Salford Business School Annual Report 2021-22 by University of Salford

ANNUAL REPORT

W E LCOM E TO SA LFOR D B U S I N ES S S CHOOL'S F I RST ANNUA L R E PORT. H E R E YO U W I LL FI ND O U R AC HI E V E M E NTS OVE R T H E LAST T W E LVE MONTHS AND OU R A M BI TI OUS P L A N S FOR THE NE W ACA D E MI C Y E A R .

CONTENTS 5

FOREWORD - JANICE ALLAN

MEET THE TEAM - SENIOR LEADERS & NEW STAFF

ORGANAGRAM

VISION AND MISSION

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE YEAR

14 ESS 16

EDI

PROFESSIONAL SERVICES UPDATE - EMILY JONES

FINANCE SUMMARY

ACCREDITATIONS

NSS

GUARDIAN LEAGUE TABLE

TIMES GOOD UNIVERSITY GUIDE

COMPLETE UNIVERSITY GUIDE

PROGRESSION

34 ATTRITION 36 GRADUATE OUTCOMES 38 INTERNATIONAL UPDATE 40 RESEARCH 41 ENTERPRISE 42 LOOKING FORWARD

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Janice Allan Dean, Salford Business School

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S E NI O R LE A D E R S MEET THE TEAM

ELIZABETH LARNER DEPUTY DEAN ResponsibqeforassisDngtheean D inthe -

academicstaffandstudents:

approachesandempqoyabiqity:

TAHIR RASHID

A S S O C I AT E D E A N A C A D E M I C QUALITY h ENHANCEMENT

GORDON FLETCHER

A S S O C I AT E D E A N I N T E R N AT I O N A L -

Dontoacademicprogrammesdqeading professionaqaccreditaDonsand anceprincipqesandprocedures:

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EMILY JONES SCHOOL BUSINESS MANAGER ResponsibqeforqinkingtheUniversity rofessionaq P ServicesandSchooqsdbaq ancingqocaqneedswithUniversityobjec esd Dv whiqstdeqiveringanoutstanding studentandacademicexperience: rSBSnnu A aqReport

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CLAIRE HOOKHAM

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A S S O C I AT E D E A N E N T E R P R I S E h ENGAGEMENT

A S S O C I AT E D E A N A C A D E M I C STUDENT EXPERIENCE

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FRANCINE MORRIS

CHARLES KNIGHT

N EW STAF F J U LY

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Claire-Marie Boggiano Lecturer - Strategy & People Management

Christopher Kelsall Senior Lecturer - Finance, Accounting and Economics

Fiona Howat Lecturer - Strategy & People Management arren D Schofietd Lecturer - Strategy & People Management

arkeD M ngheisu L re Angela Byrne Lecturer - Marketing & Leisure

nternaD I onat

eoffrey G ans vE Lecturer - Finance, Accounting and Economics

rofessionat P Services Elizabeth Greenhalgh DA Link Tutor Lisa Tobin DA Link Tutor

Laura Becerra International Academic Support Tutor

Nikki Rowney DA Link Tutor

Law

Lisa Rose Jepson Student Experience Assistant

attM hewCarn Lecturer - Law Sineadarry F Lecturer - Law

anet J tatt P Programme Assistant bigait A ynott L Placements & Employability Assistant

Jennifer Graham Lecturer - Law

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Dean of School Janice Allan Deputy Dean of School Elizabeth Larner

School Lead Research Gordon Fletcher

Readers x3 (2 Vacancies)

Associate Dean International Tahir Rashid

Associate Dean Academic (Student Experience) Charles Knight

International Academic Support Tutor Sami Safadi International Academic Support Tutor Laura Becerra

Director of Conversion Tawney Bennett

Law, Economics, Accounting and Finance (LEAF) Director – Kathy Maguire

Subject Lead Finance, Accounting & Economics Tony Syme

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Subject Lead Law Bleddyn Davies

Subject Lead Marketing & Leisure Peter Reeves

Senior Lecturers x3

Senior Lecturers x 1

Senior Lecturers x3

Lecturers x16

* Lecturers x 15

Lecturers x9

ORGANAGRAM Thefoqqowingsnapshotistaken fromuguA standisthe organagramforacademicear y F:or F thecurrentaca

demicear y thestaffstructurehas beenreviewed:

