Values Programme Focus Group PRESENTATION OUTLINE  Focus on the Future  1994 Values  People Theme Team Summary  Values Programme Summary  Values Programme Methodology  HWU Branding Key Messages  Staff Survey Summary  Purpose of Session  Next Steps

Focus on the Future HEADLINES  Reshape and grow academic base by 50% in ten years  Fulfil ambition to be like a 1994 Group institution

The 1994 Group THE GROUP BELIEVES THAT:  Members' identities and traditions can be respected while providing a basis for innovative and challenging thinking.  Research-intensive universities should play a full role at local, regional, national and international level.  High-quality research and teaching are mutually supportive and serve to reinforce each other.  Students and staff from diverse backgrounds should be encouraged to realize their potential in a well-maintained environment, providing a stimulating choice of academic, cultural and social opportunities

People Theme Team SUMMARY  Established to ‘build staff capacity meet the performance challenges of the strategic plan’ 4 projects: Values programme Development programme Staff survey Development framework

 Develop and embed a shared understanding of University core values (and associated behaviours) that help foster a supportive and inspiring learning and research environment  Identify health and well-being KPIs, against which to benchmark 1994 Group universities and track performance in relation to people processes Values Programme SUMMARY

Values Programme Methodology  Values Programme Workshop held April 2009  Staff Survey Questions  Focus Groups  Wider staff sessions at Riccarton and SBC  Communication with Dubai and Orkney  Continued development of People KPIs  Report to PME December 2009

HWU Branding KEY MESSAGES  Critical issues  Defining statements  Values are an enabling mechanism to allow Staff to connect with the HWU brand

Staff Survey RESPONDENT PROFILE Senior Executive/Prof 8% Academic 23% Academic Related/ Professional 31% Research Associates/fellows/ technicians 8% Craft/Trades 1% Manual 7% Secretarial 15% Technical 7%

Staff Survey HEADLINE INFO  Highest Response from Academic/ Academic Related/ Professional/Staff  Lowest Response from Craft/Manual/Research/ Technical  Majority of staff ranked Valuing People as number 1  Majority of staff ranked Pursuit of Excellence as number 2  Craft/Trades and Manual staff ranked Responsible Stewardship higher than any other staff group

Staff Survey HEADLINE INFO  Internationalisation ranked at number 5 for Professor/Senior Executive level and as 7-10 with other staff groups  Internationalisation well understood Heriot-Watt is Scotland’s international university  Is Internationalisation a value?

Staff Survey COMMENTS INCLUDED:  The values were difficult to rank – they were of equal importance  The values are co-dependent and interlinked  Some values are a given - e.g. Responsible Stewardship  There is a need to fully represent services and academia in any ‘values’  Student focus/student experience – is this explicit enough?  Some cynicism by respondents of Motherhood and Apple Pie statements

Staff Survey OVERALL VALUES RANKING VALUING PEOPLE51.2% PURSUIT OF EXCELLENCE31.7 % NURTURING POTENTIAL16.6% FORWARD THINKING & FLEXIBLE16.5% SERVICE FOCUS16.2% COLLABORATION15.2% RESPONSIBLE STEWARDSHIP15.1% COLLEGIALITY13.7% CREATING OPPORTUNITIES13.3% INTERNATIONALISATION10.9%

Staff Survey OVERALL VALUES RANKING - QUESTIONS  The Values are clustered – are Valuing People and Pursuit of Excellence the most identifiable values for HWU Staff?  Are the other cluster areas similar?  Can these areas be combined?  Are all of these values?

Purpose of Focus Group  This focus group will:  Use the information from the staff survey  Refine the values  Provide the input for further staff involvement sessions

Values Programme NEXT STEPS  2 wider staff group sessions 5 & 12 November 2009 a Riccarton  SBC Session  Communication with Orkney and Dubai  Identify KPIs to underpin values  Develop final values and KPIs for PME 17 December 2009  Implementation stage end Dec 2009/Jan 2010