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Our Mission
“We research and educate to create a sustainable future for all.”
MISSION AND VISION
Mission
01 Educate
Informed by research excellence, we empower, enlighten and enrich the lives of individuals, communities, and society through education.
02 Sustainable
We lead the Earth sustainability agenda through our own actions and initiatives and through our eco-literate programme design, research agenda and collaborations.
03 Equality
Equity and opportunity are the hallmarks of the KBS and, with our community, we will prioritise a just transition to a sustainable future with these as guiding principles.
Values
Bravery
We encourage innovation and seek out opportunities and embrace new ideas for ourselves, our students and our world.
Impact
Each one of us plays our part to make the world a better place. Through engagement with our students, academic colleagues, industry and community partners, we make a positive difference via our teaching and research.
Respect
We value and respect our KBS community. We recognise the importance of fairness, equality, diversity and inclusion and we provide opportunities for everyone to develop and flourish.
Integrity
We are committed to transparency and accountability, and act with integrity and professionalism to maintain the highest ethical standards in all our endeavours.
Sustainability
We cherish the natural world and the biosphere that sustains us. We recognise that human interaction with our planet is problematic, and we strive to discover, support and implement corrective actions
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Strategic Plan
Kemmy Business School Strategic Plan 2023-2028
The Kemmy Business School (KBS) is committed to empower, enlighten and enrich through education, research and public engagement in order to sustainably transform the lives of individuals, communities and society. What makes the KBS unique is its strong commitment to its local communities, national priorities and international ambitions, rooted in the Kemmy legacy. The school is named after Jim Kemmy, former parliamentarian and Mayor of the City of Limerick, whose public life focused on a concern for the common good, a belief in education as key to accessing opportunities, and the pursuit of a society built on principles of fairness and dignity. This strategic plan coincides with the 50th anniversary of the University of Limerick, which was founded in a time of economic stagnation, low education attainment rates and mass emigration. The University was a key catalyst for the exceptional regional and national economic growth of the past half-century. As we face the next 50 years, there are new, but no less significant challenges. These challenges are global in nature and arise from climate change, demographic shifts, the recent pandemic, intensifying geopolitical tensions, technological innovation and disruption, and growing inequality. This requires the development of new and innovative ways of thinking about our world, to enable a just transition and create more sustainable and equitable futures for all. In acknowledging and addressing these challenges, we reaffirm the core values that underpin our common purpose and outline our ambitious strategic plan for the future of the Kemmy Business School. This plan builds on our achievements while situating us firmly at the centre of recent global and technological developments that bring both opportunities and challenges. As we embark on this next chapter of our journey, we do so with a heavy responsibility but a ‘can-do spirit’ and determined optimism.
