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1. Our Aims
To achieve its Vision and to ensure that it is enshrined in the day-to-day
operations of the
University the institution has set five core strategic aims. Four of these core
strategic aims
relate to what the University will seek to achieve and one relates to how the
University will
seek to go about its business. These are to:
Provide excellent learning
opportunities which are student
centred and client focused. |
Undertake excellent research
in selected areas of activity. |
Maintain the University’s
position as a sector
leader in widening access
to higher education. |
Establish the
University
as a sector leader
promoting creativity
and innovation. |
Conduct
business in line
with the University’s core
values and to the highest
standards of corporate
governance. |
Underpinning these core strategic aims are five cross-cutting supporting
aims. These are to:
| Contribute to the economic, social and
cultural development of the region and to promote the University and
the region internationally. |
| Contribute to economic, social and cultural
inclusion in the region. |
| Recognise and reward staff who contribute
to the achievement of excellence. |
| Exploit the University’s multi-campus and
unitary structure to realise successfully its vision. |
| Ensure financial sustainability and work
towards the achievement of environmental sustainability. |
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