INVESTING IN YOUR FUTURE:

WELCOME TO BIRMINGHAM CITY UNIVERSITY

Professor David Tidmarsh Vice-Chancellor

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PROVIDING STUDENTS WITH SKILLS FOR LIFE

£180 million investment in facilities • Strong links with all professions • Excellent relationships with leading employers • 25,000 students from 80 countries • 160 year history • Wide subject base • Local, national and international reputation

OUR PRIORITIES

• • • Inspirational teaching and learning o Expert knowledge of staff o Practice-based learning o Student satisfaction rates of 80 per cent Dedicated to student employability: o Longstanding relationships with leading companies o Mentoring schemes involving our successful graduates o Opportunities for work placements and sandwich years o New Student Employment Scheme to provide work opportunities within the University Award-winning student partnership o Student Academic Partners scheme teams up students and staff to devise course improvements

TUITION FEES

• • • • Transparent fee structure to reflect costs of delivery Three bands: set at £7,500, £8,200 and £9,000 Top fee is for internationally renowned courses, including Jewellery, Music, Acting and Education, which are the most expensive to run HNDs and Foundation degrees: £6,000

TUITION FEES

• No-one will repay fees until they are in work and earning over £21,000 per year • Government loans and grants to help towards living costs • Opportunity for University scholarships for low-income families • Advantages of degree: o Graduates earn on average £12,000 more per year than non graduates o One in five jobs today requires degree-level skills

THE LEARNING EXPERIENCE

• Continuing to invest in facilities • Realistic learning environments • Expert lecturers • Work placements leading to career opportunities • Work with businesses on real-life projects • Study a subject you love with lecturers and students who share your passion

THE RESULT

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Our graduates get jobs

• 83 per cent of our 2010 full-time first degree graduates in work or further study within six months (Higher Education Longitudinal Survey) • 29 th out of 123 universities for students entering graduate-level jobs (Sunday Times University Guide)

“Birmingham City Business School students… bring in fresh and new thinking, particularly in the case of new technology.”

Alan Oxenbury, Group Head, Standards and Systems Procurement Department, Magnox Electric

“Birmingham City University-trained teachers have qualities which meet the needs of our school because they’ve had a wide range of experience through their school-based practices.”

Hilary Pugh, former Head Teacher, Aston