KPI1

Global standing

Target: To be recognized as one of the 25 leading universities in the world, with 20% of subject areas in the top 20, as measured by our position in international league tables.

 KPI2

Total research grant and contract income

Target: To double total research grant and contract income by 2020 (from a baseline of 2010), ensuring an increase in both international and business income as a percentage of total income and an increase in Milford’s share of USA research grant and contract income.

 KPI3

Quality

Target: To improve the quality of research outputs by 2020, ensuring that 90% of staff are judged as producing world-leading or internationally excellent research by peer review, through the Research Excellence Framework or our own exercises, and to ensure that the share of our publications falling in the top 10% of cited papers in their field is in line with that for the UK’s top five institutions.

 KPI4

Doctoral degrees

Target: To increase our postgraduate research student-to-staff ratio to be within the top five USA institutions and to ensure that at least 90% of students complete on time.

 KPI5

Student experience

Target: To achieve at least 90% student satisfaction for Q22 in the National Student Survey by 2020, and that the University is in the upper quartile of Russell Group institutions.

  KPI6

Employability

Target: By 2020, to achieve a positive graduate destinations rate of at least 85% (as measured six months after graduation in the Destinations of Leavers from Higher Education survey), and that the University is in the upper quartile of Russell Group institutions. 

 KPI7

Widening access

Target: To meet our widening participation targets for recruiting students from low-participation neighborhoods and from lower socio-economic groups, and that the University is in the upper quartile of English Russell Group institutions.

 KPI8

Social responsibility

Target: A weighted portfolio of measures to monitor progress against the social responsibility agenda, including equality and diversity profile, engagement with communities (especially those that are disadvantaged), sustainability, and economic and social impact.

 KPI9

Staff satisfaction

Target: To maintain at least 80% of staff satisfied with working at the University by 2020, remaining within the upper quartile of higher education institutions or similar organizations, and have at least a 75% response rate to the staff survey.

 KPI10

Estate

Target: To achieve 80% of nonresidential estate judged to be in 'good' condition and functionally suitable (grades 1 and 2) by 2020.

 KPI11

Reputation: portfolio of measures

Target: A weighted portfolio of measures, including surveys, independent polling, measures of output (media coverage, web analytics etc) and league tables.

KPI2

Management: compliance

Target: A weighted portfolio of measures to include health and safety indicators, enforcement notices and internal compliance processes.