Transcript Environmental context - Birmingham City University

Current Developments in Higher
Education and at Birmingham City
University
Professor Fiona Church
Pro-Vice-Chancellor
Student Learning Experience
Environmental context
• HEIs – £73bn of output; £10.7bn
Export earnings; 757,269 FTE
jobs (UUK, 2014; 11/12 data)
• No cap on student expansion –
market variation
• Demand and supply issues
– Competition
– Demographics
Environmental context
• Shift from maintenance grants to loans –
will affect market
• Research
– Research Excellence Framework
– Funding under pressure
• New emphasis on Teaching Excellence
– November 2015 Green PaperFulfilling our potential: Teaching
Excellence, Social Mobility and
Student Choice
• Regional role of universities – Catalyst;
Supplier; Combined Authority
Some Demand Side Drivers
• Student expectations – value for
money and return on investment
• Customer service – support, service
• Information:
– metrics, performance data, reputation,
league tables
• Consumer & Markets Authority – HE
Consumer Protection
– drive for better information, and
consumer law requirements
• Employers & Professions expectations
May 16th 2016 – Success as a Knowledge Economy: Teaching
Excellence, Social Mobility and Student Choice – Government
White Paper
• Teaching Excellence Framework
• Research
• Alternative Providers / Market Entry
• Social Mobility
• Improved level of information for
students
• 2 new bodies – simplification of
structures:
– Office for Students
– UK Research and Innovation
White Paper
• Government objectives
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Increased competition across the sector
More flexibility in course delivery
Skills Plan – Sainsbury Review of Technical Education
Improved Student Information
Widening Participation
• BME
• Lower Socio-economic background
• More outreach work
– Excellent Teaching – raising the status of teaching
What does this mean for applicants?
• More flexibility in course delivery – part-time, flexible, 2 year
degrees, degree apprenticeships
• Easier Credit Transfer between institutions
• Variety of providers
• Student information
– Price
– Entry tariffs, actual entry grades
– Quality
– Metrics – NSS, Progression, Achievement, DLHE
– Graduate Employment, Graduate Salaries
Office for Students
• Expert peer review of teaching
• Quality of Teaching assessed via
– Metrics
– Outcomes for disadvantaged groups
– Institutional submission
– Eventually – subject based?
• Rankings:
– Meets Expectations
– Excellent
– Outstanding
Office for Students
• Statutory duty to assess quality
and standards in HE
• Pro competition
• Pro student choice
• Responsible for access funding
• Regulates TEF
• Commissions Quality Assurance
process
Teaching Excellence
• Expert peer review of teaching
• Quality of Teaching assessed via
– Metrics
– Outcomes for disadvantaged groups
– Institutional submission
– Eventually – subject based?
• Rankings:
– Meets Expectations
– Excellent
– Outstanding
TEF – phased introduction
• 2016/17 – all institutions with satisfactory current QAA
assessment will be rated as ‘meets expectations’
• 2017/18 – pilot of 3 levels
• 2018/19 – full implementation
• Fee impact
– 2016/17 – fees rise with inflation (cap in place)
– 2017/18 – fees rise with inflation (cap in place)
– 2018/19 – differential inflationary rise (cap in place)
– If a provider loses their ranking – fees may be lowered in
course for students.
@ BCU – we are confident
• Student recruitment – buoyant
• Graduate employment & further
study = 90+%
– Graduate Plus
• International development
• Increased student engagement
– OpportUNIty scheme
– Student Academic Leaders
@ BCU
• Estate - £260M investment to date,
plus…
– Student accommodation (2016)
– Curzon 2a (2017)
– Conservatoire (2017)
– City South (2017)
• Transforming our Curriculum
– Portfolio
– Pedagogy
– Staff Recognition
Finally
• We are working within a dynamic environment
• The landscape of HE is shifting
• Partnership working is essential
• Students have more choice, more information
and high expectations
• It is the responsibility of HEIs to understand
that and support applicants to make the right
choices