AnnualReview

2010-11

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2010-11 has been a testing year for all of us involved in

higher education; for some, perhaps the most

challenging they have experienced. It has also been my

first year as Chair of London Higher and so I have a

perspective at both the institutional and the regional

level. As my career has taken me across the world, I can

add an international one too.

I began my tenure with London Higher in the uncertain

months following the formation of the Coalition

Government. The Browne Review of Higher Education

funding, the Comprehensive Spending Review (CSR),

the tightening of the student visa system and the White

Paper on NHS reform; all followed in quick succession.

Each – and others – added new challenges to higher

education institutions (HEIs) in London.

What will the incoming fee regime mean for London

HEIs which already cope with high operating and living

costs and many of the most deprived boroughs in the

country? How will our strengths in arts and the

humanities fare when funding switches to follow the

student in 2012? What will be the impact of more

stringent visa regulations on institutions, and on the

decisions made by potential international students who

make up c. 25% of our student body? How do HEIs with

health interests plan in the uncertainty surrounding

proposals to reform the NHS? These are only a few of

the varied issues that institutions face.

If you then factor in the imminent removal of pan-

London structures, such as the London Development

Agency, the Strategic Health Authority and Aimhigher

and the demise, through funding rationalisation, of

numerous other collaborative initiatives that have

supported and enhanced the work of HE, it becomes

apparent that London HEIs are exposed as never

before.

That is why an organisation like London Higher is so

important – and unique. It is the only overarching body

that can, at the same time, represent our interests and

support London’s HE providers in what we are doing.

There is, to coin a phrase, no other show in town that

comes even close to comparison.

Foreword from the Chair of London Higher

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Who made the London response to the Browne Review,

pointing out the additional costs of London that the

review had overlooked? We now, at least, have

acknowledgement of that fact in the student support

proposals. Who was it that organised for the

Department of Health to hear directly from HEIs, GPs

and Trusts on the implications for education in the

health White Paper and consultation? Who convened

two meetings with the Chief Executive of HEFCE to

consider funding issues facing London, arranged for

Mayor Boris Johnson to write to David Willets MP on

fees, visas and VAT, and organised a round table

discussion for Simon Hughes MP on access in HE? And

on that last point, who has been able to forge

opportunity from uncertainty in developing a major

pan-London initiative to help HEIs work with OFFA after

Aimhigher goes? Who ensured that HEIs were

mentioned twenty times in the Mayor’s Cultural

Strategy? The answer to all of these is, of course,

London Higher.

And much more can be done with the insight, ideas

and contributions from our friends and colleagues. This

year we have reviewed and restructured our business

operation to ensure that we are as efficient as we can

be in working with, and supporting, our members.

We plan further reductions to our subscriptions for

members in 2011-12 which we can do because we

work hard and are good at generating income from

other sources.

This year has demonstrated that an organisation like

London Higher is indispensible in these uncertain times.

We will continue striving to add value to the efforts and

initiatives of our institutions, and we welcome your

continued commitment in what promises to be another

turbulent year for HE.

Professor Malcolm Gillies

Chair, London Higher

Foreword 1

Introduction 2

Promotional Collaborations 3

Partnerships 17

Members & Partners 18

The Website 19

Finance Report 20

Publications & Reports 21

People 23

Conclusion 25

London Higher is a membership organisation

that promotes and acts as an advocate for

higher education (HE) in London.

It is an ‘umbrella’ body representing 40 publicly funded

higher education institutions (HEIs) and is the biggest

and most varied of the regional university associations

in the UK.

About London’s Higher Education

London HEIs are a powerhouse of research, teaching

and technology transfer unrivalled anywhere in the

UK, Europe and beyond. Collectively, HEIs in London:

• Generate £12 billion each year in goods and

services including £1.4 billion in export earnings

(2007/08 data);

• Educate 417,000 students from the UK and

overseas – who are able to choose from over

6,400 undergraduate courses and nearly 4,600

postgraduate qualifications;

• Employ 99,000 academic and non-academic staff;

• Win c.25% of Research Council grants and

£467 million of recurrent grant research funding

from HEFCE;

• Attract to the UK 102,000 international students

from over 200 countries, who in turn contribute

£2 billion to the London economy;

• Produce over 58,000 skilled graduates every

year, 90% of whom find work in London and the

south east.

About London Higher

As a membership association London Higher works to

support and promote the HE group in London.

We do this in two ways: by collecting and researching

data on HE in the capital and by building and managing

effective HE collaborations.

Our outputs are diverse. Beyond managing our six

established collaborations and exploring new ones,

we produce research reports and promotional material,

organise meetings and workshops, run events and

receptions and, where appropriate conduct

parliamentary lobbying. We also run a wide range

of advisory groups and networks.

As well as working with, and for, our HE members

London Higher works closely with partner organisations

including the Greater London Authority (GLA) and a

variety of business sector partners.

The following pages outline how we have developed

these objectives from April 2010 to March 2011.

Introduction

Contents

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Promoting Collaborations

Working with HEIs to develop successful

collaborations is at the heart of what London

Higher does.

We achieve this through six core programmes of work,

each with its own stream of research and advocacy

activities:

1. Case for London which aims to create a robust

evidence-base pertaining to, and in support of,

HE in London;

2. Study London, promoting London as an

educational destination and the best city in

which to be a student;

3. Podium, the Further and Higher Education

co-ordination Unit for the 2012 Games;

4. School-HE links in London (SHELL), developing a

strategy for meaningful links between secondary

schools and HEIs in London;

5. London Workforce Development, our response to

the higher-level skills agenda; and

6. London Medicine, bringing together London’s

medical schools and clinical academic health

institutions.

In this section we outline the objectives of each of these

work streams and give summaries of some of the

activities each has undertaken during the year.

