Where do you see the University of Southern Denmark in 2020? The University of Southern Denmark is working on creating one shared strategy for the university.
All employees and students at the University of Southern Denmark have been invited to send responses about the outline of the Strategy Statement for the University of Southern Denmark.
The strategic frames of this work are based on partly the university’s three stakeholders: students, staff, and collaborators; the four strategic efforts: education, research, internationalization, and societal collaboration; and finally the shared foundational narrative for the entire university.
The Process
A revised proposal for the strategy and the foundational narrative, as well as the 54 incoming hearing statements were compiled and dealt with at the executive board meeting on March 8, 2013. Subsequently, on April 29, this proposal was addressed at the board meeting. Afterwards, at its meetings in May, the executive board worked with the board’s inputs, and yet another thorough revision of the strategy has been addressed. At the executive board’s annual seminar on June 13-14, 2013, each strategic theme will be thoroughly dealt with in order to make the complete proposal ready for hearing at the end of August 2013.
The Future Process:
1. Making outline of the strategy
2. August – October 2013: Hearing at SDU, both at councils and committees, as well as all students and staff. Following have been arranged:
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Head of Department Meeting: August 30, 2013. Head of Departments, Head of Secretariats, and Area Managers discuss the process of the hearing phase.
- Start of hearing phase: September 2, 2013
- Information meeting: September 3, 2013 on Campustorvet from 3-4pm (still in progress) Jens Oddershede will attend the meeting.
- Main Liaison Committee: September 9, 2013
- Academic Council: The Faculty of Humanities: September 11, 2013
- Academic Council: The Faculty of Engineering: September 11, 2013
- Academic Council: The Faculty of Science: September 12, 2013
- Administrative Liasion Committee: September 17, 2013
- Academic Council: The Faculty of Business and Social Sciences: September 17, 2013
- Academic Council: The Faculty of Health Sciences: September 19, 2013
- Student mass meeting: September 24, 2013
- University Council: September 27, 2013.
3. Board Meeting on September 27, 2013: The board will take stock of the ongoing hearing and comment on the draft
4. Deadline for hearing: October 15, 2013
5. Board Meeting on December 16, 2013: Approval of final strategy
Hereafter:
1. Launch
2. Implementation
3. Follow-up and evaluation
Information meeting
Vice Chancellor, Jens Oddershede, is the host of an information meeting to kick off the final consultation round. Staff and students will be able to ask questions regarding the Strategy Statement and the strategy proces.
Information meeting, September 2, at 3-4 PM, the Campus Square, Campusvej in Odense
The Consultation Round
During the consultation round, the executive board wanted input to the strategic frames and therefore prepared the ground for a discussion of how the future of SDU looks like, how SDU can live up to its expectations, and how the right way is to be found.
Further process toward 2020
2013-2016-2020: In 2016, an evaluation of the status of the strategic efforts will be made. During the entire period towards 2020, we will keep a constant eye on the development.
6/12/12: Executive board debate
14/3/13: Executive board debate
29/4/13: Board decision
2013-2016-2020: Implementation and continuous follow-up
2016: Reassessment of goals