1. Business School ARPD 2008 The University has a new schedule

2. Undergraduate Student Numbers 2006/7 2,800 – constant over three years 20% overseas Recruitment 1,050 Part-time causing concern – very few and declining

3. Postgraduate Student Numbers 2006/7 800 - was 1050 three years ago 65% overseas Recruitment 357 – down from 428 Home numbers down 39% over 2 years to 114 new in Sept 2006 Overseas numbers dipped but steady around 250 new

4. Remedies Improve League Table Position – our responsibility –NSS –Degree classification –Retention –Employment rates Part-time and Flexible provision Niche products aimed at Executive PG Market Enterprise activity – eg ACAS

5. Flexible and Supported Open Learning Technical –WebCT site maintenance and development –WebCT training Pedagogy –CELLT –Not ‘text on screen’ –Structure and enhance the learning of all our students

6. Assessment and Feedback Change practice including QA to more explicitly look at feedback

7. Excellent Tutoring PPD 1,2 and 3 Appointment of Senior Tutor – Colin Allen Excellent Tutoring initiative –What does it mean in your Department Link to NSS and USS questions and results

8. Retention and Progression PPDs Induction –General –Overseas cohorts Re-sit support –Summer University –Summer guidance and support

9. Employability –Employment down to 72.8% from 75.9% –Unemployment up to15.8% from 12.3% –Further study down to 13.5% from 14.7%

10. Employability Undergraduate Revise GDPP – available to all Short placements – available on all UG programmes? PPD2 – preparation for employment –Job search –Interview

11. Employability Postgraduate Internships Work placements

12. International Collaborations Currently about 340 – 50/50 PG/UG Greece, Hong Kong, Netherlands Malaysia, Singapore, Africa, India, Turkey, Baltic countries NCC Recent and future expansion likely to be of Undergraduate Programmes, Move from:- –Flying Tutor eg ABRS To:- –Supported Open Learning – focus on staff and curriculum development and support

13. Enterprise and Research The four scholarships

14. Employer Engagement Increase engagement by a third each year –Teaching and curriculum – mentoring? –Placements – paid/unpaid; f/t or p/t? –Research – KTPs? –Enterprise activity – training; consultancy?

15. Research Focus: develop clusters with critical mass –Work and Employment RU (RAE grouping) –Finance and Accountability (RAE grouping) Business Network Research Group (emerging) –Emerging Markets (RAE grouping) Public Services International RU (existing) –Business Pedagogy (aspirational) Implementation –Targeting of funds to clusters, develop ‘Networks’ –Conference venue (with Events Management reputation) –Form research consortia with key commercial/public sector organisations (regional research agendas)

16. Enterprise Focus –Specific key corporates in Canary Wharf –Small businesses and entrepreneurship –Local Public Sector Implementation –Short 1-2 day courses on specialist topics (Corporate market) –General management accredited short courses (SME/Public Sector market) –Short 1-2 day conferences held on key themes –Learning consortia of clients and academics (London Innovation and Knowledge Network) –Placement and recruitment services