Professor Su Bryan’s inaugural professorial lecture (in person and online)

Join us at UHI House in Inverness for a landmark academic occasion as Professor Su Bryan, Dean of Science, Health and the Environment at the University of the Highlands and Islands (UHI),delivers her inaugural professorial lecture. This special event celebrates her outstanding contributions to academic leadership and management.

Drawing on experiences from ecology, education and leadership, Professor Su Bryan reflects on how our backgrounds, experiences and relationships shape the way we see the world. In this inaugural professorial lecture, she traces her journey from behavioural ecology to the leadership of tertiary education, exploring how ideas from ecology have influenced her approach to educational systems, collaboration and change.

Through stories drawn from science, teaching and leadership across the Highlands and Islands, Moray and Perthshire, she considers the common themes that have underpinned her work, including relationships, diversity, cooperation and the importance of place. Along the way, she reveals how an ecological way of thinking became the golden thread connecting seemingly diverse opportunities and challenges.

The lecture encourages audiences to reflect on their own journeys, the perspectives they bring to their work, and the value of bringing different ways of seeing, understanding and shaping the world together.

This inaugural lecture promises to be an accessible and thought-provoking event for academics, students, education practitioners, policymakers, community partners and anyone interested in leadership, learning and the power of diverse perspectives. After the lecture, join us for a networking reception with live music from renowned musicians Anna-Wendy Stevenson and Simon Bradley.

We will record the event and make it available to the public by publishing on UHI’s website or other online video hosting platforms such as YouTube. If you choose to share your video or audio feed and name when you join the event digitally, this information may be captured as part of the recording.

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Event schedule:

5pm Registration opens

5.30pm Welcome followed by laudation: Professor Brian Williams, UHI’s Deputy Vice-Chancellor, welcomes attendees and gives a brief highlight of Professor Bryan’s career and achievements

5.40pm Inaugural lecture: Professor Bryan presents lecture titled ‘Tertiary education ecosystems: Applying an ecologist’s lens to academic leadership’ and her personal and academic journey

6pm Q&A session: The audience engages with Professor Bryan through an interactive discussion

6.15pm Vote of thanks: Final words of appreciation from Professor Brian Williams, UHI’s Deputy Vice-Chancellor

6.20pm Welcome to the Professoriate: Professor Bryan is formally welcomed into the professoriate by Professor Brian Williams, UHI’s Deputy Vice-Chancellor

6.30pm: Reception and networking: An opportunity to connect over refreshments and a hot buffet and enjoy live music from Anna-Wendy Stevenson and Simon Bradley

7pm Event finishes 

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