Introducing Better By U

Better By U is a new campus-wide initiative designed to empower faculty and staff across the U of A to identify opportunities for improvements to daily processes.

Built on suggestions from employees across campuses, the program leverages the expertise of staff and faculty closest to everyday work to identify opportunities to remove roadblocks and improve processes. By sharing your ideas and priorities, with administrative support from the Better By U program, the university can be made better by you.

Turning ideas into action.

Every day, faculty and staff experience opportunities to make the University of Alberta better. Whether it's simplifying an administrative process, improving a service or removing a frustrating roadblock, the people closest to the work are often closest to the solution.

Better By U is a university-wide initiative led by the Office of Strategic Transformation and Delivery that empowers employees to identify opportunities for improvement, help shape organizational priorities and collaborate on practical solutions that improve the way we work. 

Putting the university’s values of curiosity and shared accountability into action, Better By U recognizes that meaningful change happens when the university community works together — and provides support to turn your ideas into tangible improvements. Because a better university is built by you.

You don't need to own a process to improve it. If you've experienced a challenge or identified an opportunity, we'd love to hear your ideas. More information, including how to make submissions, can be found on the Better By U program page.

If you have any questions, please contact the Better By U project team at BetterByU@ualberta.ca.