I saw Martin Staniforth’s sculpture which is named ‘Hope and Renewal’ outside Exeter Cathedral on Monday.
It is made for the scorched timbers retrieved from the ruins of the Clarence Hotel which burnt down last year.
Plans are underway to completely rebuild the Hotel which is situated next to Cathedral Green
I went to a talk the other day which was held in the Exeter University’s Business School ‘Building:One’. When I was an undergraduate there wasn’t a Business School at Exeter! The Business School was opened in 1998 and it is an impressive suite of buildings and even today 18 years after it opened it still looks new and fresh.
I really like the ‘World in our Hands’ sculpture on the piazza in front of Building: One
The sculpture neatly ties in with the School’s top MBA (Masters in Business Administration) which is entitled the ‘One Planet MBA‘ about which the University says ‘The One Planet MBA equips you to harness innovative business thinking and new business models that can deliver organisational growth whilst addressing global economic, social, environmental and technological challenges.’
I did my MBA at the Open University (whilst I was working for the National Trust) at about the same time the Exeter University Business School was getting going and whilst that was a very good experience and course it wasn’t so strong environmental and social issues.
A silver globe by the entrance of Building: One which is constantly fed with a stream of water – life on our planet is inextricably linked with water
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