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Panmure House Perspectives [Issue 4] AN HISTORIC MOMENT FOR SCOTLAND The former Prime Minister Gordon Brown declares Adam Smith’s house in Edinburgh offi cially open again for discourse and economic debate MASTER AND A CALLING OVER-THE-COUNTER OUR LEGACY COMMANDER IN AFRICA REVOLUTION OF MECHANICS Robin Watson, Chief Executive of In an exclusive interview, Dr Jan Philipp Wintjes on building Vice-Chancellor and Principal Richard Wood plc, a global engineering group, Dame Ann Gloag talks about an omnichannel strategy in the Williams salutes the founders of the world’s recalls his time at Heriot-Watt. her philanthropic work in Africa. global fashion industry. fi rst institute of mechanics in 1821. THE BUSINESS JOURNAL OF EDINBURGH BUSINESS SCHOOL, HERIOT-WATT UNIVERSITY INTRODUCTION Welcome AN INTRODUCTION FROM PROFESSOR HEATHER MCGREGOR contents ___________ issue 4 2019 Adam Smith’s home is A £20M CENTRE FOR DISCOVERY David Richardson gives a preview tour of the new GRID centre on the campus in a vibrant place for liberal Edinburgh. ____ p4 Let’s fi nd CAMPUS PERSPECTIVES News and events from around Heriot-Watt University and Edinburgh Business School. ____ p5 . Former Prime Minister Gordon discourse once again OPEN FOR BUSINESS Brown is the special guest at the offi cial opening of Panmure elcome to the fourth Tummel, chairman of the business school. House. ____ p6 the right edition of Panmure Since then, we have also been pleased to welcome House Perspectives, the the First Minister of Scotland, Nicola Sturgeon, and THE PANMURE HOUSE PERSPECTIVES Robin Watson, the chief executive offi cer of international business Katrín Jakobsdóttir, the Prime Minister of Iceland, INTERVIEW leading engineering group Wood plc, talks about his global journal of Edinburgh as guests at the house. We are encouraged that the business and his time at Heriot-Watt University. ____ p10 Business School, the Scottish Government feel comfortable about using blend graduate school of Panmure House for offi cial government business. A PASSION FOR EDUCATION Dr Caroline Howitt, the across all modes of learning W business of Heriot-Watt Now we have a whole host of activities including, programme director of Panmure House, offers a taste of the University. Our aim is to ensure you find as we go to press, an international symposium activities to come in Adam Smith’s restored home. ____ p14 something informative, original and useful organised by Professor David Teece, which is a to read for business and pleasure. call to arms for our future world. Entitled The New ECONOMICS WITH THE TRUTH Professor Phil PROFESSOR ROBERT MACINTOSH, Greening looks at how we drive road freight towards a As we move towards celebrating our bicentenary Enlightenment: Reshaping Capitalism and the Global Head of School of Social Sciences, in 2021, commemorating 200 years since the Order in the Neo-Mercantilist World, the aim is to draw zero-carbon future. ____ p15 foundation of Heriot-Watt as the fi rst institution of together leading scholars and practitioners who care Heriot-Watt University, says the modern A CALLING IN AFRICA Dame Ann Gloag talks exclusively mechanics in the world, we continue to look ahead about the balanced, long-term performance of the about her philanthropic work helping young women and degree-level apprenticeships are to be and prepare for an exciting and uncertain future. Our economic system, and the survival and advancement mothers in Africa. ____ p16 welcomed and encouraged – and are a Vice-Chancellor and Principal, Richard Williams, of liberal democracies. gentle nod to the foundations of writes about the Scottish visionaries who created the This is the fi rst major event of its kind in the house LIGHT IN THE QUANTUM TUNNEL Professor Brian mechanics institute. It’s a fascinating read. since Adam Smith’s passing in 1790 and exactly the Gerardot explains how a breakthrough by Heriot-Watt Heriot-Watt as a place of practical, As a university, it is our duty to prepare and kind of gathering that will ensure Panmure House physicists and their international partners will speed up the work-related endeavour. equip the people who pass through our gates with shines as a focal point for international discourse Internet of Things. ____ p20 the ability to meet the multiple challenges of the and refl ection. THE PUREST OF INSTITUTES? Vice-Chancellor and world. In this issue we have exclusive interviews with Heriot-Watt Dubai received fantastic recognition Principal, Professor Richard Williams, salutes two individuals two Scots who have helped shape the world around by winning ‘Best University in the Middle East’ at who created the world’s fi rst Institute of Mechanics in eriot-Watt relating to fees and living prospective students. With a graduate-level job already them. Dame Ann Gloag, the Scottish transport the prestigious Forbes Middle East Higher Education Edinburgh, which became Heriot-Watt University . ____ p22 H University can expenses while at university. in place, income received while