2012-2017 Strategic Pla Liverpool Joh Moores Uiversity
Strategic Pla 2012-2017 1 A message from the Board of Goverors I am delighted to itroduce this strategy for Liverpool Joh Moores Uiversity for the period from 2012 to 2017. It is both timely ad appropriate that we are able to set out our ambitios for this fie Uiversity over the ext phase of our developmet, uder the leadership of Professor Nigel Weatherill, our Vice-Chacellor ad Chief Executive Officer sice September 2011. Whilst we eter a period of ucertaity, we are also challeged ad excited by great opportuity. The fact that fudig for Learig ad Teachig will be almost etirely reliat o the Studet Fee will create ew demads ad ew expectatios from the studet body. Importatly, it will be the uiversities which are able to predict ad respod to these demads with speed ad focus that will stad out i five years time. It will ot be easy, ad much of the challege will be i makig the difficult but ecessary decisios that will esure the future sustaiability of this Uiversity. Cetral to our ambitio is the strog desire from the Board of Goverors ot to let exteral pressures defie the ageda for Liverpool Joh Moores Uiversity. O the cotrary, the strategy we have developed defies its ow distictive propositio which will have appeal to prospective studets ad parters. The period up to 2017 will probably be the most dyamic ad challegig i the log history of Higher Educatio i the Uited Kigdom. With this effective ad compellig strategy, ad a determiatio to deliver o that strategy, the Board of Goverors is cofidet that Liverpool Joh Moores Uiversity ca thrive i this eviromet. A successful ad secure future is ours to grasp. Sir Malcolm Thorto FRSA Pro-Chacellor ad Chairma of the Board of Goverors
2 Liverpool Joh Moores Uiversity Vice-Chacellor's Visio We are a uiversity that sits with great pride i the city ad regio of Liverpool; a true city of the world. Our clear aim is to be recogised globally as a moder civic uiversity which, whilst beig outward lookig, supports our studets ad parters i the sese of place that is our city ad our regio. What do I mea by a moder civic uiversity? It is simply this - we have a great reputatio withi the city o which to build. I see this Uiversity as a cetral part of the culture ad ifrastructure of Liverpool ad the regio, ad we have a sigificat presece withi the local ecoomy ad society. As such we have importat resposibilities i relatio to these key areas. We will be a Uiversity that discharges its social ad ecoomic resposibilities with vigour, ethusiasm ad effect. This is somethig that should be cetral to our idetity as Liverpool Joh Moores Uiversity. We set the followig as our goals. We will be a uiversity that provides a exceptioal, distictive studet experiece that ca chage the lives of our studets whatever their backgroud; a experiece that raises their aspiratios, their self belief ad develops them as idividuals ad prepares them to become citizes of the world. We will be a uiversity i which the traditios of research ad scholarship are embraced by all ad embedded i everythig we do; we respect ad hoour the traditio of idepedece of thought. We will be a uiversity respected globally for what we cotribute to our studets, our city ad our regio; a uiversity that lives ad is the very essece of its ow ethos of 'dream, pla, achieve'. We recogise the chagig eviromet withi which we will work i the ext five years; slow ecoomic growth, emergig ecoomies that will challege the orm, a diverse ad multicultural society, greater pressures o graduate employmet ad the challeges ad opportuities that are a itegral part of competig ad cotributig to globalisatio. We recogise that the Uiversity is ot immue to these chages ad the rapidly chagig ladscape that is higher educatio. Fudig chaels will chage with the itroductio of the ew fees regime; studets expectatios of their educatio will uderstadably be high; a expectatio that a uiversity educatio will provide opportuities for a higher quality of life. Research fudig from govermet ad the private sector will be limited, whilst there will be a icreasig requiremet for uiversities to play a leadig role i dischargig their civic ad social resposibilities, ad make sigificat cotributios to the atio regaiig ecoomic growth, to the beefit of all. We recogise that ew approaches are required to meet these challeges. The status quo is ot a optio. Our strategic pla is a template that maps how we will avigate through the shiftig sads of the ew ladscape over the ext five years. It defies our ambitio, our plas ad our commitmet to these challeges. It is a arrative for success: success for our studets, our parters ad our staff. With effort, commitmet ad self-belief we ca face the future with cofidece ad take pride i our istitutio. Professor Nigel Weatherill FREg, FRSA, DSc Vice-Chacellor ad Chief Executive Officer
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4 visio To be recogised as a moder civic uiversity deliverig solutios to the challeges of the 21st cetury ad missio Creatig a commuity for learig ad kowledge
Strategic Pla 2012-2017 5 Our missio is to create ad sustai a vibrat commuity for learig ad kowledge where staff ad studets work together i a active ad supportive partership; providig opportuities to erich our studets, parters ad wider society through educatio, traiig, research, scholarship ad kowledge trasfer.
