The Open University

Sir John Daniel speeches
1990-2001, Vice Chancellor
(Now Assistant Director-General for Education, UNESCO)
(Newspaper columns below)

Date Occasion Title of Speech Venue
June 28 - 2001 Valedictory Lecture Open to the Future?
May 19 - 2001 Belfast Degree Ceremony Vice-Chancellor's Address to the Graduates Belfast
April 22 - 26 2001 ACU Executive Heads Conference How do Universities justify their existence? Cyprus
April 22 - 26 2001 ACU Executive Heads Conference Teaching and Research Partnerships Cyprus
April 21 2001 Derby Degree Ceremony Vice-Chancellor's Address to the Graduates Derby
March 19 2001 National Association of Student Personnel Administrators
Annual Conference 2001		 Perspectives from the Leading Edge

Related Power point presentation		 Seattle
March 18 2001 National Association of Student Personnel Administrators
Annual Conference 2001		 Perspectives from the Leading Edge

Related Power point presentation		 Seattle
January 30 2001 National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities Life in the Eternal Triangle: Access, Quality and Cost Washington, DC
December 21 2000 Farewell Reception for Jim Burrows Farewell Reception for Jim Burrows
December 7 2000 International Open Learning Conference 2000 Generating Opportunities for Questions and Answers Brisbane, Australia
December 5 2000 New Millenium: Quality and Innovations in Higher Education Towards The Global e-University: Quality or Mediocrity? Hong Kong
December 4 2000 Address on the occasion of the opening of the OUHK Learning Centre Inventing the Online University Hong Kong
December 1 2000 Launch of the Open University Research School Remarks by the Vice-Chancellor Sir John Daniel The Open University
November 15 2000 Executive Briefing The Future of Online Learning Toronto
November 6 2000 The Academy for Management Excellence:
Award Ceremony for the First Cohort of MBA Graduates		 A New Generation of Managers for a New Economy in a New World Chennai, India
November 3-5 2000 ICDE Asian Regional Conference Open Learning at a Point of Turning Delhi, India
October 18-21 2000 Frontiers in Education Conference 2000
Building on a Century of Progress in Engineering Education		 Offering a High-Quality Engineering Degree by Distance Education Kansas City, Missouri
October 10 2000 The signing of a Memorandum of Understanding
between the UMBC and the USOU		 Open Learning and Universities of the Future
or
e-university, g-university, m-university and g-university:
making sense of distance learning		 Baltimore, Maryland
October 07 2000 Global Learn Day IV The Open University – A Global Learner
September 11 2000 STM Master Class
Oxford, September 2000		 Authors author, Publishers publish and Educators educate Oxford
September 07 2000 Council of Validating Universities Annual Conference 2000 The Validity of Validation Manchester
July 18 2000 25th International Conference on Improving University Learning and Teaching The University of the Future and the Future of Universities Frankfurt
July 15 2000 CASE Management Lunch Do Universities Deserve to be Given Money? Toronto, Canada
July 12-13 2000 USOU Board Meeting and Staff Workshop The United States Open University: Where have we come from? Where are we now? Where shall we go? Denver, Colorado
July 07 2000 Singapore Degree Ceremony (2) Vice-Chancellor's Address to the Graduates Singapore
July 04 2000 Top Management Program in Higher Education Global Developments in Higher Education Hampshire
June 28 2000 Milton Keynes Degree Ceremony (2) Vice-Chancellor's Address to the Graduates Milton Keynes
June 23 2000 Open Day and Alumni Weekend 2000 Reflections on the Nineties and the Noughties The Open University
June 19 2000 The Open Learning Conference Open Learning for a New Century Taipei, Taiwan
June 09 2000 Manchester Degree Ceremony (1) Vice-Chancellor's Address to the Graduates Manchester
June 09 2000 Manchester Degree Ceremony (2) Vice-Chancellor's Address to the Graduates Manchester
June 03 2000 Columba 1400 Making Leadership Decisions Isle of Skye
May 23 2000 World Education Market The Open University Going Global Vancouver, Canada
May 15 2000 Central and Eastern European Conference Helping to create the civil society Milton Keynes
May 11-14 2000 British North American Committee The toast to the heads of state of our three countries London
May 09 2000 The Internet Revolution Conferance The Internet and Higher Education: Preparing for Change London
May 06 2000 Edinburgh Degree Ceremony (3) Vice-Chancellor's Address to the Graduates Edinburgh
May 05 2000 Edinburgh Degree Ceremony (1) Vice-Chancellor's Address to the Graduates Edinburgh
April 26 2000 The Open University in Scotland More Local and More Global Scotland
April 16 2000 Open University Students Association Conference 2000 Mere Consumers? Manchester
April 15 2000 Portsmouth Degree Ceremony - PM Vice-Chancellor's Address to the Graduates Portsmouth
April 08 2000

