Department Plan 2020-21 - Library, Careers and Inclusivity - UWE Bristol
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Department Plan 2020-21 Library, Careers and Inclusivity
Our Values Ambitious Innovative Collaborative Enterprising Inclusive
We’re not afraid to We create new We have strong We instil a thirst for new We make UWE Bristol a
shape, challenge and opportunities for the connections locally and knowledge, its creation supportive and inspiring
tackle the big issues, to people who work and globally. We help people and application, place to learn and work
take the initiative and study with us. We and organisations be the empowering our – somewhere where
pave the way. To set embrace different ideas best they can, building students and staff to diversity of experience
our sights high for and pioneer new and trust throughout your demonstrate a creative and perspective is
ourselves and our better ways of doing university community and questioning approach, a encouraged, and
students. things. beyond. 'can-do' confidence, and learning and research is
ability to navigate shared and accessible.
uncertainty.
UWE Our Purpose Our People Our Place
Solving future challenges through Creating opportunities to thrive and Creating an inspiring local and global
Strategic outstanding learning, research and a flourish. gateway to the future.
Priorities culture of enterprise.
Our Department Through effective partnership working our teams deliver outstanding services, resources and projects that empower all of our
students and staff to:
Vision
• be confident and enjoy success in achieving their learning, teaching, research and professional goals
• make a positive contribution to our wider community and society
LCI Strategic
Goals 1. To enable learners to become independent and confident and to achieve their full potential in respect of academic
achievement and employment. Enabling our graduates to secure positive graduate destinations through their attainment and
articulation of their Graduate Attributes [LCI]
2. To connect learners and researchers with content, including making UWE research outputs accessible and visible [Library]
3. To lead a whole institution approach to EDI and Health & Wellbeing for staff and students [Equality, Diversity and Inclusivity]
4. To embed an inclusive culture and practices across the university [Equality, Diversity and Inclusivity]
5. To be a catalyst for long term and sustained strategic change in the university and our region [Equality, Diversity and
Inclusivity]
6. To develop and empower our people to deliver outstanding services, resources and projects [Our people, their performance
and development] [LCI]
7. To deliver digitally advanced physical and virtual environments and services [Place, resources and infrastructure] [LCI]Key Priorities
1. To enable learners to become independent and confident and to 3. To lead a whole institution
achieve their full potential in respect of academic achievement and 2. To connect learners and approach to EDI and Health &
employment. Enabling our graduates to secure positive graduate researchers with content, Wellbeing for staff and students
destinations through their attainment and articulation of their Graduate including making UWE research [Workstream : Equality,
Attributes [Workstreams: Learning & Teaching; Careers & Enterprise] outputs accessible and visible Diversity and Inclusivity]
[Workstream : Access to
1.1 Digitally enabled information and research] 3.1 Deliver and monitor the
• Increase use of digital learning embedded in the curriculum and University strategies for EDI and
2.1 Open Access: develop an open Health and Wellbeing focused
supporting optional activity.
access culture to increase and on priorities and using theory of
• Capitalising on our learning to further develop high levels of confidence
broaden access to UWE Bristol change methodology
and expertise in facilitating learning and teaching online
research and to support 3.2 Ensuring we are evidence based
1.2 Practice led
community and business and measure impact in
• Supporting programmes so all students can engage in work-related and
engagement university strategies
practice-led learning as part of their core curriculum.
2.2 Access: remove barriers to 3.3 Ensure progress of plans at
• Enabling academics to embed Academic Skills & Career and Enterprise
learning and improve breadth university, faculty and service
development into the curriculum through training, development, tools
of access
and effective processes. level
2.3 Systems: develop systems and 3.4 Complete external reporting of
1.3 Personalised and inclusive
processes to ensure a good
• Creating innovative approaches to learning, teaching, student and staff plans as required
user experience
support that strengthen UWE’s inclusive practice initiatives 2.4 Copyright advisory provision
• Ensure provision meets needs of customers; personalised; development
remove/revise provision that does not meet those needs. [Lean and 2.5 Research Data: improve
scalable systems and processes. Evidence-led.] engagement with research data
1.4 People development management including data
• Model best-practice and empower each other to develop, adapt and preservation
share our practice.
• Ensuring a collaborative approach to service delivery and staff
development when resourcing and supporting LCI roles in learning,
teaching and student support, both online and face to face
34. To embed an inclusive culture 5. To be a catalyst for long term and 6. To develop and empower our 7. To deliver digitally advanced
and practices across the sustained strategic change in the people to deliver outstanding physical and virtual
university university and our region services, resources and environments and services
[Workstream : Equality, [Workstream : Equality, projects [Workstream : Place : resources
Diversity and Inclusivity] Diversity and Inclusivity] [Workstream : People, and infrastructure]
performance and
4.1 Co-develop, design and deliver 5.1 Student Mental Health: development] Initial priorities
(where appropriate) EDI training improving our connectivity with 7.1 Recovery work – plan for the
for the university to embed the NHS (JD) 6.1 To equip our people with the reopening of LCI physical spaces
competence and confidence in 5.2 Future Quest: reconceptualising skills to develop our services by under social distancing
inclusive behaviours and UWE’s approach to widening identifying training needs and constraints
practice access (SG with HT) facilitating access to
4.2 Create and disseminate tools 5.3 Future Quest: reconceptualising continuous training and a. Identify priority LCI
that support and embed culture the regional landscape for development functions that need to return to
change widening access and positioning 6.2 To value the development and campus e.g. digitisation
4.3 Deliver internal engagement UWE as a leader in this space (HT sharing of good and innovative b. Plan for phased return of
campaigns to celebrate the with SG) practice office based staff
diversity/talent of staff and 5.4 Creating belonging and positive 6.3 To recognise and reward the c. Plan for phased return of
students and to showcase impact on the student journey efforts, development and students to LCI spaces
UWE’s commitments to EDI, through positive action student achievements of our people
Health and Wellbeing agendas projects (JD) 6.4 To embed inclusive structure 7.2 Roadmap for Library systems
4.4 Deliver and monitor EDI staff 5.5 Identifying new funding and practices across all our development; including Library
engagement programme opportunities aligned with activities Management System future
strategic priorities and evaluating 6.5 To ensure that our internal development.
the impact of catalyst projects comms are appropriate, clear
(JD, HT and SG) and timely 7.3 Web Transformation Project –
deliver redeveloped web-access
to our services and resources
through the UWE website.
7.4 Ensure IT Services
authentication work provides
4best possible user experience in
relation to “logged in”
resources across our
department.
7.5 Continue preparatory work for
planned closure of the
Alexandra Warehouse Campus
and Library in 2021.
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