6 key outcomes from this strategy
Strategic Pla 2012-2017 7 A uiversity kow for excellet teachig withi a academically egagig ad supportive studet experiece that produces graduates who, as citizes, are prepared for life ad the world of work ad are valued as cotributors to society. A uiversity where scholarship is at our core ad our Research Istitutes are recogised as beacos of excellece that provide ispiratio ad motivatio to staff, studets ad society. A uiversity which is true to its values ad is recogised globally as a drivig force that through partership supports wealth creatio, social well-beig, culture ad the arts withi the city-regio ad beyod. The ambitio uderpiig these aims is to achieve outstadig results for our Uiversity, studets ad parters. By 2017 we will. Be cosistetly above the Natioal Studet Survey mea score for Teachig Excellece - The Teachig o my Course. Be cosistetly above the atioal mea for graduate employability. Be cosistetly recogised as a top 60 uiversity i the Times Uiversity League Table. Be cosistetly recogised as a top 300 uiversity i the Times Higher World Rakigs. Be a uiversity with icreased research ratigs (REF 2014) at world-class level whe compared to RAE 2008. Be valued highly by stakeholders as a uiversity that cotributes to wealth creatio, social well-beig, culture ad the arts.
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Strategic Pla 2012-2017 9 The Uiversity Cotext Deliverig Academic Excellece Liverpool Joh Moores Uiversity is a strog academic istitutio, with a sese of social resposibility drive by its heritage ad values i the city of Liverpool. The fosterig of a academic culture based o excellet teachig, deeply embedded scholarship, ad a commitmet to partership are fudametal to what we are a moder ad forward-thikig civic uiversity. The challeges facig the Higher Educatio sector demad that uiversities uderstad that they are large, complex orgaisatios ad work i a fast-movig eviromet. This Uiversity will focus o its academic core but operate efficietly ad effectively ad be able to respod to challeges ad react to opportuities. Therefore, it is essetial to esure that our academic focus is clear ad will be supported ad ehaced through professioal delivery, all uderpied by clear priciples ad values. The priciples that we must follow are straightforward. We must have a clear ad collective sese of what we wat to achieve as a uiversity, for our studets, our employees, parters ad wider society; settig challegig but realistic targets, ad measurig ad cotiually improvig our performace. We must focus our huma, fiacial, physical ad techological resources o givig the very best academic experiece to our studets so that they value ad treasure their time at the Uiversity, ad are worthy ambassadors of this Uiversity as they pursue their lives. We must have clear ad cosistet leadership at all levels of the Uiversity, uphold the highest ethical stadards i everythig we do, ad create a fair ad ejoyable workig ad learig eviromet i which our people ca excel. We must appear as oe uiversity, workig together through commo policies ad processes that will esure cosistecy of both the staff ad studet experiece. We must cotiually esure that we have a wellmotivated team workig to clear ad commo goals: properly traied, developed ad supported with the competecies to deliver those goals. We must foster ad ecourage a reletless commitmet to excellece, quality ad improvemet i all that we do, supported by creativity ad iovatio that will keep our Uiversity vibrat ad at the leadig edge of the sector. We must develop mutually beeficial parterships that ehace our capacity to recruit, educate ad support our studets, develop our research capabilities, ad our ability to maage the Uiversity. We must esure the log-term fiacial ad reputatioal sustaiability of the Uiversity, ad have a positive impact o the local ecoomy, eviromet ad commuity. The promotio of social mobility ad social beefit should be a cosistet thread through all our activities. I the cotext of the above we will be: A uiversity that reletlessly pursues excellece ad quality i all its activities ad is committed to a programme of cotiuous ehacemet ad moitorig. A uiversity that provides a fair, supportive ad ecouragig workig ad learig eviromet with which studets ad staff egage resposibly. A uiversity that embraces techology to the positive advatage of studets, staff ad parters. A uiversity whose estate ad ifrastructure are exemplars of the moder city-based campus. A uiversity that is fiacially sustaiable with excellet fiacial stewardship ad that cotiues to make strategic ivestmet i the future.