Harrogate Degree Ceremony

Vice-Chancellor's Address to the Graduates Harrogate
April 01 2000

Birmingham Degree Ceremony - PM

Vice-Chancellor's Address to the Graduates Birmingham
April 01 2000

Birmingham Degree Ceremony - AM

Vice-Chancellor's Address to the Graduates Birmingham
March 17 2000

University of the Highlands and Islands Project Degree Ceremony

Vice-Chancellor's Address to the Graduates Inverness
March 08 2000

The New Bulgarian University Award Ceremony

"A New University for a New World" Sofia, Bulgaria
February 28 2000

National Governors Association meeting, Washington, DC

 "Renewing Universities for the New Economy" Washington, DC
February 25-26 2000

SKILL: National Bureau for Students with Disabilities Annual Conference

 "Serving Students with Disabilities" Milton Keynes
February 18 2000 Malaysian Institute of Accountants "Rebuilding the Organisation for Competition" Kuala Lumpur
January 22 2000 On receiving the degree of Doctor of the University honoris causa at the University of Derby Remarks by Sir John Daniel Derby
January 20 2000 Celebration Launch of DD100 An Introduction to the Social Sciences: Understanding Social Change Remarks by the Vice-Chancellor, Sir John Daniel The Open University
January 05 2000 Address given at the University of Alberta The Implications of Virtual Universities for the University of Alberta Edmonton, Alberta
December 11 1999 Christ’s Hospital Prizegiving Address to School Horsham
December 08 1999 Accrington and Rossendale College Awards Ceremony Live and Learn; Learn and Live Accrington
December 06 1999 Middle States Commission on Higher Education 1999 Accreditation and Quality Assurance Conference Medium and Message: Passion, Values and Quality in the New Academy Washington
November 24 1999 New College Durham Awards Ceremony Vice-Chancellor's Address to the Graduates Durham
November 22 1999 Havering College Awards Ceremony Vice-Chancellor's Address to the Graduates Havering
November 11 1999 Council for Adult and Experiential Learning Annual Conference Experiencing Adult Learning Seattle, WA
November 10 1999 Teaching and Learning with Technology Conference Distance Learning and Academic Values Indiana University, Indianapolis
November 08 1999 National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges 1999 Conference Lifelong Learning for an Ignorant World San Francisco, California
November 05 1999 At The End Of Now - Global trends and their regional impacts The Global Business of Higher Education: Technology is the Answer but what was the Question? University of Graz, Austria
November 03 1999 Degree Ceremony, St Chad’s Cathedral Vice-Chancellor's remarks Maryvale Institute, Birmingham
October 22-27, 1999 American Association of Medical Colleges Annual Conference Distance Learning and Medical Education Washington DC
October 9 1999 British North American Committee After-dinner remarks Vancouver, British Columbia
October 5 1999 Leo Baeck College Degree Ceremony Address to the Graduates Leo Baeck College
September 28 1999 The 8th Cambridge International Conference on Open and Distance Learning Purposes, Technologies and Values Madingley Hall, Cambridge
September 12 1999 HEERA - CASE Annual Conference 1999 International Collaboration and Competition: The development of an academic community spanning the world Westminster University, Harrow Campus
September 06 1999 12th International Meeting of University Administrators Innovation at Scale in the Delivery of Learning and Teaching: will the whole be greater than the sum of the parts? Edinburgh  
August 28 1999 Ceremonie de Collation de Grades, Universite du Quebec Allocution a l'occasion de la collation d'un doctorat honorifique Montreal, Canada
July 10 1999 Croydon Degree Ceremony Vice-Chancellor's Address to the Graduates - PM Croydon
July 10 1999 Croydon Degree Ceremony Vice-Chancellor's Address to the Graduates - AM Croydon
May 22 199 Brighton Degree Ceremony Vice-Chancellor's Address to the Graduates Brighton
May 19 1999 Collaboration of the Paris Chamber of Commerce with the OU Allocution de Sir John Daniel Vice-chancelier de l’Open University pour marquer le début d’un projet de collaboration entre la Chambre de Commerce de Paris et l’Open University British Embassy, Paris
May 18 1999 Reception for The Open University and its partners in medical education, the Universities of Exeter, Leeds and Plymouth Doctors for Tomorrow's World The Royal Society
May 08 1999 Preston Degree Ceremony Vice-Chancellor's Address to the Graduates
May 01 1999 Scottish Degree Ceremony Vice-Chancellor's Address to the Graduates Edinburgh
April 23 1999 Open University Alumni Dinner An Academic Community Spanning the World Pomona, California
April 21-24 1999 TechEd99 Technology is the Answer: What was the Question? Southern California Ontario Conference Center
April 21 1999 Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia Distance Learning and Clear Thinking Savannah, GA
April 19 1999 The International Association for Management Education Annual Meeting 1999 Plenary 1: Technology’s Impact on Cognition Atlanta, GA
