SenateMarch 18th

2015

College of Life and

Environmental Sciences

CLES

CLES – Who are we?

Disciplines: BiosciencesGeographyPsychologySport and Health Sciences CLES in Cornwall - Biosciences

GeographyLocations: Exeter Streatham

Exeter St Luke’sCornwall Penryn 14 buildings

Students: 3907 total FTEs6.8% international

Finances: £68m turnover41% Research59% Teaching

3276

295

336

Students 2014/15

FTE UG

PGTs

PGRs

CLES – Who are we?

Staff:421 FTE College funded staff :62% Academic & 38% Professional Services (19.1% Technical)233 FTE Researchers and Contract Technicians31% of academics are Early Career LecturersAverage age is 39.521 Proleptic appointments8% Academic staff are E&SAthena Swan Silver (SHS) and Bronze (Geography, Cornwall, Psychology)

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Staff : International Profile

EU

International

UK

160

233

261

Staff - Job family

Professional Services

Research and Contract Technicians

Academic Staff

2012/ 13 2013/ 140

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CLES Gender Split (aca-demic and research staff)

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CLES Research

Ecosystem services and poverty alleviation in Africa

Recycling behaviour

Photography, exploration, science and culture

Children’s activity and heart disease

Biodiesel from bacteria

Plain packaging and smoking

Brain injury in rugby players

Plants in the office make us more productive

Beetroot juice and sports performance

Turtle habitat and conservation

Streetlighting and bats

Sea level rise and atoll formation

CLES- Research Research Income 2014/15 - £21.8M grants, £5.3 QR & RDP

Biosciences

Geography

Psychology

SHS

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2.5

1.2

1.1

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*15.2

*3.4

2.4

0.8

QR & RDP £m Income grants £m

*Cornwall grant income: £6.4M Biosciences, £0.8M Geography10.7

3.4

1.6

3.4

1.41.10.01

Research Income by sponsor 14/15 (£m)

RCUK

EU

UK Charities

UK Government

UK Industry

Other overseas

Other

CLES Research

2012-13Income / FTE: All top 5

2012-13PGR / FTE: Most 1st or 2nd, Biosciences 6th Biosciences Geography Psychology SHS

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PGRs / FTE

2012/13 Top 10 Median

Biosciences Geography Psychology SHS0

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Research Income pa / FTE (£’000)

2012/ 13 Top 10 Median

CLES- REF 2014

REF 2014 - Unit of Assessment GPA FTE Intensity

UOA: 4: Psychology, Psychiatry and Neuroscience

3.22 32.3 81%

UOA: 5: Biological Sciences 3.15 54.58 79%

*UOA: 7: Earth Systems and Environmental Sciences

3.11 34.7 100%

UOA: 26: Sport and Exercise Sciences, Leisure and Tourism

3.23 23.3 97%

Geography and Environmental Studies (UoA17A disaggregated from UoA 17)

3.05 51.8 94%

*Joint submission with CEMPS

CLES research income trajectory

CLES Education ‘Every interaction counts’• All disciplines in a top 10, SHS top 2• 60% of CLES offers at AAA or above• Inter-disciplinary programmes: Medical Sciences and

Natural Sciences (>100 students in 14/15 and growing)• International recruitment and partnership: e.g. Psychology -

37 int students on UG, links with University of Tokyo, Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)

• Improved student facilities at St Luke’s; Richards Foyer and South Cloisters

c.750 students on residential fieldtrips every year

Global gold at iGEM (international genetically engineered machine foundation)

Climate Change MOOC – c.25,000 students over 2 years

HEFCE/ STEM teaching award £10m

Grand challenges: Talking clothes

CLES Education – Student numbersDiscipline profile – Students 2014/15 FTE

Biosciences

Geography

Psychology

SHS

0 200 400 600 800 1000 1200 1400 1600

UGPGTPGR

Cornwall

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UGPGTPGR

International

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UGPGTPGR

CLES Education – KPIs

NSS % Employment (DLHE) %

Times League Table Position

Guardian League Table Position

Biosciences 90 74.3 12 6

Geography 85 78.8 9 12

Psychology 86 68.7 10 8

SHS 92 72.8 5 2

International ranking 2014

• Life Sciences 98th (THE)• Geography 21st (QS)• Psychology top 100 (QS)• Earth Sciences top 100 (QS)

CLES Education – KPIs: CLES 4 year entry tariff profile

Rising cohort sizes…

…and rising tariff

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Bio PBio SGeo PGeo SPsySHS

Tariff

Research • Living Systems Institute recruitment and success• REF2020: Moving from 179 FTEs@ 87% intensity to ?240 FTEs @90-95%

o More and better impact case studieso Greater emphasis on 4*

• High proportion of ECRs – realising their potential• Hitting projected income and reversing downturn in % earnings• Industrial income and corporate partnerships • RCUK funding – further increasing market share of declining(?) resource• PGR – external funding, international, quality

Education • Embedding employability and enhancing graduate prospects• High margin activity with STEM costs• International partnerships and recruitment: Low base provides opportunity for existing

UG and PGT programmes; esp. Psychology, Biosciences, Cornwall, INTO• New programme development: e.g. Marine biology, Sport and Exercise Medicine

(UG/PGT), clinical psychology PGT, …..

CLES challenges and opportunities- Global top 100 through synergy in research and education

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