Vishanth Weerakkody

Associate Pro-Vice-Chancellor Global Engagement and Partnerships, and
Professor of Digital Governance,
University of Bradford

[Vishanth Weerakkody @vweerakk]

Great to be at the EUCNC summit in Malaga with the Best and the Brightest scientists in Europe showcasing our Evaluation Framework for beyond state-of-the-art in 6G and Edge computing solutions @KamranMahroof1 @SankarSivarajah @DevindiPre1019 @UniofBradford @BradManagement

[Vishanth Weerakkody @vweerakk]

Horizon Europe 6G-Path Community Engagement Workshop taking place today @UniofBradford. Very satisfying to share cutting edge R&D with representatives from central & local government in the UK & stakeholders from West Yorkshire @bradford2025 @KamranMahroof1 @DevindiPre1019

[Vishanth Weerakkody @vweerakk]

A busy week for our postgraduate students @BradManagement and our visiting students and staff from international partner institutions at the annual International Masters Summer School #IMSS @UniofBradford.

[Vishanth Weerakkody @vweerakk]

It was good to meet colleagues at the Education Consulate of Turkey 🇹🇷 in London last week to discuss @UniofBradford international agenda & partnerships in Istanbul (Koch & Istanbul Kent Universities) & Ankara (Middle East Technical University) @BradManagement

[Vishanth Weerakkody @vweerakk]

Looking forward to hosting our International Knowledge Transfer Networking workshop in Bangkok on Tuesday, 12 March at the British Chamber of Commerce
https://t.co/drJUnCTBXf
@UniofBradford @BradManagement @BCCThai

[Vishanth Weerakkody @vweerakk]

Had a great visit to IVA Business School in the Netherlands today, one of our longest-standing partners. Had the pleasure of addressing BSc students eager to progress to an MSc @UniofBradford. Founded in 1930, @ivadriebergen specialises in mgt studies for the automotive sector.

[Vishanth Weerakkody @vweerakk]

Good to be back representing @BradManagement @UniofBradford in the European research circuit with familiar faces from top corporates and R&D institutions for the kick-off of our groundbreaking 6G-VERSUS project @KamranMahroof1 @SankarSivarajah

[Vishanth Weerakkody @vweerakk]

Good to welcome back my good friend Prof Marijn Janssen from Delft University of Technology @tudelft to Yorkshire @UniofBradford @BradManagement for a workshop on publishing in 3* journals.His decade long contribution to Public Sector research as editor of GIQ is much appreciated

[Vishanth Weerakkody @vweerakk]

Great round table discussion at the House of Lords today to discuss UK-India collaboration on education, research, and innovation. Thank you to Lord Patel of Bradford for hosting & QS for organising the meeting. Good to meet @adsahasrabudhe
Chairman of NAAC & NBA. @UniofBradford

[Vishanth Weerakkody @vweerakk]

Had such a rewarding experience today delivering a talk on AI to students @GEMSEducation in Dubai. Looking forward to a fruitful partnership between @UniofBradford and the umbrella of 40+ schools that are part of GEMS education in the UAE. @ShirleyCongdon @BradManagement

[Vishanth Weerakkody @vweerakk]

Great to be here in Singapore to host a networking evening for our @UniofBradford @BradManagement alumni. The evening has just started with our VC @ShirleyCongdon delivering a welcome to a diverse audience of CEOs, CFOs, CTOs and Public Sector professionals.

[University of Bradford @UniofBradford]

We’re thrilled to announce that the University of Bradford has won 'University of the Year' at the 2024 Social Mobility Awards!

The University was recognised for a range of projects designed to increase social mobility. @originalSOMOs #SOMO2024 https://t.co/swROV81f4I

[Vishanth Weerakkody @vweerakk]

It was good to welcome back the Director of British Council Ghana to @UniofBradford to meet with our new Ghanian students who start their academic life in the UK this academic year 2024/5. @BradManagement @RachelSammut2 https://t.co/d8i0TjBYDW

[Vishanth Weerakkody @vweerakk]

It was good to be back at the Kuwait & Oman embassies in London to discuss ongoing partnerships between the GCC & @UniofBradford and review student progress & support. Looking forward to working closely with colleagues in London & with the ministries back home @Ismat_AbuShihab

[Vishanth Weerakkody @vweerakk]

@UniofBradford international collaboration activities in Turkey continued today in Ankara - meeting with METU @METU_ODTU to progress our joint British Council project on 'graduate skills for the green economy'. Took the opportunity to meet with head IDP Ankara. @RachelSammut2

[Vishanth Weerakkody @vweerakk]

A productive visit in Turkey & great meeting at Istanbul Kent University @istanbulkentedu to advance our @UniofBradford responsible internationalisation agenda for student mobility, learning & teaching & research. Good to meet with @idpturkiye Istanbul. @emreatsu @RachelSammut2

[Vishanth Weerakkody @vweerakk]

Great meeting in London with the Vice Chancellor of University of Fiji to discuss the partnership between @UniofBradford and Fiji to develop a programme focusing on peace, climate action and humanitarian issues to support the 'ocean of peace' initiative in the Pacific

[Vishanth Weerakkody @vweerakk]

3rd day of our @UniofBradford Int. Masters Summer School #IMSS24 yesterday with breakout groups visiting the Bradford @bradfordmdc Industrial Museum & City Hall. Pleased to see visiting students from partner institutions appreciating the history & architecture of our city

[Vishanth Weerakkody @vweerakk]

Students from Middle East Technical University in Turkey connecting virtually with our #IMSS24 audience @UniofBradford to present the findings from our Green Graduate Skills programme which is funded by the British Council @BradManagement @RachelSammut2 @surucu_ebru

[Vishanth Weerakkody @vweerakk]

#IMSS24 underway @UniofBradford with Masters students from our partner institutions in Asia, Africa, Europe, South America and the Middle East engaging in their first sustainability challenge task @BradManagement @BradfordUniSU @RachelSammut2 @KamranMahroof1