Welcome – Open Staff Meeting
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Welcome – Open Staff Meeting
Caroline GippsVice-Chancellor
May 2010
National Challenges
• Financial challenges for all universities.• Control on student numbers for 2010 entry.• Browne Review (autumn):
An affordable and sustainable student finance system.
Controlling Government expenditure.Ensuring that those who benefit from HE make a significant financial contribution.Balancing public investment in FT and PT provision.
National Challenges
• New Government– Labour: growth in FDs and PT, STEM &
‘New Industries New Jobs’ agenda.– Conservatives: postpone REF? – Liberal Democrats: scrap tuition fees and
50% participation target. Balance HE, college and apprenticeships.
Difficult Decisions• Strict control on FT recruitment in 2010 despite
buoyant demand• Difficult decisions for 2010-11 and downstream• BUT..
– HESES Audit appeal: we re-gained £0.5m– We have been awarded 90 employer co-funded ASNs
– Our appeal on the cap has resulted in +50
Difficult Decisions – college partners
• Previous policy based on assumed growth.
• Impact of the recruitment cap in Sept 09.
• Reduced number of strategic partners:Wolverhampton; TCAT; Dudley; Stourbridge; Halesowen; Sandwell; Walsall; Birmingham Metropolitan
Moving Forward – planning 2010-11
• Budget Position – 2008-09 = £13.5m deficit– 2009-10 = £5m deficit– 2010-11 projection is to break even– 2011-12 = 3% surplus– Review of overlapping activities:
Marketing, Student Support, Staff Development
Moving Forward – Innovation and Enterprise Strategy
• UWBS move to City Campus.
• Business Solutions Centre for the Science Park and for Telford.
• ICD Ltd – finalising 2nd and 3rd pilot programmes; actively recruiting fee paying students.
Moving Forward - curriculum
• Learning Works– Validation of new curriculum is near
completion
– Communication to students and external marketing is still active
– Working through time-tabling and transition arrangements
Moving Forward - curriculum
• PG taught review– By June 2010 we will have agreed
curriculum principles, academic and validation framework
– By December 2010 a new proposed curriculum will have been outlined
– We aim to deliver the new portfolio in September 2011
Moving Forward – capital developments
• The Performance Hub
• MG Block developments
Key Achievements
• Student Retention – HEFCE PIs
Young Mature All Benchmark
2009 12.5% 21.8% 15.3% 12.6%
2010 10.9% 18.3% 13.4% 11.8%
Key Achievements
• Graduate internships– A Partnership with WM HEIs and Graduate
Advantage.– To date, we have placed 75+ graduates
in the region, the most of any partner……– 63% of them are from BME backgrounds.
Key Achievements
• Times Higher Leadership Award– Outstanding Registry team shortlisted.
• Marketing Awards – Higher Education– MaC team shortlisted for 3 categories.
• Launch of the Institutes of Media Arts and Gaming and Animation – 7 June.
Questions?