Royal Holloway, University of London, has launched its new strategy, one which majors on its ambition as a University of Social Purpose to respond to global challenges through the enabling of transformative education and research.
The RH2030s strategy was co-created with students, colleagues, alumni and external partners over the last 18 months through workshops, events, student-led panels and creative conversations. The University’s core values, which are to be Open, Respectful, Daring and Innovative, will help to shape our effort across key areas of activity from education and the student experience, research and innovation, to global and civic engagement.
Professor Julie Sanders, Vice-Chancellor and Principal at Royal Holloway, said: “We are very excited to be launching our new strategy with everyone at Royal Holloway, and to be sharing it with our partners and friends around the world.
“We have a proud history of being at the forefront of social change, equality, and inclusion formed as we are from two colleges created expressly for the education of women in the nineteenth century. The RH2030s strategy carries forward those founding principles of inclusive education with energy and commitment, helping us take advantage of emerging opportunities to make an ever-greater positive impact on the individuals and the communities we serve.
“Our new strategy, with its strong focus on skills, innovation, inclusion and purpose, as well as being values-led, is a testament to the power of our community to be solutions-focussed and to envisage a future full of hope, agency and possibility.
“Working together with care and compassion for what matters is how we will bring the strategy to life over the coming weeks and months.”
RH2030s outlines the University’s four strategic ambitions reaching into the next decade:
- Inclusive Education and Research
- Skills for Choice and Opportunity
- Civic Minded, Globally Engaged
- Partnerships and Collaboration
There are three strategic enablers underpinning the whole strategy that will contribute to the successful delivery of the RH2030s strategy: People, Culture and Inclusion; Environmental Sustainability; and Infrastructure for the Future.
The University has identified five areas of strength which cut across education and research and which will enable purposeful partnerships with universities, schools and colleges, locally and globally, but also place an industry-immersive and responsive approach at the heart of our work. Those interconnected and cross-disciplinary areas of strength are:
- Climate and Biodiversity
- Social Justice and Addressing Inequalities
- Health and Wellbeing
- Culture and Creativity
- AI and New Technologies
Find out more about the new RH2030s strategy here.
