Through our Birmingham 2030 Strategic Framework we have set an aspiration to become a top 50 global institution. We recognise this is a genuinely challenging aim, which will require a vibrant, intellectually exciting, and diverse University community for research and education, as well as working closely with our partners in Birmingham and around the world. With world-class research and outstanding global education as our core mission, we will strive to increase the volume and quality of our research to make an even greater difference to the world around us. We will be the UK’s exemplary civic university, remaining firmly committed to our foundations in the highly diverse communities, people, and economy of the city of Birmingham and the West Midlands. 2030 STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK
The University has expanded its global presence in recent years. Most significantly, our Dubai campus is taking, for the first time, the qualities and values of a global top 100 university to the heart of Dubai’s academic city. We opened the first, start-up, phase of our Dubai campus in 2018 and opened our full campus at the start of 2022, with capacity for up to 4,500 students. The campus will be a centre for education and research, offering a growing range of undergraduate, postgraduate and Continuous Professional Development programmes. Our international strategy has an emphasis on key country partnerships. In China, we have developed a broad range of activities, including a signature collaboration with the Guangzhou Municipal Government, and well developed research collaborations in many parts of the country; we also have a dedicated China Institute to further these partnerships. In Brazil, we are developing a network of strategic partnerships with Brazilian universities and industrial partners. In North America, the University has a major collaboration with the University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign underpinned by a flourishing network of faculty-to-faculty relationships. In Australia, we have a growing partnership with the University of Melbourne, and in India, our partnerships continue to develop across a range of disciplines. We value our long-standing links with Europe, and have deepened our European alliances in recent years. We helped to found the EUniWell alliance of European universities and have signed partnerships with Trinity College Dublin and the University of Amsterdam, covering joint work in areas such as clinical trials, biomaterials, medical training, and equality and diversity. We are a founder member of the Universitas21 international network of research-intensive universities and play an active role in much of its work, including hosting its offices on campus. We deliver University of Birmingham degree programmes in Singapore and China, have partnership agreements with many of the world’s leading universities, and offer a range of different educational collaborations, including joint PhDs with the University of Melbourne, ‘2+2’ degree programmes, and a developing suite of Masters courses delivered in conjunction with partners around the world. We have offices in New Delhi, Shanghai, and Guangzhouodg. OUR GLOBAL OUTLOOK
A link to the Birmingham 2030 Strategic Framework can be found here: www.bham.ac.uk/2030.
The University’s Professional Services are led by the Registrar and Secretary. We aim for best-in-class Professional Services in support of the University’s academic mission. Across all of our Professional Services, we recognise that it is our people who are the heart of what we do, and so we are focussed on creating a culture for them to thrive. We support this through our sector-leading staff development programme: the Birmingham Professional. The Head of Sustainability is based in the Executive Support Division, which is led by the Chief of Staff and to whom this role reports. Our vision is to help the University to be successful today and over the next decade by working with colleagues from across the institution to deliver the University’s priorities. Executive Support includes the following teams: the Executive Office, Governance Support, Legal Services, Strategic Change, Strategic Planning. Our teams work closely with the Vice-Chancellor and the executive team to help to develop the University’s future plans, ensure robust and effective decision-making, safeguard regulatory and legislative compliance, are experts in the external policy and political environment, provide vital insight into the University’s performance, and deliver significant projects that make a positive difference. Teams in the division are involved in many aspects of the University’s work, and you will be able to draw on the advice and expertise of colleagues who understand and work with many parts of the institution. EXECUTIVE SUPPORT DIVISION
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