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The Case for London HE

The Case for London HE is a core work stream of

London Higher resourced in association with the Higher

Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE).

The programme aims to create a robust evidence-base

in support of HE in the capital. In particular it seeks to:

• contribute to a better understanding of the impact

of London’s HE sector on the regional, national and

global economy;

• advise London Higher’s member institutions on key

policy initiatives in the London region; and

• promote effective policies and initiatives that

maximise the contribution of London’s HE sector to

the social, cultural and economic development of

the region.

This year, Case for London HE has developed the

following initiatives:

Responding to the Browne Review

Arguably the event of the year was the publication of

the Browne Review into funding for HE in October 2010.

London Higher played a full role in supporting our

members in responding to the report and the

Comprehensive Spending Review (CSR) which followed.

Our response, formulated after consultation with our

members, highlighted the additional costs of studying

and operating in London. We were delighted to note

that in subsequent statements the Government made

important adjustments to the student support scheme,

acknowledging this point.

We also drew attention to six other concerns, including

subject-specific points on creative/cultural and

healthcare HE provision and the effects on

postgraduate, EU and WP students, all areas where

London HEIs have particular interests.

Our response was sent directly to David Willetts MP and

raised with him personally at a private meeting in

November 2010. We also enlisted the support of Mayor

Boris Johnson who wrote separately to the Minister.

Research Excellence Group

Chaired by Professor Geoff Rodgers (Brunel University),

the group aims to promote research excellence across

the capital – wherever it is found.

This year the Group has been developing a new

initiative called London Research Challenges (LRC). LRC

is an attempt to map London HE research excellence to

the objectives set out in the Mayor’s statutory

strategies. By doing so we hope to show how London

HEIs are supporting the delivery of the Mayor’s

strategies and thereby improving the lives of

Londoners.

We have run two pilot studies this year - on the

Waste Management Strategy and the Culture Strategy -

to test the applicability of the model across the breadth

of London HE research excellence. The results have

shown there are tangible benefits, both in

demonstrating existing engagement and also in

identifying timely interventions.

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T The amount it isestimated London HEIsspend on back officefunctions each year£1.2bn

Social engagement by London’s HEIs (SILH)

Our successful SILH project, which concluded last

year, was chosen as a case study on the National

Coordinating Centre for Public Engagement website:

http://www.publicengagement.ac.uk/how/case-

studies/social-engagement-london

The final report, Social and Public Engagement by

London’s Universities and Higher Education Colleges,

presents more than forty case studies of how London

HEIs contribute to physical and mental wellbeing, social

inclusion and research and society. It is available on our

website: www.londonhigher.ac.uk/silh.html

Green ICT in London HEIs (GrILH)

A grant for £45,000 was awarded in June 2010 by

JISC for a baseline study of Green ICT in London. The

main aim was to obtain a regional estimate of energy

use and CO2 emissions from ICT operations to assist

JISC in fine tuning national approximations based on

earlier studies.

A network of almost half of London Higher members

were involved in discussions, and carbon footprinting

returns from 12 of the 19 HEIs were extrapolated to

obtain broad estimations for the 42 publicly funded

HEIs in London region.

Healthcare Education Group

Digesting the White Paper on the NHS reform and

responding to subsequent consultations has taken up

much of the time of the group, which this year has been

chaired by Professor Fiona Ross (Kingston & St

George’s, University of London).

In addition to working with London Medicine to garner

and submit London HE perspectives on the proposals

(see below), the group also organised a flagship panel

discussion involving representatives from PCTs, GPs and

the Department of Health to review the proposals from

a practical and operational point of view.

On behalf of the London Health Commission the group

co-ordinated a London-wide response to the Mayor’s

Good Jobs campaign and also assisted in compiling HE

input to the 2012 Health legacy initiative.

We have continued to work closely with NHS London,

the Strategic Health Authority, most recently in helping

them to promote the new education planning process.

Throughout the year the group has also been reviewing

its own remit. We conducted a membership survey in

the winter and hosted a strategic discussion group in

the spring; both looked at how the group can continue

to add benefit to our members. Changes to the running

of the group as a result are likely to be implemented

next year.

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T CO2 emissions from London HEICT operationseach year91 kilotonnes

Overall, HEIs in London are consuming about 171

million kWh each year for ICT operations, costing about

£20.4 million annually and contributing 91 kilotonnes in

CO2 emissions, which is equivalent to about:

• 32% of emissions in the UK HE sector;

• 10% of emissions from the London Borough of

Hackney;

• 0.2% of emissions by the Greater London Authority.

HEIs are already implementing energy reduction plans,

for example by enabling powerdown of PCs when not

required, improving data centre and server efficiencies

and replacing printers with multi-function devices

(MFDs) and “print on demand.”

For more information see:

www.londonhigher.ac.uk/grilh.html

London Europe Group

In November 2010 the group, under the co-chairs Dr

Ray Wilkinson (University of East London) and Dr Yulia

Matskevich (Brunel University), published Goods to

declare: the economic impact of London’s universities

and HE colleges engaging with Europe.

This promotional document, which was based the

report we commissioned last year from Prof. Brian

Ramsden, highlights the economic impact derived from

London HE’s engagement with the European agenda

and raises important concerns and opportunities for the

future of this important source of funding.

The document was launched in collaboration with the

UK Europe Unit, the Mayor’s London European Office

and the University of London with support from Mary

Honeyball, one of London’s MEPs and a member of the

EU Parliamentary Culture and Education Committee.

Download the full report at:

http://www.londonhigher.ac.uk/londoneurope.html

ShareCapital

In the summer of 2010 we kicked-off a new initiative

looking at shared services across the London HE sector.

To underpin the work we commissioned Grant

Thornton to conduct a scoping study to explore current

examples of successful shared services across London

and interest among our members for new services. We

also surveyed Finance Directors to understand the

current costs of an array of back-office functions. The

report is available on our website.

