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LSE 2030
PSS Conference13 December 2018
KEY THEMES & AMBITIONS
Minouche Shafik, Directorand the School Management CommitteeLondon School of Economics and Political Science
LSE 2030: where are we?
• 1812 responses • Four SMC Away Days
• Four sessions with Council
• Two School Leaders’ Fora
• Engagement with HoDs
• Townhalls
• Student Forum
• Cluster meetings
• Engagement with Council, Court & Academic Board
• Idea-generating sessions with academics and professional service staff
LSE 2030 Strategy Development
Idea generation & public
consultationInternal
engagementInternal
engagementAnalysis of responsesAnalysis of responses
Launchevent
March-July ‘18 August ‘18 Sep-Jan ‘18 Spring ‘19
Finalise
Nov-Feb ‘18
LSE 2030: who are we?
A ‘community of people and ideas’, founded to‘know the causes of things for the betterment
of society’
“To be the world-leading social science institutionwith the greatest global impact”
… and what are we aiming for?
LSE 2030 Strategy Development
Context and guiding principles• Rapidly changing HE sector with major policy shocks, more regulation, and more
competition in both research and education
• Poor NSS/TEF results, reputational and regulatory (OfS) risk
� Guiding principle: maintain focus on excellence & i nclusion
• LSE is the most internationally diverse major university in the world
• We are second only to Harvard in social science rankings
• We have an unrivalled global network of alumni
� Guiding principle: work to extend our global impact and reach
• Challenges for the world - UN’s Sustainable Development Goals as a call to action on sustainability across poverty, climate action, use of resources
• Challenges to HEIs, with anti-expert public feeling, ‘fake news’, political rhetoric around value for money in education, negative portrayal in media
• Challenges to finances, potential reduction in tuition fees, unknown impacts of Brexit, rising staff and pension costs, research funding directed to Industrial Strategy
� Guiding principle: ensure a sustainable future
LSE 2030 Strategy Development
Strategic priority 1:LSE Education for Global Impact
� Develop educational offer for 2030 and beyond : research-based learning and critical enquiry, dialogue & debating skills, data sciences and entrepreneurship, diverse assessments and ‘showcase portfolio’, connecting students with communities
� Access, inclusion and wellbeing : targeting £150M in studentships and associated support, enhance LSE’s educational reach, build on our sector-leading work in WP, work to tackle BME attainment gap, liberate the curriculum, develop framework for mental health & wellbeing
LSE 2030 Strategy Development
� Active global citizens : increase opportunities for study and work abroad, including 4th year option, engage and empower students as leaders of change, creators and producers within their communities and the wider world
� A sustained education for life: develop LSE as the place for ongoing education throughout long and changing careers, develop credit framework to enable more flexibility and the ability to build towards credentials over time
Strategic priority 2:LSE Research for the World
� World-leading research : maintain our strengths in social sciences, convene research around key themes including Health & Wellbeing; Social Cohesion & Prosperity; Cities & Communities; Firms, Markets & Economies; Governance & Democracies; Technology, Innovation & Entrepreneurship
� Leadership in social sciences : articulate and demonstrate the value of social sciences, develop sustainable funding for research and faculty, invest in PhDs as the future of social science research and education
� Shape the world’s political, economic and social fu ture: ensure LSE’s research speaks to, and is available to, communities across the world, extend our influence through partnerships, knowledge exchange, commercialisation and public engagement to ensure our thought-leadership has an impact on wider audiences and sectors
� Convene the world in London : use the strength of our brand and international networks to make LSE the place for rigorous debate about global issues, create a world-class physical & digital platform to bring the world in and communicate LSE’s work
LSE 2030 Strategy Development
Strategic priority 3:Developing LSE for Everyone
� Championing EDI : embrace a diversity of people and views, commitment to keep strengthening an inclusive and supportive culture where everybody’s contributions are valued, actively tackle issues of bias and exclusion
� Investing in LSE people : holistic approach to staff development, experience and wellbeing, develop online Staff Hub, individual learning accounts, opportunities for all staff to engage with our research-rich environment
� Engaging alumni, friends and partners : develop educational offer for life, develop online Alumni Hub and physical Alumni Centre, strengthen alumni communications and targeted engagement
� Investing in a world-class research, learning and w orking environment : create a stronger campus effect across the School, develop sector-leading data and systems, embed ‘freedom within a framework’ as an organising principle to empower and connect in support of shared aims
� Enabling and sustaining positive change : support staff and students in leading change, enhance evaluation and decision-making, strengthen communications
LSE 2030 Strategy Development
LSE 2030: timeline to approval and launch
• December (and ongoing…): 2030 Portfolio, Mainstreaming and Campaign working groups convened, begin forward planning for implementation and embedding as strategic framework for the School’s core business;
• December-January : finalising the narrative and creative design work for the strategy document itself; second LSE 2030 forum with School Leaders;
• 5 February : strategy to Council for approval;
• (Feb/Mar: LSE Festival, Staff Survey, NSS & mock NSS);
• March/April : launch event tbc;
• (29 Mar: last day of term… and Brexit);
• (18-24 Apr: Easter);
LSE 2030 Strategy Development
LSE 2030 transitional workstreams (from Nov ‘18)
2030 Creative design - to work with a strategic creative communications agency to develop
strategic messaging and toolkit of products.
2030 Launch & engagement - to plan internal & external celebration of, and ongoing
engagement with, the new strategy.
2030 Mainstreaming - to drive the embedding of the strategy throughout the School’s
activities, with an initial focus on aligning processes (reporting, monitoring, planning, resource
allocation, risk management, etc.) and subsequently identifying or developing the frameworks
required to drive consistent excellence (‘freedom within a framework’ principle).
2030 Portfolio - to develop criteria for prioritising strategic initiatives, establish a portfolio
level view of strategic initiatives required to deliver against the ambition of LSE 2030, and to
recommend ongoing mechanism(s) for managing the portfolio.
2030 Campaign - to identify fundraising priorities, act as champions for the campaign and
develop a culture of philanthropy and alumni engagement across the School.
Education & Student Experience (E&SE) Action Plan 18/19 - to address immediate issues and
lay the groundwork for the future vision for education and student experience at LSE.
LSE 2030: transition phase