April 16 1999 Contact North - Contact Nord TRENDS IN OPEN LEARNING: The Case of the Open University Sudbury, Ontario
April 12 1999 TARA The intelligent use of technology Halifax, Nova Scotia
April 09-12 1999 National University Continuing Education Association 84th Annual Conference Lifelong Learning, Systematic Skepticism and Decent Democracy Washington, DC
March 31 1999 Universities Association For Continuing Education The Contribution of Lifelong Learning to an Equitable and Inclusive Society
March 22 1999 American Association of Higher Education, Annual Conference How to sleep comfortably with an elephant: A view from the Open University Washington, DC
March 08 1999 Signing of a Memorandum of Agreement between the Open Polytechnic of New Zealand and the Open University of the United Kingdom Remarks by Sir John Daniel Wellington, New Zealand
March 01-5 1999 Pan Commonwealth Forum on Open Learning Distance Learning in the Era of Networks: What are the key technologies? Brunei
February 19 1999 Milton Keynes Economic Partnership, Second Annual Symposium Maximising Participation The Open University
February 2 1999 Council for Higher Education Accreditation, Second Annual Conference Building in quality: the transforming power of distance learning San Diego, California
January 10-12 1999 Leadership in the Knowledge Economy Distance learning: The vision and distance learning: The reality what works, what travels? Boca Raton, Florida
December 16 1998 Society for Research in Higher Education - Annual Conference Open as to places: An Academic Community on which the sun never sets Lancaster University
December 15 1998 Retirement party for Joe Clinch Remarks by the Vice-Chancellor The Open University,
November 28 1998 1998 Annual General Meeting of The Association of Open University graduates (AOUG) Have we been faithful to our founders? The Guildhall, Guildford, Surrey
November 16-17 1998 Visit of Vice-Chancellor to Arizona State University Tectonic Shifts in Higher Education Arizona State University
12 November 1998 Romanian Degree Ceremony Vice-Chancellor's Address to the Graduates Bucharest
28 October 1998 Xerox Canada Symposium Technology for Competitive and Educational Advantage Calgary
24 October 1998 Northbrook College Degree Ceremony Vice-Chancellor's Address to the Graduates Worthing
14 October 1998 Trafalgar Night Dinner Trafalgar Day Toast H.M.S Collingwood
28 September 1998 Anadolu University Degree Ceremony Address to the Degree Ceremony Anadolu University Eskisehir
12 September 1998 Paris Degree Ceremony Vice-Chancellor's Address to the Graduates Paris
16-21 August 1998 Association of Commonwealth Universities General Conference From lecture theatres to learning systems Ottawa, Canada
10 August 1998 Directors Seminar on Academic Computing, Educause Knowledge media for global universities: Scaling up new technology at the Open University or Are virtual universities real? Smowmass Village, Colorado
26 July 1998 Syllabus Conference Are virtual universities real? or How can we scale IT up? Using Knowledge Media at the Open University Sonoma, California
1 July 1998 Milton Keynes Degree Ceremony Vice-Chancellor's Address to Graduates Milton Keynes
13 June 1998 The award of the Honorary Degree of Doctor of Letters at the Annual Convocation of Athabasca University Savouring the Past, Celebrating the Present, Sensing the Future. Athabasca University
06 June 1998 Ely Degree Ceremony Vice-Chancellor's Address to Graduates Ely
23 May 1998 London Degree Ceremony Vice-Chancellor's Address to Graduates London
20 May 1998 IBC Conference Facing up to the New Realities in Higher Education The Merchant Centre, London
16 May 1998 Welsh Degree Ceremony Vice-Chancellor's Address to Graduates Cardiff
14 May 1998 Annual Education Conference Survival of Higher Education: Using New Technologies Loma Linda University
14 May 1998 The First Learning City Network National Debate Introductory remarks by Sir John Daniel Milton Keynes
09 May 1998 Scottish Degree Ceremony Vice-Chancellor's Address to Graduates - Morning Edinburgh
05 May 1998 Symposium on Distance Education New Horizons in Distance Education Ankara, Turkey
02 May 1998 North West Region Degree Ceremony Vice-Chancellor's Address to the Graduates Preston
28 April 1998 George Washington University Knowledge Media for Mega-Universities:Scaling up New Technology at The Open University Washington, DC
26-28 April 1998 Technology Standards for Global Learning Distance Learning: What Works, What Travels? Salt Lake City, Utah
25 April 1998 South Region Degree Ceremony Vice-Chancellor's Address to the Graduates Portsmouth
14-17 April 1998 1998 Shanghai Open and Distance Education Symposium "The Way Forward" Shanghai, China
14-17 April 1998 1998 Shanghai Open and Distance Education Symposium Knowledge Media for Mega-Universities: Scaling Up New Technology at The Open University Shanghai, China
05 April 1998 1998 OUSA Conference Address by the Vice-Chancellor UMIST, Manchester
04 April 1998 Yorkshire Degree Ceremony Vice-Chancellor's Address to the Graduates Harrogate
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Newspaper Columns