From January to April we turned our attention to

business solution providers and met with a range of

providers to ascertain their motives and requirements

for working with the HE sector. Our findings radically

altered our perception of how shared services can be

implemented in higher education

Most recently we have tested our understanding

among a variety of key stakeholders, including HEFCE,

JISC and respected private sector advisors. We are

confident we have arrived at a unique and workable

solution which we expect to roll-out in 2011-12.

Download the scoping study:

http://www.londonhigher.ac.uk/raiseandsave.html

Breakfast Seminars

We were delighted to offer two breakfast seminars for

London HE administrators in association with AUDE and

BUFDG during the year. The themes were student

accommodation for Heads of Estates, and endowments

for Finance Directors. Guest speakers offered those

attending useful insights and we are following up some

of the interesting ideas that arose from the discussions.

Publications

Throughout the year we produced our popular series of

fact sheets summarising key data sets for the London

HE group and, in many cases, providing trend and inter-

regional comparisons. A full list of fact sheets is given in

the Publications section of this document and all are

available on our website.

For further information on all the initiatives outlined

here visit the Case4HE webpages:

http://www.londonhigher.ac.uk/case4he.html

Study London

The Study London initiative is the longest running work

stream within London Higher. It promotes London as an

educational destination and as the best city in which to

be a student. While the programme continued to be

supported in 2009-10 by the Mayor’s Office, the

London Development Agency and Visit London, the

year was one of transition.

Study London was awarded a one year grant

extension by the LDA as they developed plans to

create a new promotional agency for London. Study

London moved to the resulting body, London &

Partners, on a six month secondment on 1 April 2011.

The new agency was established and funded by the

Mayor of London. Study London staff transferred to

the new agency to lead on the agency’s higher

education activities and help ensure an ongoing

partnership with London Higher.

International Student Fact Sheet

HESA data 2009-10 shows an 8% annual increase in the

number of international students studying in London.

The city remains the number one choice of

international students in the world with 105,000

international students choosing to study here from 214

countries.

Economic Impact

International students contribute over £2 billion to the

London economy. In 2011 Study London hired PA

Consulting to establish the economic contribution of

London’s international students on the economy.

Insight magazine

Study London continues to produce the popular insight

magazine on a quarterly basis. Insight targets

international students and key influencers around the

world. Four editions are published each year with

feature articles in business and finance, the creative

arts, science and technology, and health and public

policy. Insight also includes the latest news from

London’s HEIs including cutting-edge research,

showcasing the breadth, depth and diversity of

London’s HE sector. In total, 67,000 subscribers have

registered to receive insight and the magazine has

been distributed to over 271,000 students and

academics around the world in the last year.

Insight has also proved popular with advertisers and

we have raised over £70,000 in advertising revenue in

the last 12 months.

Website

The Study London website is a key promotional tool

when communicating with prospective international

students. Over 615,000 unique users have used the site

in the last 12 months alone, and over 1.6 million since

its launch in 2004.

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Facebook & Twitter

Study London continues to develop online accounts on

social media such as Facebook and Twitter. The Study

London Facebook group has over 4,000 members and

regularly communicates with students to answer their

study questions.

LDA contract and funding

Study London’s LDA funding ceased on 31 March 2011.

The end of the grant coincided with the creation of

London & Partners, the Mayor’s new overseas

promotional agency which was established on 1 April

2011.

For more information on Study London visit:

www.studylondon.ac.uk

Registrations and course enquiries

A course enquiry function was added to the site in April

2010, which allows students to create a profile, search

for courses and contact universities about specific

courses they are interested in studying.

We surveyed registered enquirers after six months and

the results have proved very positive. Of those that

have enquired for a course, 8% are currently studying in

London or have been accepted on a place at a London

university for September 2011. A further 74% are still

considering studying in London and are researching

their options.

Study London Guide

The Study London Guide continues to be popular with

over 14,000 ordered by universities and higher

education colleges in the last year.

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Podium

Podium is the Further and Higher Education division for

the 2012 Games. Located inside London Higher, the

division has a national remit to maximise the

involvement of universities and colleges with all aspects

of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games and

their legacy.

The divison has been operational since March 2007 and

is funded by HEFCE and the Skills Funding Agency

(formerly the LSC). The division’s work has been

awarded the prestigious Inspire Mark by London 2012.

Podium Conferences and Events

More than 580 members of the Further and Higher

Education sectors attended Podium’s Countdown to

the Games conference at London’s ExCeL Centre in

February 2011.

The event was a huge success with delegates hearing

from no fewer than 45 guest speakers as well as taking

part in 20 different breakout sessions discussing and

showcasing a wide variety of Games related

opportunities and projects.

Delegates heard keynote addresses from London

2012 Chief Executive Paul Deighton, Martin Green,

Head of Ceremonies, Lev Belousov, CEO of the

Russian International Olympic University, and

Heather Fell, Beijing 2008 silver medallist and

Brunel University graduate.

Podium ran a further 20 free-to-attend conferences,

regional workshops and events in the last year across

England including a briefing on the two main

volunteering opportunities at London 2012 - the Games

Makers and London Ambassadors programmes – which

was attended by more 200 people.

The regional events have sought to inform those

working in Further and Higher Education about the

opportunities emanating from London 2012 whilst

showcasing best practice in Games related work across

both sectors.

Publications

Since the last Annual Review, Podium has

commissioned a research report entitled, The

Engagement of Further and Higher Education with the

London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Nearly 240 of the UK’s colleges and universities took

part in the survey and 92% of the institutions expect to

be involved in some way in activities relating to London

2012 in the run up to the Games. On top of this, more

than two thirds of Further and Higher Education

institutions expect the Games to help deliver lasting

partnerships, enhanced organisational profile and

increased sport participation among students.

