To Educate

We will develop a Winchester student experience which is recognisable for its quality and consistency across the University. Every student should enjoy a dynamic and interesting active learning experience, underpinned by the unique characteristics and requirements of each subject discipline. We will enhance our reputation for teaching excellence by refining the balance of support and challenge to ensure that our students develop as independent learners. We will support timely and effective professional development for staff, to help them grow as reflective practitioners with a clear understanding of the educational gains that we expect our students to achieve and enjoy at each stage of their university journey.

We will map out for our students the possibilities and opportunities that higher education creates. We will provide them with a clearly articulated route through higher education, and into the world of work, developing their love of learning and supporting them in their career aspirations, whether in employment or self-employment. This will include a focused suite of high quality, flexibly delivered postgraduate taught courses, onto which our students can progress from their undergraduate study. Skills development, including the development of both subject specific and soft skills, will be embedded in every academic course. We will shape our approach to developing and delivering our courses to ensure that students are in the best possible place to go on to succeed in their chosen career, and live a life full of meaning and purpose.

We will work to develop the best of the digital environment to enrich our students’ opportunities to learn and build the digital capabilities and cognitive flexibility that will allow them to adapt and thrive in the ever-changing world. Our graduates will be ready for the evolution of the future workplace and able to seize opportunities presented by the changing economy, green jobs and digital advances. We will continually evolve the ways in which we engage with our students to build up a sense of learning as a shared endeavour. We will offer opportunities for our students to explore their subject interests and their interest in the wider world, as part of our approach to support and develop the ‘whole person’.

Working closely with employers, we will further develop our offering of professional education, to meet regional needs. This will include introducing new subject areas, as well as growing and investing in existing courses.

We will seek to grow and diversify our University community, offering opportunities for home students to explore other countries and cultures and increasing the opportunities for international students to work and study with us. We will build closer relationships with a small number of high-quality international institutions in order to grow our international profile and offering.