Associate Dean Enterprise and Industry Engagement Francine Morris

School Business Manager Emily Jones

Associate Dean Academic Quality and Enhancement Claire Hookham

In 2020/21 the school was comprisedoftheeand D epu D ty ean D andfourAssociateeans D withspeciaqismsinnternaD I onaqd cademic A StudentExperienced nterprise E hndu I stryngage E

Apprenticeship Link Tutors x 3

mentandQuaqitydAssuranceh Programme Manager Naomi Buckley

Student Experience Manager Chris Jones

nhancement: E Theariou v ssupport funcDonsqinkedtoaqqAssociate ean D acDvitysatdirectqybeqow thesestaffmembers: TheqeadforResearchsataqong

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Business 4.0 Director – Gordon Fletcher

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Subject Lead Strategy & People Management Chris Doran

Subject Lead Information Systems and Operations Yiannis Polychronakis

StudentExperienceanager M and rofessionaq P ServicesTeam: Theschooqas w spqitintotwo separateirectoratesd D usiness B

Senior Lecturers x3

ingandinance F PLEAFQ:Within thesefacDonsdaqqSubjecteads L

Senior Lecturers x4

andectu L rersareorganisedinto

* Lecturers x12 Lecturers x12

:andLawdconomicsd E ccou A nt

theirrespecDev subjectareas:

Professional Service Team Employability Officers x 1 PA to Dean x 1 PA to School Executive x 1 Quality Administrator x 1 Student Experience Assistant x 1 Student Progression Administrators 3 Programme Administrators x 6 + 1 vacancy Programme Assistants x 9 + 1 vacancy

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“IF CONNECTIVITY IS KEY TO DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION AND INDIVIDUAL FULFILMENT, NOT TO MENTION THE MODERN ECONOMY, SOCIETY AND CULTURE, IT SHOULD – IN ITS BROADEST TERMS – BE KEY TO HOW AND WHAT WE TEACH, HOW AND WHAT WE RESEARCH, AND HOW WE INTERACT WITH INDUSTRY”

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Salford Business School Launches Vision and iM ssion

Introducing the Vision & iM ssion

iW th the Vision and iM ssion in place the next phase of this important work will

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H I GH L I G HTS OF THE YEAR

O V ER T HE L AST TW ELVE MON THS THE S E CT OR HA S HAD TO CO NFR O NT A G L O B AL P AND EM IC, THE F ALLO UT O F TH E UK ' S E XIT FR OM EU RO P E AN D A N A GGRESSIV E HE B ILL T HA T G IV ES O F S T HE PO W ER TO 'DRA W T HE L IN E' O N M I NIM UM QUAL ITY TH R ESHO LD S. DESPIT E T H IS, S ALFOR D B USIN ESS S CHOO L HAS DEMONST R A TED RESILIENCE W HERE I TS CO MPA RATO RS HAV EN’T , R E SU L TIN G I N ANOT HER G O O D YE A R T HA T C O N TIN U ES TO PUSH T H E SC H O O L F O RWA R D .

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People

8,556

VEO R INTERNTIA ONAL STUDENTS

TOTASTUD L ENTSIN 2020/21

HIGESTPROGRESSION RATEYE IN ARS

84% 95% 463

NEW SPACE FOR STUDENTS

STUDENTSOMPLETEC D THEIRSTUDIES GREDE ESWAA RDED REGIONAL FINALISTS YOUNG ENTERPRISE

GLOBAL WEEK 5000 HOURS OF ENGAGEMENT

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640 STUDENTS ATTENDED

FIVEYEAR RESEARCH STRATEY G PUBLISHED

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EDI ACTION PLAN

11%

SCTEL SCHOLAR GRANTS WAA RDED

REDUCTION IN AWARD GAP

INCREASED INCOME BY 26%

RES E A R C H SPECI A LI S M S 1ST FESTIVAL OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP

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ENABLING STUDENT SUCCESS JOINT WNER O SHIP AND CLEAR PRIORITSATION OF THE ESS STRATYGE WIL ONTIC NUE O T BE ADOPTED h T en E abling Student Success (ESS) work responds to the o g e v rnment’s aV lue for o M ney -

h T eo g e v rnance that underpins this and the o ‘ ne truth’ approach to a o g lden thread of met

rics and thresholds for performance has enabled the school to share a clear focus on the

eP rformance against the corporate targets in 2020/21 has declined in comparison to the

to pre-pandemic levels.