Additionally, Podium produced two editions of

Spotlight magazine. The magazine is distributed

electronically and in hard copy format to contacts and

stakeholders, including the head of every UK HEI.

Spotlight features case studies and opportunities from

every region in the country, across a broad range of

topics including; sport, volunteering, culture, science

and research. There is a considerable interest from

institutions in putting forward material.

As well as enjoying the chance to showcase their own

successes, staff and students clearly find Spotlight to be

directly useful in describing what other institutions and

people are doing.

It helps to inform them when shaping their own

programmes, considering their own activity

development, and assists their decision making about

whether or not to respond to particular opportunities.

There is no comparable Games publication that is

aimed specifically towards HE and FE.

Podium has also produced a special publication to

accompany the Countdown to the Games conference

as well as a one-off magazine called Believe which

showcased colleges around the country which have

been delivering the Personal Best programme.

All of these publications are available to download for

free from www.podium.ac.uk/resources

Pre Games Training Camps

More than 30 English and Welsh HEIs have signed Pre

Games Training Camp agreements with many of the

205 nations set to compete at the Olympic and

Paralympic Games in 2012.

Since the last Annual Review, St Mary’s University

College has announced that athletes from Ireland and

China will be based at the institution for pre-Games

training camps, they will join South Africa’s Olympic

squad who had already agreed a deal.

Brunel University will host athletes from the Republic of

Korea who will compete in 10 different sports.

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Student engagement

Following extensive negotiations by Podium, the NUS

has launched a scheme called Be a Champion aimed at

encouraging students across the UK’s universities and

colleges to participate in activities related to the London

2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

The programme, which has been funded by Coca-Cola

and HEFCE, is working with students’ unions across the

country to appoint student ambassadors for the 2012

Games.

The ambassadors will encourage engagement with

London 2012 among students by highlighting the many

opportunities ranging from sport and volunteering, to

culture and community involvement available to them.

Podium oversaw the delivery of a pilot public

engagement programme around the UK with two of

the 10 lectures taking place in London at UEL and

University of Westminster.

The programme was launched in partnership with

the consortium of UK universities organising the

International Convention on Science, Education and

Medicine in Sport (ICSEMIS 2012) and the money

universities used to hold each event was match-funded

by Research Councils UK, up to £1,000 per event.

Postgraduate students at the Royal College of Art will

have the honour of designing key elements of the

London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games medal

presentation ceremonies.

Students will design the podia, costumes, flower

holders as well as the trays used to carry the medals and

flowers for more than 700 victory ceremonies which

will be taking place in 29 different venues across the UK

at Games-time, watched by thousands of spectators in

venues and a global television audience.

Students will also be the first people to compete at

the Olympic Stadium as the British Universities &

Colleges Sport (BUCS) Outdoor Athletics Championships

will provide the mandatory test event at the venue in

May 2012.

The event will test key aspects such as the field of play;

results; scoring and timing systems, as well as

operational procedures and functions.

For more information on Podium visit

www.podium.ac.uk

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Paul Deighton speaking at

the Podium Conference

London Workforce Development

Formerly known as London Higher Business

Development, London Workforce Development is a

centralised resource to enhance interactions and

facilitate collaborations between HEIs, employers and

employees (current and future) to create appropriate,

tailored learning and development solutions.

The division has been rebranded as London Workforce

Development to reflect the focus and intent of its

function:

• Aids employers in engaging with HEIs, helping them

to find solutions to develop and attract highly skilled

talent and navigate the system.

• Removes the complexity of identifying appropriate

expertise across the HEIs, matching requirements for

work-based training and higher level skills

development.

• Facilitates the creation of appropriate, innovative

and sustainable solutions for the employer, aligned

to their requirements, providing a wide range of

delivery – from short courses to full programmes,

from bespoke workshops to coaching and

knowledge exchange.

The London Workforce Development division is focused

on developing a different model of engagement

compared to the traditional model of HEI provision. We

seek to support HEIs in building sustainable

partnerships with employers that help provide income

through a variety of solutions. We have developed

specific ‘products’ for this purpose.

London Education Employer Partnership (LEEP)

Graduates are the most familiar product known to

come from HEIs to employers, so we have focused on

understanding how employers can engage their efforts

to find the best-fit future talent. The LEEP initiative

seeks to provide a coordinated approach between

employers, employees and education providers to

develop and refine relationships with potential future

talent from an early stage in an individual’s education

journey. By doing so, the aim is to raise awareness of

the skills and attributes an employer requires and how

an individual might learn to acquire, develop and

articulate these through structured personal

development planning.

Enhancement and Accreditation

We have identified a potential demand from employers

(from sectors as diverse as transportation, facilities

management through to retail) to build partnerships

with HEIs to externally recognise their training

programmes. Where many employers who are seeking

to gain enhancement and accreditation lack knowledge

on how to assess and progress this idea, London

Workforce Development is providing advice on partner

HEI evaluation and selection.

Collaboration between SMEs and HEIs

In December 2010 we secured funding from the

London Chamber of Commerce and Industry

Commercial Education Trust to lead on an initiative to

promote effective collaboration between SMEs and

HEIs by analysing past successes and understanding

previous failures in building partnerships, with a view

to producing and testing guidance on maximising

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value in future collaborations. This initiative has also

received financial input from representatives of HEIs

in the Greater South East region.

Workshop Series

In March 2011 we facilitated the delivery of our first

bespoke workshop, in collaboration with London South

Bank University, to Prospects. The workshop was

aimed at the organisation’s advisers on their

management of graduate-level clients and delivered

immediate revenue to the HEI.

