Strategic Aims

Building Community, Leading Change is our strategic plan to 2027. Following extensive research involving students and key stakeholders across the University, we will focus our efforts on these four key strategic priorities to ensure we are delivering our mission:

Building Communities for All Students

Building Stronger Student Voice and Representation

Providing Inclusive Activity and Spaces

Providing Advice and Advocating for Students

How we run

Enabling Themes

Enabling our purpose and strategic aims, these areas and key objectives form the backbone of our plan. Firstly, we must recruit great people who share our values and believe in our mission, fostering a collaborative and inclusive culture. Next, we must get our governance in order and invest in our physical and digital infrastructure to ensure it is fit for purpose. We also need to think sustainably in our everyday practices to ensure RHSU and the environment can thrive for years to come.

Develop a People Plan that sets our ambition for our people, and how we’ll enable them to deliver our strategic aims, whilst valuing, supporting and developing them at RHSU.

Create a positive organisational culture which promotes development opportunities, collaboration and teamwork, and supports the wellbeing of all our staff.

Working with the University, develop a refurbishment programme to ensure all our buildings and facilities meet the emerging needs of students and provide welcoming, inclusive and safe environments.

Utilise research, insight and digital technology to effectively communicate with our members, driving awareness, engagement and participation.

Ensure RHSU is a robust, solvent and financially sustainable organisation and can support its core charitable objectives, strategic aims and priorities across 2024-2027.

Establish fit-for-purpose governance and democratic structures for the next generation of students and a modern, innovative students’ union.

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Our Values

Our core values guide our work and behaviours and we’re proud to be an organisation that challenges the status quo, whilst being a fun place to work.

We exist for our members. We keep track of how their needs change, and we adapt.

We aim to go beyond expectations. We put our energy into making things better, and change or stop what isn’t working.

We champion diversity, equality and liberation in everything we do, and we speak out when something isn’t right.

We welcome change and aren’t afraid to try new things. We’re ambitious and always look for better ways of working.

We make decisions based on our values and own them, including when we get things wrong. We communicate honestly, even when the message is difficult.