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cONTENTS UWS at the Heart of Scotland 4 ~ 5

Student Numbers 6 ~ 7

Student Population 2012-13 8 ~ 9

Student Population 2012-13 12 ~ 13

Staff: Academic & Support 14 ~ 15

Industry Linked 16 ~ 17

National Student Survey Results 18 ~ 19

Postgrad Taught Education Survey Results 20

Income 22 ~ 23

Our Recent Successes 24 ~ 25

A Vibrant Research Culture 26 ~ 27

01INSTITUTION

04cAMPUSES

08ScHOOLS

UWS AT THE HEART OF ScOTLAND 30%

OF ScOTLAND’S POPULATION

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THE LOcAL UNIVERSITY FOR

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15,375STUDENTS

1,110 INTERNATIONAL & EU STUDENTS

1,575 POSTGRADUATE STUDENTS

13,800 UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS

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STUDENT POPULATION 2012 - 2013

MODE OF STUDY

GENDER

DOMIcILE

TOP TEN NON-UK DOMIcILE

INDIA

40SPAIN

44 42PAKISTANGERMANY

138FRANcE

248 193cHINA POLAND czEcH

REPUBLIc

36 20IRELAND

51NIGERIA

45

91%

4%

3%

2%

ScOTTISH

EU

NON EU

RUK

68% 32%

FULL TIME PART TIME

62% 38%

FEMALE MALE

Figures from 2012-13 HESA return

INTERNATIONALISATION & GLOBAL cITIzENSHIP

We have ambitious plans to grow our international student numbers and further develop our international partnerships to bring a strong international dimension into all of our activities – from teaching andlearning to research and commercialisation.

Our Learning, Teaching & Assessment Strategy puts inspirational learning and excellence at the heart of the student experience. In so doing,

it seeks to play a role in achieving the UWS vision of inclusive higher education that transforms individuals,communities and economies.

STUDENT-FOcUSED

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% STUDENT POPULATION BY cAMPUS NUMBER OF GRADUATES IN 2012-2013

DISTANcE LEARNING

6%OTHER UNDERGRADUATE

215AYR FIRST DEGREE

14% 2870

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5% 590DUMFRIES POSTGRADUATEPAISLEY HND/DIP HE

46% 120cOLLEGES DOcTORATE

2% 25

% STUDENT POPULATION BY ScHOOL

STUDENT POPULATION 2012 - 2013

GRADUATE LEVELFirst Degree 71%Other UnDergraDUate 19%POstgraDUate (taUght) 8%POstgraDUate (research) 2%

HAMILTON

27%

cREATIVE & cULTURAL INDUSTRIES

7% 5%EDUcATIONcOMPUTING

9%HEALTH, NURSING & MIDWIFERY

23% 17%BUSINESS ENGINEERING

5 %ScIENcE

10%LIFELONG LEARNING

14%SOcIAL ScIENcES

10%

71%

19%

8%2%

Figures from 2012-13 HESA return

* From respondents to the 2012 DLHE survey

IN WORK OR FURTHER STUDY 6 MONTHS AFTER GRADUATING*

88%

AcADEMIc& SUPPORT

In 2012/13 as part of our ongoing academic development activity, the University recruited 77 new academic staff to further develop teaching and research in our key target disciplines.

As we progress towards our new corporate strategy, we will take a fresh look at our professional support services and how they are structured to help achieve our strategic goals.

STAFF NUMBERS at UWs

STAFF MEMBERS1489

AcADEMIc STAFF581

SUPPORT STAFF908

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Many UWS programmes carry industry accreditation and recognition.

Our School of Creative & Cultural Industries, for example, has some of the UK’s highest levels of recognition including accreditation from Creative Skillset - the Sector Skills Council for creative media - and other professional bodies such as the Broadcast Journalism Training Council, Drama UK and JAMES.

And our BA (Hons) Human Resource Management is the only undergraduate programme in Scotland with CIPD approval.

