Professor Mary Stuart, Vice Chancellor 22nd November 2018 The new world of HE: supporting the community to thrive in a fast changing environment - supporting staff in HE to flourish Professor Mary Stuart, Vice Chancellor 22nd November 2018

Themes Fast pace, constant change and the market Working with the environment to support staff Recognising talent for the future of HE The community working purposefully together www.lincoln.ac.uk

The Lincoln Community – staff and students together Success lies in us working together, in sharing our understandings and communicating together Success lies in being ambitious for ourselves and our students Success lies in our community first and foremost Success lies in all of us www.lincoln.ac.uk

Context is important The fast pace of work and HE Constant change The market Failure ?? The B word! www.lincoln.ac.uk

Fast Pace Not just HE but work in general Email in the 1990s – social media in the 2000’s 24/7 news Impact on work and working patterns HE at the forefront of this – global organisations, 24/7 links, international students and staff and partnerships Universities early adopters of email/twitter etc. Research impact and public engagement Need to re-focus HOW we work??? www.lincoln.ac.uk

Constant change Funding, loans/not loans/competitive funds for research/international fees Assessment REF, TEF and KEF Regulation and public interest or media interest Customer Service www.lincoln.ac.uk

The Market Students Home – cap removed: winners and losers International – policy and competition Staff 21st century mindset vs 20th century mindset Excellence - attracting and retaining staff www.lincoln.ac.uk

Failure What will Government do if institutions get into trouble? Talk about students but what about staff in these circumstances? www.lincoln.ac.uk

The ‘B’ Word! Deal or no Deal plans Specifically EU staff retention and recruitment Students Research Locality and specific issues Inter-relationship between different elements and impact www.lincoln.ac.uk

Working with Context to support staff Role of Senior Management Framework for support, reward and fairness in the workplace Clarity in job roles and clarity in wider context Resilience and changing work patterns – from 9-5 in the office to long term strategic goals and outcomes work at home, work on the move, work as it works for employees Reward – is it just Pay or do we need to start thinking about total packages in more specific ways – What do staff want? Fairness – pay ratios – Real Living Wage Fairness – understanding culture and checking regularly where different groups are situated to take system action www.lincoln.ac.uk

Working with context to support staff Understanding YOUR Institution’s mission and what staff needed to deliver mission and objectives Changed beyond General ‘academics’ and ‘professional services’ and a pay spine with grades – to families of roles Clarity of purpose: objective setting, appraisal, and role profiles Development and career progression www.lincoln.ac.uk

Recognising Talent for the Future Recruitment for the future – the end of the interview? Recruitment within institution?? Strategy for next generation of staff Identification of Talent Package of reward that 21st century generation looking for Development of Talent Staying alive to developments and changing context www.lincoln.ac.uk

The Lincoln Community – staff and students together Success lies in us working together, in sharing our understandings and communicating together Success lies in being ambitious for ourselves and our students Success lies in our community first and foremost Success lies in all of us www.lincoln.ac.uk

Strategy for Recruitment and Staff development Reward and fairness So… Clarity of purpose Alive to context Strategy for Recruitment and Staff development Reward and fairness Sense of community and joint effort www.lincoln.ac.uk

Thank you