…provided it’s for a good cause
A bit late in the day but I did want to register how impressive this fundraising effort is from the Vice-Chancellor of De Montfort University. The video, which is intended to raise money for LOROS and PROSTaid, features over 1,000 students from DMU too and can be seen here:
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oc0TN1lbN-o]
Further details can be found on the DMU website.
And it has recently been confirmed that a team led by the University of Nottingham’s Vice-Chancellor has raised over £250k:
After cycling the length of Britain this summer, the Life Cycle 2 team from The University of Nottingham have successfully raised over £250,000 to widen access to higher education for students from disadvantaged backgrounds.
The total raised was a fitting reward for the 12 members of staff who endured headwinds, punctures and falls during a 1,100-mile journey on behalf of ‘Nottingham Potential’, a package of interventions designed to transform the lives of young people.Led by Vice-Chancellor Professor David Greenaway, the team spent 14 days in the saddle, with the specific aim of providing scholarships and bursaries to students from disadvantaged backgrounds and supporting projects targeted at changing opportunities for young people, helping more into further and higher education.
For some you suspect that two weeks on a bike might be preferable to seeking to emulate Professor Shellard’s performance but in any case it is, I think, really impressive to see Vice-Chancellors taking a lead on this kind of fundraising activity.
(PS not quite such an achievement but worthy of note – this is the landmark 600th post here on Registrarism – thank you for reading.)
Brilliant video and good to see the whole University taking part. And a teaser at the end for more to follow …… feels like that old coffee advert, what will happen next? Should be an agenda item at MB on Monday ….. Queen’s ‘I want to ride my bicycle’ anybody?