Leeds Beckett University, Headingley Campus

<p><strong>Welcome to Leeds Beckett University</strong></p> <p>As a modern, professional-based university with a dedicated and diverse community, we are committed to helping our graduates succeed in their careers and make a positive impact in the world.</p> <p>We work closely with employers and partners to ensure that our students gain the skills, knowledge, and experience they need to thrive in their chosen fields.</p> <p><br></p> <p><strong>Our Impact on the Community</strong></p> <p>We take pride in our role as an anchor institution for Leeds and the wider region, maximizing the benefits of our presence to the local communities.</p> <p>Our university has a significant economic impact on the region, through our teaching and learning, research, and the value of our spending.</p> <p>We commissioned London Economics to analyze the economic impact of our university on the UK economy, and the results are impressive:</p> <p>Every year, our university delivers a £1.43bn impact on the UK economy, representing a return of more than 6:1 on every £1 spent on university operations.</p> <p>Student completing a first degree at Leeds Beckett experience a net earnings benefit of £67,000 and deliver a net benefit to the public purse of £60,000.</p> <p>These economic benefits sit alongside the broader impact of our highly skilled graduates and our world-leading research, which makes a difference to major challenges of the 21st Century, such as climate change, health, and inequality.</p> <p><br></p> <p><strong>Our Strategic Plan</strong></p> <p>Our university has agreed a strategic plan to guide our course for the next five years.</p> <p>We have clearly articulated our purpose: to make a positive and decisive difference to people, organizations, and communities through excellent education, research, and service.</p> <p>Our new strategy is based on seven key plans, setting our direction and sharpening our focus to meet the challenges ahead.</p> <p>We aim to equip Leeds Beckett to navigate the anticipated government reforms of higher education and thrive in the new environment these changes will create.</p> <p><br></p> <p><strong>Our Impact in Numbers</strong></p> <p>We are proud of our impact in numbers:</p> <ul> <li><strong>£1.43bn</strong> - Our teaching and learning, research, and spending deliver a £1.43bn impact on the UK economy every year.</li> <li><strong>6.1:1</strong> - For every £1 spent supporting university operations, a £6 return is generated for the UK economy - £1.43bn every year.</li> <li><strong>£67k</strong> - Students completing a first degree at LBU experience a net earnings benefit of £67,000.</li> <li><strong>£60k</strong> - Students completing a first degree at LBU deliver a net benefit to the public purse of £60,000.</li> <li><strong>4,015</strong> - Through direct employment and its impact on the wider economy, LBU supports more than 4,000 jobs including almost 3,000 in Yorkshire and Humber.</li> </ul> <p><br></p> <p><strong>Our University</strong></p> <p>Our education plan sets out our response to the changes to HE and our ambitions for the years to come.</p> <p>We aim to be a globally leading university that is recognized for the outstanding quality and accessibility of its education, so that diverse student communities achieve excellent outcomes and thriving careers.</p> <p>We will develop:</p> <ul> <li>A flexible learning environment that supports all learners to achieve their aims;</li> <li>A coherent academic environment, balancing teaching and learning alongside research and knowledge exchange;</li> <li>A stimulating academic portfolio that attracts high-calibre students; and</li> <li>A supportive and collegiate academic culture, co-creating and building trust between educators and students.</li> </ul> <p><br></p> <p><strong>Research and Innovation Plan</strong></p> <p>We aim to be recognized globally as an outstanding university generating original, rigorous, and significant research.</p> <p>We will develop a portfolio of globally recognized research expertise through focused research planning.</p> <p>This will include:</p> <ul> <li>Research focused on areas where we have critical mass and a proven track record;</li> <li>Academic staff who can challenge, excite, and motivate students, and who are experts in their fields;</li> <li>A culture that values our academic staff as educators and generators of new knowledge;</li> <li>Every member of academic staff to develop their individual research plan, built around diversity, cross-school collaboration, and aligned with strategic priorities;</li> <li>Collaboration – cross-school, with regional partners in our areas of expertise, and globally;</li> <li>A recruitment approach that values the research expertise to support our areas of focus.