At the first Transforming Lives sessions of 2020, Carol Castle, Director of Student Recruitment and Admissions provided an update on Student Recruitment, followed by Professor Rob Copeland, Director of the Advanced Wellbeing Research Centre, who updated staff on the new AWRC facility and its recent opening. Here is the slide deck from the session. You…
At December’s Transforming Lives sessions James Johnston (Head of Development and Alumni Relations) provided an update on the new Development and Alumni service, followed by Dr Sally Jackson (Chief People Officer) and Nicola Rawlins (Group Director of Recruitment, Communications and Marketing) who updated staff on the work being undertaken following the Staff Survey. Here is…
At November’s sessions, Deborah Harry (Chief Finance and Planning Officer) provided an update on financial sustainability, whilst Kevin Kerrigan (Pro Vice-Chancellor for Business and Enterprise) and Elaine Buckley (Interim Assistant Dean for Academic Development) discussed The Hallam Model. You can view a recording of the session below:
At October’s Transforming Lives sessions, Cathy Sinclair (Co-Director of Student Recruitment and Admissions) provided a review of the 2018/19 student recruitment cycle and looked ahead to priorities, challenges and opportunities for 2019/20 and beyond. Natalie Day (Head of Strategy and Policy Insight) and Elizabeth Morgan (Strategy and Policy Manager) discussed the Access and Participation Plan.…
Student recruitment and the Access and Participation Plan are on the agenda for the first Transforming Lives strategy update session of the 2019/20 academic year. These monthly sessions give all staff the opportunity to hear updates directly from the project leads on strategy implementation. There will also be the opportunity to ask any questions you…
The Vice-Chancellor, Professor Sir Chris Husbands delivered his bi-annual, all-staff address on 17 and 19 September across both campuses. In the sessions he talked about the University’s agenda for the year ahead and took questions from staff in the audience. A recording of the City event is available below.
July’s Transforming Lives strategy update was presented by Dan Ladbury (Director of Estates), Toby Ward (Head of Estates Development and Projects), Carol Saunders (Head of Student Advice and Help), Melissa Jacobi (Academic Director) and Simon Thompson (Head of Student & Graduate Employability). Dan and Toby provided an update on the Campus Masterplan and the progress…
June’s Transforming Lives Strategy Update was presented by Greg Burke, Director of South Yorkshire Futures and Dr Iain Garner (Head of Department at Sheffield Institute of Education). Greg provided an overview of the work undertaken by our ground-breaking social mobility programme South Yorkshire Futures whilst Iain discussed the Hallam Academic Programme. The session at City Campus…
April’s Transforming Lives Strategy Update was presented by Professor Kevin Kerrigan, Pro Vice-Chancellor for enterprise and Sheffield Business School, Conor Moss, group director of business engagement, skills and employability and Professor Roger Eccleston, Pro Vice-Chancellor for research and global engagement. Kevin and Conor provided an update on our work on business engagement and how we…
The March Transforming Lives Strategy Update session was presented by Professor Jacqueline Stevenson (Head of Research at the Sheffield Institute of Education) and Nicola Rawlins (Group Director of Recruitment, Communications and Marketing). Prof Stevenson talked about the new black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) attainment gap website which launched in January whilst Nicola provided an update on undergraduate…
The February Transforming Lives Strategy session was presented by Sarah Swales, Assistant Director of Human Resources & Organisational Development and Zoe Sibeko, Corporate Project Manager (Web). Sarah spoke about the launch of our new staff engagement survey, run by our external partner, Hive, that will launch on 20 March while Zoe provided an overview of the…
The 2019/20 Strategic Planning process is now underway across the University, with a clear set of priorities that provide a steer for focus in key areas of delivery. We begin the planning process in a period of significant uncertainty in our external environment. Some issues are unlikely to be resolved quickly – the recommendations, and…
The January Transforming Lives Strategy session was presented by Dave Kyffin, Operations and Development Manager, Provost Group who provided an update on the work of the Hallam Guild.
The November Transforming Lives strategy sessions included updates on the Hallam Deal by Sarah Swales, Assistant Director, HROD and Student Help and Advice by Claire Gandy, Director of Student Support Services.
The October Transforming Lives strategy sessions included updates on the achievements of the Global Engagement Plan and South Yorkshire Futures to date.
