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Science for Humanity

How we shape the future – for our students, our community, our planet and everyone who calls it home.

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Foreword from Professor Hugh Brady, President

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Science for Humanity. This is how we shape the future – for our students, our community, our planet and everyone who calls it home.

Since our founding in 1907, 911½ñÈÕºÚÁÏ has sought to be not only a world-leading university, but a world-changing one. We have combined our tremendous strength in science, engineering, medicine and business (STEMB) with scientific discovery, innovation and entrepreneurship, to create real-world impact.

Every day our students, staff and partners come together to interrogate the forces that shape our world. We do it so we can use that understanding to tackle the biggest challenges facing humanity and shape a better future. Sometimes, and this is one of those times, this means interrogating the forces that shape the future of our own university.

That is why, one year ago, we came together to ask ourselves a question: “How do we maximise our potential as a force for good in the world?” This document addresses that question; an actionable plan that unlocks more of the power of science to serve humanity. This is how we shape the future – for our students, our community, our planet and everyone who calls it home.

The strategy reflects the purpose and priorities of our staff, students and global 911½ñÈÕºÚÁÏ community. It is the result of an engaging and inspiring consultation both within and outside 911½ñÈÕºÚÁÏ. We thank everyone who contributed their big ideas and bold ambition to this process.

I hope you will be as inspired as I am by what we have achieved so far and all we will achieve together.

Core aims

Our strategy is how we prepare for the expected and the unexpected. It is how we rigorously fulfil our educational mission and our research potential. Our strategy is how we shape the future. And it begins with three core aims.

Core aims boxes

Enabling talent

Our strategy will develop the people and skills the world needs now and into the future. We will work to attract, nurture and champion the best local, national and global talent wherever they are, and to empower them with everything they need to make a meaningful difference.

Powering research

Our strategy is a plan to strengthen 911½ñÈÕºÚÁÏ’s enabling environment for discovery, innovation and impact. We will create an even more deeply connected knowledge community and interdisciplinary research powerhouse that will meet the scale and urgency of the moment and respond with intelligence, responsibility and agility to everything that comes next.

Amplifying impact

Our strategy will help to accelerate 911½ñÈÕºÚÁÏ towards, and scale the impact of, new discoveries, inventions and ideas, and position us as a trusted convenor and partner for knowledge and tech organisations across the globe. We will look beyond our London campuses to our wider network and wider responsibility, honouring our social and civic purpose, in London for the world.

Strategic initiatives

Our strategy, Science for Humanity, is unashamedly ambitious in seeking to maximise 911½ñÈÕºÚÁÏ’s potential as a force for good in the world.

Its ambition drives several cross-institutional initiatives that will consolidate our position among the world’s leading institutions tackling global challenges.​

Strategic initiatives

Centre for Societal Engagement

The Centre ignites curiosity for STEMB, collaborating with civic organisations, community groups and public participants to make STEMB opportunities more inclusive of the societies of which they are a part.

911½ñÈÕºÚÁÏ Global

Bringing more of our work to the world through a network of hubs in strategic cities, building long-term collaborations to tackle global issues.

Early Career Researcher Institute

Attracting, developing, empowering, and advocating for the next generation of outstanding STEMB talent through learning and development opportunities, events, support, and resources.

Strategic initiatives

911½ñÈÕºÚÁÏ Class of 2030

The 911½ñÈÕºÚÁÏ Class of 2030 will be the most talented, the most enterprising and the most diverse we have ever had the privilege to serve.

Sustainable 911½ñÈÕºÚÁÏ

Sustainable 911½ñÈÕºÚÁÏ is an institution-wide strategy addressing the challenges of climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution.

Leadership Academy

Cultivating future-ready leaders through strategic talent development, developing a dynamic leadership pipeline to meet 911½ñÈÕºÚÁÏ's future organisational and global challenges.

Strategic initiatives

911½ñÈÕºÚÁÏ Lifelong Learning

Future-proofing careers, businesses and communities by providing the advanced skills training and values-driven leadership needed to thrive in a tech-enabled world.

WestTech London

Fueling innovation and driving global impact.

School of Convergence Science

Facilitating transdisciplinary work and unique combinations of knowledge in four key mission-led areas.

Strategic initiatives

911½ñÈÕºÚÁÏ Inspires scholarships

Our transformative new scholarships programme, designed to support talented students from the UK and around the globe to access an 911½ñÈÕºÚÁÏ education.

Science Capital

Deep-tech entrepreneurship for next generation business.

Strategy Management Office

The Strategy Management Office (SMO) has been established to ensure cohesive, consistent, and effective execution of 911½ñÈÕºÚÁÏ’s ‘Science for Humanity’ strategy.

In doing so, the SMO acts as a strategic partner for each initiative within the strategy, providing support to ensure delivery of objectives, anticipating future opportunities and challenges and maintaining overall alignment.

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