All Staff Meeting
Monday 24 October 2016
Vice-Chancellor Professor Mark E. Smith
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League tables and satisfaction
League tables
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8th in Guardian University Guide
9th in Complete University Guide
9th in The Times/Sunday Times
137th THE World University Rankings
129th QS World University Rankings
Student satisfaction
– 91% overall National Student Survey (NSS) score
– 8th in UK for overall satisfaction
– NSS scores will be important for the TEF in future
Research Council Success Rates
15-16
Median
Assessment & Feedback by type of
HEI (NSS 2016)
Assessment & Feedback by type of
university (NSS 2016)
External challenges –
National policy changes
– HE and Research Bill
• Making its way through Parliament
• Increased competition
• Creation of the Office for Students and UK Research and
Innovation
– Emergence of alternative providers
• Private providers (e.g. College of Law) up 10% in 4 years
– Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF)
• Gold, silver and bronze ratings
• 2016-17 first main pilot
• Improving our assessment and feedback/retention
External challenges –
National policy changes
– Research Excellence Framework (REF) Stern Review
recommendations
• Including: All research-active staff should be returned
and outputs should not be portable
– Immigration policy
• Forthcoming Home Office consultation
• Possible limits based on ‘quality’ of the course or
institution
• Will we see a two-tier system for universities?
External challenges – EU Referendum
– Key challenges
• Uncertainty around research funding and development
funding – although some short-term assurance
• Staff and student recruitment
– Supporting you
• Understanding your concerns
• We’ve listened and will continue to do so
• Provide advice and practical support with visas,
NHS surcharges and immigration queries
• More staff briefings to follow
Increasing student numbers
• Aim to grow our student numbers over next 10 years
• We could reach total student population of 17,000 here and
12,000 students overseas by 2025
• Growth will differ across University - departments will
demonstrate different recruitment patterns and trajectories
• Significant expansion of our student population, size and income
over next 10 years
• Reviewing implications on staff, space, facilities and services
Strategy update 2016
Purpose:
Review the previously agreed strategy for the period to 2020 in the
context of a range of changes in the external environment. The
intended outcome being an update to the current strategy.
Significant areas of external change:
• Home/EU undergraduate fee regime becoming established
• Opportunities with the removal of the student numbers cap
• Changed in T&R landscape – HE & Research Bill, Stern Review
• Implications of the UK’s vote to leave the European Union
Strategy update 2016 Process
To date:
• Desk research by Director of Strategic Planning and Governance
• Individual discussions with senior team and at UMAG
• Today’s discussion
To come:
• Consultation with staff and students via email/Staff Intranet
• Initial discussions at Senate and Council (November 2016)
• Further consultation at HoDs and All Staff Meetings (Jan 2017)
• Recommend for approval to Senate and Council (March 2017)
• Update published
Strategy update 2016 –
emerging direction
1. Strategy remains fit for purpose
2. Good progress on a number of fronts since 2013:
• Top 10 rankings in all three UK league tables and UG applications
+6%
• 52% increase in value of research grants awarded
• £110M investment in the campus
3. Areas for focus to establish ourselves as a global university
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Research on a global scale
Engagement, partnership and reputation
Teaching quality enhancement
Student number growth
Your opportunity for input
Further information
Staff Intranet – see Strategy Update
Feedback:
[email protected]
Our institutional priorities 2016-17
• Achieve top 20 score in National Student Survey measures
for teaching quality and student experience. Secure top 10
overall NSS score
• Enter top 20 for Research Council grant awards.
Continue to diversify our research income sources
• Achieve UG applications to enrolments ratio of 7:1.
Sustain our overseas student numbers
• Increase overall entry tariff in subject areas,
where this is achievable
Staff Survey 2016
• Survey live: Monday 7 November – Friday 2 December
• Conducted by CAPITA - completely confidential
• See Intranet ‘Staff Survey’ tab for what’s happened since the
last survey in 2014
• £2.50 for every completed survey to the
Student Hardship Fund, plus £100 hamper to
be won each week
Your questions…
Q&A summary - See the Staff Intranet