Dr. James Browne:

I have one regret, which is that after the 2008-09 promotions round, I made a mistake in assuming that the issue was fundamentally about promotions, when the issue was much wider. I did not appreciate that then but I appreciate it now, as does the sector. We tried to fix the promotion system and I believe we did that in the 2013-14 round but we are now trying to fix the bigger issue. We brought in a task force and this made a set of recommendations which were absolutely in line with those of our colleagues in the HEA, who brought in a task force after our own. I am quite proud of that, and of the fact that the university has tackled the issue head-on. I believe we are going to solve it.