Technical Strategy
Our Technical Strategy aims to provide expertise, equipment, facilities and spaces that optimise the power of our education and research, through adaptable and sustainable technical capability and capacity. We will do this through leading on managing and developing innovative technical environments which are adaptive to digital and technical growth, through future proofed solutions for growth and maintenance of sustainable facilities and equipment that deliver for research and education and by nurturing our communities of experts to thrive through teaching and skills development.
December 2024: Exe-Tech A Year On Review
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Progress against the Strategy is reviewed by the senior management team every six months through a structured process that reviews each objective critically looking at achievements, successes, and gaps in delivery against the implementation plan. This allows us to celebrate what progress has been made, as well as consider what areas need further refocus and adaptation because of external factors. The report provides a summary of this review providing colleagues with an update on progress for year one (following two managerial reviews).
Technical Strategy & Operations lead and develop innovative technical environments
Future proofed solutions for the growth and maintenance of sustainable facilities and equipment that delivers for research and education
Nurturing communities of experts to thrive through teaching and skills development
Innovate
It is critical we adapt our spaces and technical environments to deliver innovative education that contributes to student experience and grows our research power. Technical Strategy and Operations will lead on the effective and efficient management and development of innovative technical spaces acting as the expert interface between research and education needs and infrastructure requirements (such as estates, regulators, health and safety, digital and IT) thus supporting faculty decision making in this regard.
Sustain
Future proofed solutions for growth and maintenance of sustainable facilities and equipment that delivers for research and education. Technical Strategy and Operations will lead a coordinated strategic approach to sustaining our equipment and facilities in collaboration with faculties. This is vital to sustain and grow our teaching and research ecosystem as they underpin our research outputs and impact on our student experience. We will also lead on reproducibility and data quality for our research facilities providing sector leading approaches.
Nurture
We will nurture our communities of technical experts to ensure capacity across the University so that their invaluable and exceptional level of achievement can be rewarded and delivered in collaboration with the academic community and other professional services. We will lead, through these experts, on effectively managing and running laboratories and facilities and education in laboratory and field classes.
Alongside the Technical Strategy, a full implementation plan has been developed. This can be viewed by internal colleagues on our SharePoint. This will be a live document which will developed and added to over the years to enable us to flexibly respond where necessary, and track our progress.