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SCHOOL TARGETS SBS

Previous Year

20/21 Target

20/21 Achieved

21/22

Rationale

NSS teaching on my course

76%

78%

73%

76%

Return to 2020 levels

Assessment and Feedback

72%

74%

69%

72%

Return to 2020 levels

Organisation & Management

75%

77%

71%

75%

Return to 2020 levels

Progression

84%

86%

78%

84%

First time pass

63%

75%

61%

75%

Threshold Standard

Highly Skilled Graduates

64%

71%

57%

64%

Return to 2020 levels

Research Income

0.01

0.20

Budget

Grant Awards

0.10

HEBCIS - Enterprise

0.019

0.075

Total home recruitment growth

-13%

63%

Total international student growth

Contribution

Hold 0.1

Budget

SNP

474%

SNP

63%

67%

63%

Budget

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EQUALITY DIVERSITY & INCLUSION A COMMITMENT TO SUPPORT ALL STAFF & STUDENTS 2020/21 has sen a tlo fo esiongrp in Eq,uality Di,sityerv and Inclusion (EDI) in Sadorlf Busine Schol. EDI is ta the heart fo the schol’s mison and vison, drivng elopvd

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BAME INUS CL IVITY h T e BAME Inclusivity lead roles were established this e y ar as a part of a clear commitment to ensuring SBS is inclusive for the Black, Asian and

the team have produced a strateg, y of e y ar review. Although its primary focus aims to eliminate the award gap for undergraduate students, the team’s approach emphasises that the award gap is not formed in a av cuum.

team ensure that ek y areas are at the focus of ongoing development and belonging, decolonising the curricu

wider alignment. SBS is now part of a o N rthwest BAME network, iM nd the aG p, that includes us, ,MU UCLAN and

iW thin a e y ar, SBS has seen numer

areas outlined above, working with stakeholders in the school, across the the team being in place for less than the university are ensuring an aligned -

it is the beginning of the journey, and developments.

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PROF ES S I ONA L S E RV I CES O P E R AT I O N A L U P D AT E F R O M S B S S C H O O L B U S I N E S S M A N A G E R E M I LY J O N E S

After another unusual year, the SBS Professional Services team

students with their entrepreneurial ideas, and it’s been great

are excited to be returning to campus to provide our student

to see the link between the two areas of SBS complementing

facing service again from the comfort of our new SBS Student

each other for the benefit of our students.

Landing Space on the 6th floor. Next door is the new SPA office, which will always be inhabited Work on the new space has taken place throughout the sum-

by one of our SPA team to ensure student pastoral needs are

mer, with careful consideration taken to branding and layout.

met. Some recent management changes mean Chris Jones has

Key features of the space include a staff-student kitchen, a new

taken on the permanent role as Student Experience Manager

glass classroom as well as a variety of workstations for indi-

for the school, and he oversee the activities of the SPAs as well

vidual and collaborative study. We actively encourage staff to

as our student facing Programme Assistants and the soon-

use this space to work from time to time to encourage a com-

to-be-appointed Subject Support Tutor for Accounting and

munity feel, and we’ll also be encouraging enterprise contacts

Finance.

to visit us in this space. These management changes include the appointment of a As you enter, the new employability hub can be found to your

new Programmes Manager, who will oversee the bulk of the

right. Here, Kerry Moores and the growing employability provi-

programme administration work in the school.

sion will be based. With graduate outcomes a clear university priority, having Kerry and her growing team ready and available

The implementation of these new roles will not only support

for employability and placement advice is going to be key, and

us in achieving our school objectives as these individuals work

we’re working closely with the central Careers and Enterprise

closely with academic teams across the school, but they are

team to ensure our ways of working between the two teams is

also key players in the ESS Customer Service workstream over-

smooth and that students can easily navigate the two service

seen by John McCarthy, Associate Chief Operating Officer. Key

offerings. Launch has also had a successful year in supporting

focus areas for that workstream this year are as follows:

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•

Customer Service: ensuring we are providing consistent, good quality service to students and internal customers

the student experience. •

across the institution. •

Process Improvement: ensuring the processes we have in

Student Communication: including a review of contact channels and tone of voice.

