Measure

2021-22 Target

2030 Target

14. Staff engagement

77%

80% and above

15. Best Companies to work for certification

-

Achieve Best companies to work for

certification and Best place to work

award by 2030

16. International academic staff ratio (QS) (world rank)

131

100

17. Industry staff ratio
(Innovation Fellows, Industry Fellows, Professors of Practice)

<20

• At least 1 Professor of Practice per Department

• At least 1 Industry Fellow and / or Innovation Fellow and/or Clinical Fellow per programme

18. Diversity in leadership and governance roles

1. Minoritised Ethnic Groups in senior roles 13.55%

2. Female Senior roles
34.58%

1. Minoritised Ethnic Groups in senior roles to at least 30%

2. Female senior roles to at least
50%

19. Number of staff completing Entrepreneurial Bootcamps

Above benchmark

100 staff per annum, 700 by 2030

20. Number of staff undertaking leadership and management development

Above benchmark

100 staff per annum, 700 by 2030

21. Community engaged on campus on university business

5, 000

25, 000

22. Companies incubated / embedded on campus / Hubs

8 (live spin outs)

41 (graduate starts

incubated)

50 (live spin-outs)

100 (graduate starts incubated)

23. Greenhouse Gas Emissions
(Aston University estate)

Gas consumption per
year (3,900 MWh.y-1 )

Emissions per
floor area per year
(45.3kgCO2e.sqm.y-1)

Net zero emissions by end of 2030
25% reduction of per floor area
emissions by end of 2030