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Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic) DEPUTY VICE-CHANCELLOR (ACADEMIC) Applicant Brief June 2017 Contents A welcome from the Vice-Chancellor Designate………………………..……....…3 About Birmingham City University………………………………….…………..........4 Our values ..……………………………………………………………………………6 Academic portfolio ……………………………………...……….………………...…. 7 BCU executive team structure ..…………………………………………..………… 8 Teaching and student experience ……………………………………………………9 Engagement, research, innovation & students ……………….………....………..10 Job description………………………………………………..………………..….......11 Person specification….………………………………………………………….…....13 Terms and conditions……………..……………………………...……...…….…...…14 How to apply & key dates ….………………………………………………..……….15 Living and working in Birmingham……...……………………………………..….…16 Deputy Vice Chancellor (Academic) Welcome from the Vice Chancellor Designate Thank you for your interest in this role. My expectations: The role: I will be joining the university in August as the new The Deputy Vice-Chancellor Academic is the senior Vice-Chancellor. I am strongly committed to academic leader in the university responsible for excellence in learning, teaching and the student our subject portfolio and for the experience of our experience. I was delighted therefore to be offered students. You will drive an ambitious agenda for the opportunity to come to BCU as it is clear to me academic quality, learning and teaching, and you that there is a shared commitment in the will further develop a student experience which organisation to delivering an outstanding academic celebrates the diverse backgrounds of our students, experience for all students. Some external while challenging each student to excel. You will indicators do not yet capture that excellence, and a ensure that the excellent academic offer within the key priority is to ensure that our excellent academic university attains commensurate recognition in work achieves full recognition. I am confident that external metrics, ensuring that the university the pieces are in place for the university to achieves Gold in the TEF exercise. Above all you capitalise on its new estate and to make rapid will ensure that our university is an environment progress. where students from the most diverse backgrounds thrive. Your qualities: You will be one of two Deputy Vice-Chancellors, the I am looking for someone who can demonstrate other role has the lead for Research, Innovation that they take forward the academic agenda at and Enterprise. As my Deputy Vice-Chancellor you pace, who can capitalise on existing strengths, and will be part of a broader University Executive group who can address any areas where work is needed. which includes the four PVC Executive Deans of As DVC you will have that lead responsibility for faculties. In addition to your role in shaping our articulating our academic priorities and ambitions, academic heart, you will also be working with our so you will have excellent communication skills. Marketing and Recruitment teams to maximise You will lead by example and so will be a leader student recruitment, and you are likely to be asked with strong academic credibility in your discipline. to pick up other strategic leadership tasks as part of You will be a key part of the university’s Executive your broad portfolio of responsibilities. team, and someone who understands how to work as a team-player. And you will be ambitious for the The institution: institution’s success and your own success be- Birmingham City University has a deserved cause that success will reflect the great achieve- reputation as a vibrant, ambitious and successful ments of our students. institution. The investment of over £260M into the Estate has created outstanding environments for The role will be challenging. The sector is changing students, in the heart of our city. Ours is a rapidly. Birmingham City is ideally placed to university with a broad portfolio that nevertheless respond to those challenges. Your will help us to includes unique specialist areas of endeavour, achieve that potential. including the world-class Birmingham Conservatoire. This distinctive portfolio offers If you feel you are ready, and able, to deliver to this significant opportunities for us to enrich the agenda, I hope you will take the time to apply. university experience for all our students. Professor Philip Plowden, Vice Chancellor Designate Deputy Vice Chancellor (Academic) About Birmingham City University With around 24,000 students from 80 countries, Birmingham City University is a large, diverse and increasingly popular place to study. We put students at the heart of everything we do, giving them the best opportunities for future success. The University has an enviable reputation for providing quality, student-focused education in a professional and friendly environment. Teaching Excellence Framework. Birmingham City University has been awarded silver status for its quality of teaching in the Government’s Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF). The TEF – the first scheme of its kind – recognises excellent teaching and learning across the UK’s world-class higher education sector. Silver grades have been awarded by the Government to universities offering courses with “high levels of stretch that ensures all students are significantly challenged, and acquire knowledge, skills and understanding that are highly valued by employers.” Birmingham City University was particularly praised for support for students, world-class facilities and the professionalism of its teaching staff. Our superb courses, state-of-the-art facilities, first-rate staff, and focus on practical skills and professional relevance is producing some of the country’s most employable graduates. We now have two main campuses – City Centre and City South – plus our satellite sites including the Grade I listed Venetian Gothic Birmingham School of Art building and our School of Jewellery in the city’s historic Jewellery Quarter. We’re investing £260 million in our estate, including major expansions and refurbishments of our campuses at Eastside and City South providing students with an enviable range of facilities. Our staff and student community is defined by our core values, which outline who we are as a University and how we will work with each other. Our core values are; Excellence, People focused, Partnership working and Fairness and integrity Our mission "To transform the prospects of individuals, employers and society through excellence in practice-based education, research and knowledge exchange." Our vision "To be the leading university for creative and professional practice inspired by innovation and enquiry." Deputy Vice Chancellor (Academic) About Birmingham City University We define our role and place in higher education through characteristics which underpin what we do and how we do it: Practice We focus on practice so all students have Practice Intelligence (the capability to learn from experience and apply it to all future practice). All courses include practice, practical experience and learning through practice; we command credibility and respect from the professions and our curriculum anticipates their changing needs. The curriculum has recently been transformed; and professional services have also been re-organised to ensure the best possible performance. Our research and knowledge development are applied to practice. Creativity and enterprise We promote the value and application of creativity and enterprise skills in all areas of our staff and students’ work. Creativity and enterprise skills and capabilities will be distinguishing features of all Birmingham City University graduates. Student Engagement We seek high levels of student engagement so our students have a sense of ‘ownership’ in their University. Our focus is student success and we believe they have a major role to play in shaping what the University does to ensure this. Financial performance The University has a strong financial position and has achieved its corporate objectives to: Achieve income growth while managing costs to generate surplus for investment in our academic activities, people, facilities and services Increasing our financial resilience by diversifying income sources across teaching, research and services to business and the community Anticipating and robustly managing future strategic and operational risks Ensuring good return on investment on special projects and new developments Continually reviewing our systems, processes and structures to maximise value, reduce unnecessary costs and incentivise behaviour Continuous Improvement We seek to continually improve our performance focused on student success. We have recently completed an ambitious programme ‘Transforming the Curriculum’ to ensure that excellent teaching and learning is at the heart of all that we do. We also ensure that the University operates as efficiently and effectively as possible – all Professional Services Departments have recently been reviewed and refreshed through a Priority Based Budgeting exercise to ensure value for money and great service provision aligned to priority outcomes. Deputy Vice Chancellor (Academic) Our values Birmingham City University’s staff and student community is characterised by our values. They define the qualities most important to us and provide guidance for all that we do in order to enrich our teaching and learning environment. They are underpinned by our Core Values Framework which sets out the principles of behaviour we encourage all members of the University community to not only know and appreciate
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