studying en route entrepreneur and creator of The Gloag Foundation, Awards 2019. I’d like to congratulate all staff, trace its roots back to the On graduating, the job market can be and the opportunity to gather experience en-route to and Robin Watson, the chief executive offi cer of students and alumni. We are all extremely proud of ON THE PATH TO LEADERSHIP Heriot-Watt Dubai formation of a night school aimed at allowing graduation, degree apprenticeships hold an obvious Wood plc, one of Scotland’s largest engineering your achievement. graduate Michelle Liu recounts her experiences of undertaking competitive and fi nding a graduate-level vacancy groups employing 60,000 people around the world. Finally, our thoughts are with the family of a part-time MBA. She speaks to Kenny Kemp. ____ p26 those in work to gain new technical skills for the with an employer who shares a genuine concern appeal. Robin is an engineering graduate of Heriot-Watt and Professor Gavin Kennedy, who died in April at the then burgeoning clock-making industry. Relative for your future development can be challenging. Our university, like many others, faces the Dr Jan we are most grateful that Wood plc have chosen to age of 79. Gavin was a brilliant man who devoted AN OVER-THE-COUNTER REVOLUTION to the norms of 1821, this was a pioneering Degree-level apprenticeships offer an attractive challenge of (re)introducing work-based learning for Philipp Wintjes proposes a ten-point plan for an omnichannel become supporters of Panmure House. incredible energy to developing Heriot-Watt new form of education shaped by the needs of undergraduate students. Beyond this immediate task, strategy for a global fashion brand. ____ p28 alternative to full-time study for everyone from There has been a great deal going on since our last University, and the creation of Edinburgh Business industry and offering fl exible access to learning. school leavers to those who missed out on the lies another more fundamental challenge. How can edition and I have been delighted to meet students School. We honour him with an obituary in this Dr Marina Arnaut, who gained her IT’S AN INSIDE JOB Over the intervening 198 years much has changed opportunity to study at university fi rst time around. universities create more fl exible pathways for students and their families at our graduations in Edinburgh, edition. PhD from Edinburgh Business School, examines developing in the university sector which is now a major global In the UK, an employer levy is being used to fund that offer the opportunity to switch seamlessly between Dubai and Malaysia. It is so uplifting to meet talented We are always keen for your feedback. Please let entrepreneurship in companies in the United Arab Emirates young people brimming with positive ideas nurtured us know how Heriot-Watt and Edinburgh Business ____ p32 industry in its own right. Participation in higher the growth of degree apprenticeships. Employers periods of full-time, campus-based study and periods of and inspired by our teaching and administrative staff. School feature in your professional journey. Enjoy a education has grown dramatically and is often seen are being encouraged to access a fund, into which part-time, digital, distance and/or work-based learning? Professor Gavin Kennedy, a scholar of However, the offi cial opening of Panmure House wonderful summer. AN APPRECIATION as an enabler of a knowledge-intensive, high- skill they have already paid, to support the development In the fullness of time, individual learners, their current Adam Smith and an inspiration for Edinburgh Business School, in Edinburgh last November was a historic moment economy. Gaining a degree is a prerequisite in many of their workforce. Work-based learning offers an or potential future employers and the university sector for Heriot-Watt. We were honoured to have former is remembered. ____ p35 careers and the uptake of postgraduate study has immediate and direct opportunity to translate will have to work in partnership to deliver education Prime Minister Gordon Brown, who is also a fellow also risen as people look to retrain or acquire new theory into practice. This helps both the learner that makes a difference. citizen of Adam Smith’s birthplace Kirkcaldy in Fife, skills mid-career. Yet the majority of those studying and the supposedly learned. Students can put new Heriot-Watt’s new strategic plan is about shaping to offi cially open our fabulous venue. It was a truly PROFESSOR HEATHER MCGREGOR Panmure House Perspectives memorable occasion introduced by Lord Vallance of Executive Dean is a twice-yearly publication undergraduate degrees still do so on a full-time basis. knowledge to work in their organisation. Academic tomorrow together. As a multi-campus university with refl ecting on modern global There are many positives to full-time staff have their feet held to the fi re by an audience students already engaged in the full range of campus- business and the continuing undergraduate study.
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