A message from the Executive Dean, Professor Colin Picker
Each year the Vice Chancellor recognises some of the excellent work and achievements of our colleagues through his Vice Chancellor Awards. This year the new Faculty of Business and Law was proud that so much of the work and accomplishments of our academic and professional staff were recognised with VC Awards. You can read about each of them below, though the short paragraphs detailing the work of each of the recipients cannot do justice to the depth of their efforts and commitments. For example, for each of our twenty-five year service awardees we would need to detail the many times their institutional knowledge and experience, gained through those decades of service, have made our schools, faculties and university a better place. Similarly, the teaching awards reflect long hours dedicated to their achievements at the pinnacle of our profession, furthering our fundamental goal of education in our communities. The research and engagement awards, whether through direct impacts or interdisciplinary collaborations, will have had far reaching effects that both cannot be fully described for a lay-audience or completely comprehended as their impacts continue through the years.
I was lucky enough to be able to host a live/face-to-face reception for our faculty awardees (while complying with the rigorous social distancing rules). I was privileged to meet them, many for the first time for me in this new faculty, and to then learn more about their works. We all left the reception feeling immensely proud of our colleagues, though recognising that they represented but a few of the many of our colleagues not recognised this year but who all continue to perform at the highest levels of our professions – even in these challenging times. Indeed, it was a breath of fresh air for us all, reinforcing an optimism that our schools, faculty and university will continue with our excellent work, making a real difference to our many communities.
