University strategy 2016–2021

I’m delighted to present the University of Brighton’s five-year strategy for the period 2016–2021.

With the involvement of the whole university community in its development, this strategy sets out our objectives for the coming five years. Our strategy is about realising potential and shaping futures. We will focus on enhancing the quality of all we do, investing in our future and above all enabling the talents of our students and staff to realise our shared ambitions.

The University of Brighton is a great university with a dedicated, diverse and passionate community of students, staff and alumni. We take pride in making a significant impact in our local community and reaching out globally, based on our strong commitment to partnership working.

At the time of writing the country and the education sector is responding to a very specific set of economic, social and political challenges. I’m confident we have the talent and flexibility to enable us to continue to evolve. If we can live the values underpinning our strategy – inclusivity, sustainability, creativity and partnership – then we are well equipped to flourish and to deal with what lies ahead.

Professor Debra Humphris

Vice-Chancellor

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Professor Debra Humpris

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At the University of Brighton we learn, work and create knowledge. What makes us different is how we achieve that.

We create knowledge through practice – academic practice, professional practice and creative practice – and that practice takes place in partnership. Through partnership we create our distinctive educational programmes, we share and disseminate our research and enterprise and we create mutual benefit for our city, our region and globally.

As a university with a strong community heritage we actively choose to look beyond the institution to enrich and embolden our teaching and research.

We aspire to become a learning community of students, staff and partners – a community where learning, teaching, research and practice are equally valued and mutually enhancing. 

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Mission and values

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Vision and strategy