Mission, Vision & Values

Industry Focused, Career Ready.

Our mission is to cultivate transformation. We do this through our constant innovation; our focus on being relevant to employers and creating opportunities, and our empowerment of students to achieve above and beyond what they thought possible.

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Our vision

We will:

  • Be the preferred place to learn, work and progress
  • Support the growth and prosperity of the specialist land-based industries, technical sectors and rural communities we serve
  • Place our students and staff at the heart of everything we do
  • Give an inclusive offer facilitating appropriate progression for everyone
  • Deliver an inspirational learning experience and environment supported through financial sustainability, our guiding principles and commitments

Our values: PRIDE

We will work together in a safe and secure environment with a positive approach to our own and others health and wellbeing. We will respect democracy and individual liberty, recognising the valuable contribution each person can make to society.

We will be responsible for our own actions and decisions whilst making a positive contribution to community cohesion and pride. We will demonstrate environmental sustainability through our behaviour.

We will demonstrate honesty, integrity and ethical standards in everything we do. We will respect the rule of law and act fairly in the best interests of all.

We will actively promote equality; recognise, respect, promote and celebrate diversity and individual difference and strive to create an inclusive environment. We will challenge behaviour or views which discriminate against others.

We will challenge ourselves to strive for the highest standards of quality and behaviour by adopting a supportive self-critical approach in our pursuit of excellence. We will always aim to be the best that we can be!

Teaching Excellence Framework

University Centre Reaseheath recently achieved Bronze in the 2023 Office for Students Teaching and Excellence Framework.

TEF 2023 - Teaching Excellence Framework. Overall: Bronze, Student experience: Bronze, Student outcomes: Silver.

Student Experience was rated Bronze, meaning that the academic experience students receive is typically very high with some very high quality features.

Student Outcomes was rated Silver meaning that the outcomes students achieve are typically very high quality.