Date Newspaper Title
June 2001 Open Eye - June 2001 VC's Column - Open to people means open to the world
May 2001 Sesame - May 2001 VC's Column - What do you say to them?
May 2001 Open Eye - May 2001 VC's Column - The Global University: Fact or Fantasy?
April 2001 Open House - April 2001 VC's Column - Your course: open as to source?
April 2001 Open Eye - April 2001 VC's Column - NASDAQ shares down, Internet use up
March 2001 Open House - March 2001 VC's Column - Hanging in there!
March 2001 Sesame - March 2001 VC's Column - Good news and bad news
March 2001 Open Eye - March 2001 VC's Column - Open to Blithering Nonsense
February 2001 Open Eye- February 2001 VC's Column - Going Global with Education for All
January 2001 Open House - January 2001 VC's Column - Nonsense for the Global Era?
January 2001 Sesame - January 2001 VC's Column - Education for All
December 2000 Open Eye- December 2000 VC's Column - Open as to Methods
November 2000 Open House - November 2000 VC's Column - 2001 – Objectives and Priorities
November 2000 OPen Eye- November 2000 VC's Column - Two nation-building statesmen
October 2000 Sesame - October 2000 VC's Column - Mass customisation
September 2000 Open House - September 2000 VC's Column - Into the New World
September 2000 Open Eye - September 2000 VC's Column - The Summer School Experience
September 2000 Sesame VC's Column - Watching Big Brother Watch You
August 2000 Open Eye - August 2000 VC's Column - Global or multi-national?
July 2000 Open House - July 2000 VC's Column - Serving the University
July 2000 Sesame VC's Column - The OU Brand
July 2000 Open Eye - July 2000 VC's Column - Promoting educational wellbeing
June 2000 Open Eye - June 2000 VC's Column - Changing the World
May 2000 Open House - May 2000 VC's Column - Who owns the University?
May 2000 Sesame VC's Column - A Proud Achievement
May 2000 Open Eye - May 2000 VC's Column - Virtual ceremonies - Real communities
April 2000 Open Eye - April 2000 VC's Column - From the Wall to the Web
March 2000 Sesame VC's Column - Customers, Students or Members?
March 2000 Open House- March 2000 VC's Column - Towards a Global e-OU
February 2000 Open House - February 2000 VC's Column - Changing with the times
February 2000 Open Eye - February 2000 VC's Column - Questions: a Unifying Force
January 2000 Sesame VC’s Column - Words of encouragement
December 1999 Open Eye - December 1999 VC's Column - 1088 and All That
November 1999 Open House November 1999 VC's Column - Open to a New Century?
November 1999 Open Eye - November 1999 VC's Column - A Country of Contrasts
October 1999 Sesame VC’s Column - Competing on the web
October 1999 Open Eye - October 1999 VC’s Column - To compare or not to compare?
September 1999 Open House -September 1999 VC’s Column - Open to how many people?
September 1999 Sesame Learning from experience
September 1999 Open Eye - September 1999 VC's Column - Messing About in Boats
August 1999 Open Eye - August 1999 VC's Column - Who Governs the University?
July 1999 Open House - July 1999 VC's Column - Partners in Milton Keynes
July 1999 Sesame VC's Column - Diversity in Practice
June 1999 Open Eye - Anniversay Issue, VC's Column - Thirty Down; A Thousand to Go
June 1999 Open Eye - June 1999 VC's Column - Entente Cordiale
May 1999 Open Eye - May 1999 VC's Column - The Challenge of Constitutional Change
April 1999 Open House - April 1999 The UfI Opportunity
March 1999 Open Eye - March 1999 Name your degree
February 1999 Open Eye - February 1999 The role of honorary degrees
January 1999 Open Eye - January 1999 What is a Graduate?
January 1999 Sesame VC's Column - The Year of the ‘F’ Word
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