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JULY 2015
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CAMPUS PLANNING
UWI COMMUNITY NEWS
FROM THE ST. AUGUSTINE CAMPUS
Campus Operational Plan
What does it mean for you?
STAff: How does the operational plan relate
to the strategic plan?
RS:
The Strategic Plan 2012-2017 is the framework for the
entire university and each campus has its own operational plan
to guide the direction of the strategy. Our Campus Operational
Plan is aligned to the six strategic perspectives of the university’s
strategic plan. The operational plan outlines the process through
which the strategic plan is implemented by finding actions and
initiatives to meet specific objectives that will create meaningful
transformation in the university’s core functions of teaching,
research and service.
STAff: What are the key points for the campus
in this operational plan?
RS:
The plan covers all of the strategic perspectives but places
more emphasis on enhancing the financial sustainability of the
campus through diversifying revenue streams to reduce our
reliance on government funding. The campus will also look closely
at the support to its staff and students as major stakeholders in
the system and will strive to improve the level of engagement and
training that it provides to them.
STAff: How do we know it’s going to work
for the Campus?
RS:
The plan was developed by meeting and coming to
agreement with the campus stakeholders - campus management,
deans, senior administrators and heads of departments,
representatives of ATSS, unions and students. The university
is committed to working on projects that can create significant
improvements in the quality of what we produce and the way we
operate in the near term. We are also building on our older plan,
recognising its gaps and learning from past experience to enhance
our new plan.
Our goal is to make St Augustine a better campus for employees,
students and all other stakeholders for this and the generations to
come.
STAff: What’s in it for employees?
RS:
Many things – to work in a more efficient and responsive
environment that understands the needs of its stakeholders;
to be part of an institution that is recognised as the premier
higher education provider in the region; and to be able to make
a difference in your nation and region by providing outstanding
service to this institution. If we all play our part in achieving the
plan’s objectives our legacy will be a more robust and competitive
St Augustine Campus that can measure itself against any
institution of higher education in the world.
STAff: Where can I get more information
on the Operational Plan?
RS:
For further information on the Campus Operational Plan
and how it is being measured and evaluated, go to the campus
Intranet.
The University of the West Indies
has embarked on its Strategic Plan 2012-2017. This sweeping plan is the essential
blueprint for the university and affects every campus, faculty, student, employee and all other stakeholders. Designed to
take The UWI forward into a future with rapidly changing dynamics like decreased funding from regional governments
and greater competition from regional institutions of higher education, the Strategic Plan also addresses the university’s
ambitions to become an international force for education, research and policymaking.
But what does that mean for you? As employees of The UWI you are critical to the success of any plan or initiative of the
university. The Campus Operational Plan takes the Strategic Plan and brings it down to the operational level – including the
university’s strategy as it relates to its employees. We sat down with
Mrs Reanti Singh
, Head, Campus Office of Planning
and Institutional Research (COPIR), to discuss the Campus Operational Plan and what employees should know about it.
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