Our Guiding Principles
The principle running through all of the strategy is to work towards the University’s Strategy 2030 ambition to be ‘leading Scotland’s commitment to widening participation’.
Striving for excellence and demonstrating leadership in our commitment to widening participation.
The principle running through the strategy is to work towards the University’s Strategy 2030 ambition to be ‘leading Scotland’s commitment to widening participation’.
Widening participation and student success across the whole student lifecycle.
We are committed to a whole student lifecycle approach to widening participation (Aspiration and early engagement; Support to get in; Support to succeed; Support to progress). We are dedicated to ensuring those same students who join us have a positive experience, and are supported to achieve degree and graduate outcomes to match their peers.
Putting students with lived experience at the heart of our strategy.
Students with lived experiences are at the heart of our decisions within this strategy. We will build on insight gained and engagement with students to push for supportive change.
Setting clear goals, valuing transparency and accountability for what we set out to achieve.
Within our strategy we are working towards institutional and national 2030 ambitions and setting ourselves milestones to achieve these.
Enhancing our evidence-based approach.
We believe that our approaches must be evidence-based and data-driven, and we will establish clear measures of success. It is our responsibility to be transparent and accountable for what we set out to achieve.