1. Student Education at Leeds Vivien Jones Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Student Education) Josh Smith Education Officer, LUU 24 June 2013

2. The Partnership
partnership.leeds.ac.uk

3. Excellence

4. Contexts The new HE environment Other changes Accountability
£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

5. Vision
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:
Purpose
create, advance & disseminate knowledge
develop outstanding graduates & scholars
to make a major impact upon global society
Our stakeholders - including our staff, students, alumni, external sponsors and partners - expect the University of Leeds to
Stakeholders
& Partners
…deliver outstanding learning and teaching from academics at
the cutting edge of knowledge
…produce exceptional graduates who become the leaders of tomorrow
…provide a stimulating environment that
supports personal development
…provide lifelong membership of
a network and
community that
continually adds value
…be recognised for its vibrant, diverse, international
community and culture
..sustain a reputation for delivery and professionalism
…produce leading-edge research
with impact
Enhance our standing as an international University
Achieve an influential world-leading research profile
Inspire our students to develop their full potential
Increase our impact on a local to global scale
Embed internationalisation into our activities
Deliver international excellence in all our areas of research, with defined peaks of world-leading performance
Deliver an exceptional student experience centred on inspirational learning
and teaching
Innovate to create impact from academic excellence
Create sustainable recruitment of high quality international students
Work with business, public and third-sector partners to create social & economic benefit
Translate excellence in research and scholarship into learning opportunities for students
Key themes
Develop and maintain high quality international strategic partnerships
Deliver a postgraduate research experience that attracts the world’s best students
Influence society, public policy and culture
Ambitiously grow our market share of research income
Recruit and support high quality students
from all backgrounds
A sustainable, effective & efficient organisation
Provide a sustainable environment with first-class facilities
Secure a safe and healthy workplace and promote organisational wellbeing
Deliver effective, efficient and standardised processes
Deliver strategic academic development
Financial sustainability
Valuing and developing all our staff
Strategic enablers
Enhance our leadership
and management
capability
Build and maintain
world-class performance,
engaging all our staff in
our strategy and values
Manage risk, costs and resources to deliver our strategic priorities
Align academic and financial sustainability in all faculties and schools
Grow and diversify sources of profitable income to invest in our future
Proactively attract,
support and develop high quality staff
Academic excellence
Inclusiveness
Community
Professionalism
Integrity
Values

6. Inspire our Students to develop their full potential
Translate excellence in research and scholarship into learning opportunities for students
Deliver an exceptional student experience centred on inspirational learning and teaching
Recruit and support high quality students from all backgrounds
Deliver a postgraduate research experience that attracts the world’s best students

7. ‘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
Creating Sustainable Futures; Enterprise and Innovation; Ethics, Religion and Law; Exploring the Sciences; Languages and Cross-Cultural Understanding; Media, Culture and Creativity; Mind and Body; Personal and Professional Development; Power and Conflict; Technology and its Impacts

8. ‘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

9. Lflstud’; lfltutor; lflgrad

10. ‘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.

11. ‘Deliver an exceptional student experience …’
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

12. Service Configuration
Development

13. ‘Deliver an exceptional student experience …’

14. ‘… 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

15. ‘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

16. 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 (%)

17. National Student Survey
% agree
2011
2012
Change
Question category UL
Sector
UL minus Sector
Teaching 88 84 +4 90 86 +2
Assessment & feedback 65 68 -3 69 70 -1
Academic support 77 80 79 +1 +3
Organisation & management 82 75 +7 83 +6
Learning resources 87
Personal development 78 -2 81
Overall satisfaction 85

18. National Student Survey
Q. 23: ‘I am satisfied with the Students’ Union at my institution’
Leeds: 90% agree (3rd highest nationally)

19. 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

20. Leeds University Union
2 bars and 3 club venues
Hidden Café and Essentials
External services