Aaron Porter

3 weeks ago | proboat.com | Aaron Porter

Recycling end-of-life composite boats or the production waste from composite boat building has been a subject of interest at IBEX and Professional BoatBuilder during the past decade. As with many emerging materials and processes, we started with experimental projects and proof-of-concept prototypes including the promising potential for composites made from thermoplastic resin to be recycled.

1 month ago | advance-he.ac.uk | Aaron Porter |Mary Cook |Kamran Razmdoost

In our second Big Conversation workshop, Aaron Porter chaired keynote speakers Mary Curnock Cook and Kamran Razmdoost who offered their insights into the role of governance in shaping both financially and socially sustainable institutions. Their perspectives revealed a shared recognition that good governance is not simply a matter of compliance or structure - it is a dynamic, values-driven process that must evolve with the challenges and complexities facing the higher education sector today.

1 month ago | proboat.com | Aaron Porter

In this age of relentless automation, even boatbuilding is subject to tech-driven change as everything from components assembly and supply-chain management to service scheduling and systems diagnostics are being entrusted to algorithms and glitchy software. The results are decidedly mixed. To my eye, new builds are neither more timely, nor of consistently superior quality compared to historical norms. And boat operations are not reliably easier or safer based on technological advances alone.

1 month ago | proboat.com | Aaron Porter

As the tides of editorial staff and contributors at Professional BoatBuilder ebbed and flowed through my two decades with magazine, I’ve been grateful that one of the constants in our lineup is Technical Editor Steve D’Antonio. In the publishing world, where judgement and depth of experience matter, Steve excels at both. That’s why he’s my last consult at the end of any trade show we attend together.

2 months ago | advance-he.ac.uk | Aaron Porter

Together with sector partners CUC, UUK, GuildHE, IHE and AHUA, we have begun a discussion about what elements of governance are working well and what could be improved as part of a new project, The Big Conversation: shaping the future of higher education. In the first of our Big Conversation sessions, jointly hosted with AHUA, we engaged with Chairs, governors and governance professionals across the UK to examine whether higher education governing bodies are sufficiently strategic.