Regional Perspective South East of England 2007 For comment

Structure Map and key features of the South East HE in the South East Widening Participation Learning & Teaching Research & Knowledge Transfer Spatial Dimensions SE priorities Contact details For comment

Key Features of the South East Economic powerhouse (2 nd highest GVA per head in UK) –But, lower productivity than top performing global regions –Disparities within the region Low unemployment (4.4%) & low labour shortages –But, polarising labour market - “hourglass economy” –Tight labour market with skills shortages Relatively high achievement at Level 2 (75% of adults) –But, only 54% at Level 3 and 33% at Level 4 and above –“Low skills dynamic” (Milton Keynes, Crawley, Basingstoke) Supra and sub-regional identities Infrastructure challenges (e.g. affordable housing) For comment

Proportion living at home by region to For comment

Higher Education in the South East HEFCE: 15 Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) (excl. OU) HEFCE: 49 Further Education Colleges (FECs) offering HE 178,470 FTE HE students (14% of English total) 4 Lifelong Learning Networks (LLNs) 10 of the 74 CETLs in SE (excl. 4 at OU) HESE: 24 HEIs + 1 Associate Member 10 projects funded by SDF in the SE (£20.4 million) For comment

Widening Participation 5.1% SE ‘Super Output Areas’ rank within the 20% most deprived nationally in Government’s Index of Multiple Deprivation 85% of these deprived SOAs are in SE coastal districts 168 wards [11% of SE wards] < 16% participation 503 wards [32% of SE wards] > 43% participation In 03/04 for young full-time first degree entrants in the SE (2005 PIs): –14 institutions on or above state school benchmark, 2 below –8 institutions on or above, and 8 below, benchmark for participation from social classes 4,5,6 & 7 (Sources: POLAR data HEFCE 2005/03 and ONS) For comment

Excellence in Learning and Teaching 5 HE Academy Subject Centres 10 Centres for Excellence in Teaching & Learning (CETLs) excl. 4 at OU (of total 74) Impact of National Students’ Survey Key SE subjects –Physics and Chemistry demand – Growth in Creative and Cultural Industries (CCIs) For comment

University of Oxford Centre for Excellence in Preparing for Academic Practice Open University Centre for Open Learning in Mathematics, Science, Computing and Technology Open University Centre for Excellence in Innovative Physics Teaching Open University Personalised Integrated Learning Support Open University Work Based Learning for Professional Development Oxford Brookes University Assessment Standards Knowledge Exchange University of Reading Centre for Career Management Skills University of Reading Centre for Excellence in Teaching & Learning in Applied Undergraduate Research Skills University of Southampton Centre for Excellence in Inter Professional Learning in the Public Sector University of Portsmouth Foundation Direct University of Portsmouth Centre for Excellence in Professional Development through the use of Relevant Technologies University of Sussex Centre of Excellence in Teaching and Learning in Creativity University of Surrey Surrey Centre for Excellence in Professional Training and Education University of Brighton Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning Through Design CETLS in the South East

Key Subjects for the SE Roberts Report (June 2005) STEM – three national projects Physics sustainability –Feasibility study 2006 Modern Foreign Languages –Japanese provision at Oxford Brookes (2004) –National initiative led by HEA Subject Centre at Southampton (2006) Creative and cultural industries –28% of CCI HE provision in the SE is delivered in FECs – CCI sector represents 1% of SE employment For comment

Knowledge Transfer & Research (I) For comment Research income in 04-05: –12.4% of funding from UK industry, charities and Govt (=£151.2m) –16.6% of QR funding (=£176.6m) –SE, ratio of other income to QR = 0.9 (cf. to 1.1 nationally) In , SE received: –18.3% of total QR (=£161m) –20/21% QR for Physics (=9.3m) & Chemistry (=7.1m) –25.1% of available QR for Drama, Dance & Music (=£1.2m) Third stream income: –16.3% of total HEIF3 formulaic funding (=£26m) –9.5% of HEIF3 competitive funding (=£5m) by lead HEI

Knowledge Transfer & Research(II) SE in top 10 performing EU regions but 34 th globally –UK Investment in R&D in business sector highest in SE In 2002, £4.3bn or 22% of UK R&D expenditure was in SE –75% by Business, 11% by Govt, 14% by HEIs In 2002, R&D as a proportion of GVA in the SE was 14% –2 nd highest following East of England, at 18.4% 11% of SE businesses report HE R&D links In 2006, 30% of new patent applications in SE For comment

Employer Engagement & Skills High employment, low productivity Intermediate level shortages (e.g. technicians) Employer engagement agenda - CETLs (e.g. Surrey) - LLNs (e.g. Hants and IOW) - Co-funding South East RSPA and HE Sub Group Sector Skills Higher skills shortages For comment

Spatial Dimensions Sub regional identities & collaborations (LLNs) Regional collaboration and action (skills) London HEIs with campuses in SE Greater South East ‘City Region’ South East as ‘gateway to Europe’ (e.g. Transmanche) South East position in the global economy For comment

South East Regional Priorities Expanding educational opportunities through growth, educational inclusion and up-skilling. Widening participation collaborations to address educational, social and economic deprivation (e.g. LLN, Aimhigher) Enhance the contribution of HE to the community, society and economy through knowledge exchange. Supporting key subjects (e.g. STEM, Cultural Industries etc.) Promote strategic collaborations; local, regional, inter- regional and international collaboration (e.g. Transmanche) For comment

Team Details Richard Blackwell – Regional Consultant Contact details for the rest of the team are on the South East team website: For comment