10 Liverpool Joh Moores Uiversity Deliverig our Aims Establishig ad Ehacig the Studet Partership A fudametal resposibility for Liverpool Joh Moores Uiversity is to equip our studets with critical ad equirig mids, kowledge ad life skills that eable them to realise their full potetial ad become valued i society, whether through employmet, etrepreeurship or social eterprise. It is essetial that these factors are embedded firmly i their experiece of uiversity life. Dischargig this resposibility begis well before studets erol at the Uiversity ad it should go o beyod graduatio as we work with our alumi to mutual beefit throughout their developig careers. At the outset we see outreach ito schools as a essetial opportuity to develop prospective studets. Our aim is to motivate ad ispire them towards the possibilities that Higher Educatio ca provide, whilst ecouragig them to maximise the opportuities offered i secodary educatio to esure a firm base for their uiversity studies. This is especially true for those from less traditioal backgrouds who may ot see uiversity as a place acceptig of them. The ehacemet of social mobility remais a firm objective for Liverpool Joh Moores Uiversity. Our academic commuity beefits from rich diversity ad as such we are a ope ad iclusive istitutio. Studets lear with ad from each other as much as they do with our staff. As a uiversity, we have a resposibility to esure that we take studets capable of cotributig to such a diverse ad erichig learig experiece. We will therefore cotiue to maitai ad ehace the quality of our studet itake whilst esurig that we remai iclusive ad accessible. To be successful i ehacig this partership will require special attetio to tutorial ad pastoral support ad we must collectively prioritise these critical aspects of the studet experiece over the period of this Strategic Pla. I cosequece we will be. A uiversity that listes ad respods to its studets. A uiversity with employability, etrepreeurship ad citizeship at the heart of the studet experiece. A uiversity that sets cosistetly high stadards for pastoral ad tutorial support. A uiversity that cotiues to improve the quality ad commitmet of its studet itake. A uiversity that supports the life-log educatio of its studets through proactive liks with other educatio providers to ehace social mobility ad access, whilst sustaiig our relatioship with alumi. Ad our actios will iclude. The active egagemet of staff ad studets with the Uiversity s Studet Charter. Programmes for the developmet ad improvemet of academic support withi faculties. Developmet of employability ad etrepreeurial skills as a core part of the studet learig experiece; ad esurig our facilities support the developmet of employability ad etrepreeurial skills. Esurig that our studets are able to demostrate their trasferable skills. Esurig programme curricula are iformed by curret ad plaed future employmet/idustry developmets. Cotiued promotio ad developmet of our key partership with the LiverpoolSU, ad School ad Faculty-level egagemet with studet represetatives; ad respodig to the Studet Voice o all matters relatig to the studet partership.
Strategic Pla 2012-2017 11 Ad we will measure this by. Graduate employability outcomes. Natioal Studet Survey score - overall satisfactio ad other NSS scores related to studet support. Value added outcomes. Itake quality outcomes. Excellece i Learig, Teachig ad Assessmet Cetral to a effective studet experiece are the learig, teachig ad assessmet which take place withi the academic programme. I cosequece, a essetial elemet of our strategy over the ext five years is for Liverpool Joh Moores Uiversity to be kow as a excellet teachig istitutio. Academic ehacemet will be a priority for the Uiversity ad our academic staff. We must esure a widespread culture of egagemet with the scholarship of Learig, Teachig ad Assessmet ad curricula desig, as well as scholarship that ehaces the curricula cotet. We will use our activities i research ad scholarship to cotribute to a itellectually excitig, challegig ad motivatioal learig eviromet. We must liste to our studets, workig with them to help us improve. We must seek out the very best practice withi the Uiversity ad across the sector ad we must vigorously esure its successful adoptio ad implemetatio. This will be a essetial resposibility for all academic staff ad for those supportig the ehacemet ageda. The programme of study will become the focus for the quality of the studet experiece. Staff ad studets will be clearly idetified with their respective courses, ad the programmes will be maaged with rigour. World of work skills remai a key elemet of our programmes ad from 2012 broze level skills will be fully embedded ad assessed for each programme. All programmes of a professioal ature will ehace their employability value to graduatig studets by beig accredited by the appropriate professioal body. I cosequece we will be. A uiversity that delivers excellet teachig. A uiversity that actively promotes the idetificatio, dissemiatio ad implemetatio of the very best practice i learig, teachig ad assessmet. A uiversity with curricula demostrably liked to research ad scholarship, world of work skills ad etrepreeurship. A uiversity that uses research ad scholarship to provide a stimulatig ad excitig learig eviromet. A uiversity where every professioal programme is recogised ad accredited by the appropriate professioal body. Ad our actios will iclude. Ispirig ad challegig our studets i their learig ad developig robust processes for self-directed learig. Cosiderig the eeds of our diverse studet body to esure a high quality learig experiece for all studets. Egagig studets fully with all aspects of the learig experiece, particularly at the programme level. Providig studets with high quality support for all aspects of their learig experiece. Regular reviews of teachig space to esure it is appropriate for use ad ehaces ad supports studet learig. A commitmet from academic ad relevat professioal services staff to iitial ad cotiual professioal developmet related to learig, teachig ad assessmet.
