Tertiary education ecosystems: An ecologist's lens on leadership, learning and collaboration

Professor Su Bryan explores how an ecologist's perspective has influenced her approach to tertiary education, leadership and partnership working. Reflecting on her personal and professional journey, she considers the value of different ways of seeing the world and the contribution each of us brings to our work.

Event summary

Join us at UHI House in Inverness (https://maps.app.goo.gl/Fb8DH6g8hMMPsYjt7) and online for a landmark academic occasion as Professor Su Bryan, Dean of Science, Health and the Environment (https://www.uhi.ac.uk/en/about-uhi/leadership/professor-su-bryan/)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.

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