Enhancing the Student Experience: Top 10 Education for Exeter
Janice Kay, Ashley Petrons, Michele Shoebridge, Keith Zimmerman
Students enjoy their experience at Exeter 11th in NSS 2006, 4th in NSS 2007 Top quality teaching and academic experience High level of engagement in extra-curricula:
Volunteering and CA Sport Music, Arts & Culture Guild Societies Participation (e.g. in Guild Elections)
A strong sense of community: The ‘Exeter Bubble’
Exeter Student Experience
Exeter Student Experience
We excel in some things NSS Completion Rates % ‘Good’ Degrees Student Engagement & Representation (e.g. SSLCs,
Committees, Faculty Boards, UGLG) But not in others
Graduate Prospects Entry Standards International Population SSR
Sharpen current Education Strategy: Immediate (e.g. Entry Standards & Graduate Prospects) Longer Term
Sustain and develop what we’re good at Improve and develop what we’re less good at:
“long hard grind of improvement”
Illustrate our Strategy for Education A Joined Up Student Journey
Strategy for Education and Education Strategy: Challenges and Opportunities
UK/SW Recruitment Strategy Professionalised Admissions Service City/Regional (shortlisted for THES award) Bursaries & Scholarships Recruitment Literature (Web, Prospectus, Fact Files) Decliners’ Survey
Entry Standards & Graduate Prospects Programme Portfolio Review & Development International & INTO
Marketing, Recruitment & Admissions
Approaching 400 tariff points (3 A+ at AL) Admissions Policies
Raise entry grades and ranges where possible IB Scholarships (e.g. Jubilee Science, VC Excellence) Quality Control at Confirmation and Clearing
Programme Portfolio Development: BMBS, Zoology
Quota League Table Position (Proxy for Quality)
Raising UG Entry Standards
Top Quality Teaching and Learning Research-Led, Research-Like Research-Intensive Staff + Engaged Students =
Research-Led, Active Learners Top Quality Learning Resources and Support Staff Development (e.g. PCAP) Enhanced Educational Enhancement Unit (£123k in new staff for 07/08)
Academic Experience
Exeter Student Experience:Monitoring and Review Academic Standards and Infrastructure Student Feedback (e.g. SSLC) Student Evaluation (15+ Institutional Surveys!)
NSS Penultimate Year First Year PGT PGR i-Graduate
Quantitative & Qualitative Feedback (cross campuses)
NSS: Management
Comprehensive Data Analyses By Category, By Question, By ‘Subject’ Top 20 Competitors, Subject Rankings Comparative (2007 v 2006; NSS v PYS)
Senior Management Group (& Away Day) School Planning Groups
School/Subject Teaching Committees Student/Staff Liaison Committees
Information Sharing and Monitoring Within School and by Senior Management
Engagement and Community Volunteering and CA Sport Guild Societies Arts & Culture Representation
Links with CSR Take to Another Level (e.g. VC Excellence Scholarships,
EXCEL@, VC Teaching Excellence Awards)
Engagement in Extra-Curricula
Student & Academic Services (new Heads of Educational Enhancement and
Student Experience) Career & Employment Service (£110k recurrent) Pastoral Support (e.g. Disability and Mental Health) Review of Personal Tutorial System New ePDP System Needs to be joined up with extra-curricula
Employability EXCEL@
Student Support
Further Study (stable at 30%, increase % at Exeter) Graduate Level Employment (59% to 68.5% in 3 years)
Increased C&E Advisors Involved Schools more, started earlier (Year 1 & earlier) More Application & Interview Training
Step Change Needed Increase work placements & internships Increase vocational programmes Influence graduate recruiters Change performance indicator!
After-Care Service & Role of Alumni
Employment & Post Exeter