Signposting service

In April 2011, we started work with 5 HEIs to develop an

employer-facing signposting service to demonstrate

and promote the non-accredited short course provision

available from London HEIs, as an alternative to those

offered by private training providers. The service – an

online directory available through the London

Workforce Development website – is currently in alpha

format and is aimed at providing advice and guidance to

HR and L&D teams in organisations on how to locate

suitable courses and partners.

Partners for business

London Workforce Development continues to work

with the 11 universities and colleges of higher

education that make up our Foundation Members

Group. In addition, we have had the pleasure of

welcoming new members including Glasgow

Caledonian University (London Campus).

Website

Having successfully re-branded as London Workforce

Development, in December 2010 we launched our

website and key promotional tool (see below for URL).

Designed by the WOW Agency at London Metropolitan

University, traffic to the site continues to rise and

further developments have been made, and

functionality added, since its launch.

Channels to Market

In order to ensure a "pipeline" of opportunities, London

Workforce Development has spent much of early 2011

driving forward market awareness of the division

through a structured marketing strategy that uses a

range of channels to market.

Our newly launched website has been accompanied

by the creation of a marketing brochure available

electronically and in hard copy. In February 2011, a

targeted marketing campaign focused on engaging

Learning & Development Managers, resulted in over

200 employers connecting with us, widening our

sales pipeline.

In March 2011 we introduced a new CRM system to

enable us to increase our effectiveness in managing and

monitoring the lead generation process and associated

marketing awareness campaigns in order to aid solution

development and provision from HEIs.

For more information on London Workforce

Development visit:

http://www.londonworkforcedevelopment.co.uk

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School and Higher Education Links in London

Our work on strengthening School-HE Links in London

(SHELL) started in November 2008 following the award

of a grant from the then Department for Children,

Schools and Families (now the Department for

Education).

The drivers of SHELL are two pledges in the London

Challenge programme that (i) every maintained

secondary school in London should be in a partnership

with at least one HEI and (ii) a higher proportion of

young Londoners will go on to higher education,

including the more competitive universities.

Importantly, SHELL is not another ‘initiative’. It

strengthens an approach that has been instinctive to

London’s Aimhigher partnerships since they were

formed in 2003. Our guiding principles are that the

school and HE sectors must work together as equal

partners and that SHELL must work closely with related

programmes, such as Aimhigher in London, the London

Challenge and with London's local authorities.

Through these partnerships we:

• Provide a one-stop shop for higher education

outreach programmes in London

• Offer advice and guidance on establishing links

• Celebrate and promote innovation and commitment

to school/higher education links through the annual

London Education Partnership Awards based at the

Institute of Education

• Promote the recruitment of people from the higher

education sector to join school governing bodies and

vice versa.

This has been the second and final year of the SHELL

project.

SHELL directory

In September 2010 we launched the successful SHELL

directory, Your school’s at-a-glance SHELL Guide to

contacting London universities’ followed in November

2010 by an online sustainable format. The directory,

which signposts schools to the appropriate contacts in

London HEIs, can now be updated and provides a

permanent resource for the community.

www.londonhigher.ac.uk/SHELLHE-finder.html

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“…I am therefore delighted to see that

London institutions are collaborating

through AccessHE and London Higher…”Sir Martin Harris, Director of Fair Access

Become a school governor

School, staff governors and parents need to appreciate

what universities do and how they operate. Universities

should have close contact with schools and one way of

doing this is through governing bodies. University staff

and current or recent graduates can join a school

governing body and in October 2010, London Higher

members received copies of a brochure to encourage

university and HE college staff to become members of

school governing bodies.

Life Beyond SHELL

The SHELL Delivery Board chaired by Professor Malcolm

Gillies and Professor David Woods CBE, held its final

meeting in April 2011. In June 2011 SHELL’s partners

from the two sectors met to launch the SHELL ‘Toolkit’,

which captures examples of good practice from the

project together with resources for both schools

and HEIs.

For more information on SHELL, visit:

www.londonhigher.ac.uk/SHELL

AccessHE

There are encouraging signs that school-university links

will continue to be strengthened pan-London through

the collaboration of London Higher and WECAN, the

Aimhigher partnership for West, Central and North

London. Together we have begun work developing

‘AccessHE’ a major and innovative service that will build

upon the best practices of Aimhigher and introduces

new initiatives specifically targeted at supporting HEIs in

their engagement with the Office for Fair Access (OFFA).

The collaborative approach in London has been

welcomed by the OFFA and the Q&A section of OFFA’s

website signposts AccessHE as an example of

collaborative working.

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London Medicine

London Medicine brings together the Heads of schools

of medicine, dentistry and associated clinical academic

disciplines in London. It has been a busy and successful

second year for the group.

London Medicine website

The new London Medicine website was launched in

May 2011 (see URL below). It is an evidence based

resource about London’s medical, dental and pharmacy

higher education, highlighting the extent of resources

and excellence in the capital as well as demonstrating

the added value that is gained from this concentration.

Bibliometric study of London’s medical research

London Medicine commissioned a bibliometrics

study to investigate the quality and quantity of the

medical, dental and pharmacy research produced by

London’s higher education institutions, with

international comparisons. The results show that

London is a global centre for medical research,

competing with internationally recognised clusters in

Boston and San Francisco.

London Medicine Reception

The London Medicine Reception took place on the 11

May 2011. It was an opportunity to launch the new

London Medicine website as well as preview the results

from the bibliometric study. Eighty guests from across

the London health and education sector joined London

Medicine members to celebrate the excellence of

medical, dental and pharmacy education and research

in the capital.

Department of Health consultation - Developing the

Healthcare Workforce

Significant changes were proposed to reform the

NHS in the government’s White Paper Equity and

excellence: Liberating the NHS published in July 2010.

