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Student Education at Leeds
Vivien Jones
Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Student Education)
Josh Smith
Education Officer, LUU
8 November 2012
The Partnership
partnership.leeds.ac.uk
Excellence
Contexts
The new HE environment
• £9k per year – value for money?
• Widening Participation / Fair Access
• Students (and parents) as ‘customers’
• Key Information Statistics (‘KIS’)
• ABB ‘core and margin’
Other changes
• 14-19 curriculum
• New technologies
Accountability
• Quality Assurance Agency Institutional Audit
Vision
By 2015 our distinctive ability to integrate world-class research, scholarship and
education will have secured us a place among the top 50 universities in the world.
Purpose
As a research-intensive international University with a strong enduring reputation we strive to :
create, advance & disseminate knowledge
develop outstanding graduates & scholars
to make a major impact upon global society
& Partners
Stakeholders
Our stakeholders - including our staff, students, alumni, external sponsors and partners - expect the University of Leeds to
…produce exceptional
…deliver outstanding
learning and teaching fromgraduates who become
the leaders of
academics at
tomorrow
the cutting edge of
knowledge
Enhance our standing as
an international University
Embed internationalisation into our
activities
Key themes
Create sustainable recruitment of high
quality international students
Develop and maintain high quality
international strategic partnerships
…provide a stimulating
environment that
supports personal
development
…provide lifelong
membership of
a network and
community that
continually adds value
Achieve an influential
world-leading research
profile
Deliver international excellence in all our
areas of research, with defined peaks of
world-leading performance
…be recognised for its
vibrant, diverse,
international
community and culture
Inspire our students to
develop their full potential
Deliver an exceptional student experience
centred on inspirational learning
and teaching
Translate excellence in research and scholarship into learning opportunities for students
..sustain a
reputation for
delivery and
professionalism
…produce
leading-edge
research
with impact
Increase our impact on a
local to global scale
Innovate to create impact from
academic excellence
Work with business, public and
third-sector partners to create social
& economic benefit
Deliver a postgraduate research experience that attracts the world’s best students
Ambitiously grow our market share of
research income
Recruit and support high quality students
from all backgrounds
Influence society, public policy and
culture
Strategic enablers
A sustainable, effective & efficient organisation
Provide a sustainable environment
with first-class facilities
Secure a safe and healthy workplace and
promote organisational wellbeing
Deliver effective, efficient and
standardised processes
Financial sustainability
Manage risk, costs and
resources to deliver our
strategic priorities
Valuing and developing all our staff
Align academic and
Grow and diversify sources
financial sustainability in all of profitable income to invest
faculties and schools
in our future
Enhance our leadership
and management
capability
Community
Values
Deliver strategic academic development
Build and maintain
world-class performance,
engaging all our staff in
our strategy and values
Proactively attract,
support and develop high
quality staff
Integrity
Academic excellence
Inclusiveness
Professionalism
Inspire our Students to develop
their full potential
Translate excellence in research and
scholarship into learning
opportunities for students
Deliver an exceptional student
experience centred on inspirational
learning and teaching
Recruit and support high quality students from all backgrounds
Deliver a postgraduate research experience that attracts the world’s
best students
‘Translate excellence in research
and scholarship …’
Integration of research and teaching
• Involvement of cutting-edge
academics in teaching
• Involvement of students in
research methodologies
• Students understand the
value of a research-led
curriculum for their future employability
Curriculum Enhancement Project
• Research-led teaching > research-based learning
• Core ‘threads’: global and cultural insight; ethics and
responsibility; employability
• Broadening strands: students benefit from the University’s
breadth and interdisciplinarity
‘Deliver an exceptional student
experience …’
Leeds for Life
‘an entitlement for all students which
helps them integrate their academic
and co-curricular university experience
and prepare for their future’
Owned by the individual student, it helps them:
• recognise the distinctiveness of their Leeds education
• tailor it to fit their achievements, interests and ambitions
• describe clearly and effectively the values, qualities and
skills derived from their UoL experience
‘Deliver an exceptional student
experience …’
Student Education Service
• grounded in principles of quality, equity, consistency and opportunity
for students and for its staff;
• works in a fully integrated way to the highest service standards;
• works in partnership with academic colleagues, other services and Leeds
University Union, in support of the whole student experience, both
curricular and co-curricular, in line with Leeds for Life.
admissions accommodation registration enrolment student finance
examinations timetabling student records quality assurance LeedsforLife
quality enhancement volunteering enterprise internships work placements
employability international student support mental health and counselling
disability services
‘Deliver an exceptional student
experience …’
‘… centred on inspirational learning
& teaching’
Support for Learning and Teaching
• Quality assurance and enhancement
• Learning and Teaching Support (LTS / AQST)
• Staff and Departmental Development Unit (SDDU)
Resources for Learning and Teaching
• Library
• Learning Technologies for Blended Learning
• Casebook website
• Project funding
• University Student Education Fellowships
Discussion and collaboration
• Student Education Conference and Bulletin
• ‘Talking about Teaching’
• Directors of SE Forum
‘Recruit and support high quality
students from all backgrounds’
Access Agreement
• £16m investment in outreach and financial support
• 1 in 3 students expected to benefit from our financial support package
Education Engagement Strategy
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Faculty hubs, coordinated by Access and Community Engagement
Focus on school-leavers from disadvantaged groups
Contextual admissions: ‘Access to Leeds’
Aspiration-raising activities in schools and colleges
• ‘Reach for Excellence’
• Leading role in national projects
• ‘Realising Opportunities’
Lifelong Learning Centre
• Focus on adult and part-time learners from under-represented groups
• Preparation for HE; Foundation provision; short courses
• Support for and partnership with Faculties
Measures of achievement
Student satisfaction : NSS
Student : staff ratio
Home/EU conversion rates from offer to acceptance (%)
Average UCAS tariff
% of FT UGs from lower socio-economic groups
% graduate employment
Quality of assessment and academic feedback : NSS
Students’ perception of whether their course is intellectually stimulating: NSS
Student retention (%)
National Student Survey
% agree
2011
2012
Change 20112012
UL
Sector
Question category
UL
Sector
UL
minus
Sector
UL
Sector
UL
minus
Sector
Teaching
Assessment &
feedback
88
65
84
68
+4
-3
90
69
86
70
+4
-1
+2
+4
+2
+2
Academic support
77
77
0
80
79
+1
+3
+2
Organisation &
management
82
75
+7
83
77
+6
+1
+2
Learning
resources
87
80
+7
88
82
+6
+1
+2
Personal
development
78
80
-2
81
81
0
+3
+1
Overall satisfaction
86
83
+3
87
85
+2
+1
+2
National Student Survey
Q. 23: ‘I am satisfied with the Students’ Union at my institution’
Leeds: 90% agree (3rd highest nationally)
Leeds University Union
Helping students change the things they want to
change
Providing advice and support through our free,
confidential Advice Centre
Helping students to get involved in a variety of ways
Leeds University Union
2 bars and 3 club venues
Hidden Café and Essentials
External services