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Securing Successful Futures - Staffordshire University

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Measures<br />

of<br />

success<br />

Students Key targets<br />

Exceed the UK national average overall satisfaction<br />

score as measured by the National Student Survey<br />

by three points by 2017<br />

Be in the top 50 of universities as measured by The<br />

Guardian League Table by 2017<br />

Ensure all undergraduate programmes deliver the<br />

<strong>Staffordshire</strong> Graduate from 2012<br />

Secure a 5% increase each year in outreach activities<br />

Continue to meet or exceed national access<br />

benchmarks<br />

Secure year-on-year improvements in the quality of<br />

delivery of the <strong>Staffordshire</strong> Graduate as measured<br />

through annual monitoring from 2013 onwards<br />

Facilitate a work-related opportunity for every student<br />

by 2017<br />

Achieve 85% students securing graduate employment<br />

or further study within six months of graduation<br />

Become a top 40 UK university for graduate<br />

employability<br />

Secure an overall full-time undergraduate student<br />

retention rate of at least 90%<br />

Secure an annual increase in the number of major<br />

employers and professional bodies involved in<br />

collaborative programme development<br />

Staff Key targets<br />

Increase our levels of employee engagement as<br />

measured by the Employee Engagement Survey to<br />

achieve a Best Companies First Class rating by 2017<br />

All members of staff to engage in at least one<br />

pedagogic professional development activity per year -<br />

pedagogic for academic staff and profession related<br />

for professional support staff<br />

All new substantive learning and teaching staff to have<br />

gained the PgCHPE (Postgraduate Certificate in Higher<br />

and Professional Education) or equivalent within the<br />

first two years of employment<br />

All existing learning and teaching staff to be<br />

encouraged and supported to attain Fellowship of the<br />

Higher Education Academy and/or the PgCHPE<br />

A further five National Teaching Fellows to have been<br />

recognised by 2017<br />

Improved performance against national measures<br />

of research excellence (including the REF, outputs<br />

produced, conference papers delivered, impact upon<br />

professions, practice and academia) through increased<br />

investment and support for key thematic areas of<br />

research excellence<br />

Achieve a consistent increase in the numbers of staff<br />

engaged in curriculum related research (broadly<br />

defined), enterprise and advanced scholarship towards<br />

100% participation by academic staff over the planning<br />

period<br />

22 <strong>University</strong> Plan 2012 - 2017

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