The School recently hosted a delegation from the King Khalid University in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; the group included Deans and Heads of Department from a variety of disciplines. Dr Amer Ali iniated and organised the visit, he kindly recieved the delegation and chaperoned them throughout their time on campus. They were interested to learn about how we handle the candidate selection process of senior managers within a higher education setting. To this purpose, a lecture was delivered by our School Executive Administrator (James Pang) and our HR Business Partner (Edith Baker) in which we explained the School’s mission and how this was integral to selecting our senior managers.

The delegation were then taken on a tour of our facilities - they made stops at our Library, Student Life Centre and our Acoustics Laboratory. Mike Swire explained the functions of our Student Life Centre, elaborating on the support we provide students, while Professor Stephen Dance guided the delegation throu