The Strategy and Policy Directorate is responsible for:
- Advising the Principal, Executive Team and Senior Management in relation to strategy, policy, strategic planning, governance and the University's Outcome Agreement
- Providing secretariat support to the University’s Court, Senate and Executive Team
- Obtaining, developing and analysing management information to enable the University Court and Executive Team to take informed decisions
- Leading on University-wide governance matters
- Co-ordinating the University's student related returns to the Scottish Funding Council (SFC) and Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA)
- Facilitating business planning and external & internal performance monitoring
- Overseeing league table and HESA performance indicator analyses
Team Members
- Simon Jennings, Director
- Rona Smith, Deputy Director
- Lewis Allan, Governance Manager
- Chrissie Finnigan, Policy Officer
- Louise Martin, PA to Director
- Jane Meredith, Quality Assurance Officer
- Rene Oudega, Business Intelligence Analyst
- Allison Shelvey, Administrator
- Darren Thompson, Senior Policy and Projects Officer
- Grant Thorne, Planning Officer
Information and Analysis
Governance
Strategic Projects
Directorate Chart
The chart linked below presents the organisation of the Strategy & Policy Directorate.