FS&N School Staff Meeting September, 2015

Agenda 1.Apologies 2.Minutes of Last Meeting 3.Matters Arising 4.HoS’s Statement 5.Safety (MH) 6.Items from Student Education Committee (PK) 7.Items from Research Committee (CO) 8.Items from Postgraduate Committee (AM) 9.Admissions and Widening Participation (CE) 10.Finance (CR) 11.HR Issues (CR) 12.Athena Swan (CO) 13.AOB 14.Date of Next Meeting – September, 2015.

4. HoS’s Statement FMC TEF/Fees NSS Times/Sunday Times League Table Student Numbers CRM Heads of Research Group Space

FMC NEQ – approved by Council? (£87m) Capital Expenditure had been reduced from £100m to £60m – now increased back to £100m for each of the next 5 years Investing in more academic development - now the University is expecting to see a return on its investment… Themes…where is the (additional) research income? Research income…there is a big investment to achieve significantly enhanced targets Is there buy-in from the staff? Reducing assessment

The DVC: The 3 Pillars of Academic Success… A balanced portfolio of: – Research Income – Student Education – Sustainability

Question categories The teaching on my course Assessment & Feedback Academic support Organisation & Management Learning resources Personal development Overall satisfaction Score (% agree) Rank The University of Leeds ( ) Queen's University Belfast ( ) Harper Adams University ( ) The University of Leeds ( ) Sheffield Hallam University ( ) University of Ulster ( ) The University of Huddersfield ( ) University of Northumbria at Newcastle ( ) Coventry University ( ) University College Birmingham ( ) Liverpool John Moores University ( ) The University of Surrey ( ) London South Bank University ( ) The University of Reading ( ) The University of Nottingham ( ) Cardiff Metropolitan University ( ) Teesside University ( )

Question categories The teaching on my course Assessment & Feedback Academic support Organisation & Management Learning resources Personal development Overall satisfaction Score (% agree) Rank The University of Leeds ( ) Glasgow Caledonian University ( ) Kingston University ( ) University of Worcester ( ) Sheffield Hallam University ( ) Bath Spa University ( ) The University of Leeds ( ) University of Hertfordshire ( ) Coventry University ( ) The University of Surrey ( ) University of Plymouth ( ) University of Ulster ( ) Leeds Beckett University ( ) Robert Gordon University ( ) Cardiff Metropolitan University ( ) Liverpool Hope University ( ) The University of Westminster ( ) Bournemouth University ( ) Liverpool John Moores University ( ) St Mary's University, Twickenham ( ) The University of Huddersfield ( ) University Campus Suffolk Ltd ( ) The University of Nottingham ( ) University of Central Lancashire ( ) University of Chester ( ) Queen Margaret University Edinburgh ( ) London Metropolitan University ( ) King's College London ( ) Roehampton University ( ) Edge Hill University ( ) University of Greenwich ( ) Oxford Brookes University ( ) Manchester Metropolitan University ( ) University of Newcastle upon Tyne ( )

Rank Teaching Quality % Student Experience % Research Quality %Entry Points Graduate Prospects % 1Surrey QUB Leeds Glasgow Caledonian KCL Nottingham Reading Newcastle Times/Sunday Times Subject Table Food Science 2016

Rank Student Satisfaction % Research Quality Entry Points Graduate Prospects %Total Score 1KCL Surrey Nottingham Leeds Glasgow Caledonian Reading QUB Newcastle Times/Sunday Times Subject Table Food Science 2015

BSc Intake

MSc Intake

TEF/Fees Pamela Macpherson Barrett – Head of Policy, Funding & Regulation ‘most recently Pam has been working with HEFCE colleagues and BIS on developing the Teaching Excellence Framework’. CRM Heads of Research Groups Space

5. Health & Safety (MH)

6. Items from the SEC (PK)

7. Items from R&IC (CO)

Research and Innovation

REF Preparations have begun for REF2020 (assuming there will be a REF in 2020) Output report returned in August. – Focus on 3* and 4* outputs – Staff to complete a form indicating their best two publications with self scoring (3*/4*) – Peer assessment – Dr Bernadette Moore has agreed to be output coordinator

What is 4*? (the £1Mmillion question) International impact International collaborations with top groups Industrial collaborations Combination of approaches, e.g. statistical and experimental Journal impact factor Reputation and profile of author

Already happening Publication open access requirement through repositories Also consider Gold open access where justified Data open access requirement through repositories Funders require data management plans Research Data Leeds web site

Proposed output actions All academic staff to have a publication strategy, discussed during AAM School to provide funds for profile raising actitity All outputs and external reports to include the name of the School Academics should be corresponding authors for work carried out at Leeds Consider ORCID numbers for all researchers (?)

Impact Impact report to be submitted next month Dr David Hauton is the School Impact Coordinator, has requested a summary of potential impact case studies (please respond!) We will probably need 3 or 4 or 5

What is 4* impact (the £4M question?) Very difficult to say Scientific advancement that benefits society, evidenced through change in practices, Government or international policy Scientific advancement that benefits industry, evidenced through adoption of technology with economic, environmental or societal gain

8. Items from PGRC (RE)

9. Admissions & Widening Participation (CE)

10. Finance (CR)

Finance Temporary Budgets Set Final Budgets School Investment in Equipment/Infrastructure Student Census 1 st December 2015

EquipmentPriceComments Rotorvapor£20kFTL; matched Funding Drier/Encapsulator£25kFTL; matched funding Homogeniser£15kFTL; matched funding Oxysense Gas Analyser£12kFTL Titralab£11kFTL Mastersizer£20kmatched funding LC-MS£251k Spray-Dryer£29kShared with Engineering Plate Reader£23k Physiology Equipment£27k Equipment >£10k;

Year 11/1212/1313/1414/15 New Equipment £ 125K£ 95.1K£431.1K£539.6K Equipment Maintenance £ 0K £24.7K£22.9K Infrastructure £ 22K£ 1.2K£39.7K£10.5K Total Investment £ 147K£ 96.3K£495.5K£572.9K School Investment in Equipment, Maintenance and Refurbishment

11. HR (CR)

HR New Staff/Staff Leaving On-Going Recruitment Equality Training Session SRDS/AAMs Mentoring People Management Framework (PMF Survey) Annual Leave 15/16

12. Athena Swan (CO/CR)

13. AOB 14. Date of next meeting –