Our strategic plan for the period 2010-15 sets out the vision of the University to enhance its position as one of the world’s great, broad based, research intensive universities.

We are now facing the demands of an uncertain and challenging public sector funding environment.  This will place significant constraints on our income as, along with the rest of the UK higher education sector, we are subject to real-term reductions in Government funding and increased competition for resources. The University’s staff are capable of responding to the challenges that lie ahead.

This plan launches a process which helps each member of staff appreciate the ways in which their role contributes to the future success of the University.

In summary, the strategy’s three main themes are:

•    Focus,

•    Global Reach and

•    Multidisciplinarity.

We will focus on the needs of our students and research funders.  We will ensure that our investments align with our strategic priorities and streamline our systems and processes to remove duplication of effort and minimise bureaucracy.  When combined, these actions will lead to a sustainable academic profile.

We will extend our global reach to become a more international university: developing a multicultural community of students and staff; providing an educational experience that prepares students for global political and social environments; developing international alliances and partnerships to build capability and capacity in research, education and enterprise; introducing postgraduate degree programmes that have demand in the international market; and  raising the profile and reputation of the University of Glasgow globally.

We will foster multi-disciplinary activity through the support and development of networks of researchers. We will create world-leading thematic multidisciplinary research institutes aligned to the strategic needs of our research funders. We will establish innovative, interdisciplinary degree programmes, primarily at the postgraduate level, that combine elements from the breadth of our research strengths.

The pdf is made available here so that all staff can read the full document. A plain version in MS Word is also offered as an alternative.

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First published: 31 August 2010