•

Data Insight: how we harness the data we have and per-

place are fit for purpose, that schools are working consis-

haps get access to new data sources that allow us to have

tently where appropriate and that central services comple-

actionable insights.

ment our services and work alongside us for the benefit of

NEW FOR 21/22 - PROJECT FOCUS: ENGAGEMENT ANALYTICS Jigsaw, our current learner analytics platform, is being replaced by Jisc, a sector-leading platform successfully adopted by dozens of HEIs across the UK. Jisc encompasses much of what Jigsaw currently offers, along with a whole host of additional features, including attendance monitoring; through clear and informative data visualisations, both staff and students will be able to compare their engagement and attendance levels with those of their peers and correlate these to performance. The investment in this new platform is part of our wider Enabling Student Success strategy to improve outcomes for students at Salford. By providing timely and reliable engagement and attendance data, the platform will facilitate the identification of at-risk students, triggering timely interventions. This will, in turn improve attrition and enhance student success more generally. The introduction of Electronic Registers is being rolled out at the start of the new academic year, allowing students to check into a session via a web link and input a code that is specific to that session and therefore us to see who has attended what sessions. Work will be ongoing throughout trimester 1 to integrate the system more fully with CMIS, our institutional timetabling system, while the schools will be working on ensuring consistent application of student fitting. Once both these prerequisites are completed, full attendance monitoring can be rolled out, allowing us to robustly see what student have NOT attended sessions. It is likely we will do this incrementally by programme and this approach will be finalised in coming weeks. As well as attendance, JISC also comes with a wealth of engagement monitoring functionality. These features will gradually be rolled out later in the academic year including measures we haven’t had before such as interaction with Blackboard on mobile devices and interaction with Office 365. In consideration of the operational pressures at this time of year, we are taking a staggered approach to implementation of these features. Once fully implemented, JISC will replace the existing Jigsaw platform, which will be retired, and allow us to monitor even more forms of engagement than we do today, all in one place alongside our attendance data. SBS Annual Report 19

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ACCREDITATIONS A N O V E R V I E W O F N E W A N D R E F R E S H E D A C C R E D I TA T I O N S FOR F rofessionaq P accreditaDons are an externaq aqidaD v on of the quaqity of our courses: ouC rses that have accreditaDon have been though a rigorous independent assessment by the reqevant professionaq body: The organisaDons that accredit our courses en sure that graduates meet a defined set of qearning outcomesd incquding subject knowqedged technicaq abiqity and transferabqe skiqqs:

Charteredanagement M nsD I tute new A accreditaDonforF:

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NAT I O NA L STUDE NT S URV E Y 2021 PUBLISHED AUGUST 2021 ecu Ex eDv Summary Thepandemichasinfluencedmanyoftheresuqtsinthiseargs y NSSdnotonqyataschooqandinsDtuDonaqqeveqbutacrossthesector aseqq: w Whiqsttherearecqearthemesandrecurringchaqqengesthatarebeingreportedbystudentsthattheschooqcanreflecton anduseasacataqystforposiDev changeovertheforthcomingmonthsdthereareaqsoexampqesofimprovementagainstcomparators andthesectorinmanythemesandsubjectareas: ost M ofthequesDonscoveredwithintheNSShaveoneprogrammeormorethatperformedeqqd w evenininstanceswherethe overaqqscoredecqined:UnderstandingwhattheseprogrammesdiddifferentqyandsharingbestpracDceasateamdouw qdsupportthe schooqinrepqicaDngthisandcreaDngacuqtureratherthanpocketsofgoodperformance: rom F ateachingdassessmentandfeedbackperspecDed v thekeychaqqengesfortheschooqreqatedtohowtheschooqcommunicates withitsstudents:eedback F suchasdstaffarenotgoodatexpqainingthingsdtheteachingasnft w dynamicenoughorthecriteriaused inmarkingas w notcqearinadvanceareaqqthemesthatcomethroughintheseareas:Somestudentsaqsonotedthattheydidnot haveenoughoneJtoJoneDmewiththeirqecturers:ReviewingthisasaschooqandidenDfyinghowitcanbecomeconsistentacross everymoduqeandcomponentwiqqbeachaqqengefortheschooqbutonethatfeeqsnecessary: ThefundamentaqchaqqengefortheschooqinreqaDontoacademicfeedbackisstudentsreporDngdifficuqDesinbeingabqetocontact staffandgeDfingaresponse:Thisas w aqsoreflectedinthestudentoice v quesDonsinthesurveydwithstudentsreporDngthatthey donotfeeqqikestaffaqu v etheirviewsandopinionsaboutthecourse:f I therearecurrentqyguideqinesinpqaceforthisdaayw tomea

