Our values

Teesside University undergraduate studentsWe aim to be a caring, fair and supportive institution where everyone takes a shared pride in our mission and achievements. We seek to optimise and enhance the experience of our staff, students, partners and external clients by:

  • encouraging and embracing diversity, equality of access, esteem and opportunity and actively opposing and eradicating prejudice
  • empowering individuals to develop themselves and enhance their contribution to the future aims and strategic direction of the University
  • communicating openly and effectively in all directions
  • being open, transparent, honest and reflective
  • valuing team-working and the expertise and the contribution of individuals
  • celebrating and promoting individual contributions and the achievements and wider successes of the University
  • working proactively and flexibly with all stakeholders and the wider community
  • working in partnership to welcome, own and adapt to change
  • fostering creativity, innovation and enterprise
  • being committed to sustainability and the protection of our environment.