Designing our future: themes
Theme 1: Creating a leading learning and innovation ecosystem
- Our students are at the heart of our University, and we want to deliver an outstanding educational experience. To do this, we'll combine the best of face-to-face and digital learning in all our courses; increase work-based opportunities; and offer activities that enhance academic success and employability.
- Over the next ten years, our aim is to maximise the impact of our research by focusing on areas of key international and regional need. We'll also use our research expertise to enhance our curriculum.
- We always strive to contribute to the economic, social and cultural wellbeing of our region. And so we'll continue to build partnerships with businesses; communicate the impact of our research; and open up our campuses for all to enjoy.
Theme 2: Building and nurturing vibrant university communities
- We will be inclusive and welcoming of all who want to study with us, measuring our success by their success. We'll have a particular focus on continuing to attract and retain international students, and growing our postgraduate student communities.
- Building on our reputation as a good employer, we will focus on attracting and keeping the very best people we can.
- Our aim is to become a university that is greater than the sum of its parts. We will nurture the wider ARU community, including schools and colleges, alumni, and friends and supporters.
Theme 3: Strengthening the underpinning operations of the University
- Building on our reputation for enterprise, we will be known for our use of innovative, user-focused approaches to problem-solving. We will put the needs of those who study and work with us at the forefront of the way we design our activities.
- Our ambition is to be a digital leader. To achieve this, we will build and maintain a digital infrastructure that supports our education and research activities. But we will balance this emerging 'digital campus' with the needs of our three physical campuses.
- We will make the most of our current resources, and work consistently to grow them. We will use data and evidence to identify areas for improvement and investment, focusing resources on priority areas that will deliver the greatest impact.
Our People Strategy is linked to our overarching University strategy.
Read our People Strategy: ARU People 2022
Read our Digital Vision and Implementation Plan 2024-28