Engagement with businesses and strategic partners

We will develop and leverage relationships with partners regionally, nationally and internationally to create job opportunities and placements for our students and further our research. By being professional and straightforward to work with, we will be seen as a partner of choice.

We will foster a culture of innovation entrepreneurship to support these relationships. We will give colleagues skills and incentives to innovate, ensuring we are ready to embrace emerging possibilities. Our agile curricula will align with market demand and prepare our students for the jobs of tomorrow, and provide opportunities for student enterprise and volunteering.

We will work with partners to apply our research to deliver shared priorities and effect positive change, for example, reaching net zero, building digital technologies, and addressing inequality.

In working with businesses and the region, we will focus on our strengths, capitalise on our expertise in industry sectors and our institution-wide track record in working with SMEs, on Knowledge Exchange Partnerships and in Degree Apprenticeships.

Regionally, we will be a thought leader and increase our economic and social impact, using our scale and breadth of activities for positive change.

We will continue to educate high-quality key workers for our education, and health and social care providers, forming strategic partnerships with health and social care in the region.

Working with our alumni to benefit our business and external engagement will help us deliver our education, graduate outcomes, and research and knowledge exchange.