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Strategic Planning

What We Do:

The strategic planning team run a number of tasks and projects:

• The Annual Planning Process is led by the Provost on behalf of the Vice-Chancellor and supported by the strategic planning team; working in collaboration with Faculties and Professional Services.  The process ensures that Faculty and Professional Services plans are developed in alignment with the University’s Strategy 2030. 
• Our team is responsible for the analysis, monitoring and reporting on Key Performance Indicators, Global and UK Rankings, plus other additional statutory returns.
• The UniForum project is a UK and international benchmarking exercise run by NousCubane Consulting. It is a tool that helps to benchmark the effectiveness and efficiency of Exeter’s Professional Services. The programme helps us to understand the cost and effectiveness of all services that support teaching and research. It informs important decisions regarding which service areas need further investments or improvements.
• Academic Workload Planning aims to balance workloads in an equitable and transparent manner, as well as allowing us to plan the use of our academic staff time to ensure we achieve our strategies for education, research, impact and innovation. By doing this, workload can be distributed strategically to maximise capacity and be shared across the faculty in ways that build on the strengths of all colleagues.
• The Enterprise Portfolio Management Office is charged with setting priorities, standards and goals for the University of Exeter's portfolio of projects which forms the basis of strategic investment planning.