Suzanne Cholerton Learning and Teaching Conference 2012 6 July 2012 1 Aims of the Session To reflect on where we are and what has been achieved To provide some context on the current HE environment ID: 628374
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Updating our Learning, Teaching and Student Experience Strategy (LTSES)
Suzanne CholertonLearning and Teaching Conference 20126 July 2012
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Aims of the Session
To reflect on where we are and what has been achievedTo provide some context on the current HE environment To provide an opportunity for you to input into where we want the next Learning, Teaching and Student Experience Strategy (LTSES) to take usTo have an enjoyable time working with unfamiliar/less familiar colleaguesAnd finally - a little brain teaser!
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SildenafilSlide3
So what is a strategy? What is our strategy?"Strategy is the
direction and scope of an organisation over the long-term: which achieves advantage for the organisation through its configuration of resources within a challenging environment, to meet the needs of
markets
and to fulfil
stakeholder
expectations". (Johnson and
Scholes, 2006)Newcastle University’s Mission Statement
To be world-class research intensive universityTo deliver teaching and facilitate learning of the highest qualityTo play a leading role in the economic, social and cultural development of the North East of England
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The current Learning, Teaching and Student Experience Strategy
Published in 2006; revised in 2009/10To deliver research-informed teaching and facilitate learning of the highest standardTo deliver a fully rounded, enjoyable and formative student experienceMuch has happened since then but our fundamental approach to LTSE remains the same
Refresh rather than major overhaul
We are in a good place………
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Learning, Teaching and the Student Experience
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Overall satisfaction score for ISB 2011 is 91.4%
18,000+ visitors at July Visit
Days
2010 DLHE - 94.3% employed; 77.7% in graduate level jobs
Likely to be 10
th
in BUCS 2012
PTES 2012 91% satisfaction with course
89% for overall satisfaction in NSS 2011
Ranked 12
th
in Sunday Times University Guide in 2012
Exceed HEFCE benchmark for retention (94.6% 2011)
>14,000 ‘
ncl
+’ opportunities in 2011/12Slide6
Over to you…….How have you contributed to that ‘good place’?
What have you achieved?What are you most proud of?What has your School/programme done well?6Slide7
But
what are the challenges and to what are we already committed?Slide8
Context – the changing basis of funding
Increased UG fees – decreased HEFCE fundingHigher UG fees - higher expectationsHigher fee dependent on meeting WP targetsKnock-on effects of increasing UG fees (and debt accumulation) for PGDevelopment of Doctoral Training Centres or equivalent
Early CSR likely – forcing the cost down/increasing VFM
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Context – M
ore competition (and collaboration?)De-regulation of UG recruitmentNew providersIncreasing competition from international institutions
Emphasis on collaboration
with business (Wilson Report)
Other
HEIs
- DTCs, N8, RO etcStronger relationships with schools
Imperative to increase social mobility‘A’ level reformUTCs
/ HEI sponsored academies
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Context – I
nformation for stakeholders Increased focus on information for and about studentsKIS (‘comparetheprogramme.com’)Student Charter
HEAR
A PGT NSS? And then a KIS?
HEFCE’s
‘The Wider Information Set’
UK Professional Standards Framework - publication of staff teaching qualifications?
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Internal context
Societal Challenge ThemesInternationalisation strategyInternational campus’Challenges of diversityDigital CampusInformation systemsDigital literacySocial media,
APPs
, on-line learning, teaching, assessing etc
Open access
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How have we used the Teaching, Learning and the Student Experience Strategy?
PGT ‘Offer’
Faculty
LTSES
LT&SES
Vision 2021
UG ‘offer’Slide13
Vision 2021
Recently updated and continues to commit us to:Education for lifeStudent-centred approachValue diversityResearch-informed experience Support for employability A fully rounded, enjoyable and formative student experienceSlide14
Undergraduate ‘Offer’ and Student Charter
UG offeran outline of a set of opportunities that will form a core of each Newcastle student’s experience whatever their disciplineall our students can expect provision that meets or exceeds a clearly defined thresholdStudent CharterArticulates the ‘academic’ offer but also goes beyond to include personal conduct, health, safety and wellbeing, etc
Applicable to all students
Format: “We undertake.../You undertake...”
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4. Minimum contact time
8. Active membership of Universit
y community
12. High quality informationSlide16
What’s next?
Food for thoughtRecognise external context but don’t let it stifle your thinkingConsider internal context – how can we harness the initiatives?Consider what we’ve already committed toWhat Education for lifeStudent-centred
approach
Value diversity
Research-informed experience
Support for employability
A fully rounded, enjoyable and formative student experience
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