Governance, policies and procedures
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Strategy and leadership

Our university strategy, Transforming Lives, sets out our ambition for the next decade.

ARU exists to transform lives, and this strategy details the difference we will make through education, research and partnership.

Developed with our students, staff, alumni and partners, it shows how we'll create opportunity, strengthen communities and deliver lasting impact across our region and beyond.

Over the next decade we will:

  • Empower learning
  • Drive discovery with purpose
  • Strengthen the places we serve
  • Foster a culture of belonging and achievement
  • Deliver sustainable growth and impact.

Our 10-year strategy: Transforming Lives Read about our mission, values and goals, how we’ll achieve them and what we’re doing already.

Our leadership

We're managed by a Board of Governors and a Senate. The Board of Governors is responsible for the strategic direction of our University, and Senate is responsible for our academic standards. Members of our Board of Governors are also Trustees of Anglia Ruskin.

Our Vice Chancellor is Professor Roderick Watkins, who is responsible for the day-to-day leadership, and advising the Board on the strategic direction, of our University.

He is supported by our Vice Chancellor’s Group:

We’re a higher education corporation and a registered charity, and we publish our annual report and accounts every year. We’re committed to sustainability; to supporting access to university for students who may not have otherwise considered it, or been able to afford it; and to boosting young people’s skills and employability as part of the EU’s Erasmus+ Programme. You can read more about these commitments – and others – on our Policies, procedures and regulations page.