OUR PEOPLE, VALUES, CULTURE AND BEHAVIOURS
Our people are our most important asset and they define our University. We are a principled organisation. We understand that our daily behaviours matter; we believe in each other, we support one another, we celebrate each other’s achievements, and we hold each other to account. We respect our colleagues, treating others as we expect to be treated, and we work as one university, recognising that every colleague and each student contributes to our success. We will invest in our people and reward excellent performance. And we will champion freedom of speech. While advocating autonomy and academic independence, we recognise that many of our most notable achievements have been founded upon productive collaborations, internally with each other as well as externally with our community and partners, as was envisaged by our industrial founders. We are united by our desire to work together to create and impart knowledge, to deliver solutions to global problems, and to make a difference to the lives we touch. We believe in the value of flexibility, collegiality and creating time to think in pursuit of intellectual stimulation, originality and impact. We work together in a professional and caring environment that enables us to exceed expectations for the benefit of all. We are committed to providing an environment where our colleagues can fulfil their potential and we will give underrepresented groups a platform to voice their experiences with the community and support conversations around Race, Gender and Sexual Orientation. We strive to be an institution where inclusion is everybody’s responsibility and have featured in Stonewall’s annual list of the UK’s Top 100 Employers for workplace inclusivity since 2016. We are a member
of Employers for Carers Wales, the Athena SWAN Charter and the Race Equality Charter.
“There is something that I think sets us apart from other universities. It’s more than our location and sense of community. More than the way we teach or the way we work with our partners, and it’s more than our Welsh heritage. It’s hard to define but we might call it our
We are an organisation with purpose and together we help to make the world a better place. If we are idealistic, it is because we have high expectations of ourselves, of the environment in which we work, of those we partner with, and of the impact we seek to make locally, nationally and internationally. We are a cultural and economic anchor within our community, with a distinct role to play in driving regional development and promoting health and well-being, and we are proud to be a beacon for Welsh heritage, language and culture. Equally, we celebrate our global outlook. The students and staff from more than 140 countries who have made Swansea their home enrich and shape our city, region and nation, following in the footsteps of our 140,000 alumni from all over the world. To be competitive in the global higher education marketplace requires us to act purposefully and responsibly as we strive for excellence. It requires us to be financially, structurally and emotionally resilient in our response to national and international threats, to be motivated to welcome and adapt to change, and to be alert to societal needs and challenges. Above all, it requires us to stay true to our distinctive culture and to the compassionate, tolerant and mutually supportive community that defines our Swansea family.
‘Swanseaness’.” KC, Student Services
A SECOND CENTURY OF MAKING WAVES
A SECOND CENTURY OF MAKING WAVES
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