Section 1: University facts and figures
Statistical information
Detailed statistical information about the University, including information on students, staff, research and finance.
University strategic plan
The current university strategic plan covers the academic years 2008-09 to 2012-13 and is divided into nine strategies as listed below.
Core Activities
- Learning and teaching (Strategy I)
- Research (Strategy II)
- Wider engagement with society (Strategy III)
Enabling Strategies
- Personnel (Strategy IV)
- Admissions and access (Strategy V)
- Academic and student services (Strategy VI)
- Space (Strategy VII) Finance (Strategy VIII)
- Governance and planning (Strategy IX)
Periodic tasks required of departments
At various times throughout the year specific tasks are placed upon the departmental administration to facilitate the continued operation of the University as indicated in the table below. This additional workload is on top of the day-to-day administration of departments and the chart is based on information provided by the major central services augmented by comment from some departments.
In the table a high monthly departmental loading is indicated by '2' and lesser loading by '1'. Overall there is a significant loading of specific tasks spread fairly evenly throughout the year but with the greatest loads appearing from September to January.
Periods of reduced loading coincide with the main closure and holiday periods in December, March/April and August which, although the overall load is shown as low, still maintains the pressure on the reduced number of administrative staff available at those times.
| Task |
Oct |
Nov |
Dec |
Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
Apr |
May |
Jun |
Jul |
Aug |
Sep |
| JRAM data checks | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Strategy/5-year plans | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |||||||
| John Fell submissions | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Academic Administration | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undergraduate recruitment/selection | 2 | 1 |
1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Undergraduate induction | 2 | 1 | 2 |
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| Postgraduate recruitment/selection | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Postgraduate induction | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Prelim examinations | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Final examinations |
2 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Finance | ||||||||||||
| Quarterly Forecast | 1 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
| Annual Budgeting | 2 | 2 | 1 |
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| Year-end, self-assurance & Audit | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |||||||
| Research Services | ||||||||||||
| Peaks of Grant Applications | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Peaks of Grant Set-ups | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Research Activity Survey | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Estates | ||||||||||||
| Space Audit | 2 | |||||||||||
| Personnel | ||||||||||||
| Self-assurance assessment | 1 | |||||||||||
| Merit Awards | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |||||
| Personal Development Reviews | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Overall Non-routine Tasking | High |
High |
Low |
High |
Med |
Low |
Low |
Med |
Med |
Med |
Low |
High |