1. What does it mean to be a top 10 University?
All Staff Open Meeting Friday 28 November 2014
Professor Mark E. Smith, Vice-Chancellor
Professor Andrew Atherton, Deputy Vice-Chancellor

2. Our 2020 Strategy Our goals… Become a global University – Top 100
Strengthen our national position – Top 10
Our priorities…
Research, teaching and engagement
Supporting focus…
People Strategy
Partnerships
Sustainability
Great place to work and study

3. Reaching our goals Our People Strategy
Aims – to attract, develop and retain the best people
Supports ongoing implementation of the University Strategy
HR Division engaging with Academic Departments, Faculty Offices and Professional Service Divisions to identify, advise and support each area’s staffing priorities for
Focus on wellbeing, development, promotion
New professional development course content
Staff Survey – Have your say. Deadline 12 December

4. Success stories
50th Anniversary – 71 events; 14,500 attendees; 2,600 volunteer hours; 4,000 attended Community Activities Day (400 staff involved in delivery); 9 public lectures held, 5 more in 2015; 2,000 attended the Staff and Family Day
Best University Halls – National Student Housing Survey, 5th year running
Research Income – Up 14.5%
Sports Facilities – 6th best sports facilities in the UK according to Times Higher student survey

5. Success stories Campus investment
£450M over past 10 years

6. Campus investment £135M investment planned for next three years
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Library Complete 2016
Teaching Labs (BLS/LEC)
Complete 2015
Engineering
Complete Dec 2014
Chemistry
Complete 2015
Physics
To start 2015

7. Campus investment The Spine Remodelling Health Innovation Campus
Royal Institute of British Architects Competition (RIBA) - Rick Mather Architects Appointed
Work due to start in 2015
Health Innovation Campus
Solutions to social and economic challenges posed by ageing
Located next to Uni campus

8. Reaching our goals How do we get even better?
2014/15 Priorities
Achieve a top 10 ranking
Increase research grants by at least 10%
Regain top 10 in the National Student Survey
Undergraduate applications rise to 15,000 per annum

9. How are we doing? UK INTERNATIONAL
10th - Guardian Good University Guide
11th - Complete University Guide
12th - The Times/Sunday Times Good University Guide
16th - THE Student Experience Survey
INTERNATIONAL
131st - THE World University Rankings
160th - QS World University Rankings

10. Moving on up – League tables Renewed league table focus
Maintain our top 10 position
Why is league table position so important?
League tables measure what we should be focusing on anyway - integral to our strategy
Increasingly competitive
20 universities in top 10? Large number of institutions are capable and have the desire to get there
Should we be more target driven? Should we do more with league table metrics?

11. Moving on up – League tables The metrics
Overall competitor set ranking: 1
St Andrews
873 pts 2
Imperial
855 3
LSE
848 4
Durham
847 5
Exeter
820 6
Warwick
811 7
UCL
801 8
Bath
795 9
Surrey
781 10
Lancaster
771 11
Loughborough
761 12
UEA
757 13
Birmingham
751 14
York
742
*Table excludes Oxford and Cambridge. Lists universities from 3rd to 16th place. Therefore 1st place means 3rd in overall rankings.

12. Moving on up – League tables Indicator rankings
Using the top 14 universities as a comparison (excluding Oxford and Cambridge, as before).
Student satisfaction – Lancaster is ranked 8th out of 14
Research quality – 7th
Entry standards – 9th
Graduate prospects – 12th
Good honours – 13th
Completion rate – 9th
Student to staff ratio – 8th
Services and facilities spend – 14th

13. Moving on up – League tables Making the move
Next steps? How will we approach this?
Further research and planning
Deputy Vice-Chancellor Andrew Atherton to chair ‘League Table Working Group’
Contribution required from everyone at Lancaster University

14. Your questions…