Kent Uni 2025 Strategy: World-Class Education & Research, Lecture notes of Voice

Download Kent Uni 2025 Strategy: World-Class Education & Research and more Lecture notes Voice in PDF only on Docsity! The UK's European university University of Kent UNIVERSITY m OF KENT | STRATEGY 2025 S 2 University of Kent Strategy 2025 5www.kent.ac.uk AMBITIONS AND ACTIONS To deliver this vision we have re-stated our ambitions and actions in relation to our core activity of Education, Research and Engagement and identified a set of strategic priority areas to focus on. These are set out below: Education and student experience We will offer one of the best education and student experiences in the UK Research and innovation We will undertake research and innovation that is of the highest standards judged by international comparators Engagement, impact and civic mission We will be a leading civic university 6 University of Kent Strategy 2025 7www.kent.ac.uk EDUCATION AND STUDENT EXPERIENCE In order to become one of the very best universities in the country for education and student experience, we will take the following actions: • Review our portfolio of programmes and modules, aligned with work to set out the size and shape of the University over the next five years. In particular, we will grow and expand science, engineering, medicine, and creative, cultural and digital programmes. We will ensure our portfolio is viable and reflects the diverse needs and best interests of our students. • Reward and share great teaching practice and innovation to help flexible and creative delivery that develops independent learners and develop a coherent and rewarding career pathway for excellent educators to achieve their full potential. • Embed our best practice in access and widening participation, supporting student attainment, providing mental health support and enabling employability. • Embed our graduate attributes of Confidence, Creativity and Innovation, Critical Reflection, Global/Cultural Awareness, Integrity and Accountability, Intellectual Curiosity and Resilience into our courses and wider University experience. • Enhance pathways through education by expanding the number of programmes that offer an intercalated year, opportunities for a year in industry or abroad, Higher and Degree Apprenticeships, work-based learning and online learning. • Enable students to contribute to their curricular and co-curricular experience through co-production – building a sense of being part of an academic community enhancing student voice and engagement. • Raise our profile and student recruitment in and beyond London and the South East. Make use of key partnerships and geographies in our international recruitment and increase the proportion of international students. We will refocus our marketing and recruitment practices to respond to the rapidly changing environment. 10 University of Kent Strategy 2025 ENGAGEMENT, IMPACT AND CIVIC MISSION In order to give enhanced emphasis to our civic mission, delivering social, educational, cultural, public and economic benefits across Kent and Medway, we will take the following actions: • Build on recent civic initiatives such as the Kent and Medway Medical School, the Institute for Cultural and Creative Industries and the Centre for Higher and Degree Apprenticeships and use them as exemplars of regional contribution and impact. • Profile our sponsorship of secondary schools and student and staff volunteering as demonstrable ways in which we make a difference to our local communities. • Work in partnership with organisations in Kent and Medway to support activity which brings resources into the region, enables economic growth and contributes to long term sustainability and quality of life in Kent. • Work with disadvantaged groups across the region in order to promote access to the university. • Actively promote access to our campuses and resources, facilities, research and international expertise, open lectures and archives and building a sense of community and engagement with the university. • Embed sustainability through building the UN Sustainable Development Goals into our research, education, leadership, operations, administration and engagement. • Refresh our alumni relations strategy and deliver a fundraising campaign that supports our strategic ambitions. 11www.kent.ac.uk STRATEGIC PROJECTS The priority areas below are specific projects we need to take forward over the next 5-7 years in order to achieve our core ambitions and our vision for 2025. An exciting vision for Medway The University has been offering higher education in Medway for over 20 years, since 2005 as part of the ‘Universities at Medway’ initiative, with a mission to provide access to Higher Education in an area of disadvantage. Over this period the university has played an important role in the Medway locality working with partner universities, Medway Council and the Historic Dockyard to bring about significant change and regeneration to the area. However, we now need a fresh and exciting vision for our Medway campus activity which addresses current student recruitment challenges and staff and student experiences as well as our wider civic mission within the Medway region. In particular, we need to build identity and purpose that is distinct from our Canterbury campus, offer and student experience under the umbrella of the University of Kent overall mission.We have identified core strengths, and associated demand, in creative and digital industries, health and well-being, in innovation and business oriented programmes, as well as expertise in supporting further and higher degree apprenticeships and work based learning. We will foster an approach to delivery which emphasises agility, creativity and innovation and to creating a student experience which responds to the changing demographic of students. We need to be more engaged with and open to the local Medway community and work in partnership with the historic Dockyard and Medway Council. 12 University of Kent Strategy 2025 15www.kent.ac.uk DP C 12 81 94 1 /1 9