These proposals posed considerable changes to the

delivery of healthcare education, which were further

outlined in the Department of Health’s consultation

paper published in December 2010 Developing the

Healthcare Workforce.

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London Medicine worked together with the Healthcare

Education Group to ensure the interests of London

higher education institutions (HEIs) were considered in

the policy development. This involved:

• A meeting with the Department of Health’s Director

for Workforce Development with a small delegation

of members, prior to the publication of Developing

the Healthcare Workforce and;

• The submission of a consultation response which

was informed by two London Higher breakfast

briefings in early 2011, each with guest speakers

from The King’s Fund, held to discuss the

implications and opportunities of the proposals for

London HEIs.

London Medicine meetings

Three meetings were held over the year to discuss the

current issues affecting the delivery of medical, dental

and pharmacy higher education in the capital. High

profile guest speakers attended each meeting,

including: Sir Peter Rubin, Chair, General Medical

Council; Dr Patricia Hamilton, Director of Medical

Education England, Department of Health and Sir Mark

Walport, Director, Wellcome Trust.

For more information visit the London Medicine

website: www.londonmedicine.ac.uk

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Alongside our promotional activities – and

inextricably linked to them – is our work with

London’s many and varied stakeholder

agencies and bodies.

London Higher maintains working links with around

fifty organisations (Figure 2) and fostering these

partnerships is a vital part of our work.

The Mayor & the Greater London Authority

We continue to meet with the Mayor’s advisors on a

regular basis. This year issues we have raised with his

Office have included the Browne Review, Tier 4 visa

proposals and VAT on shared services. We have been

invited to nominate the London HE representative on

the London Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP).

We have also engaged proactively with a number of the

Mayor’s agencies. We worked closely with London’s

European Office in Brussels to launch our impact study,

our Study London programme successfully migrated to

the Mayor’s new promotional agency, London &

Partners; our representative on the Mayor’s Cultural

Strategy Group (Prof. Barry Ife CBE), ensured that HEIs

were well represented in the Cultural Strategy which

was launched this year; and Professor Fiona Ross will be

representing our health and healthcare interests on the

London Health Commission.

Business Relationships

We seek to build relationships with the corporate sector

wherever possible and where this may be in the

interests of our members.

Aside from London Workforce Development (see

above) our new shared services initiative has brought us

into contact with a wide variety of business solution

providers including Gartner, IBM, NorthgateArinso,

Xchanging and Z/Yen.

In addition, we are pleased to have worked with a

number of our longstanding business partners,

especially Barclays Bank, who sponsored our summer

reception in June 2011.

Higher Education Funding Council for England

(HEFCE)

The Funding Council is a core sponsor of London

Higher, funding London Workforce Development

and part of our Podium division as well as contributing

valuable resource to London Higher itself as a regional

HE association.

In December 2010 we facilitated a meeting of all

London Higher members with Sir Alan Langlands, CEO

of HEFCE, to discuss the Browne Review and the

Comprehensive Spending Review.

Representatives of the Funding Council continue to sit

on the London Higher Board and on many of our

advisory groups.

The Media

We have worked to raise the media profile of London’s

HE. In September 2010 we placed our ‘Working Capital’

advert in all three of the main party conference issues

of Modern Gov. (See back cover of this Annual Review.)

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As a membership organisation comprising

40 HEIs in London we are responsible to our

members in all we do.

This year has been difficult for members and London

Higher has responded by lowering costs and building

up value.

Reducing Member Contributions

In August 2010 we took the decision to reduce the

contributions members make to support London Higher

by up to 20 percent. We were delighted that all our

members saw the benefit of London Higher during this

difficult time and that we have retained a full

membership during the year.

new Partners

In December 2010 the London Higher Board of Trustees

took the important decision to allow non-members to

participate in certain of our initiatives in return for a fee.

We are encouraged that over thirty, quality assured

providers of higher education have wanted to discuss

participating in some or all of our activities.

New partners promise to add valuable experience and

alternative perspectives to the organisation which will

benefit all members. In addition, the contributions they

will make to London Higher will allow us to contemplate

a further reduction to members’ contributions in

2011-12.

Committees and Advisory Groups

Much of the work we do centres around monitoring the

HE landscape and evaluating opportunities for, and

threats to, the London HE group.

This painstaking policy analysis takes time and

frequently goes unnoticed by members not directly

involved. Nevertheless, creating space for discussion is

increasingly a vital role for the organisation to play and

one that is valued by our many partners.

The table below sets out the main consultative groups

that have been active in 2010-11. The membership of

these groups can be found on our website.

Member Survey

In December 2010 we surveyed London Higher Heads

of Institution in advance of the meeting with Sir Alan

Langlands to ensure that we captured the full range of

views among London HEIs. The responses formed a

discussion document that we used in the meeting with

Sir Alan.

A list of our current member institutions is presented on

page 24 of this document.

Members & Partners

GOvERnAnCE DIvISIOnAL OvERSIGHT ADvISORy GROUPS COnSULTATIOn GROUPS

• London Higher Board

• Remuneration Committee

• The Plenary

• Resources Management

Committee

• Healthcare Education

Group

• Research Excellence Group

• London Europe Group

• BDU Foundation

Members’ Group

• London HE Forum

• Breakfast Seminars

• Podium HE FE Steering

Group for the 2012 Games

• London Higher Skills Board

• London Medicine Group

• The SHELL delivery Board

• Study London Steering

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Our website received over 1.6 million hits

this year with more than 1,600 unique visitors

each month.

Our RSS feed continues to attract over 2,000 readers

each month. The most popular downloaded articles

during the year have been the Social Impact study

case studies (c. 497 downloads, see Case4HE) and

the factsheet on student data for 2008-9

(407 downloads).

This year we also launched two new websites.

