Nick Petford is Vice Chancellor of the University of Northampton.
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Newest first, since January 2017
· Comment
Coping with a volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous world during Covid-19
University of Northampton vice chancellor Nick Petford explains how the VUCA system can help structure strategic thinking on the response to Covid-19.
· Analysis
Why universities (and nearly everyone else) are rubbish at predicting the future
How many international students will come to the UK in 2020? When will there be another major terrorist attack? Why is the future such a mystery and predicting it so hard? Nick Petford gazes into the statistical crystal