Professor Paul Croney OBE is Vice-Chancellor and Chief Executive of Teesside University. He took up his role in May 2015 following a succession of leadership roles over a thirty-year career in higher education.
This case study originates from the research conducted by Dr Matt Smith, Reader in Applied Theatre and Puppetry at the University of Portsmouth, as part of the UK-Ukraine R&I twinning grants scheme. It highlights the way that culture like puppet theatre can survive conflict and be part of social reconstruction. In this project, Dr Smith worked with a team of scholars at Odesa Polytechnic, Dr. Tamara Rozova, Dr. Nataliia Borodina, Dr. Tetiana Ovcharenko. Here, Dr Smith outlines the project and its findings.
While a new global threat has emerged since the end of last year, the biggest threat facing the global community today remains unchanged - the climate emergency.
This is a blog by Aneta Hayes, Dean (International) at Keele University and Chair of UUKi’s Group on Monitoring and Evaluation Tools in transnational education (TNE), and Joana Westphal, Head of TNE at Universities UK International.