INDUSTRY REcOGNISED

UWS enjoys links with a network of industry partners

for work-based learning, course development and consultancy. Our students have worked with a range of companies including:

For more details of our course accreditation visit our website at www.uws.ac.uk/courses

EDUcATION tOP eQUaL in scOtLanD &

thirD tOP cOUrse in the UK*

91%

NATIONAL STUDENT SURVEY 2013 – aMOng the resULts

100%

MARKETING tOP, OVeraLL, in sectOr FOr

the thirD Year rUnning

cHEMIcAL ENGINEERING

97%

FORENSIc ScIENcE

96%

cIVIL ENGINEERING

95%

FILM MAKING & ScREEN-WRITING

92%

AccOUNTING

90%

RATINGS FOR stUDent satisFactiOn

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3* Source 2013 Times G

ood Un

iversity Guide

UWS works in close partnership with its Students’ Association on strategic developments, not least the Learning Manifesto. In 2013 our Students’ Association was the winner of the NUS Scotland Student Union of the Year Award after

being shortlisted as the runner-up in 2012.

93%OVERALL STUDENT SATISFAcTION WITH PG cOURSES

POSTGRADUATE taUght eDUcatiOn sUrVeY (Ptes) 2013

We want our students to have a first-rate experience at UWS. In the 2013 Postgraduate Taught Experience Survey we were given a 93% overall student satisfaction rating: one of the highest in Scotland.

We also achieved 93% for Social Sciences; 94% for Health, Nursing and Midwifery; and 100% for our Business, and Creative and Cultural Industries subjects.

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Student Union of the Year 2013

2012/2013 FINANcIAL HIGHLIGHTS at a gLance

INc ME££17.5McASH IN THE BANK

£111.3MNET ASSETS EXcLUDING PENSION LIABILITIES

£97.5MTOTAL INcOME

7.1%INcOME INcREASE IN YEAR

£7.7MSURPLUS FOR THE YEAR

7.9%SURPLUS ON INcOME

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sOMe OF OUr REcENT SUccESSES

• UWS wins Best Educational Initiative - Scotland’s Dementia Awards 2013

• First university in the UK to have both Public Health Nursing and Midwifery programmes UNICEF accredited

• Launching UK higher education’s first Recovery College to help patients and carers deal with mental health issues

• UWS academic elected as International President of the Society for Environmental Geochemistry and Health

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• Ayr Campus shortlisted in Guardian Awards 2013 for best educational facility and winner of Green Gown Award 2012

• UWS Ayr Campus library selected as best library (under 2000sqm) in SCONUL: The Society of College, National and University Libraries Design Awards 2013

• UWS academic nominated for 2013 BAFTA Scotland Cineworld Audience Award

• UWS MA Creative Media Practice students win 2013 BAFTA Scotland New Talent Award

• Buttle UK Quality Mark for Care Leavers retained, recognising levels of support and guidance offered to Care Leavers

Visit www.uws.ac.uk/news for more details on our latest achievements.

Across the University’s academic schools, a network of research institutes and specialist groups undertakes interdisciplinary research in:

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BUSINESS

• Accounting & Finance Research Group

• Centre for Contemporary European Studies Group

cOMPUTING

• Institute of Creative Technologies and Applied Computing

• Audio-Visual Communications & Networks

• Database and Knowledge Management Research Group

• Information and Communication Technologies in Education

• Applied Computational Intelligence Research Unit

• Centre for Interactive Creative Technologies

cREATIVE & cULTURAL INDUSTRIES

• Creative Futures Institute

• Creative Practice Research

• Scottish Centre for Island Studies

EDUcATION

• Institute for Youth and Community Research

• Centre for Youth Crime, Justice and Deterrence Research

• Centre for Participation, Inclusion and Collaboration

ENGINEERING

• Advanced Concrete and Masonry Centre

• Engineering and Energy Technologies

• Microscale Sensors Group

• Nuclear Physics

• Thin Film Research Centre

HEALTH, NURSING & MIDWIFERY

• Alzheimer Scotland Centre for Policy and Practice

• Care and Practice Improvement

• Healthcare Associated Infection

• Maternal, Child and Family Health

• Mental Health

• Older Persons’ Health and Wellbeing

• Gerontology Interest Group

ScIENcE

• Institute of Biomedical and Environmental Health Research

• Institute for Clinical Exercise and Health Science

• Centre for Clinical Exercise and Rehabilitative Science

• Centre for Environmental Research

• Centre for Musculoskeletal Science

• Drug, Discovery, Design and Molecular Sciences

• Infection and Microbiology Research Group

• Mathematics and Statistics Research Group

• Sports Academy

SOcIAL ScIENcES

• Applied Psychology Research

• Civil Society and Governance

• Health Behaviours and Policy

• Social Work

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