Strategic Planning and Performance Insight

The College Planning team is responsible for leading strategy development and academic planning across the university.  

We work collaboratively with Colleges and with the University executive to connect a range of perspectives and support and influence senior leaders in making well-informed and evidence-led decisions. We partner with colleagues across the University, and externally, to provide trusted advice and expertise and insightful analysis. 

Our team of College Planning Partners plays a crucial part in connecting perspectives across the University, working in partnership with the University’s five colleges to develop academic strategy and support institutional planning. 

Duncan Smith, Deputy Director of Strategic Planning

Email: d.smith.1@bham.ac.uk

College Planning Partner Team

Hayley Grey (College of Arts and Law, Education Lead)

Email: h.y.grey@bham.ac.uk

Rebecca Tringham (College of Engineering and Physical Sciences, People and Culture Lead)

Email: r.tringham@bham.ac.uk

Musa Yusuff (College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Global Engagement Lead)

Email: m.yusuff@bham.ac.uk

Mark Straw (College of Medicine and Health, Research Lead)

Email:  m.straw@bham.ac.uk

Lindsey Wright (College of Social Sciences, Capacity and Resourcing Lead)

Email:  l.d.wright@bham.ac.uk

Our team is dedicated to driving the university’s strategic objectives through rigorous data analysis and insightful reporting. We specialise in evaluating key performance indicators related to student outcomes, productivity, and institutional efficiency. By delivering comprehensive reports and actionable insights, we support the university’s mission to achieve excellence in education and operations. Explore our resources to understand how we contribute to a culture of continuous improvement and data-driven decision-making. We can help you with workshops, presentations, reports and away days. 

Team email: performance-insight@contacts.bham.ac.uk

Luke McGarrity, Performance Insight Manager

Email: l.mcgarrity@bham.ac.uk

Mark Clayton, Data Insight Analyst

Email: m.clayton.1@bham.ac.uk

Benedict Duncan, Data Insight Analyst

Email: b.p.duncan@bham.ac.uk

Our team is responsible for the delivery of the University's Data Strategy, collaborating with IT Services, and the provision of institutional analytics. We help drive the University’s strategic objectives through rigorous data preparation, analysis and insightful reporting, using a range of technologies to extract and transform data and present datasets in meaningful ways.

Our aim is to be a Centre of Excellence for data and analytics at the University. We help convene a University-wide community of data and analytics professionals, sharing best practice, providing support, signposting training and coordinating internal communities of practice. We also organise the University’s annual Data Conference with talks, workshops and networking opportunities for colleagues across the University.

Katy Holmes, Head of Data and Analytics

Email: k.m.holmes@bham.ac.uk

Thomas Hennessy, Data and Systems Manager

Email: t.hennessy.1@bham.ac.uk

James Milne, Lead Data and Analytics Developer

Email: j.w.milne@bham.ac.uk

Jaya Chem, Senior Systems Analyst/Technical Business Analyst

Email: j.r.chem@bham.ac.uk

Charlotte Atkin, Data Analyst

Email: c.e.atkin.2@bham.ac.uk

Hassan Mehmood, Data Analyst

Email: h.m.mehmood@bham.ac.uk

We support the University in maintaining its regulatory compliance and reflecting it in the best possible light through statutory external returns.  This includes oversight of our Access and Participation plan (opens in a new tab), compliance with the Office for Students (OfS) regulatory framework (opens in a new tab) and funding from the OfS and Research England.

Dave Radcliffe, Head of Policy, Funding, and Regulation
Email: d.s.radcliffe@bham.ac.uk

Mike Rush, Senior Planning Officer (Policy and Regulation)
Email: m.c.rush@bham.ac.uk