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WelcomeStaff Open meeting

November 2009

Caroline Gipps

Vice-Chancellor

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Contents

Financial Position 2005-2009

HESES Audit

HEFCE Funding

Repositioning Exercise: Update

Learning Works: Update

Progress: NSS

Successes

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Financial Position 2005 -2009

Income Exp Surplus/Deficit

2005/06 £129m £127.7m £1.3m

2006/07 £144.4m £144.5 - £0.1m

2007/08 £148.5m £154m - £4.7m

2008/09 £148.7m £160.6m - £11.9m

2009/10 £146.9m £153.1 - £6.2m

2009/10 is a forecast budget position

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HESES Audit

• Started in June 2008 completed October 2009• We have dealt with over 7,000 individual student data enquiries• Meetings with Sir Alan Langlands, MPs, etc

Million+ lobbying• Audit is concluded. Financial Impact is under discussion

NB: Non-completions here is not the same as drop out

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What do these universities have in common?

ImperialSheffieldManchesterHertfordshireUWECoventryWolverhampton

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HEFCE Funding

• Teaching grant is c. £50m p.a.• Our student numbers have remained broadly

flat for ten years.• ELQ funding change: (-£2m p.a.)• HESES audit likely outturn - (-£2m p.a.)• Efficiency savings 09/10 £0.75m; 2010/11 and

beyond?• Will the FT UG cap operate next year?

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HEFCE Funding

• Awarded 250 Additional Student Numbers (ASNs) for 2009/10 (50 funded; 200 ‘fees

only’ STEM).

• 2010/11 ASNs: 75 for Performance Hub approved; bid for 100 in Healthcare Science

(with Aston).

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HEFCE Funding – future

• “Growth based on state funding cannot continue”

• Sir Alan Langlands: expect …..'planned and unplanned raids on the HE budget'.

• Fees Review

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What do these universities have in common?

LeedsBristolUWEKingsSheffieldWolverhampton

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Repositioning Exercise – update

• Extended VR application deadline to 6th Nov

• To date we have received over 250 requests for estimates and over 144 have applied so far

• At the end of November we will review the salary savings from the VR requests, set this against other pay and non-pay savings, and take stock.

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HESES Audit – Requirement• Every student to confirm study intention at start of

academic year.

- This should normally (for FT) be 120 credits

- Students must then: • Complete all registered modules • Submit any mitigating circumstances before submission deadline • Submit all final assessments for intended

study

- Failure to submit even one final assessment = HEFCE non completion for student

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HESES Audit – Actions taken• Introduction of online (e-vision) module diets – manages

study intention requirement.

• Non-submission of assignments must be actively followed up – monitored by bar-coding submissions

• Regulations changes

- resits within year- changed rules for extenuating circumstances- tightened control of student eligible period of study

• Where appropriate students will be withdrawn or switched to part-time – following communication with student by Student Office explaining implications

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Learning Works• Launched online on 28th October

• Special mailing to local schools and colleges

• Online Vod casts

• New courses in UCAS and on our website

• Using Twitter and Facebook to raise profile

• Regional Advertising & online marketing

• Much curriculum design work still to be done

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Progress: NSS 2009• Our overall satisfaction has gone up to 78%

(in 2006 it was 72%). Sector is at 81%• Our response rate was 57% (last year it was

64%), the sector is 62%• Assessment and feedback has improved and

is above sector average. 66% (up from 62%) sector average (65%)

• Learning resources is steady at 84% and is above sector average (80%)

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NSS 2006-2009 – Teaching on my course

Teaching on my course 2006 2007 2008 2009

Overall satisfaction % 76% 76% 77% 80%

Specific Question scores

Staff are good at explaining 83 (86) 81 (87) 83 (87) 86 (87)

Subject is made interesting 72 (76) 71 (77) 72 (79) 75 (79)

Staff are enthusiastic 75 (81) 74 (82) 76 (83) 80 (83)

Intellectually stimulating 75 (82) 75 (82) 75 (83) 78 (83)

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Some Successes

• Graduation went extremely well and the Honorary Graduates were a great success

• Leading on £5.2m SPEED West Midlands programme

• KTP Award of £24m to run the regional programme. UoW is 1st in the region and 2nd nationally for KTPs

• Nalini Patel now shortlisted for the national British Computer Society IT award

• Students nominated for Royal TV Society Awards

• WLV Dialogue: finalist in CIPR Best Magazine category