2. 01
* It’s a changing world
and
we need to change
with it!
Aim to produce highly
employable, IT-literate
graduates
With bold aspirations, for
themselves and their
communities in the 21 st
century
3. 02
* Our new Corporate
Strategy
Court,
Corporate
Management
Team planning
Intranet,
email,
meetings,
feedback and
discussion
Initial thoughts
Late
2013
Jan
Feb March
More open meetings
Students
Stakeholders
Senate & Court
FebJune
Implementation towards a 21 st
century University
1 August 2014
onwards
4. 03
* Early Themes
• Appetite for change
• Support for staff development
• Student attainment
• An enterprising and international
university
• Fundamental review of academic
portfolio
• Structures
- Strong support for School focus
- Strong support for ‘primacy of the
programme’
5. 04
* Staff Views:
Programme
Leadership (1/3)
•
•
•
•
Not ‘back to the future’
Relationship between HoS and PLs key
Link to review of SDGs
Need for clear processes and criteria
around appointment:
- PhD, student feedback, student attainment,
innovation?
6. Staff Views:
* Programme
Leadership (2/3)
• Need clear links between Programme
Leadership and fundamental portfolio
review
- Incentives for collaboration
- Niche programmes an important factor
- Developing an internationally attractive
portfolio with significantly improved
PGT
pathways
• M aintaining and enhancing academic
quality during a time of change
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7. Staff Views:
* Programme
Leadership (3/3)
• The Role of Research and Enterprise
- Support for UWS as a ‘teaching-led’
university
- Research underpinning for UG and TPG
portfolio key
- Some untapped R&KE potential amongst
academic colleagues
• Governance
- All proposals subject to the normal
mechanisms.
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