Undergraduate Awards Portfolio Update June Dennis Associate Dean Sept 2012

Looking back Poor NSS/ISS scores Heavy reliance on Clearing for student numbers No HND level 4 running TNE in infancy

Developments in Undergraduate Provision HND Business – 60 students on level 4 First graduates of HND Business in Xiaogan New On-Line Distance Learning BABM variant – Ian Hughes (CL) Entry requirements

Developments over the past year Focus on applicants Newsletters, feeder schools, taster days Student experience Newsletters, personal tutor role, monitoring, timely information to students, afternoon tea, employability award, guest lecture series……. Thanks to mike Haynes, Steve, Ian Hughes, Janine

Reasons to be cheerful (part 1) ADMISSIONS We’re over target! Clearing is ongoing PLUS 30 AAB And there’s more……

Reasons to be cheerful (part 2) INTERNAL STUDENT SURVEY Huge improvements in: Teaching Marking/schemes/feedback Staff engagement/communication with students skills Recommend University as place to study – from 61% to 80% Best results for “Skills” in University Teaching: Eg: Staff good at explaining things – from 66% to 80% Marking criteria from 66 – 80 Assessment arrangements good – 63 -77 Contact staff – 63% to 83% (second in Uni) & changes in course or teaching are communicated well. Getting academic advice & support from 64-83 Timetabling and examination timetables also sig increase

Reasons to be cheerful (part 3) NATIONAL STUDENT SURVEY Overall satisfaction increased from 67% to…. Overall satisfaction = 85% - joint first with SHAW. 100% of IBM student satisfaction 91% for Accounting and Finance

Reasons to be cheerful (part 3) NATIONL STUDENT SURVEY Area 2011-2012 Uni Average Teaching on my course 63%-77% 81% Assessment and feedback 52%-68% 70% Academic support 55%-68% 74% Org & mgt 60%-79% 73% Learning resources 79%-85% 85% Personal development 72%-82% Overall 67%-85% 80% We have no courses in the bottom 10 within the University in any of these many category. There still are some areas for improvement: ISS shows personal tutoring has improved from 41-49% but Uni average is 65% And we still have issues with students feeling that they can learn together with peers on line and there are useful electronic assessment tasks & feedback to check how well they are doing Also variations between subject areas

Plans for 2012-13 Distance Learning – BABM all levels Student progression/attainment/retention Curriculum and portfolio “tweaks” Increased engagement with student reps & timely communication with students Building on personal tutor scheme Improving relationships with schools and colleges. DL – Jon Rhodes Tweaks – Marketing and enterprise – hopefully an enterprise route in marketing Reducing duplication