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Strategic Pla 2012-2017 13 Academic staff routiely sharig learig, teachig ad assessmet practices i order to ehace the studet experiece. Cofidet ad active use of techology by staff to ehace ad support the studet learig experiece. Buildig quality ehacemet ito all aspects of programme plaig ad delivery as a core resposibility for all staff. Respodig to the Studet Voice o all matters relatig to Learig, Teachig ad Assessmet. Ad we will measure this by. Natioal Studet Survey Score - the Teachig o my Course ad Assessmet ad Feedback. Percetage of staff with teachig related qualificatio ad/or HEA accreditatio. Good hoours degree outcomes. Studet retetio outcomes. Embeddig Research ad Scholarship Research ad scholarship must be a essetial part of the Uiversity, beig both a ed i itself, ad as a meas of providig the itellectual ifrastructure ecessary to support high quality ad ispiratioal teachig, key skills developmet, kowledge trasfer ad the geeratio of ecoomic beefit. Liverpool Joh Moores Uiversity has areas of research that are world-leadig. We must maitai these whilst ecouragig the developmet of those areas of high potetial. We recogise that to ehace our research stadig, more work eeds to be doe to esure these beefits are realised cosistetly across the Uiversity. This meas that we will require all academic staff to egage i research ad/or scholarship that supports ad uderpis our other core activities, ad that research ad/or scholarship capability will feature strogly i academic recruitmet. Quite deliberately our strategy does ackowledge the various levels of capability existig at the Uiversity. By ecessity this strategy limits the capacity for worldleadig research to selected Istitutes ad Cetres. However, scholarship is a essetial differetiator betwee uiversities ad other higher educatio providers ad this must form the cetrepiece for the persoal developmet of all academic staff i order to maitai a leadig edge of academic currecy that trasfers to the curricula ad owards to our studets. I cosequece we will be. A uiversity that supports ad develops targeted areas of world-leadig research excellece ad which ecourages emergig areas of excellece with potetial for iteratioal impact. A uiversity that supports the developmet of a vibrat ad sustaiable research ad scholarship eviromet, firmly liked to learig ad teachig. A uiversity that iitiates ad supports research collaboratio with parters. A uiversity where scholarship is cetral to the persoal developmet of every member of academic staff. Ad our actios will iclude. Maitaiig ad growig research capability with a focus o beig recogised for research excellece. Fosterig a commuity of scholarship by esurig that scholarship uderpis teachig ad academic support ad promotig studet egagemet with scholarly activity appropriate to their level of study. Establishig research ad scholarship as a itegral part of our academic staff recruitmet, iductio, developmet ad reward processes.