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Results by Programme ccou A nDnghFinance:Pw Exp: Overall Satisfaction

-34

PP Score Change

Teaching

-3

PP Score Change

Assessment & Feedback

-9

PP Score Change

Academic Support

-11

PP Score Change

Organisation & Learning Opportunities Management

PP Score Change

-7

PP Score Change

Learning Resources

-11

PP Score Change

Learning Student Voice Community

-19

PP Score Change

-37

PP Score Change

Score out of 100

ccou A nDnghFinanceFT Overall Satisfaction

-6

PP Score Change

Teaching

PP Score Change

Assessment & Feedback

PP Score Change

Academic Support

-1

PP Score Change

Organisation & Learning Opportunities Management

PP Score Change

-3

PP Score Change

Learning Resources

-7

PP Score Change

Learning Student Voice Community

PP Score Change

-11

PP Score Change

Score out of 100

Learning Resources

Learning Student Voice Community

usiness B hconomics E FT Overall Satisfaction

-11

PP Score Change

Teaching

-4

PP Score Change

Assessment & Feedback

-33

PP Score Change

Academic Support

-5

PP Score Change

Organisation & Learning Opportunities Management

PP Score Change

-1

PP Score Change

-14

PP Score Change

-3

PP Score Change

-25

PP Score Change

Score out of 100

usiness B hFinanciatanagement M PFTQ Overall Satisfaction

PP Score Change

Teaching

PP Score Change

Assessment & Feedback

PP Score Change

Academic Support

PP Score Change

Organisation & Learning Opportunities Management

PP Score Change

Learning Resources

-15

PP Score Change

Learning Student Voice Community

-23

PP Score Change

-3

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Score out of 100

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usiness B hanagement M Overall Satisfaction

-6

PP Score Change

Teaching

-5

PP Score Change

Assessment & Feedback

PP Score Change

Academic Support

PP Score Change

Organisation & Learning Opportunities Management

-2

PP Score Change

-5

PP Score Change

Learning Resources

-6

PP Score Change

Learning Student Voice Community

PP Score Change

Score out of 100

nternaD I onatusiness B PFTQ Overall Satisfaction

PP Score Change

Teaching

PP Score Change

Assessment & Feedback

PP Score Change

Academic Support

PP Score Change

Organisation & Learning Opportunities Management

PP Score Change

Learning Resources

-8

PP Score Change

Learning Student Voice Community

-8

PP Score Change

Score out of 100

Teaching

Assessment & Feedback

Academic Support

Law Overall Satisfaction

-7

PP Score Change

-7

PP Score Change

-9

PP Score Change

Organisation & Learning Opportunities Management

-4

PP Score Change

Learning Resources

-9

PP Score Change

Learning Student Voice Community

-11

PP Score Change

-4

PP Score Change

Score out of 100

Law with Criminology Overall Satisfaction

PP Score Change

Teaching

PP Score Change

Assessment & Feedback

PP Score Change

Academic Support

PP Score Change

Organisation & Learning Opportunities Management

PP Score Change

Learning Resources

-8

PP Score Change

Learning Student Voice Community

PP Score Change

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SBS Annual Report 25

T H E GUA R D I A N LE AG UE TA B LE 2022 PUBLISHED SEPTEMBER 2021

TheUniversityimproveditsoverattrankposiDonbynineptacesandis nowptacedoutHEIgs: ecu Ex eDv Summary Theuardian G eagu L eTabqeas w pubqishedonSaturdaythSeptember:Theuardian G ranksuniversiDesacrosseightdiffer

