2. People

We will continue to develop our ‘whole person’ approach to studying and working as part of the University community. We will build on the existing opportunities for students and staff to enjoy good physical and mental health, and to come together as a community, in activities such as recreational sport and creative classes, as well as opportunities to explore conscious and reflective living.

We will develop our students to become independent learners, compassionate and resilient, confident in themselves and what they have to offer the world. We will underpin this with the support that they may need at each stage of their university journey. We will reimagine our academic personal tutoring, to ensure that students, with hard work and effort, have the best possible opportunity to succeed.

We will attract and select research students with outstanding potential and will support them to succeed within a culture of intellectual challenge and inclusion. We will seek to grow our own excellent researchers by offering a small number of targeted doctoral scholarships in areas of strategic importance to the University.

We will deepen connections with our community of alumni, welcoming them back to the University to work with the next generation of University of Winchester students. We will develop further opportunities for them to give back, by mentoring current students and contributing to employability opportunities as well as philanthropic giving to support our widening participation mission and work as a University of Sanctuary.

We will review and modernise our approach to recruiting, appraising, rewarding and retaining outstanding staff. We will set ourselves high standards in every area of the University for delivering an excellent experience for our students. To support our core aim of transformational education, we will develop a comprehensive staff development offering, particularly around delivering and supporting sectorleading learning and teaching. We will also develop career pathways for both academic and professional services staff, to ensure there are opportunities for outstanding staff to grow and progress within the University of Winchester.

We will work to develop and support strong and effective teams across the University which communicate and work well together for the benefit of our students and staff.