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People

To be an employer of choice by creating a culture that attracts, supports, and retains people that are passionate about delivering leading-edge education and research.

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Strategy 2030

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Gail Brindley, Director of Human Resources

Our priorities:

  1. Excellence in leadership and management.
  2. Attract, develop and retain high-performing people and teams.
  3. Modern infrastructure that supports people capability.
  4. Leadership in equality, diversity and inclusion, and employee mental health and wellbeing.

We will achieve these priorities through living our values and ensuring that we are:

  • An inclusive employer that is a leader in delivering inclusive, equitable and diverse education, research and professional services.
  • A leader in promoting the mental health and wellbeing of all our staff, helping them thrive and succeed in the roles and teams that they are a part of

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People enabling strategy KPIs

By 2030, we will know we have been successful if:

As an organisation,

  • 80% of staff recommend us as a place to work
  • We have eliminated our gender pay gap and closed our other pay gaps (BAME, disability and LGBT+).
  • We have established our leadership for inclusivity, mental health and wellbeing by achieving an ambitious race action plan, high accreditation standards for Athena Swan, Disability Confidence, Race Equality, Stonewall and Student Minds University Mental Health Charters.

As staff members, everyone

  • Feels pride in the work they have done to deliver our ambitious strategy.
  • Feels that their background, difference and lived experience is valued at the university.
  • Can reach their potential in their work, being able to adapt to a modern digital working environment.
  • Is recognised for the impact of their work to deliver transformative education, research and sustainability.

Delivering our strategies

Find out more about how our departments and faculties are working to deliver on our people sub-strategy.

Achieve excellence in leadership and management

We will have excellence in leadership and management, demonstrating the values and principles of the university and supporting the goals of the institution.

Attract, develop and retain high-performing people and teams

We will recruit, develop and nurture our staff so they can achieve impactful high performance, and have support for their career aspirations.

Offer a modern infrastructure that supports people capability

Our systems, policies and procedures will be more intuitive, integrated and simplified to support people’s effectiveness in work.

Be a leader in equality, diversity and inclusion, and employee mental health and wellbeing

We will embed an approach to equality, diversity and inclusion that values our unique identities and contributions in everything we do, making us a positive force for change.