14 Liverpool Joh Moores Uiversity Maximisig research fudig opportuities. Usig parterships to exted our research quality ad capability. Maximisig the impact of our research to deliver ecoomic, cultural ad social beefits. Esurig a high level of visibility for our research activity, iterally ad exterally. Maitaiig a strog support ifrastructure for research ad scholarship. Ad we will measure this by. The REF 2014 outcome. Research grat icome. Research outputs. Citatios. Social ad Ecoomic Egagemet Liverpool Joh Moores Uiversity is a socially resposible istitutio. We are viewed by idustry, commerce, ad the public ad ot-for-profit sectors as part of a strog UK kowledge ecoomy. As such we will cotiue to egage with these sectors o a rage of commercial ad social projects based firmly i iovative ad value-addig kowledge ad techology trasfer activities. I this way we will cotiue to develop our reputatio as a leadig uiversity that delivers positive impact to the atioal ad global ecoomy ad to society at large. We are aware of our impact as a orgaisatio withi our local commuity. We cotiue to recogise our resposibilities as a major employer ad cotributor to the local ecoomy. Equally we seek to miimise our evirometal impact ad ecourage resposible ad ethical behaviour. We defie our social resposibilities uder four clear headigs: Resposible Employer Tradig with Itegrity Commuity Sustaiable Eviromet Although clearly a uiversity of our city ad regio, we do ot limit our egagemet to a arrow geography. We must recogise that we have global resposibilities ad we will embrace opportuities to make a positive impact o the world. A clear iteratioalisatio policy will uderpi this ambitio, ad will give a cosistet steer to how we recruit ad support iteratioal studets, ad work i partership with overseas istitutios ad global employers to achieve a deservedly high global reputatio. I cosequece we will be. A uiversity that supports the local, atioal ad global ecoomy with iovative kowledge ad techology exchage. A uiversity that promotes the realisatio of studet talet. A uiversity aware of its civic, social ad evirometal resposibilities ad which discharges these with vigour ad ethusiasm. A uiversity that is globally egaged ad embraces iteratioalisatio to the beefit of its studets, staff ad parters. Ad our actios will iclude. Optimisig the LJMU brad through high profile evets, activity etworks ad publicity. Facilitatig ad developig strog, high quality, logterm parterships ad collaboratios with academic, idustrial ad orgaisatioal UK ad overseas parters.
Strategic Pla 2012-2017 15 Growig ad optimisig our iteratioal portfolio through a ew iteratioalisatio strategy. Developig further a strog uiversity to stakeholder brad with a supportig marketig pla. Developig ew products, services ad etworks i respose to eed. Creatig wealth via busiess start-ups, jobs created ad busiess ad commerce. Facilitatig cotact betwee the academic commuity ad small busiess as a catalyst for iovatio i the city-regio. The active pursuit of the Uiversity s Carbo Maagemet Programme. Workig i partership with the LiverpoolSU Commuity Represetatives Scheme to promote the positive impact of studets withi the local commuity. Ad we will measure this by. The umber of public lectures, evets, ad exhibitios for the public to atted. Kowledge/techology exchage, etrepreeurship ad regeeratio activity atioally ad iteratioally. Carbo Maagemet Programme performace.
16 Liverpool Joh Moores Uiversity Strategy Map 2012-2017 Visio To be To recogised be recogised as a as moder a moder civic Civic uiversity Uiversity deliverig deliverig solutios solutios to to the the challeges of of the 21st cetury Key outcomes for our stakeholders A uiversity kow for excellet teachig withi a academically egagig ad supportive studet experiece that produces graduates who, as citizes, are prepared for life ad the world of work; ad are valued as cotributors to society. A uiversity where scholarship is at our core ad our Research Istitutes are recogised as beacos of excellece that provide ispiratio ad motivatio to staff, studets ad society. A uiversity which is true to its values ad is recogised globally as a drivig force that through partership, supports wealth creatio, social well-beig, culture ad the arts withi the City-Regio ad beyod. Core aims Establishig ad Ehacig the Studet Partership Excellece i Learig, Teachig ad Assessmet Embeddig Research ad Scholarship Social ad Ecoomic Egagemet Supportig aims A uiversity that reletlessly pursues excellece ad quality i all its activities ad is committed to a programme of cotiuous ehacemet ad moitorig. A uiversity that provides a fair, supportive ad ecouragig workig ad learig eviromet with which studets ad staff egage resposibly. A uiversity that embraces techology to the positive advatage of studets, staff ad parters. A uiversity whose estate ad ifrastructure are exemplars of the moder city-based campus. Fiacial aims A uiversity that is fiacially sustaiable with excellet fiacial stewardship ad that cotiues to make strategic ivestmet i the future.
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