Staff Briefing2nd April 2014

Professor Wendy PurcellVice-Chancellor and President

Advancing knowledge and

transforming lives through

education and research

National changes still coming …

Scholarly academic

community

But important things stay the same!

We are:

Up 5% on 2012/13

Up 4% as first choice

Up 11% for international

Staff Survey – doing well at …• 93% of staff feel trusted to do their job

• 88% of staff identify with our mission

• 88% understood how their role contributedto the student experience

• 87% feel valued by colleagues, studentsand service users

Capita Benchmarking‘employer of choice’• 5th / 49 HEIs• 35th / 307 employers

Staff Survey – get better at …

• Leading and managing change

• Communicating change to staff

• Cascading information to staff

• Making staff feel valued by the University

• Anchor Institutions

• SMEs

• Innovation & HEIF

• Student Engagement

• Sustainable Institutions

Universities at the heart of economic growth

“Universities have extraordinary potential to enhance economic growth.”Witty Review, Final Report & Recommendations, October 2013

PLYMOUTH CITY DEAL

Beyond budgeting

• How the sector is changed/has changed

WHAT WE DO HERE MATTERS ...

“when you put ambition and opportunity together you can

change the world – that is why[I chose] Plymouth”

Lord Jonathan Kestenbaum

Plymouth University Chancellor

Inaugural Speech, 5th December 2013

Staff Briefing2nd April 2014