One big question

Participants at the Launch Event were asked if they had One Big Question for Dr Philip Harvey. Their questions are below and please click to see the Registrar's response.

1. How do we ensure that the professional staff contribution is acknowledged, and the skills of professional staff are trusted, at the highest levels of the University?
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2. How can we get academics and managers to share and support the vision of the Registrar?
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3. How can we practically encourage staff to offer 'bottom up' solutions?
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4. How do we balance the message for students – if they see themselves as customers wanting best value for money, but we also need them to understand their role as students and their personal responsibility to achieve in this respect?
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5. How do we make time to be innovative?
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6. Are other staff groups developing a similar awareness of Professional Services?
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7. Do staff work for departments or do they work for the University?
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8. What can we do to cascade the message and not be put down? How can we empower staff?
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9. Will there be sufficient resources to make the Sheffield Professional work (in terms of development and cover costs)?
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10. What can be done (by this initiative) to enable professional staff across the University to develop their skills in a way that supports the University’s strategic aims?
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11. What does the Registrar do?
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