On Monday, Don is meeting the new SUSU Sabbatical officers and signing the University/SUSU relationship agreement. In the afternoon he has a meeting with colleagues from the Science Park.

There is a UEG meeting on Tuesday morning, followed by an open meeting for staff to discuss the University Strategy. In the afternoon, he has a meeting with the Managing Director and R&D Head of Pall Europe.

The V-C attends the Higher Education Academy (HEA) Annual Conference in Birmingham on Wednesday. From August, Don will take over as Chairman of the HEA.

Thursday sees the meeting to select the Vice-Chancellor’s Awards for 2014, which will be given out later in July. Later Don is attending the 84 Club, with the guest speaker Dr David Parker, Chief Executive of the UK Space Agency.

On Friday, Don meets the President of the Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, President Asano, who is visiting the University of Southampton. Later, he is joining colleagues from within the University and around the world at a one day conference celebrating the work of Professor Freda Stevenson, who was recently awarded the “Jean Bernard Life Time Achievement Award 2014” from the European Haematology Association.