Transcript Andrew - Loughborough University

How the
University Works
Presented by:
Jon Walker
Director of Enterprise Development
Building Excellence Strategy – Our Values
 Respect each other and celebrate our diversity
 Recognise and reward excellence in our staff for their contribution
and commitment
 Be inclusive and value the views of our staff, students, alumni and
partners
 Respect the communities and environments in which we operate
 Work together as a team with professionalism and integrity
 Take pride in being the very best we can be
Staff Survey
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Staff Survey 2012 has been recently completed
92% agreed the University is a good place to work
91% feel the University delivers good quality service
Previous survey in 2008 had equally high scores
 “Mutual Respect” already highlighted as a key feature of
Loughborough.
Higher Education Sector
 HE is Distinctive
 Highly Collaborative/Collegial AND
 Increasingly Competitive
 “Independence” of academic staff
 Loyalty to subject/discipline as well as Institution
 165 HEI’s (Higher Education Institutions) in the UK
 Where does Loughborough sit?
 Mid-size
 Research Intensive
 Recognised as highly successful and “rising star”
 Distinctive:
- “can do”
- unpretentious
- all staff matter
- extensive external links
Key issues
 Changing funding landscape
 Excellence across Research, Teaching and Enterprise
 To be a top university
 Research is vital
 International reputation growing importance
 Research Assessment
 2008 RAE (Research Assessment Exercise)
 2014 REF (Research Excellence Framework)
 Teaching assessment
 Quality Process and Audits
 NSS (National Student Survey)
Funding model and its implications
 Income:
 Research quality links directly to £ via REF
 Teaching quality does not - volume drivers
 Enterprise growing importance
 Internally:
 Funds go to schools
 Support services paid for from this
 Value for money is crucial
Looking to the future - key documents
 Building Excellence Strategy
 Launched 7th April 2014
 http://www.lboro.ac.uk/strategy/
 Strategy is high level, clear, direct
 Strategic Implementation Plan co-ordinates
Research, Teaching, Enterprise, Sport
 School/Services development plans
 Basis for decisions on resources
Building Excellence Strategy
 Strategic Drivers
 Investing in our staff
 Educating for success
 Growing capacity and influence
 Raising standards and aspirations
 Ambitions – by 2020
 A distinctive international reputation for excellence
 A life-shaping student experience
 Outstanding partnerships to deliver social, economic & cultural prosperity
 A culture of delivering excellence in all that we do
 One outstanding university: two vibrant campuses
Job Families
 Administrative Services
 Management and Specialist
 Operational Services
 Research
 Research, Teaching and Enterprise
 Teaching and Scholarship
 Technical Services
Governance
 Governance and decision making
 Council – Governing body, legal and financial responsibility
 Senate – Senior Academic Body, all academic affairs
 Senior groups often involve lay members of Council
 Lay members are unpaid with business or other expertise
Chancellor and Chair of Council
Sir Nigel Rudd
Chairman of BAA
Former Chairman of Boots, Pilkington Glass
Sir Peter Bonfield
Former CEO at BT
Current directorships include Sony and Ericsson
Loughborough graduate in Engineering
Key bodies
 Academic Leadership Team
 VC, DVC, COO, FD, PVCs, Director of Sport, Deans
 School Senior Management Teams
 Major committees - examples
 Learning and Teaching; Research; Human Resources;
Health, Safety and Environment
 Operations Committee – key resources committee
 Professional Services Management Team
 School/Departmental Meetings
 Team Meetings
Committee Structure
Academic Leadership Team
Vice-Chancellor
Professor Robert Allison
Deputy Vice-Chancellor
Chris Linton
Chief
Operating Officer
Richard Taylor
Pro Vice-Chancellor
(Teaching)
Morag Bell
Pro Vice-Chancellor
(Research)
Steve Rothberg
Director of Sport
Advancement &
Strategy
Peter Keen
Finance Director
Andy Stephens
Academic Leadership Team, cont…..
Prof Alison Yarrington
Prof Jonathan Potter
Prof Rachel Thomson
Prof Angus Laing
Prof Tony Thorpe
Prof Tracy Bhamra
Awaiting Appointment
Prof Mark Biggs
Prof Mark Lewis
Prof Roger Dixon
Prof Mike Caine
(School of the Arts, English and Drama)
(School of Social, Political and Geographical Sciences)
(School of Aeronautical, Automotive, Chemical and Materials Engineering)
(School of Business and Economics)
(School of Civil and Building Engineering)
(Loughborough Design School)
(Wolfson School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering)
(School of Science)
(School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences)
(School of Electronic, Electrical and Systems Engineering)
(Loughborough University in London)
Management Chart (current) – see handout
Communications are Important
 Publications
 Opportunities to get together
– formal and informal
 Web/email
 VC’s Presentations – they are for you!
 Web micro-sites
 New staff website
How it really works here
 What is the University?
 An organisation
 Academic entity
 PEOPLE
 In Practice
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People make it work
Team work, collaboration, co-operation
Great university = Great people
Build your network who can help
We succeed together
 Loughborough is a success
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Sunday Times University of the Year 2008-2009
Strong results in league tables and National Student Survey
Best Student Experience 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010
Awarded 'Best International Students' Union of the Year 2009' by the
National Union of Students (NUS)
 Awarded seven Queen’s Anniversary Prizes (second most in UK)
 Remember you are both a contributor and a beneficiary
 You have made a good choice!