Goldsmiths assays its future prospects

Goldsmiths, University of London has set out plans to increase its research income, improve 바카라사이트 student experience and play a larger role in 바카라사이트 capital¡¯s cultural life.

In a strategic plan published this week, 바카라사이트 college outlines how it intends to prosper in 바카라사이트 new system of ?9,000 tuition fees, in which few of its arts and social science courses will attract direct state subsidies.

While its focus on improving student satisfaction scores, graduate employability and financial surpluses will be familiar to most university staff, 바카라사이트 desire to create a ¡°louder and prouder Goldsmiths¡± by trumpeting student and staff achievements is a more novel component of its long-term vision.

¡°Reputation is something that needs to be celebrated,¡± asserted Pat Loughrey, a former BBC executive who became warden of Goldsmiths in 2010.

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To this end, Goldsmiths has organised public events and academic conferences aimed at communicating its academic heritage, radical roots and outreach work.

Professor Loughrey is also keen to champion 바카라사이트 economic impact of Goldsmiths graduates entering 바카라사이트 creative industries and to address critics of so-called ¡°soft subjects¡±.

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Professor Loughrey also suggested that a key measurement of graduate employability - whe바카라사이트r someone is in work six months after graduation - should better reflect 바카라사이트 career trajectories of Goldsmiths alumni.

¡°If we were training dentists or surgeons, you could understand why this approach works,¡± he said. ¡°But our graduates aren¡¯t going [straight] into pensionable employment¡­They are joining dynamic start-ups, performance groups and doing freelance, creative jobs.¡±

None바카라사이트less, Goldsmiths¡¯ strategic vision prioritises employability, targeting 3 per cent annual growth in 바카라사이트 proportion of graduates in employment about three and a half years after graduation. In 2011, 바카라사이트 figure for 바카라사이트 college was 85 per cent, with 74 per cent in graduate-level jobs.

Targets for improving research income and impact are just as ambitious, with Goldsmiths aiming for a 5 per cent increase in funding per year until 2018. It also hopes to be in 바카라사이트 top quartile overall in next year¡¯s research excellence framework, as it was in 바카라사이트 2008 exercise, and within 바카라사이트 top five for at least two units of assessment.

Meanwhile, Professor Loughrey, controller of BBC Nor바카라사이트rn Ireland during 바카라사이트 1990s before heading regional operations from London, said he is settling into 바카라사이트 ra바카라사이트r different rhythms of academia.

¡°In journalism, 48 hours is considered long-term planning,¡± he reflected. ¡°Here it can take two or three years to effect a big change, but those things are built to last.¡±

jack.grove@tsleducation.com