School of Social Science, History and Philosophy 11 June 2015

Recruitment - critical numbers UCAS - concerns Part-time UG - concerns Masters – good at the moment International – good at the moment Certs (programme) – good at the moment

Recruitment - concerns UCAS predicted rise from 226 FTE to 265 FTE Currently, compared to this time last year, no further on. (Offers up 17 per cent, but UCAS conversions no better than this time last year)

Departmental picture for UCAS students Offer 13/14 Actual 13/14 Offer 14/15 Actual 14/15 Offer 15/16 Firm 15/16 Estimat e 15/16 ALC GEDS HCA Phil Pol Psych

Recruitment – more reassuring International – offers much higher, (280 versus 210) so should exceed target which is lower than last year. Masters offers up from 350 to 500 so should hit targets (predicted rise from 290 FTE to 315 FTE) Certs (programme) look positive

SSHP Strategic planning meeting

Our overall mission is to create a School which: carries out innovative, world-leading research in the social sciences, history and philosophy; offers research-led, transformative higher education that is responsive to and engaged with a changing world; and draws on the best traditions of liberal education.

HEFCE teaching income

Fee income

External research income

Sources of income

Proportion of Income

Total income

Contribution to overall fee income (versus ) UG degree p/t = £3,183k (£3,093k) UCAS degree = £3,858k (£1,316k) UG Certs (modular) = £1,200k (£1,237k) UG Certs (programme) = £944k (£622k) PG p/t Masters = £3,248k (£3,699k) PG f/t Masters = £1,095k (£1,306k) PGR = £948k (£775k)

Contribution to overall fee income (versus )

All student FTEs 2009/10 and 2014/15

Planned numbers by qualification – UG new FTES

Planned numbers by qualification – PG new FTES

Staffing from to FTE

Staffing from to £K

Strategic aims To grow our research-led undergraduate and postgraduate provision (both full- and part-time) overall by ten per cent in order to invest in academic staffing to support our research and teaching ambitions; To develop more effective cross-departmental and interdisciplinary teaching, particularly at postgraduate level by developing appropriate School structures; To strengthen our research through investment in environment and impact development and through pro-active management at individual, departmental, UoA and School levels; REF aspirations

To increase our research grant income by 5-10 per cent per annum over the five-year period; To increase our PhD completions by X per cent over the next five years through securing more doctoral funding, strengthening our research training, joining AHRC and ESRC doctoral training programmes and developing a doctoral research centre within the School;

REF aspirations – how to set and express? Egs: To aim for each UoA to be in the top 10 as measured by intensity over the next X years For each UoA to improve their position (as measured by intensity) by X To shift the proportion of the School’s income generated by QR from 11 per cent to ….