We will enhance our position as a leading modern university through the delivery of excellent teaching, through engagement in research of international quality and in knowledge services of the highest standard, enabling us to make a major contribution to social, cultural, educational and economic development.
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Excellence and values Excellence is at the heart of our strategy. We aim for the highest quality in all we do, achieved through a culture of evaluation and continuous enhancement. The full commitment of our staff and constructive staff support and development are essential to the delivery of our vision for the success of the University.
We will be a socially responsible university, serious about inclusivity and committed to improving social mobility. We will maintain the highest levels of academic and professional integrity and will ensure that we deliver our obligations in relation to corporate social responsibility. Our strategy will be driven by values of equality, openness, tolerance and respect. We will demonstrate and expect of others ethical and responsible behaviours.
Strategic Commitments 
As a major distinctive feature of our provision, we will exploit the interrelations and interdependencies of teaching, fundamental and applied research, and our work in knowledge services, to benefit our students and partners. Securely founded in the disciplines, we will create a knowledge base that is leading edge and relevant and our activities will make a major contribution to cross-disciplinary and thematic developments. We will maintain a broad base of subjects, and levels and modes of study, built on foundations of research and professional practice.
We will be transformative in our educational vision, known for outstanding, innovative and inspiring teaching and support for learning, which will deliver life-enhancing opportunities for our students. We will provide high quality support for our students’ academic and personal development and for their preparation for successful and rewarding future careers. We will ensure that our curriculum enables students to develop the skills and capabilities we specify as defining the Portsmouth graduate and that we embed employability as a core aspect of our teaching. Our students at all levels will experience intellectual challenge and a curriculum informed by the best and most up-to-date research and professional practice. We will work more closely with students to enhance all aspects of their experience.
Our research and knowledge services will be of excellent quality and supportive of our ambitions for outstanding teaching. Our strategy for research will be ambitious, selective and oriented to impact. It will be responsive to the external research context and funding opportunities, so that we maximise research income in order to create a sustainable research environment. We will create a new structure and strategy for knowledge services which will support expansion of our activities and raise the University’s profile as a provider of choice for research-led innovation.
We aspire to be the first choice for students, educational and research partners and those accessing our knowledge services. In order to achieve this, we will ensure that our educational, research and commercial offer is of the highest quality and relevance, and that we demonstrate responsiveness, flexibility and an enterprising approach in all our activities. Our students and graduates are a testimony to our success and we will ensure that our continued relationship with them through our Alumni Association is strengthened.
We will develop and enhance the estate and facilities of the University to support our core business. This will require a combined strategic approach across the University and significant further investment to ensure that our estate and facilities are first class. We will create an operating environment which is effective, efficient and addresses environmental and financial sustainability.
Our commitment to social inclusion will be demonstrated in our recruitment of and support for students from under-represented social groups. Our Admissions Policy will reflect this commitment and our Education Strategy will recognise the diverse academic and personal needs of our students.
We have a special responsibility to our local community, particularly in the city of Portsmouth. In addition to the economic benefit we bring and our location in the heart of the city, our influence will extend to the provision of intellectual and cultural leadership, support for educational aspiration and attainment and benefits to businesses and local organisations through our knowledge services and student volunteering programmes. We will seek further opportunities to contribute to strategic discussions and actions around the planning and development of the city.
Our business is also global, most immediately in terms of our recruitment, overseas partnerships and research strategy, but as significantly, in the global perspective of our curriculum, promoting a world view essential for contemporary employment and professional development. We are able to harness our global networks and influence to benefit our students and partners, and will seek to extend our international collaborations in relation to all three core strategies.
Implementing the Strategy Our ambitions will be delivered largely through three key strategies: Education, Research and Knowledge Services. Each has its own aims, targets and performance indicators. The high level aims are presented here.
Education
Our vision for Education is to provide an excellent, inspiring and challenging educational experience underpinned by research, scholarship and professional and ethical practice, through which our students will be able to achieve personal, academic and career success. This will be achieved through the following aims:
Research
Our vision for Research recognises that research excellence and innovation are integral to our overall strategy and to our strategies for Education and Knowledge Services. Our goal is to address fundamental and strategically important questions and to deliver economic, social and cultural impact at regional, national and international levels, through engagement in internationally-leading research activities and collaborations. This will be achieved through the following aims:
Knowledge Services
Our vision for Knowledge Services is to expand our provision of quality-assured knowledge services commissioned by other organisations to improve their efficiency, effectiveness or profitability. These services are underpinned by our excellence in teaching and research, contributing to and making use of the high- level skills of our staff and our state-of-the- art facilities. This will be achieved through the following aims:
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