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University Perspectives
Learning and Teaching Conference
May 2008
Janice Kay
Strategy for Education 2005 - 2010
 Education Strategy 2005-06 set the stage
 7 strategic aims that could be mapped onto….
 ….Clear objectives (e.g. National Student Survey,
Graduate Level Employment and Further Study)
 School Involvement (SMG, School Planning Groups)
 More joined up thinking (PCAP, EEU, Roadshows)
Strategy For Education
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Has been successful thus far:
QAA Institutional Audit November 2007
Graduate Level Employment/Further Study
NSS
Entry Standards/Admissions Data 2008
Graduate Students Positive Destinations
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Positive
Destination
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70
65
60
55
2002/3
2003/4
2004/5
2006/6
2006/7
NSS
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Good, not complacent (2008 75% RR..)
Top scores in substantial number of subjects
Concerns in some subjects
Issues particularly over Assessment & Feedback
(esp. feedback)
 Central oversight, analysis and management
 Parallel in Schools
 Transparency and involvement of students
Changing Markets,
Increasing Competition
 Complex demographics with decrease in some markets (e.g.
Home UG), increase in others (e.g. EU)
 More engagement with business (ie. ‘stock’ v. ‘flow’)
 Prediction is difficult (e.g. PGT, ‘local’ university culture)
 Operating in an increasingly competitive global market
(International HE, Private Sector, Venture Capitalists)
 Must understand and enhance ‘Student Experience’ to
attract and retain the best applicants
 Not ‘the’ or ‘one’ student experience
More to Do
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Assessment and Feedback
Contact Hours
Students as Change Agents
Challenge Curriculum
Recognising the ‘Co-Curricula’
Student Focussed Resources
Operate at a number of levels:
Instrumental:
oEntry Standards
oGraduate Level Employment/Further
Study
Contact Hours
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Minimum Number of Contact Hours
Never Mind the Quality Feel the Width
Quality of Contact
Relationship between Contact Hours and
Assessment and Feedback
 Who Does it, When and How
 Need to have this debate
Process
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Updating Education Strategy:
Partnership with Staff and Students
External Engagement (e.g. HE Academy, 1994 Group)
In Smart Ways (e.g. contact hours)
Dual Assurance
Education Forum (passionate practitioners)
Taught Programmes Dean/Faculty
School-centric (EEU as ‘jellyfish’)
Knitting Together Enhancement
Exeter Award
 Scale and Stretch
 Bring together all training and employability
experiences into a single scheme.
 Skills training, interview training, work experience, CV
preparation
 Gives credit towards an Exeter Award
 Exeter Leader Award for student leaders (eg.VC
Excellence Scholarships): most experienced, most
employable
 Competitors running similar schemes but not to our scale
– up to 3000 participants