Andrew

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Professor Robert Allison Vice-Chancellor and
President
ILM Presentation Delivering the Universitys
Strategy
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Personal Experience of strategy and strategic
plans

• Lecturer at University College London
• Lecturer, Reader, Professor, Head of Department,
  Executive Dean at Durham University
• Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Research), Deputy
  Vice-Chancellor at Sussex University
• Vice-Chancellor and President, Loughborough
  University

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How is a strategy helpful?

• Strategy development helps us think about the
  future, strengths and weaknesses, where we want
  to be
• Generates a shared view of what we are aiming for
• Tells the outside world what we are about / what
  we do (and what we dont do)
• Assists with aligning resource (people, assets
  and money) with what we want to achieve
• Sets the context for annual planning round
• Provides a focus for Council

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Developing our next strategy

• When is the right time?
• Consultative and collaborative process
• Understand the external environment
• Review current strategy and whats been achieved
• Think about where we want to be 10 year vision
• Generate evidence base internally (strengths and
  weaknesses) and externally (competitor analysis)
• Wide ranging consultation, including joint Senate
  / Council Away Day
• Preparation of draft led by Vice-Chancellor
• Further consultation and revision
• Approval by Council
• Implementation the hard bit
• current strategy runs to 2016

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Some early thoughts from a new Vice-Chancellor

• Strengths
• Brand to die for
• Collegiality and committed University community
• Research led
• Outstanding teaching, learning and student
  experience
• Strong Enterprise agenda
• Other assets campus, alumni, Charnwood
• Challenges
• International reach
• Funding environment teaching and learning and
  research
• My leadership and management never done this
  job before

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And Ive said nothing about.

• Delivery of strategy through operational planning
• Developing Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and
  monitoring progress
• Links to finance and budgeting
• Managing the associated risks
• Engaging the community and getting people to take
  responsibility
• Maintaining flexibility (a strategy shouldnt be
  a stone edifice)

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Questions and discussion
Thank you for the role you play in delivering
excellence at Loughborough University