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University Registrars Talking About Stuff

A series of podcasts in which two Registrars (or similar) talk about higher ed stuff. Hosted by Dr Paul Greatrix, the podcast has a lot to offer for everyone working in universities and colleges. Higher education is a wonderful and frightening world and university Registrars (and others) have much to say about most of it. Across the 50 episodes in Season 1 and into Season 2 there is much to enjoy and learn from a wide range of sector leaders in the UK and beyond.

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S2 Ep20: Bonus Content - The Higher Education...

University Registrars Talking About Stuff ·

2025/06/20

And now for something completely different. Based on an original idea by Jenny Lawrence and Jackie Potter, who came up with it on their way to a meeting of the Heads of Educational Development Group, it is time for the Higher Education Shipping forecast. With a general synopsis and reports from the major Higher Education and Shipping areas, your full forecast can be heard here.

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66:34

S2 Ep19: Episode 19: ‘I wish I knew then what I know...

University Registrars Talking About Stuff ·

2025/05/12

Drawing its inspiration from the classic 1973 song by the Faces, this episode of the podcast was a live recording at the spring conference of AHUA held at Swansea University in April 2025. The recording provides an opportunity to hear from two departing/departed AHUA members in conversation discussing their reflections on their long careers in the sector. Featuring Lee Sanders of the University of Birmingham and Paul Greatrix, formerly of the University of Nottingham the focus is very much on

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S2 Ep18: Episode 18: Law and Leadership in a Cold...

University Registrars Talking About Stuff ·

2025/04/17

For this edition of the podcast I have the great pleasure to talk to Nicola Maina who is the Union Development Officer, a sabbatical position (equivalent to President) of the University of Nottingham Students' Union. We start off by discussing Nicola's decision to study Law at Nottingham and how she found the learning environment in the immediate post-pandemic period. Whilst she loved the course and her lecturers she did find the cold and dark winter climate a bit too much. Campus and residential

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42:09

S2 Ep17: Episode 17: Bridging the Atlantic with...

University Registrars Talking About Stuff ·

2025/04/09

This edition of the podcast features, for the first time, two non-Registrars (of which I am of course now one). The foremost of the pair of us though is Olivia Kew-Fickus, Chief Data Officer at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee. We begin by learning about Olivia's highly valued and extremely transferable history degree and then her move into UK higher ed leading to a series of roles at the University of Birmingham. After six years as Director of Strategic Planning at Birmingham Olivia

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S2 Ep16: Episode 16: Knowing Me, Knowing You

University Registrars Talking About Stuff ·

2024/10/29

Swedish and UK Registrars learning from each other over four decadesThis episode of the podcast sees a second discussion with Lee Sanders, Registrar and Secretary and Chief Operating Officer at the University of Birmingham. This time we are talking about a long standing collaboration between Swedish and UK Registrars, generations of whom have been meeting at a biennial seminar which has been running since 1984. Lee and I both joined the group in 2011 having been tapped on the shoulder for the

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11:26

S2 Ep15: Registrarologue #6: Bonus content - Cut...

University Registrars Talking About Stuff ·

2024/05/12

It's time for more exciting bonus content. Whilst on this podcast you will usually find me in conversation with registrars and other higher ed notables, I've got some other diversions to share. There will be some new podcasts along soon but in the meantime I wanted to provide a bit of bonus content.In this short Registrarologue then you can hear me going on yet again about regulation and setting out a a very personal perspective. This time it is a 10 point plan to save a whole load of much-needed

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33:39

S2 Ep14: Episode 14: A lifetime in academia and music

University Registrars Talking About Stuff ·

2024/01/06

In this episode of University Registrars (and Others) Talking About Stuff I talk to someone who is very much not a registrar but a notable figure nevertheless. Dr Vince Wilson recently retired as Associate Professor at the University of Nottingham and among the stuff we learn about is Vince's distinctive academic journey from a degree in pharmacy to a research degree, a Royal Society fellowship - as part of which he spent a period in Germany - and then a post-doc in Glasgow.Vince joined

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39:36

S2 Ep13: Episode 13: From Teenage Kicks to University...

University Registrars Talking About Stuff ·

2023/09/18

In the latest episode of University Registrars Talking About Stuff I chat with Dr George Turner, University Secretary and Clerk to the Council at the University of Roehampton. We naturally discuss George's early academic career which, quite distinctively, started out with him forming a punk band at 16 and then being inspired to study music at Sheffield. He stuck with music as a discipline, ending up with a PhD thesis on the place of the electric guitar before deciding he needed to earn some money,

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S2 Ep12: Registrarologue #5: Bonus content – Too Much...

University Registrars Talking About Stuff ·

2023/08/18

It's time for more exciting bonus content. Whilst on this podcast you will usually find me in conversation with registrars and other higher ed notables, I've got some other diversions to share. There will be some new podcasts along soon but in the meantime I wanted to provide a bit of bonus content. In this short Registrarologue then you can hear me going on a bit about some of the challenges of dealing with Freedom of Information requests in universities. But I also thought I would share with you

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33:05

S2 Ep11: Episode 11: Data, Drums and Other Diversions

University Registrars Talking About Stuff ·

2023/08/07

This episode of University Registrars and Others Talking About Stuff finds me in discussion with higher education sector data guru Andy Youell. Whilst Andy started his working life at Rolls Royce working on various aircraft he soon found the appeal of data and HE funding (not to mention sector acronyms) irresistible and joined PCFC just before it merged with UFC and then HEFCE. He became heavily involved in data collection and indeed it was his phone number given as the contact for HESES

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S2 Ep10: Registrarologue #4: Bonus content - The...

