P-cubed Newsletters

Contents HeadsUp An impending farewell It’s with mixed feelings that I open with the news that some of you be aware of: our friend and colleague Giovanni Coco will be leaving ‘Team Environment’ to return to the Northern Hemisphere from the end of October. Giovanni has...

Contents HeadsUp So soon after the Easter/Anzac/Mid-semester break, it’s a case of heads-down rather than heads-up as we move into the business-half of the semester. I hope you all were able to take at least part of the break as a bona fide break. Some rough weather...

Contents HeadsUp I can almost feel the collective catching of breath with the mid-semester break upon us. As we take stock at the semester’s halfway point, there is much to be thankful for – we’ve had no interruptions of the scale of epidemics and floods as in recent...

Contents HeadsUp I’ve been having annual performance review discussions with senior colleagues earlier this year, ahead of the salary review process in late April. It’s been a pleasure to meet  and have a sustained korero about how things are going and what the year...

Contents HeadsUp Along with Tom Baker, over recent months I’ve had the pleasure of participating in a leadership programme named Puhoro. One of its brilliant aspects is that the kaleidoscope of senior university staffing has been given a shake and cohorts are mixed in...

Contents HeadsUp There’s pedestrian traffic down Symonds St, so it must be Week 1!   Wishing everyone a good start to the semester.  And in the spirit of wishing: may your lecture theatres, labs and tutorials be filled with actual students, and your assignment...

Contents HeadsUp The email traffic has increased and meeting frequency heightened. It must be Semester One approaching! At this time, I’d like to thank three groups of colleagues.  First, the ‘course build’ teams for the new suite of ENV-codes stage 1 courses. These...

Contents HeadsUp Welcome back to all! Ngā mihi o te Tau Hou! I trust the first weeks of 2025 have been good to you whether they have been mainly devoted to Annual Leave, research activities or teaching Summer School (or some combination).  I have enjoyed encountering...

Contents HeadsUp The email traffic has slowed. Many of our ENV team are on annual leave, away at conferences, doing fieldwork, or attending to late-in the year to-do lists.  But there remains both a last and first on Wednesday 11th this week: the last Faculty meeting...

Contents HeadsUp We’re into to that ‘last of the year’ stage. Christmas/New Year and summer breaks await. Last chance soon to seek reimbursements and arrange expenditure (see earlier comms for dates). Last opportunities to do Lab work before the holiday close-down...