Welcome – Open Staff Meeting Caroline Gipps Vice-Chancellor May 2010

National Challenges Financial challenges for all universities. Control on student numbers for 2010 entry. Browne Review (autumn): An affordable and sustainable student finance system. Controlling Government expenditure. Ensuring that those who benefit from HE make a significant financial contribution. Balancing public investment in FT and PT provision.

National Challenges New Government –Labour: growth in FDs and PT, STEM & ‘New Industries New Jobs’ agenda. –Conservatives: postpone REF? –Liberal Democrats: scrap tuition fees and 50% participation target. Balance HE, college and apprenticeships.

Difficult Decisions Strict control on FT recruitment in 2010 despite buoyant demand Difficult decisions for and downstream BUT.. –HESES Audit appeal: we re-gained £0.5m –We have been awarded 90 employer co-funded ASNs –Our appeal on the cap has resulted in +50

Difficult Decisions – college partners Previous policy based on assumed growth. Impact of the recruitment cap in Sept 09. Reduced number of strategic partners: Wolverhampton; TCAT; Dudley; Stourbridge; Halesowen; Sandwell; Walsall; Birmingham Metropolitan

Moving Forward – planning Budget Position – = £13.5m deficit – = £5m deficit – projection is to break even – = 3% surplus –Review of overlapping activities: Marketing, Student Support, Staff Development

Moving Forward – Innovation and Enterprise Strategy UWBS move to City Campus. Business Solutions Centre for the Science Park and for Telford. ICD Ltd – finalising 2 nd and 3 rd pilot programmes; actively recruiting fee paying students.

Moving Forward - curriculum Learning Works –Validation of new curriculum is near completion –Communication to students and external marketing is still active –Working through time-tabling and transition arrangements

Moving Forward - curriculum PG taught review –By June 2010 we will have agreed curriculum principles, academic and validation framework –By December 2010 a new proposed curriculum will have been outlined –We aim to deliver the new portfolio in September 2011

Moving Forward – capital developments The Performance Hub MG Block developments

Key Achievements Student Retention – HEFCE PIs YoungMatureAllBenchmark %21.8%15.3%12.6% %18.3%13.4%11.8%

Key Achievements Graduate internships –A Partnership with WM HEIs and Graduate Advantage. –To date, we have placed 75+ graduates in the region, the most of any partner…… –63% of them are from BME backgrounds.

Key Achievements Times Higher Leadership Award –Outstanding Registry team shortlisted. Marketing Awards – Higher Education –MaC team shortlisted for 3 categories. Launch of the Institutes of Media Arts and Gaming and Animation – 7 June.

Questions?