Values Programme Focus Group PRESENTATION OUTLINE Focus on the Future

1994 Values

People Theme Team Summary

Values Programme Summary

Values Programme Methodology

HWU Branding Key Messages

Staff Survey Summary

Purpose of Session

Next Steps

Focus on the FutureHEADLINES

Reshape and grow academic base by 50% in ten years

Fulfil ambition to be like a 1994

Group institution

The 1994 Group THE GROUP BELIEVES THAT:

Members' identities and traditions can be respected while providing a basis for innovative and challenging thinking.

Research-intensive universities should play a full role at local, regional, national and international level.

High-quality research and teaching are mutually supportive and serve to reinforce each other.

Students and staff from diverse backgrounds should be encouraged to realize their potential in a well-maintained environment, providing a stimulating choice of academic, cultural and social opportunities

People Theme Team SUMMARY

Established to ‘build staff capacity meet the performance challenges of the strategic plan’

4 projects:

• Values programme

• Development programme

• Staff survey

• Development framework

Develop and embed a shared understanding of University core values (and associated behaviours) that help foster a supportive and inspiring learning and research environment

Identify health and well-being KPIs, against which to benchmark 1994 Group universities and track performance in relation to people processes

Values Programme SUMMARY

Values Programme Methodology

Values Programme Workshop held April 2009

Staff Survey Questions

Focus Groups

Wider staff sessions at Riccarton and SBC

Communication with Dubai and Orkney

Continued development of People KPIs

Report to PME December 2009

HWU BrandingKEY MESSAGES

Critical issues

Defining statements

Values are an enabling mechanism to allow Staff to connect with the HWU brand

Staff Survey RESPONDENT PROFILE

Senior Executive/Prof 8%Academic 23%Academic Related/Professional

31%

Research Associates/fellows/technicians

8%

Craft/Trades 1%Manual 7%Secretarial 15%Technical 7%

Staff Survey HEADLINE INFO

Highest Response from Academic/ Academic Related/Professional/Staff

Lowest Response from Craft/Manual/Research/Technical

Majority of staff ranked Valuing People as number 1

Majority of staff ranked Pursuit of Excellence as number 2

Craft/Trades and Manual staff ranked Responsible Stewardship higher than any other staff group

Staff Survey HEADLINE INFO

Internationalisation ranked at number 5 for Professor/Senior Executive level and as 7-10 with other staff groups

Internationalisation well understood Heriot-Watt is Scotland’s international university

Is Internationalisation a value?

Staff Survey COMMENTS INCLUDED:

The values were difficult to rank – they were of equal importance

The values are co-dependent and interlinked

Some values are a given - e.g. Responsible Stewardship

There is a need to fully represent services and academia in any ‘values’

Student focus/student experience – is this explicit enough?

Some cynicism by respondents of Motherhood and Apple Pie statements

Staff Survey OVERALL VALUES RANKING

VALUING PEOPLE 51.2%

PURSUIT OF EXCELLENCE 31.7 %

NURTURING POTENTIAL 16.6%

FORWARD THINKING & FLEXIBLE 16.5%

SERVICE FOCUS 16.2%

COLLABORATION 15.2%

RESPONSIBLE STEWARDSHIP 15.1%

COLLEGIALITY 13.7%

CREATING OPPORTUNITIES 13.3%

INTERNATIONALISATION 10.9%

Staff Survey OVERALL VALUES RANKING - QUESTIONS

The Values are clustered – are Valuing People and Pursuit of Excellence the most identifiable values for HWU Staff?

Are the other cluster areas similar?

Can these areas be combined?

Are all of these values?

Purpose of Focus Group

This focus group will:

Use the information from the staff survey

Refine the values

Provide the input for further staff

involvement sessions

Values ProgrammeNEXT STEPS

2 wider staff group sessions 5 & 12 November 2009 a Riccarton

SBC Session

Communication with Orkney and Dubai

Identify KPIs to underpin values

Develop final values and KPIs for PME 17 December 2009

Implementation stage end Dec 2009/Jan 2010