Our vision, mission and values
Vision
Our University will be sought after by students and staff as a place to further their ambitions and to have impact on our communities. Our students and staff will be sought after for their skills, knowledge and ability to innovate.
Mission
To enhance students’ life chances, support staff’s ambitions and strengthen the University’s impact on our locality, industry, policy and the professions to enable a sustainable future socially, economically and environmentally.
Values
Our values underpin everything that we do, they shape how we interact with each other, how we support our students and how we achieve our strategic objectives. We are proud to be an inclusive, innovative, ambitious and enterprising organisation. Our Values Framework helps everyone to understand these values and provides guidance on how to put them into practice.
Ambitious
At Kingston University we are proud of being part of a high performing culture, where we strive for excellence in everything we do. We set high expectations of ourselves and each other to drive improvement, constantly seeking to be more innovative and enterprising in what we do and how we do it.
Inclusive
Everyone at Kingston University is valued and respected for who they are and can work and study in an environment that is free from any form of discrimination. Everyone has the right to be included and the responsibility to be inclusive.
Innovative
At Kingston University we are always looking for new ways of thinking and better ways of doing things. We never rest on our laurels. We set ourselves ambitious targets to be ahead of the game, using all the tools available to us.
Enterprising
At Kingston University we seek out opportunities and transform them into innovative solutions and new ventures that lead to impact, growth, diversification and improvement.