Programmes

Programmes

The Programmes Team lead on areas for future strategic development in research and innovation, including large scale value propositions that stand to benefit the University. Each programme focusses on ambitious inter-disciplinary research areas that are a priority for the University, and involves developing a vision of how the university stands to benefit and progresses the activity in such a way as to maximise and realise those benefits. Programme Managers will usually work closely with an identified senior academic lead and will draw on resource and capability across the university in order to best progress activities, in particular convening ‘agile teams’ across the Research and Enterprise Division to lead on the development of major propositions within their programme area. Current inter-disciplinary areas that the team are working in are climate and environment, creative and culture, health and life sciences and digital.

The team works to:

• Identify future trends and opportunities and work to position UoB to take advantage of these
• Initiate and drive large scale complex multi-partner/stakeholder programmes​
• Lead programmes effectively, navigating challenges in external and internal environments
• Bring people together, bridging both internally and externally, with a multi-disciplinary approach ​
• Respond and adapt to a rapidly changing environment to remain at the forefront of the programme area
• Lead value propositions and ensure they are well managed, bringing in others from across RED and the wider University for their successful development and delivering VPs into the relevant bidding process
• Contribute to and influence the development of internal strategies and processes.

Common to many programmes are: seeking to influence policy-makers to create new opportunities; positioning the university to benefit from these; developing networks and relationships; and ensuring engagement regionally, nationally and internationally. Within the university, Programme Managers work to encourage the breaking down of boundaries, multi-disciplinary activity, more ambitious and lateral thinking, and a university-wide viewpoint.