1. All Staff Meeting Monday 24 October 2016
Vice-Chancellor Professor Mark E. Smith
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2. Thank you

3. League tables and satisfaction
8th in Guardian University Guide
9th in Complete University Guide
9th in The Times/Sunday Times
137th THE World University Rankings
129th QS World University Rankings
Student satisfaction
91% overall National Student Survey (NSS) score
8th in UK for overall satisfaction
NSS scores will be important for the TEF in future

4. Research Council Success Rates 15-16

5. Median

6. Assessment & Feedback by type of HEI (NSS 2016)

7. Assessment & Feedback by type of university (NSS 2016)

8. External challenges – National policy changes
HE and Research Bill
Making its way through Parliament
Increased competition
Creation of the Office for Students and UK Research and Innovation
Emergence of alternative providers
Private providers (e.g. College of Law) up 10% in 4 years
Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF)
Gold, silver and bronze ratings
first main pilot
Improving our assessment and feedback/retention

9. External challenges – National policy changes
Research Excellence Framework (REF) Stern Review recommendations
Including: All research-active staff should be returned and outputs should not be portable
Immigration policy
Forthcoming Home Office consultation
Possible limits based on ‘quality’ of the course or institution
Will we see a two-tier system for universities?

10. External challenges – EU Referendum
Key challenges
Uncertainty around research funding and development funding – although some short-term assurance
Staff and student recruitment
Supporting you
Understanding your concerns
We’ve listened and will continue to do so
Provide advice and practical support with visas, NHS surcharges and immigration queries
More staff briefings to follow

11. Increasing student numbers
Aim to grow our student numbers over next 10 years
We could reach total student population of 17,000 here and 12,000 students overseas by 2025
Growth will differ across University - departments will demonstrate different recruitment patterns and trajectories
Significant expansion of our student population, size and income over next 10 years
Reviewing implications on staff, space, facilities and services

12. Strategy update 2016 Purpose:
Review the previously agreed strategy for the period to 2020 in the context of a range of changes in the external environment. The intended outcome being an update to the current strategy.
Significant areas of external change:
Home/EU undergraduate fee regime becoming established
Opportunities with the removal of the student numbers cap
Changed in T&R landscape – HE & Research Bill, Stern Review
Implications of the UK’s vote to leave the European Union

13. Strategy update 2016 - Process
To date:
Desk research by Director of Strategic Planning and Governance
Individual discussions with senior team and at UMAG
Today’s discussion
To come:
Consultation with staff and students via /Staff Intranet
Initial discussions at Senate and Council (November 2016)
Further consultation at HoDs and All Staff Meetings (Jan 2017)
Recommend for approval to Senate and Council (March 2017)
Update published

14. Strategy update 2016 – emerging direction
Strategy remains fit for purpose
Good progress on a number of fronts since 2013:
Top 10 rankings in all three UK league tables and UG applications +6%
52% increase in value of research grants awarded
£110M investment in the campus
3. Areas for focus to establish ourselves as a global university
Research on a global scale
Engagement, partnership and reputation
Teaching quality enhancement
Student number growth

15. Your opportunity for input
Further information
Staff Intranet – see Strategy Update
Feedback:

16. Our institutional priorities 2016-17
Achieve top 20 score in National Student Survey measures for teaching quality and student experience. Secure top 10 overall NSS score
Enter top 20 for Research Council grant awards. Continue to diversify our research income sources
Achieve UG applications to enrolments ratio of 7:1.   Sustain our overseas student numbers
Increase overall entry tariff in subject areas, where this is achievable

17. Staff Survey 2016 Survey live: Monday 7 November – Friday 2 December
Conducted by CAPITA - completely confidential
See Intranet ‘Staff Survey’ tab for what’s happened since the last survey in 2014
£2.50 for every completed survey to the Student Hardship Fund, plus £100 hamper to be won each week

18. Your questions…
Q&A summary - See the Staff Intranet