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4 Law

GUARDIANSCORE

srF

OURSE C F

TECHINGA

SPEND 57/101

TARIF 54/101

57/121

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-1

Business, Management h Marketing

SPEND rF

10 GUARDIANSCORE

TARIF rF

OURSE C F

13 SPEND sFs

CKAFEDB

-5

20/101

SSR 100/101

21 VAUE L ADE

CAREER F

30 TECHINGA

CKAFEDB

78/121

25/121

SSR 84/121

21 ONTIC NUATION

CAREER F

51/121

6 TECHINGA

58/101

8 VAUE L ADE

ONTIC NUATION

6 CKAFEDB

42/47

VAUE L ADE

SSR F

-1

OURSE C 84/98

TECHINGA

1 TARIF 52/98

98/98

38 VAUE L ADE

9/98

CKAFEDB

11 ONTIC NUATION

CAREER

22/48

80/121

16 -15 n/a TARIF 15/47

SPEND 15/47

GUARDIANSCORE

Accounting h Finance

-10

GUARDIANSCORE

Ho s p i t a t i t yd Eve nt Manage m e n t h Tourism

-3

24/47

44/98

SSR rsFs

-7

CAREER 49/98

ONTIC NUATION

70/98

SBS Annual Report 27

T I MES G O OD UNI V E R S I TY G UI DE 2022 PUBLISHED SEPTEMBER 2021

TheUniversityimproveditsoverattrankposiDonbytwoandiscurrentty soutofHEIgs: ecu Ex eDv Summary TheTimesood G Universityuide G as w pubqishedonqineonriday F thSeptemberandashardcopyonSundayd thSeptember:ubqished P annuaqqydTheTimesqeaguetabqeevaquatesstudentexperiencedresearchdandgraduate prospects: Thisear y theusiness B Schooqhasimproveditsoveraqqscoresinceqastear y ineachofthefivesubjectsoverwhich theyhavedirectcontroq:Theresuqtsforeachofthethemesacrossaqqsubjectsas w posiDev rwoftheDme:any M ofthethemesthathaveseensignificantupqiftsareinareasthathadaqowbaseanddinmanyinstancesdthedecqinein performancehascomefromsubjectsthathadabetterrankposiDonthanothersintheschooq:n I otherordsd w ew are improvingbutfromaqowbaseandForsomeofourbetterperformingprogrammeshavedecqined:tI isaqsoorth w not ingthatourrisedependsdinsomecasedonotherinsDtuDonsdecqining: Thebestperformingthemeas w ntry E oints P whichimprovedinfoursubjects:Researchas w thepoorestperforming themewhichimprovedinonqyonesubjectPLawQ: TeachingdExperienceandradu G aterospects P atschooqqeveqproducedinconsistentresuqtswithsomesubjectsseeing improvementsandothersexperiencingadecqine:or F theradu G aterospects P resuqtsdTheTimesdunqiketheuardian G eagu L eTabqedhasusedcurrentradu G ateutcome O resuqtsforsFdhoweverdtheimpactofthepandemicmakesit difficuqttodrawanythingconcqusivefromtheresuqts: Thehardork w investedbystaffoverthepastmonthshassupportedthedistancetraveqqedtodate:TobeatopDer providerdhoweverdtheschooqmustbreakawayfromtheshackqesofoqdandbeforwardJqookinginitsapproach:This meansbeingfocusedontheprioriDesofnabqing E StudentSuccessandensuringthattheprovisionisdesignedtomeet theneedsofaqqstudents:

