World-class researchers with world-changing impact
Strategy for 2015 – 2020
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Values
The shared motivations and beliefs which bring our community together
Passionate
Weare:
- Creative, curious and deeply committed to the pursuit and sharing of knowledge.
- Dedicated to our students, actively seeking to develop their skills, knowledge, understanding and sense of citizenship.
- Ambitious, adventurous and confident, with the courage to accept and balance the risk of failure with reward in the pursuit of progress.
Professional
We are committed to:
- Striving for excellence in everything we do, undertaking our work with pride and care, and offering the very best service to our students, customers, partners and colleagues.
- Embracing diversity and difference and treating colleagues, students, visitors and others with respect.
- Sharing our work openly and actively, seeking out opportunities to collaborate with our local and international partners.
Progressive
Webelievethat:
- We have a social and environmental responsibility to undertake our work in an ethical and sustainable manner.
- Studying at our University should be possible for anyone with the necessary talent, commitment and potential, regardless of background or belief.
- We should use our work to benefit and enhance Glasgow, the West of Scotland and the global community wherever possible.
People: staff
A working culture that rewards and empowers
Research, teaching and engagement give our University community purpose, but it is people who drive our success. We won’t achieve our ambitions without talented, passionate and motivated staff; and so it’s vital that Glasgow provides a world-class working environment.
Attracting Talent
We want to be an employer of choice for exceptional people. Wewill:
- Recruit staff who will reflect and uphold our values.
- Develop innovative contracts, support packages and other incentives to remain competitive across the sector and bring the best to Glasgow.
Supporting Development
We want our people to invest in Glasgow for the long term. Wewill:
- Develop staff in line with our values and reward them for their commitment and contribution to our success.
- Take a longer-term view of staff performance and assess individuals’ contributions with reference to the strategic needs of their teams and units.
- Ensure that all roles have a credible long-term career path within the University, identifying progression routes and addressing succession planning.
Leading transformation
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A culture of excellence requires inspirational leadership at all levels. Wewill:
- Reward achievement, reject mediocrity and celebrate success.
- Provide comprehensive leadership development opportunities for current and future leaders.
- Pursue greater equality and diversity in appointments, particularly at the senior level.
- Staffengagement: 90%
We will ensure that Glasgow continues to be a place where people are proud to work and achieve at least a 90% level of overall staff satisfaction in each biennial staff survey.
- Genderequality: 33%
We will continue to grow the proportion of women in senior managerial, professional and professorial roles and aim for at least 33%.
Purpose: teaching
A learning partnership between staff and students
A responsive learning environment underpinned by passionate and motivated teaching is vital to the quality of the Glasgow student experience. We must offer a more flexible model of learning to our students and ensure that teaching staff are properly valued and supported.
Connected learning
New technologies are inspiring a revolution in the way we teach and students learn. Wewill:
- Invest in our virtual learning environments and network infrastructure.
- Bring global audiences to Glasgow through online and distance learning.
- Use the digital space to enhance the learning experience of campus-based students, enabling a flexible ‘learn anywhere’ approach to study.
- Target investment to support staff in engaging with the opportunities brought by connected learning.
Rewarding teaching
Teaching lies at the heart of our purpose and should be respected accordingly. Wewill:
- Refresh our training to better support staff as professional scholars and educators.
- Introduce reforms to staff progression and recognition to rebalance esteem between teaching and research.
- Review and rebalance administrative support for teaching across the University.
Responsivecurricula
Our teaching must be research-led, forward-looking and adaptable to the needs of students worldwide. Wewill:
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- Prioritise the learning, understanding and progression of our students.
- Provide the leadership, time and resources needed for staff to develop their teaching skills and enhance course content.
- Streamline the course design and approval processes.
- Undergraduatesatisfaction: 91%
We will achieve at least 91% overall satisfaction in the undergraduate National Student Survey.
- Assessmentandfeedback: 75%
We will enhance student assessment and feedback to achieve an average of 75% in questions 5-9 in the National Student Survey.
- Undergraduateprogression: 90%
We will work to ensure that every year 90% of our students progress in their studies.
- Jobprospects: 94%
At least 94% of our students will be in employment or further study six months after graduation.
Purpose: research
World-class researchers with world-changing impact
Glasgow has truly exceptional expertise within each of its colleges. Bringing our multidisciplinary talent together creates teams capable of tackling the most pressing challenges facing local and global society.
Prioritising excellence
Pursuing research excellence demands focus within strategically defined areas. Wewill:
- Attract, retain and foster excellent researchers through targeted investment.
- Value, recognise and reward quality over quantity of outputs.
- Create analytical criteria to monitor, assess and shape our profile over the long term.
Expanding support
World-class research requires first-class support. Wewill:
- Secure additional large research and training centres to drive clusters of excellence.
- Extend our excellent mentoring and career development opportunities for postgraduate research students and early career researchers.
- Invest in the digital infrastructure necessary for managing modern research datasets.
- Promote knowledge exchange activity and enable academics to enhance the relevance and impact of their research.
Diversifying income
Broadening our pool of funders minimises risk and maximises sustainability. Wewill:
- Prioritise the sourcing of additional external research funding pathways.
- Proactively drive the funder agenda and shape funder strategies.
- Provide coordination and support to teams seeking larger grants.
- Develop new mechanisms to promote interaction with industry and other external stakeholders using funding from Innovate UK and European sources.
- Researchincome: 5th
We will achieve an average research income per academic that places us in the top 5 of the Russell Group.
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- Staffholdinggrants: 65%
At least 65% of staff will hold research funding.
- PGR population: 1.9
We will grow our research postgraduate population to achieve a PGR to academic ratio of 1.9 by 2020.
- Researchoutputquality: continualimprovement
We will support our staff to produce world class work and thereby increase the number of outputs considered to be world leading each year.
Purpose: engagement
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