Be UOC
Economic sustainability
- Design and implement a new model for the presentation of, advice on and marketing of the UOC's lifelong learning portfolio that provides cost-effective relevant results
- Drive income through agreements with companies, institutions and government through new corporate development strategies in partnership and leveraging strategies with the Vice Rector for Alliances, Community and Culture
- Continue with portfolio streamlining actions, margin improvement, marketing and commercial cost optimization, drop-out reduction and CRA
- Develop and implement a public and private fundraising strategy
Reputation and positioning
- Define and implement a strategy to improve the UOC's reputation and positioning in priority territories
- Implement the project to transform the portal section of the UOC website, which effectively conveys the university's story and contributes to the UOC's sustainability
- Define and implement a strategy to improve ranking
New way of working
- Implement open working
- Define the new leadership model
- Redesign the PID executive training programme based on the new leadership model
- Draw up the digital competencies training plan for UOC staff
- Define the decision-making model
UOC talent
- Employer branding project
- Learning environment model project for UOC staff
- Health and well-being project
- Update teaching and research staff policy
Digitalization and efficiency
- Transformation of the student and UOC staff experience, based on in-depth knowledge of their needs at all times, which results in the improvement and personalization of services
- Transformation of services and processes based mainly on the intensive use of data and technology, the use of artificial intelligence and process re-engineering and robotization
- Implementation of technological, data and security strategies in line with the overall strategy of the university
Next UOC
Personalization in the UOC's educational model
- Identify and specify personalization factors in the UOC's educational model
- Define personalization and incorporate it with the support of technological functionalities (AI, learning analytics, etc.) and the advanced use of data systems
- Redesign and implement digital assessment
- Specify and implement a student feedback model
- Update UOC student satisfaction surveys
Forecasting educational trends and creating new programmes
- Identify existing sources of information for monitoring market trends and demands, decide how they are coordinated and governed and how to aggregate them into a unified source, in order to identify future training needs
- Review processes linked to the definition and review of training proposals to allow greater flexibility and agility
- Identify differential innovations in programmes to bring them more into line with the needs of the world of work
- Develop the plan for harmonization of knowledge areas between teaching and research
Quality and new data culture
- Consolidate the IQAS within the framework of institutional accreditation
- Extend the quality system to all the organization’s processes
- Develop the organization's talent in the field of data
- Develop the data governance model to serve the decision-making process (and, in particular, impacting the redesign of the educational model)
- Deploy the new institutional data repository and build valuable services based on this new tool
Global UOC
Equity and inclusion
- Identify under-represented and/or at-risk groups for whom the UOC wants to implement positive action policies
- Launch initiatives for equal access to UOC education and graduation
- Continue to roll out the Gender Equality Plan 2020-2024
- Promote the deployment of the Psychological Help Service throughout the UOC community
Environmental sustainability
- Develop and roll out the UOC's healthy and sustainable university plan, with actions to adapt to and mitigate climate change
- Reduce and report on the UOC's annual CO2 emissions transparently
- Review the course catalogue to include a vision of sustainability and deploy new ones
- Promote research on sustainability, climate change and related fields
- Hold awareness-raising and climate action activities for the UOC community
- Roll out a series of activities to foster emotional well-being, mental and physical health, and responsible values among all members of the university community
- Collaborate with the local community to promote health and sustainability
UOC Ecosystem
Institutional links
- Design and implement an institutional and global links plan that includes the entire UOC community, establishing common criteria (alliance policy)
- Develop the UOC map of alliances to identify, promote and strengthen those that bring value and generate impact
- Define and introduce a communications strategy for each geographical area, in line with the communications plan
- Promote the UOC's internationalization in its different dimensions (teaching, research, administration)
New training and employment opportunities
- Strengthen collaboration with organizations in each territory to promote workplace training
- Consolidate the implementation of microcredentials
- Implement the employment and entrepreneurship plan
Culture
- Develop and implement the Culture Plan
- Draw up and develop the language plan
- Update the editorial and academic publication policy
Innovative ecosystem
- Define and implement the 2024-2027 Knowledge Transfer Plan
- Develop a plan to take better advantage of knowledge and transfer between ecosystem agents and the UOC community
- Map collaboration with local agents in the field of research (includes promotion of industrial doctoral programmes)
- Develop a programme of training, dissemination and outreach actions that promote a culture of innovation in the UOC community
UOC Insight
Research ecosystem governance
- Structure ecosystem governance and promote the R&I Hub
- Promote scientific communication and raise the profile of the UOC's research and its teaching and research staff (including the research web ecosystem)
- Forge alliances with different centres, laboratories and companies to carry out frontier research
Research orientation
- Define interdisciplinary research challenges that can connect the lines of different research groups and knowledge areas
- Promote an incentive programme for research based on major EU challenges
- Promote regulations on research by centres, units and faculties, and implement their Research Plans
Development of research talent
- Implement and evaluate the teaching staff research intensification strategy
- Attract emerging talent through new research partnerships between aspiring PI profiles and consolidated researchers
- Improve the efficiency of support for research activity, as well as operational support for centres, units and the Doctoral School
Open knowledge
- Implement and evaluate the Open Knowledge Plan
- Implement and evaluate the CoARA Plan
- Define and structure support for research assessment and accreditation