Fail File: Rob Campbell, vice-chancellor of AUT

Fail File: Rob Campbell, vice-chancellor of AUT
Rob Campbell reflects on his failures and successes. (Image: Michael Craig)
Victoria Carter
Each fortnight, Victoria Carter speaks to someone about failure and disappointment and what they learned. This week, she talks to Rob Campbell, professional director and vice-chancellor of Auckland University of Technology (AUT). I was disappointed when: I realised that what I thought could be done from my positions in the trade unions and Labour party wasn’t going to work. It was in the 1980s, Rogernomics, and I thought I could bridge the gap between strong social institutions and modernising the economy. Neither side was...

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