Student Education at Leeds

Vivien Jones Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Student Education)

Josh SmithEducation Officer, LUU

24 June 2013

The Partnership

partnership.leeds.ac.uk

Excellence

Contexts

The new HE environment• £9k per year – value for money?

• Students (and parents) as ‘customers’

• Key Information Statistics (‘KIS’)

• ABB+/ Student Number Control

• Widening Participation / Fair Access

• The MOOC phenomenon

Other changes• 14-19 curriculum

• New technologies

Accountability

• Quality Assurance Agency Institutional Review

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.

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

A sustainable, effective & efficient organisation

Financial sustainability Valuing and developing all our staff

Provide a sustainable environment with first-class facilities

Deliver strategic academic developmentDeliver effective, efficient and standardised processes

Grow and diversify sources of profitable income to invest in our future

Manage risk, costs and resources to deliver our strategic priorities

Align academic and financial sustainability in all faculties and schools

Enhance our leadership

and management

capability

Proactively attract,

support and develop high quality staff

Build and maintain

world-class performance,

engaging all our staff in

our strategy and values

Enhance our standing as an international University

Inspire our students to develop their full potential

Achieve an influential world-leading research

profile

Increase our impact on a local to global scale

Embed internationalisation into our activities

Create sustainable recruitment of high quality international students

Develop and maintain high quality international strategic partnerships

Deliver a postgraduate research experience that attracts the world’s best students

Ambitiously grow our market share of research income

Deliver an exceptional student experience centred on inspirational learning

and teaching

Recruit and support high quality students

from all backgrounds

Innovate to create impact from academic excellence

Influence society, public policy and culture

Work with business, public and third-sector partners to create social & economic benefit

Deliver international excellence in all our areas of research, with defined peaks of world-leading performance

Translate excellence in research and scholarship into learning opportunities for students

Our stakeholders - including our staff, students, alumni, external sponsors and partners - expect the University of Leeds to

…produce leading-edge research

with impact

..sustain a reputation for delivery and professionalism

…be recognised for its vibrant, diverse, international

community and culture

…produce exceptional graduates who become the leaders of tomorrow

…provide a stimulating environment that

supports personal development

Secure a safe and healthy workplace and promote organisational wellbeing

…deliver outstanding learning and teaching from academics at

the cutting edge of knowledge

…provide lifelong membership of

a network and

community that

continually adds value

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Academic excellenceInclusiveness

Community

Professionalism

Integrity

Inspire our Students to develop their full potential

Translate excellence in research and scholarship into learning opportunities for students

Recruit and support high quality students from all backgrounds

Deliver an exceptional student experience centred on inspirational learning and teaching

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 …’

Futurelearn will bring together a range of free, open, online courses from leading UK universities, in the same place and under the same brand.

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;

• works through Cross-Institutional Functional Teams:Admissions; Exams and Assessment; Quality Assurance; Student Support; Programme Support.

admissions and recruitment 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 …’

Service Configuration Development

‘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• 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

% agree2011 2012 Change 2011-

2012 Question category UL Sector UL

minus Sector

UL Sector UL minus Sector

UL Sector

Teaching 88 84 +4 90 86 +4 +2 +2

Assessment & feedback

65 68 -3 69 70 -1 +4 +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