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Imperial College: Strategic Planning
100 years of living science
Rees Rawlings Pro Rector (Educational Quality) 23 March 2007 7 May 2007
Outline of Presentation Introduction to Imperial College Organisation Mission/Strategic Intents College Strategic Plan Learning and Teaching Strategy Finance and Planning Round Questions
Introduction to Imperial College
How did we come to exist?
1851-1890 – Establishment of Constituent Colleges Imperial College founded in 1907 through merger of three older institutions: City & Guilds College, Royal College of Science, Royal School of Mines Mergers with other London Medical Schools: St Mary’s Medical School (1988), National Heart and Lung Institute (1995), Charing Cross/Westminster & Royal Postgraduate Medical Schools (1997) Merger with Wye College (2000) Merger with Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology (2000)
Our staff 8200 staff and visiting staff • • • •
3,000 3,000 1,500 700
academic and research staff support staff honorary staff academic visitors and visiting researchers
Our students 11,500 students • • •
8,000 1,950 2,300
undergraduates taught postgraduates research postgraduates Courses • • •
111 124 5:1
undergraduate courses postgraduate taught courses Ratio for applications for places above 5:1 •
AAB
Average A-level entry grade above AAB
An international institution Students from
123
countries Top Non-UK countries: • China • Greece • Malaysia • France • Germany • Nigeria • Italy • India • Singapore • Cyprus
67%
increase in overseas students in 5 years
Overseas 29% UK 57% EU 14%
COMMITTEE STRUCTURE
COURT COUNCIL THE RECTOR Senate Management Board
SEC ACADEMIC MISSION OPERATIONAL MANAGEMENT
Status
World Rankings
Overall 9 th Engineering 4 th Science 9 th Biomedicine 4th
Mission Statement Imperial College London embodies and delivers world class scholarship, education and research in science, engineering and medicine, with particular regard to their application in industry, commerce and healthcare. We foster interdisciplinary working internally and collaborate widely externally .
Strategic Intent To remain amongst the top tier of scientific, engineering and medical research and teaching institutions in the world To develop our range of academic activities to meet the changing needs of society, industry and healthcare To continue to attract and develop the most able students and staff worldwide To establish our Business School as one of the leading such institutions in the world To communicate widely the significance of science in general, and the purpose and ultimate benefits of our activities in particular
College Strategic Plan It is constructed using a traditional strategic planning framework to provide a means for managing and communicating necessary and desired changes within the College over the period covered by the plan.
“A living document”
Strategic Plan The Strategy and Planning Division has the responsibility for producing the College Strategic Plan.
Plan must be consistent with College Mission.
Senior staff are widely consulted.
Plan approval by Management Board.
Plan is for three years.
Required by Higher Education Funding Council for England.
Learning and Teaching Strategy The Pro Rector (Educational Quality) has the responsibility for producing this Strategy.
Significant input from the Centre for Educational Development.
Also input from Faculties and other sections of College.
Must be consistent with College Strategic Plan.
Plan is for three years.
Required by Higher Educational Funding Council for England.
Approved by Senate.
College Strategic Plan (CSP) at higher level than Learning and Teaching Strategy (LTS).
Examples of CSP
Cap undergraduate student numbers at 8200. Do not expand distance learning programmes. Make the Certificate of Advanced Study in Learning and Teaching mandatory.
Examples of LTS
Development of online course on information retrieval, plagiarism, etc for postgraduates. CED to make greater use of e-learning in its own practices.
Finance and Planning Round
Turnover = £504m (=756m Euro)
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Funding Council grants Academic fees and support grants (~ £75m = 112m Euro)
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Research grants and contracts (~£205m = 307m Euro) Other operating income Endowment income and interest receivable Exceptional income from sale of fixed assets
Planning Round Strategy and Planning has the responsibility to manage the planning process, including the provision of comparative informative, qualitative analysis and advice.
Two stages: (i) Planning (ii) Budget
Planning Head of Department/Division produces three year plan.
Representatives from the Department/Division meet with a College Panel.
Plan is mainly text with just high level financial figures.
Conclusions from meeting should inform the budget stage
Department/Division Plan
Budget Stage A template is supplied by Finance Division with detailed figures for the last two years.
Figures for the next three years are entered by the Department/Division.
Negotiations take place with Strategy & Planning and Finance Divisions.
Department/Division budget finally approved by Management Board and the College budget by Council.
Quality Assurance and Quality Enhancement Need to demonstrate: quality of learning and teaching is as good as that of research continual improvement is quality teaching and learning is not harming research
Quality Assurance quinquennial reviews of undergraduate programmes, posgraduate taught programmes and training of research students quinquennial Institutional Audit by Quality Assurance Agency peer review of teaching annual online student survey of undergraduate and postgraduate students accreditation of programmes by professional bodies national survey of final year undergraduates
Quality Enhancement and Encouragement established the Centre for Educational Development mandatory Certificate of Advanced Studies in Learning and Teaching (CASLAT) Supporting Learning and Teaching Programme (SLTP) higher profile for teaching in promotions grants for development of and research into teaching teaching excellence awards and teaching fellowships honoraria for teaching administration and student support
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