1. Directors of Student Education October 2014 Vivien Jones

2. Our objective To provide an outstanding education which will attract, excite and retain high quality students from diverse backgrounds, and equip them to succeed in a competitive global employability market, and to make a difference

3. Our platform 1.The Partnership 2.The Leeds Curriculum 3. Leeds for Life 4.The Student Education Service 5.Outreach and widening participation

4. TSEB strategic priorities 1.To develop a distinctive programme portfolio which adopts a flexible approach to programme design. 2.To improve the taught postgraduate experience, in line with Leeds’s holistic approach to student education. 3.To enhance all aspects of the student experience through engagement with alumni and external partners wherever appropriate, and particularly in: a)embedding the employability strategy for all students; b)internationalising the taught student experience. 4.To maximise the quality and inclusiveness of our student intake.

5. Strategic enablers 1.The Leeds Curriculum: agree a sustainable funding model for Discovery Themes 2.Teaching Excellence : establish the Education Excellence and Innovation Hub ensure promotions criteria are fit for purpose in encouraging and rewarding teaching excellence ensure we have a sustainable institutional model for the development and support of digital learning 3.Student Education Service: deliver the SES programme, including infrastructure: training; website; CRM and associated process change implementation of integrated employability and mental health support 4.Internationalisation: Languages for all Collaborative provision On-course language provision Student international experience Internationalising pgt

6. Where are we? NSS 20142013Change 13-14 Question categoryULSectorUL minus Sector ULSectorUL minus Sector ULSector Teaching9087+38987+2+10 Assessment & feedback 717271 00+1 Academic support8281+18180+1 Organisation & management 8579+68478+6+1 Learning resources 9186+79085+5+1 Personal development 82 08182+1 Overall satisfaction8886+28786+1 Satisfaction with Students’ Union 9168+239068+22+10

7. Where are we? DLHE Most recent DLHE results (class of 2013): 5.6% improvement against 2% across the sector From 69.2% to 74.8% in graduate-level employment or further study Movement from 24 th to 21 st in the Russell Group Movement from 44 th to 33 rd nationally