2030 Priorities and Ambition
Our 2030 strategy has identified a number of priorities for us to focus on to achieve our ambitions.
Priorities
- Prepare our students for work and life through contemporary learning experiences enriched with professional practice across all disciplines and courses.
- Create a place-based innovation ecosystem through strategic partnerships to serve as a catalyst for impactful research, high value business creation and inclusive growth.
- Realise our role and place as an inclusive urban university deeply integrated within the city centre, enriching the lives of our staff, students and the community.
- Increase our reach and impact through partnered international and regional hubs embedded within vibrant economies and emerging growth areas.
- Adopt a digital first approach across the entire organisation to meet the changing needs of our beneficiaries and enable a more agile operating environment.
- Develop a sustainable operating model for the future through innovation, diversified growth and strategic commercial partnerships.
Ambition
- In 2030 Aston University will be recognised nationally as a leader in graduate employability and social mobility.
- In 2030 Aston University will be recognised as a leader in science and technology innovation, driving socio-economic transformation in our city and region.
- In 2030 Aston University will be recognised as the best place to work and collaborate, bound together by our shared values and commitment to the greater good.
- In 2030 Aston University will have a strong presence in London and select global locations, with a thriving portfolio of partnered programmes and projects.
- In 2030 Aston University will be recognised as a leading digital enterprise in the region.
- In 2030 Aston University will be future-proof, more resilient and responsive to external changes and disruptions, and able to drive new high impact developments.