University Registrars Talking About Stuff ·

2023/08/04

It's time for more exciting bonus content. Whilst on this podcast you will usually find me in conversation with registrars and other higher ed notables, I've got some other diversions to share. There will be some new podcasts along soon but in the meantime I wanted to provide a bit of bonus content. In this short Registrarologue then you can hear me going on a bit about one of my favourite topics - regulation.

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10:18

S2 Ep9: Registrarologue #3: Bonus content -...

University Registrars Talking About Stuff ·

2023/08/02

Yes, here's a bit more exciting bonus content. Whilst on this podcast you will usually find me in conversation with registrars and others, talking all about higher ed matters, I've got some other diversions to share. There will be some new podcasts along soon but in the meantime I wanted to provide a bit of bonus content. In this short Registrarologue then I wanted to dress up smart and offer a few observations about a highly topical issue - graduation.

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5:37

S2 Ep8: Registrarologue #2: Bonus content - That...

University Registrars Talking About Stuff ·

2023/07/28

It's time for more bonus content. Whilst I'm normally in conversation with registrars and others here, talking about lots of HE stuff, I've got some other diversions to share. There will be some new podcasts along soon but in the meantime I wanted to provide a bit of bonus content. This short Registrarologue then is a bit of ramble by me all about sinking university buildings. Allegedly. I hope you enjoy it.

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S2 Ep7: Registrarologue #1: Bonus content - Cats on...

University Registrars Talking About Stuff ·

2023/07/28

It's bonus content time. Whilst I'm normally in conversation with registrars and others here, talking about lots of HE stuff, I've got some other diversions to share. There will be some new podcasts along soon but in the meantime I wanted to provide a bit of bonus content. This short Registrarologue then is a bit of ramble by me all about cats on university campuses. I hope you enjoy it.

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S2 Ep6: Episode 6: Golden Governance and the...

University Registrars Talking About Stuff ·

2023/03/17

This episode of University Registrars Talking About Stuff finds me talking stuff with Lucinda Parr who is Registrar and University Secretary at the University of Bristol. Looking back to the beginning of her career Lucinda recalls working as a departmental administrator at Goldsmiths to help fund her masters and enjoying it so much that she ended up staying. She then moved to a new role working with the Warden on developing the institution's new strategic plan. Lucinda stresses the value to her

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S2 Ep5: Episode 5: University governance -...

University Registrars Talking About Stuff ·

2023/03/09

In this episode of the podcast I have a really good conversation about stuff, mainly governance related, with Louise Nadal, Secretary at the London School of Economics. We learn about Louise’s career journey, which started with a series of short term roles in London universities culminating in a role in HR at Imperial College at which point she realised she wanted to work closer to the core academic operation so moved to a role in planning instead. Not long after starting this job at Royal Holloway

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34:34

S2 Ep4: Episode 4: Sporting Scenes, Sector Challenges...

University Registrars Talking About Stuff ·

2023/03/03

The latest episode of the podcast finds me talking to Richard Taylor who is Chief Operating Officer at Loughborough University. Like quite a few others in similar positions Richard's taste for HE management started with a stint as a sabbatical officer at Durham University before landing an exams administration job at Loughborough and then returning north, becoming in due course Head of Marketing back at Durham. From there it was another trip back to the East Midlands where in 2003 Richard was

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47:37

S2 Ep3: Episode 3: Transformation, More...

University Registrars Talking About Stuff ·

2023/02/25

My latest guest on University Registrars (and others) Talking About Stuff is Keith Zimmerman who has just started a new role at King's College London as Executive Director for Transformation of Education and Student Outcomes. Keith has a long and varied career in the sector which began at the University of Exeter where he started a PhD but then had so much fun working as the departmental administrator that he decided to pursue a career in university management. We learn a lot about Keith's time at

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39:50

S2 Ep2: Episode 2: From HEFCE heaven to good...

University Registrars Talking About Stuff ·

2023/02/16

The latest guest on University Registrars (and others) Talking About Stuff is John Rushforth who is Executive Secretary of the Committee of University Chairs (CUC) as well as having a number of other sector roles too. John has been around for quite a few years now and, before he joined the newly formed HEFCE, his early work was with the Audit Commission where he experienced the challenging days of auditing Liverpool City Council in the turbulent 1980s. His memories of HEFCE are strongly positive

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S2 Ep1: Episode 1: Leadership legacies and avoiding...

University Registrars Talking About Stuff ·

2023/01/13

The first episode of Season 2 of University Registrars (and others) Talking About Stuff is a landmark in more ways than one. My guest this time is Professor Chris Husbands, Vice-Chancellor of Sheffield Hallam University, who has just announced that he is to leave his role at the end of the year after eight years in charge. We talk about Chris' career prior to Hallam which included six years teaching in urban comprehensives, stints training teachers and as head of two university schools of education

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