic. Outreach at its...

Contents HeadsUp I hope everyone was able to take at least a few moments to appreciate the sun and other mid-winter pleasures such as the night sky over Matariki weekend. A time for looking back and forward. Lengthening days from now. So much more of a logical time...