In December 2010 the London Workforce

Development website went live; and in

May 2011 London Medicine launched its

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In common with the sector as a whole the

year has been dominated by considering how

we maintain our outputs in an era of public

sector austerity.

A number of long-standing grants have, or are

expected, to come to an end; the prospects of

capturing replacement grant are limited, and our

members rightly expect us to control contributions;

we reduced member contributions in-year and expect

to make further reductions next year.

This means the organisation, like our members, has

had to consider how it moves forward with less

resources. We conducted a complete business

process review during the year which has resulted in

our making a number changes to the structure of the

organisation to make us more efficient. We have

also put in place initiatives to generate income from

other sources.

By reducing our costs, becoming more efficient in our

core offerings and exploiting new sources of income

we are confident we can continue to offer our

members unrivalled value for money and benefit in

2011-12.

Accounts for 2010-11

Interim (unaudited) accounts for the year ended

March 2011 show that London Higher received

income of £2.6m and disbursed £1.9m, leaving a

surplus of c. £650,000. It should be noted, however,

that with accruals and prepayments (which have yet

to be made) the picture will change. As usual we

expect to carry-over surplus into 2011-12, less any

agreed transfers to Reserves.

In May 2011 our accounts were independently audited

by Kingston Smith. Final accounts, together with our

Trustees Report will be filed with the Charities

Commission and Companies House.

Trading Company

In December 2010 the Board approved proposals to

set up a the trading subsidiary called Higher

Education Connected. The trading subsidiary will

handle non-charitable income such as subscriptions

from partners, fees, advertising and sponsorship.

Profits from the activities of the trading subsidiary will

be gift-aided back into the charity where they can be

used to support London Higher's charitable

collaborative activity.

Operational Plan 2011-12

In June 2011 we published our Operational Plan for

2011-12. We have costed activities at c. £2m for the

year, of which c. £170K are new activities.

Income 2010-11 (before audit) (£)

Core Grant 651,275

HEFCE (482,275)

LDA (169,000)

Member Contributions 472,633

Other Grant 495,363

Carry-over 2009-10 1,021,675

Total 2,640,946

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Projects 576,345

Case for London HE (125,100)

Study London (97,103)

Podium (113,575)

Workforce Development (127,640)

SHELL (56,250)

London Medicine (56,677)

Salaries 920,183

Administration 51,314

Fixed Costs 194,045

Transfers (internal) 134,445

Transfers (to Reserve) 111,490

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We have maintained a high output of publications

and reports this year, all of which are available as

downloads through our website.

London Higher publications not only promote the

member group to our stakeholders and potential

students, but increasingly add valuable trend

information of the development of the HE sector in

London and in comparison to elsewhere in the UK

and internationally.

Our main publications this year include:

Publications & Reports

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London Higher E-zine

Spring issue of topical

news from London

Higher

Insight & Study London E-zines

Quarterly magazine & Ezines

from Study London targeted at

international students and key

influencers around the world.

Working Capital

How HE in London is

helping drive

economic recovery

Annual Review

2009-10

Report to members

of the work of the

organisation

HESA Student numbers

2008/09

A factsheet on students in

London and other regions

Social and public engagement

by London’s universities and

higher education colleges

Case studies on physical and

mental wellbeing, social

inclusion and research &

society from the SILH project

HERA Barometer Final Report

HEFCE report including

examples of how London HEIs

are helping students,

graduates and businesses

during the recession

Response to

Government

proposals affecting

education provision

for the health

professions

London Higher

position paper on

health education

reforms

HEFCE Recurrent Grants,

2010/11

Summary of annual grants

to London HEIs

HESA HE-BCI Survey,

2008/09

Summary of innovation and

knowledge transfer

activities in London and

other regions

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Summer issue of the

electronic newsletter

your school’s at-a-glance

SHELL Guide to contacting

London universities

Booklet offering signposting

between schools and HEIs in

London

Spotlight

Edition of Podium’s magazine

highlighting what is going on in HE

and FE as the 2012 Games draw near

HESA Financial Resources

of HEIs, 2008/09

Factsheet on income

streams

HESA Destinations of

Leavers, 2008/09

A factsheet on

activities of recent

graduates from

London HEIs

BBSRC Grant Awards 2009/10,

nERC Grant Awards 2009/10

EPSRC Grant Awards 2009/10

MRC Grant Awards 2009/10

Research Council success rates

for London and other regions

Insight & Study London E-zines

Quarterly magazine & Ezines

from Study London targeted at

international students and key

influencers around the world.

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All of our publications can be accessed via our website:

www.londonhigher.ac.uk/publications.html

Response to the

Browne Review

and CSR

Consultation and

position statement

on the Browne

Review and coalition

spending priorities

The Engagement of

Further and Higher

Education with the

London 2012 Olympic

and Paralympic Games

Podium’s survey of c.

240 of the UK’s

colleges and

universities engaging

with the 2012 Games

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London Higher

E-zine

Winter edition of

the electronic

newsletter

AHRC Grant Awards 2009/10

ESRC Grant Awards 2009/10

STFC Grant Awards 2008/09

Research Council success

rates for London and other

regions

Become a School

Governor in London

SHELL guidance for

HE staff on

becoming a school

governor

Meeting with Sir

Alan Langlands

Member meeting

with the CEO of

HEFCE to discuss

funding changes

London Workforce

Development

website launched

The Economic Impact of

London's Universities

and Colleges Engaging

with Europe

Report on the economic

returns made by London

HEIs in engaging with

Europe

Meeting with

Rt Hon David

Willetts MP

SHELL meeting

to discuss

post-16

progression

Insight & Study

London E-zines

Quarterly magazine &

Ezines from Study

London targeted at

international students

and key influencers

around the world.

