University Strategy
Marcus Williams
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Strategic goals
Re-positioning
Campus infrastructure
Sussex off campus
Malaysia Office
Questions
Strategic Goals
Making the Future to 2018 – Strategic Goals
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Teaching, Learning and Student Experience
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Securing a top 10 position for overall satisfaction in the National Student Survey
(NSS) and being in the top 25 for all NSS themes.
Growing undergraduate student numbers by 50 per cent in targeted academic
areas.
Growing our postgraduate student numbers to ensure that the proportion of
postgraduate students is at least 20 per cent.
Ensuring all undergraduate students have the opportunity to broaden their studies
by engaging with some combination of study abroad, placement, a minor pathway
and volunteering.
Being consistently in the top 20 of UK universities in both UK and world rankings.
Sussex actual and adjusted growth to reflect
Peer Group and Sector growth 2000-11
13000
12500
12000
11500
11000
10500
10000
9500
9000
8500
8000
Sussex
with Peer growth
with Sector growth
Sussex 7%
vs 18% R/94
Sussex 41% vs
38% R/94
35000
30000
0
Inst of Education
SOAS
Goldsmiths
St Andrews
Royal Holloway
LSE
Birkbeck
Lancaster
Reading
Sussex
Bath
Essex
Surrey
Queen Mary
Loughborough
Leicester
York
Imperial
Durham
East Anglia
Bristol
Queen's Belfast
Exeter
Liverpool
Cambridge
Warwick
Newcastle
Oxford
King's
Southampton
UCL
Glasgow
Cardiff
Sheffield
Edinburgh
Birmingham
Leeds
Nottingham
Manchester
Size of Institution: Peer Group
2011/12 Student FTEs
40000
1994 Group/Others
Russell Group joiners
Russell Group
Sussex, 30th/39
25000
20000
15000
10000
5000
Sussex Student FTEs: Actual and
target
20000
18000
shortfall
13%
Overseas Postgraduate
16000
14000
12000
Home & EU Postgraduate
10%
Overseas Undergraduate
Home & EU Undergraduate
10%
15%
12%
10000
14%
8000
62%
6000
4000
2000
0
64%
Applications are clearly linked to
national league tables position
20
average LT rank
13
15
Average League Table rank
5
15
% applications difference
10
10
15
5
20
0
25
-5
30
-10
-11
35
-16
40
-15
-20
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
Year (of League Table publication and application entry)
% change in applications compared to
sector
0
NSS questions 2014
•The teaching on my course (Q1-4)
• Q1. Staff are good at explaining things
•Q2. Staff have made the subject interesting
•Q3. Staff are enthusiastic about what they are teaching
•Q4. The course is intellectually stimulating
•Assessment and feedback (Q5-9)
•Q5. The criteria used in marking have been clear in
advance
•Q6. Assessment arrangements and marking have been fair
•Q7. Feedback on my work has been prompt
•Q8. I have received detailed comments on my work
•Q9. Feedback on my work has helped me clarify things I did
not understand
•Overall Satisfaction Academic support (Q10-12)
•Q10. I have received sufficient advice and support with my
studies
•Q11. I have been able to contact staff when I needed to
•Q12. Good advice was available when I needed to make
study choices
Organisation and management (Q13-15)
Q13. The timetable works efficiently as far as my activities are
concerned
Q14. Any changes in the course or teaching have been
communicated effectively
Q15. The course is well organised and is running smoothly
Learning resources (Q16-18)
Q16. The library resources and services are good enough for
my needs
Q17. I have been able to access general IT resources when I
needed to
Q18. I have been able to access specialised equipment,
facilities or rooms when I needed to
Personal development (Q19-21)
Q19. The course has helped me to present myself with
confidence
Q20. My communication skills have improved
Q21. As a result of the course, I feel confident in tackling
unfamiliar problems
Overall satisfaction Q22
Percentage satisfied by theme
2008-2014
% satisfaction
100%
% satisfied with teaching
90%
% satisfied with assessment
and feedback
80%
% satisfied with academic
support
70%
% satisfied with organisation
and management
60%
% satisfied with learning
resources
50%
% satisfied with personal
development
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
How NSS results are used in
league tables
League
table
Teaching
Assess. &
feedback
Academic
support
Org. &
m’gmt
Learning
resources
Personal
dev.
Overall
(Q22)
Latest
overall rank
(year of
pub.)
Average score (1-5)
Complete
University
Guide
38th
(2014)
Average score (1-5)
43rd
(2014)
Guardian
Average % agree or strongly agree
Times &
Sunday
Times
32nd
(2013)
How league tables weight
indicators
100%
Completion
90%
Good degrees
Weight
80%
70%
Entry tariff
60%
Value added
50%
Grad. prospects
40%
SSR
30%
Spend / student
20%
RAE
10%
NSS
0%
Guardian
Times/ST
CUG
Employability: 2009-2013
graduates (DLHE)
96%
100%
90%
80%
75%
70%
60%
50%
employed & further
study
unemployed
40%
jobs at graduate level
30%
20%
4%
10%
0%
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
Re-positioning work
Campus Infrastructure
• Attenborough Centre for Creative Arts opens in September
• East Slope will be replaced
Sussex Off-campus
Sussex Off-campus
Malaysia Office