We should produce excellent postgraduates who are well suited to a career in research or in industry, and we should be seen as a centre of training for postgraduates, ensuring that postgraduates complete within the expected time. We should provide ways to meet the careers aspirations of all staff and postgrads, including academic staff and RAs. This includes encouragement to publish, to win grants and contracts, and to supervise postgraduates, as well as try to provide the time in which to undertake these activities. We support the research concordat. We should aim to be a national and international centre which is able to assist and advise industry, commerce and government on specific and general matters concerned with software engineering and maintenance.
Industrial collaboration is of highest priority.