SHELL HE-finder

SHELL online director of

WP/outreach contacts in

London HEIs

Believe

A Podium magazine

showcasing the work of

FE Colleges delivering

the ‘Personal Best’

ProgrammeInsight & Study

London E-zines

Quarterly

magazine &

Ezines from

Study London

targeted at

international

students and

key influencers

around the

world.

Consultation response

to ‘Liberating the nHS’

London Higher

response to DH

consultation on the

health white paper

GrILH Final Report 2011

Baseline study on energy use

and carbon emissions from

ICT in London HEIs

International Students

Factsheet on London’s

International Student

population

Developing your people,

delivering success

Brochure outlining the work

of London Workforce

Development

Meeting with

Rt Hon Simon Hughes MP

To discuss access to HE

London Medicine

website soft launch

Countdown to

the Games

Publication

showcasing

projects from

across the FE

and HE sectors

that were

featured at

Podium's

Countdown to

the Games

Conference. Opportunities and

interest in shared

services – London HEIs

A scoping study

exploring the appetite

among London HEIs

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Membership organisations are driven by the enthusiasm and skills of the people who are

associated with them. London Higher is fortunate in being able to draw on unparalleled

expertise across the sector.

This year our officers have been:

2010-11 InSTITUTIOn / TITLE

Board (elected)

Professor Anthony Bowne Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music & Dance

Professor Geoffrey Crossick University of London

Professor Malcolm Gillies (Chair) London Metropolitan University

Professor Barry Ife CBE Guildhall School of Music & Drama

Professor Geoffrey Petts University of Westminster

Barbara M. Stephens OBE The Open University in London

Professor Paul Webley School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London

Board (co-opted)

Professor Fiona Ross Kingston University & St George's, University of London

Mr Richard Sumray MBE Chair, London 2012 Forum

Board (observers)

John Attree / John Dickie Director of Skills & Olympics Programmes, London First

Mark Kleinman Assistant Director, Economic & Business Policy, GLA

David Noyce /Derek Hicks Region Director/Consultant, HEFCE

Executive

Jane Glanville Chief Executive Officer

Liz Afolabi Office Manager

Ralph Blunden Head, London Workforce Development

Brad Coales Deputy Head, London Workforce Development

Kate Filochowski Project Officer, Culture, Sport and Volunteering, Podium

Chris Gulik Project Officer, London Medicine

Matthew Haley Communications & Media Manager, Podium

Maria Hicks Communications Manager

Naz Khan Project Officer (Learning & Skills)

Kevin McCarthy Head, Study London

Simon McCaugherty Project Manager, Study London

Michael Reynier Deputy CEO & Head, Case for London

Paresh Shah Research and Data Analysis Manager

Gareth Smith Head, Podium

Claire Williams Marketing and Communications Manager, London

Workforce Development

Consultants

John Hall Advisor, SHELL

Garret O’Leary Advisor, LWD

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We have increased our staff roll from fourteen to

fifteen during the year with the addition of Claire

Williams as Marketing and Communications Manager

for London Workforce Development.

Investors in People

We are delighted to announce that following an audit in

March 2011, London Higher was awarded the Investors

in People mark.

Board of Trustees

We are grateful to all members of the Board for their

commitment to the organisation throughout this and

previous years. In particular, many thanks are due to

Professor Barry Ife CBE who stands down this year

having completed a three year term of office.

An up-to-date list of officers for 2011-12 can be found

on the London Higher website.

Birkbeck, University of London*

Brunel University

Central School of Speech and Drama*

City University London

Conservatoire for Dance and Drama

Goldsmiths, University of London*

Guildhall School of Music and Drama

Heythrop College, University of London*

Institute of Education*

King’s College London*

Kingston University London

London Business School*

London Metropolitan University

London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine*

London South Bank University

Middlesex University

Queen Mary, University of London*

Ravensbourne

Roehampton University

Rose Bruford College of Theatre & Performance

Royal Academy of Music*

Royal College of Art

Royal College of Music

Royal Holloway, University of London*

Royal Veterinary College*

School of Oriental and African Studies, University of

London*

St George's, University of London*

St Mary's University College, Twickenham

The Courtauld Institute of Art*

The Institute of Cancer Research*

The Open University in London

The School of Pharmacy, University of London*

The University of West London

Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music & Dance

University of the Arts London

University College London*

University of East London

University of Greenwich

University of London*

University of Westminster

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‘Doing more with less’ - a term everyone has heard

again and again this past year, most of all across the

public and not-for-profit sectors. Doubtless we will

continue to hear it frequently repeated in 2011-12.

Within London Higher we are determined to turn these

words into reality. At the time of writing (May 2011) we

can say with confidence that we are already achieving

this – and there is more to come.

As the HE sector in London (and throughout England)

undergoes considerable change, the organisation too

must adapt. We must be not only responsive but

proactive, and move quickly, so that we can go on

representing and supporting our members, and new

partners, as they make their respective key decisions

and choices. Since London Higher was founded in 1999

we have many times proved the ability to be flexible

and stay fit for the purpose of meeting the needs and

expectations of the group we serve.

As this Review demonstrates, we have strong

foundations to build on and the new business model we

are introducing in 2011-12 will indeed enable London

Higher to do ‘more with less’. Our approach for the

coming period will remain on offering a valued and cost

effective portfolio, focused around a premise of

developing collaborations between and facilitating

services for, current members, and between members,

new partners and third parties. Equally important, we

will continue our trusted advocacy and promotional

role, and maintain our ability to campaign in a focused

way on issues specific to London.

None of the achievements described in this Review

would have been possible without the work of a highly

skilled and dedicated executive team. It is very largely

because of this excellent team that, as Chief Executive,

I can assure our members, partners and stakeholders

that London Higher will be working with you as we face

up to the challenges – and opportunities – of 2011-12

and beyond.

Jane Glanville, Chief Executive,

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Picture Acknowledgments

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