</li> </ul> <p><br></p> <p><strong>Workforce Plan</strong></p> <p>We aim to support a diverse community of talented and engaged colleagues to deliver our purpose and achieve their potential.</p> <p>We want LBU to be a great place to work for people who share our values, and we will achieve this by developing:</p> <ul> <li>Sector-leading EDI ambitions;</li> <li>An employer brand that attracts the best to LBU;</li> <li>A culture of continuous improvement, reward, and recognition, and accountability;</li> <li>Our colleagues' skills and careers; and</li> <li>An investment in wellbeing and resilience.</li> </ul> <p><br></p> <p><strong>Alignment Plan</strong></p> <p>We aim to provide excellent, interconnected, and sustainable resources that are focused on delivering our institutional ambitions.</p> <p>A culture that promotes transparency, accountability, and is clear about our priorities and shared purpose will assist us in being more efficient, effective, collaborative, and flexible.</p> <p>A cycle of continuous process improvement will release resources to support our academic activities.</p> <p>Reviews of our organizational structure will identify opportunities for common activities and responsibilities to be co-located and will respond to changes in the external environment.</p> <p>We will examine our technologies, structures, policies, and financial processes to make partnership and collaborative working easy at home and overseas.</p> <p>Excellent data analysis will inform a long-term investment plan that aligns with our strategic objectives.</p> <p>Acknowledging the 17 United Nations sustainability goals, our sustainability plan will influence the stewardship of all our resources, including our estate, our people, and our role within the regional community.</p> <p><br></p> <p><strong>Anchor Plan</strong></p> <p>Our anchor plan sets out how we will build on our existing strong foundations as an anchor institution, with the aim of being recognized globally and locally for the positive socio-economic impact we make as an inclusive Anchor, with the people, organizations, and diverse communities of the Leeds City Region.</p> <p>Our anchor objective is to apply our place-based economic, human, and intellectual resources to building strong reciprocal relationships which increase the resilience and reduce inequalities in the communities in which LBU is anchored.</p> <p>To further our anchor work, we will adopt the principles of the Joseph Rowntree Foundation Progression Framework, and its five areas of focus: governance; employment; procurement; environment and assets; and community engagement.</p> <p><br></p> <p><a href="https://www.leedsbeckett.ac.uk/our-university/our-university-colleague-page/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Our University</strong></a></p> <p>We are committed to being a globally leading university that is recognized for the outstanding quality and accessibility of its education, so that diverse student communities achieve excellent outcomes and thriving careers.</p> <p>We will develop:</p> <ul> <li>A flexible learning environment that supports all learners to achieve their aims;</li> <li>A coherent academic environment, balancing teaching and learning alongside research and knowledge exchange;</li> <li>A stimulating academic portfolio that attracts high-calibre students; and</li> <li>A supportive and collegiate academic culture, co-creating and building trust between educators and students.</li> </ul> <p><a href="https://www.leedsbeckett.ac.uk/research/research-excellence-framework/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Our Research</strong></a></p> <p>We aim to be recognized globally as an outstanding university generating original, rigorous, and significant research.</p> <p>We will develop a portfolio of globally recognized research expertise through focused research planning.</p> <p>This will include:</p> <ul> <li>Research focused on areas where we have critical mass and a proven track record;</li> <li>Academic staff who can challenge, excite, and motivate students, and who are experts in their fields;</li> <li>A culture that values our academic staff as educators and generators of new knowledge;</li> <li>Every member of academic staff to develop their individual research plan, built around diversity, cross-school collaboration, and aligned with strategic priorities;</li> <li>Collaboration – cross-school, with regional partners in our areas of expertise, and globally;</li> <li>A recruitment approach that values the research expertise to support our areas of focus.</li> </ul> <p><a href="https://www.leedsbeckett.ac.uk/our-university/