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VEO RAL

ENTRY

Law

Hospitality, Leisure, Re c re at i o n h Tourism

Economics

Business, Management h Marketing

Accounting h Finance

SCORE

EXPERIENC

TECHINGA

17 66/97

RESEARCH

57/97 61/97

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POINTS

-11

53/97

75/97

-9

71/119

57/119

62/119

58/119

62/119

72/119

-3

N/A

58/74

47/74

N/A

48/74

3 46/56

15/74 32/74

-2

-3

55/56 52/56

49/99

33/99

28/56 19/56

29/99 59/99

20/56

54/99

45/99

SBS Annual Report 29

T H E COM PLE TE U N I VE R S I TY G UI DE 2022 PUBLISHED JUNE 2021

AsaninsDtuDontheuniversitygainedninerankposiDonsintotatandis currenttysrdoutofinthesector: Theompqete C Universityuide G PCUGQas w pubqishedinune J :ach E ofthefivesubjectareasfeaturedfortheusiness B Schooq improvedtheiroveraqqrank:big A factorinthisimprovementhasbeendrivenbyenhancementstoentryrequirementsandstudent saDsfacDon:WithaddiDonaqfocusonentryrequirementsfortheforthcomingeard y thereispotenDaqtoseethisgrowfurtherinthe future: arkeD M ngas w thestandoutsubjectareadincreasingtheirrankposiDonbypqaces:Theyarenowrankedoutofinthe sector:Thisincqudesanchester M etropoqitan M Universitywhoarerankedandere w aheadoftheusiness B Schooqinqasteargs y qeaguetabqe:Thebiggestgrowthas w witnessedinthestudentsaDsfacDonmetricdgainingrrrankposiDonssinceqastear: y WithaconsciousdecisionbytheschooqtoprioriDseothereqementsofacDvityditfsnosurprisethatresearchquaqityandresearch intensityhaveseennoimprovementsintheresuqtsacrossaqqsubjectareasthisear: y Witharesearchstrategyqaunchedearqierin theear y andtheappointmentofordon G qetcher F tooverseethisareaofacDvitydtheSchooqisconfidentitcanmakesomeposiDev changestothisstrandofacDvityintheforthcomingear: y radu G ateprospectoutcomesandgraduateprospectsontrackhavemadenomovementintheirrankposiDonsthiseard y however8 readerswiqqnotethatmostsubjectsacrossbothareassitwithinthebottomwforthesector:arkeD M ngas w theexcepDontothis withbothareasinthetopwforthesector: WithincreasedexpectaDonthatHEIproviderssupportstudentsintofurtherstudyorempqoymentditgscriDcaqthatempqoyabiqity pqaysafundamentaqroqeinhowtheschooqdesignsitsofferforstudentsintheforthcomingears: y

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The results

Overall Score Subject

Total HEI’s

Entry Standards

Student Satisfaction

Research Quality

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Accounting & Finance

105

Business & Management Studies

122

104

Economics

Law

Marketing

Overall Score Subject

Total HEI’s

Research Intensity

Graduate Prospect Outcomes

Graduate Prospect On Track

Rank HEI Rank HEI Rank HEI Rank HEI Change position Change position Change position Change position

Accounting & Finance

105

Business & Management Studies

122

104

Economics

Law

Marketing

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T H E STATS PROGRESSION

THE INSTITUTIONAL METRICS FOR PROGRESSION HIGH L I G H T T H E D I S TA N C E T R A V E L L E D F O R T H E S C H O O L W I T H I M P R O V E M E N T S T O C O M P L E T I O N d C O N T I N U AT I O N A N D PROGRESSION IN F :

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Progression: Level 4, Undergraduate, First Degree, Main Intake, Institution/Mixed, Year 1, UK Domiciled, New, Students

Years

2017-2018

2018-2019

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516

565

526

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4.7%

7.1%

4.8%

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492

525

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T H E STATS AT T R I T I O N

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Companies currently working with SBS

Law performed strongly, sitting behind only Manchester and Liverpool and two percentage points above the sector overall. Business still sits behind the sector, however; it's decline is mainly in line with the other comparator universities.

JACS Subject

Provider

2017/18

2018/19

Law

Manchester

77%

72%

Liverpool

74%

67%

Salford

66%

67%

John Moores

60%

64%

Central Lancs

52%

61%

Man Met

64%

59%

University Law

58%

52%

Sector

65%

JACS Subject

Provider

2017/18

2018/19

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Manchester

81%

76%

Leeds Beckett

67%

58%

Man Met

62%

58%

John Moores

65%

56%

Huddersfield

62%

53%

Salford

61%

53%

Central Lancs

62%

51%

Sector

66%

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