1. The University of York Vice-Chancellor’s report to Council for the academic year 2005/6 November 2005

2. The University’s vision A top university for teaching and research Internationally competitive Open to all Applying knowledge to benefit all An outstanding intellectual, social and physical environment

3. The University’s current position Top in UK for teaching & 6 th for research excellence In top ten of all league tables for last 5 years Oxford, Cambridge, Imperial, LSE, Warwick, York In world top 100 for biomedicine & arts/humanities University of the Year 2003 Queen’s Anniversary Prize for HE in 2005 Science City York, White Rose

4. The University’s style Small 8,500 full-time students (6,000 u/g, 2,500 p/g) Focused 23 strong departments Broad-based Arts/humanities, sciences & social sciences Teaching, research, business & community Socially inclusive Residential & integrated Beautiful 250 acre integrated residential campus Dynamic Doubled student numbers in last 10 years (8% pa) Doubled turnover in last 5 years (12% pa)

5. Key issues Management & governance review Corporate plan & long term strategy Council, AG & committee restructuring Departmental planning, KPIs & lines of delegation/accountability RAE 2008 New research centres Anniversary Chairs & Readers Worldwide recruitment Academic portfolio New subjects: HYMS; Management, TFTV; Dentistry; Law Growth areas: SPSW; Archaeology; Psychology; Maths Others: Chemistry & Physics

7. Corporate Plan, AG & KPIs Corporate PlanKPI AreaAG memberCommittee Research PVC-ResearchResearch AcademicTeachingPVC-TeachingTeaching University & Community Business & Community PVC-External Relations Businesses Student supportStudentsPVC-StudentsStudent Support Staff HR DirectorStaff EnvironmentEstates (Hes E)DFM; PVC- Estates Estates; HESG IncomeFinanceDoFFinance M&GOperationsRegistrar

8. Key issues Science City York National science cities initiative Leeds city region Science City York plus Students Home student fees Overseas student market & visa changes Framework agreement Good for staff in people-based business Significant costs & enormous amount of work Need to ensure VFM

9. Key issues Heslington East Public inquiry Land acquisition Financing via SPV Finances Current very slim margins Rapid growth Increasing productivity through: FEC, RAE, fees, overseas growth

10. Conclusions York continues to have an excellent position as a top ten UK & world competitive university Important improvements are underway Management & governance Income & productivity HR & recruitment Developing the estate Critical factors to future success are Heslington East development Developing people-based management Maintaining financial control