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Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê Strategic Plan 2022-27

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ForewordÌýby Dr Michael Spence, President & Provost

Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê is an extraordinary place, filled with people with a hunger for excellence and strong creative drive. Over the last decade, these qualities have accelerated our rise into the ranks of the very best universities in the world...

Vision, mission and values

Our vision and mission were developed as part ofÌýÏã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê 2034Ìý– a 20-year strategy for the university. This Strategic Plan aims to build on the trajectory established by that process and the framework to which it gave rise...

Introduction

InÌýÏã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê 2034, published in 2014 as a 20-year strategy for the university, we described ourselves as ‘London’s Global University’, with a clear mission to act for the long-term benefit of humanity. That description is an evolution of our foundational narrative....

About this plan

This strategic plan has been developed following extensive consultation, discussion and engagement. Consultation began in October 2021, and we have published seven discussion papers plus the draft Strategic Plan over the past year...

Academic initiatives

The strength of an institution such as Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê has been, and will always remain, the excellence of the education, research, and innovation that goes on in our departments and faculties.Ìý It is a deep commitment to disciplinary excellence, and to creating space for the disciplines to innovate, that has placed us amongst the world’s leading universities...

Enabling priorities

One of the strongest themes in the consultation feedback was the need to invest in improving services and the physical and digital infrastructure. ÌýTo make this happen, we need to find ways to free up the resource we spend on complexity and duplication and redirect this into simpler, more effective ways of working...

Living our values

Finally, we come to an area of focus that is clearly of great significance to many at Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê. Community, relationships and dialogue between disparate groups are all vital for the success of a university and for fostering a culture of trust and mutual accountability, which was a strong theme through feedback to the consultation...

Delivering and performance

Clear governance structures will be put in place to ensure effective oversight and delivery of the priorities in this Strategic Plan, and so that we operate in line with our principles of transparency and accountability...

Conclusion

We remain a place of learning that is committed to excellence in research and teaching, to the discovery of new and useful knowledge, working with our partners around the world...