The University’s Vision for the Future
Our mission is to make the University of Manchester, already an internationally distinguished centre of research, innovation, learning and scholarly enquiry, one of the leading universities in the world by 2020.
Our aim is to become the preferred destination for the best students, teachers, researchers and scholars in the world. The new, merged University was established with an unprecedented £300 million investment programme to enhance our already excellent teaching and research facilities and to further improve the services that will support you during your time as a student here.
The Division’s mission is:
- To aim for excellence and international renown in both research and teaching.
- To encourage students to take responsibility for their own learning.
- To foster good relations with others.
- To contribute actively to the life of the city and region.
- To secure, and wisely manage the resources necessary for these purposes by promoting individual and collective responsibilities and accountabilities.
The Division aims to:
- Prepare students to become registered as nurses, midwives and social workers enabling them to fulfil a wide range of roles within health care settings.
- Actively contribute to the advancement of knowledge and scholarship.
- Meet student and employer requirements for diversity of provision and career enhancement by providing a structure of flexibility and choice within continuing education provision.
- Provide higher education programmes that meet the changing demands of the NHS and fulfil requirements for professional registration and practice where appropriate.
- Enhance the learning of students with a wide range of ability and previous experience and recognise prior learning where relevant to the programme of study.
- Encourage students to take responsibility for their own learning and foster the use of problem solving approaches.
- Provide students with appropriate information, advice and ongoing academic and pastoral support to enhance their progression and development in both clinical practice and academic study.
- Provide students with opportunities to progress through programmes and acquire knowledge, skill and qualifications appropriate to their ability and future role.
- Develop effective use of evidence in practice.
- Provide a well-resourced teaching, learning and research environment for staff and students.
- Operate an effective system of programme management that assures quality.
- Generate innovative education programmes from investigative research.