Investors in people
The University achieved Investors in People (IiP) recognition in 1999. We are committed to the IiP standard and use its principles and practices as our framework for best practice and to continuously improve our organisational development.
In December 2008 we chose to be reviewed against the IiP Profile Framework.
It covers a broader range of people and organisational issues and provided us with a wider view of organisational strengths and areas for development.
We were assessed against 141 evidence requirements across 10 indicators and were delighted to achieve Level 2 overall, with a level 3 outcome against the indicator which focuses on people being encouraged to take ownership and responsibility in decision making.
This was a fantastic achievement for the University and we are extremely proud to be currently ranked in the top 1% of organisations within the UK to have achieved such success. Our assessor described our performance as ‘remarkable’.
Setting the standard
The IiP standard has three key principles:
- Plan - an IiP organisation develops effective strategies to improve the performance of the organisation through its people
- Do - an IiP organisation then takes action to improve the performance of the organisation through its people
- Review - an IiP organisation can demonstrate the impact of its investment in people on the performance of the organisation.
