1. Annual Conference for Administrative Staff, 2007 “Personal growth – towards achievement and success” Welcome

2. ANNUAL CONFERENCE FOR ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF Professor Julian Crampton Vice-Chancellor 3 May 2007

3. Welcome Aim of the Conference Conference started as a one-off, now an established part of the University calendar What’s new, what’s the same?

4. Remarks today Reflections on second year at the University of Brighton (not second thoughts) Reflections on conditions for institutional success Corporate Plan themes and issues Beyond the Corporate Plan

5. Last year I noted… My first impressions – overwhelmingly positive, reinforced by second year Importance of valuing staff and accompanying this with high expectations of their knowledge, behaviour and contribution Why we need to get smarter Opportunity for greater institutional success

6. Conditions for Institutional Success Relationships and knowledge Culture and values Reputation and trust Skills and competences Processes and systems

7. Corporate Plan 2007-2012 Agreed by Board of Governors following careful and inclusive process High level of engagement in process across the University Positions the University strategically and effectively for next period of development Takes forward each of those dimensions of success noted at this event last year

13. Corporate Plan Themes Sustainable development Inter and multidisciplinary working Connections between learning and teaching; research; and economic and social engagement People (staff, students, alumni, relationships)

14. Distinctive elements – what’s new? Academic and professional subjects Economic and social engagement Sustainable development Research: investment in professorial/academic staff, students, early career researchers E-learning and social networking Links with Sussex, especially BSMS …and much more about people…...and greater institutional self confidence and positioning

15. Corporate Plan (cont.) Challenging Re-articulating a Brighton view about the purposes of higher education and the role of the university Building on strengths and investing in excellence Doing things differently where necessary

16. Beyond the Corporate Plan Faculty and Departmental plans Thematic strategies (research, staffing, economic and social engagement) Cross-cutting issues Monitoring progress and gauging institutional ‘performance’ Adapting processes and systems Selective investment