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Mental Health Awareness Week: Enabling connectedness in a post-pandemic workplace

As we mark Mental Health Awareness Week and this year’s theme of ‘loneliness’, we look at what employers can do to better support employees’ mental health and create a working environment that encourages a sense of purpose and connectedness.

David Dodman appointed as new General Director of IHS

The Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies of Erasmus University Rotterdam announces the appointment of David Dodman as general director of IHS, starting from the 1st of September, 2022.

Professor Irene Tracey CBE FMedSci nominated as next Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford

Professor Irene Tracey, currently Warden of Merton College, Oxford, has been nominated as the next Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford.

National Football Museum announces addition of nine new trustees

The National Football Museum has announced the nine newly-selected trustees. The museum is celebrating a decade in Manchester this year and see this as the perfect time to introduce some fresh faces, reset, look forward and implement an exciting new strategy. The museum has just announced a new lease with the Manchester City Council and has set ambitions on developing the museum’s galleries and forming new partnerships within the football world.

Frauke Thies becomes new Executive Director at Agora Energiewende

Frauke Thies will be the new Executive Director of think tank Agora Energiewende as of the 1st of July. The environmental scientist and MBA has been working in leadership positions in various organisations in the climate and energy sector for over ten years. Thies will lead the organisation as Executive Director together with current Agora Managing Director Markus Steigenberger. She will primarily work in Agora's Brussels office, strengthening the think tank's European work.

Announcing our new Chief Executive Patrick Watt

Patrick Watt, formerly our interim CEO, now joins us on a permanent basis.

Aminata Cairo and Rosa te Velde to form the Social Justice and Diversity in the Arts research group

The Executive Board of the Amsterdam University of the Arts (AHK) has appointed Aminata Cairo as lector and Rosa te Velde as associate lector of the new Social Justice and Diversity in the Arts research group. This AHK-wide dual research group that will start on 1 August is being established by the Executive Board to accelerate research into social justice, inclusion and diversity in the arts. Social justice and diversity in the arts are topic that occupy a prominent place in arts education and in the professional field, and in the vision of the AHK they must also come to the fore more forcefully in research.

Governance Apprentice Programme - Meet the Network Freddie Quek

Freddie Quek, Chief Technology Officer at Times Higher Education, is a Governor Apprentice at the University of Bristol.

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