ALL ABOUT US IT’S WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
www.uws.ac.uk
CONTENTS
uws FACTS & FIGURES
UWS at the Heart of Scotland
4~5
Student Numbers
6~7
Student Population 2012-13
8~9
Student Population 2012-13
12 ~ 13
Staff: Academic & Support
14 ~ 15
Industry Linked
16 ~ 17
National Student Survey Results 18 ~ 19 Postgrad Taught Education Survey Results
20
Income
22 ~ 23
Our Recent Successes
24 ~ 25
A Vibrant Research Culture
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UWS AT THE HEART OF SCOTLAND
01 04 08 INSTITUTION
CAMPUSES
SCHOOLS
THE LOCAL UNIVERSITY FOR
over
30% of Scotland’s population
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15,375 STUDENTS
1,110
1,575
1,110 international & EU students
1,575 postgraduate students
13,800 13,800 undergraduate students
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STUDENT POPULATION 2012 - 2013
91%
SCOTTISH
68%
32%
FULL TIME
PART TIME
EU
4%
NON EU
3%
RUK
2%
Internationalisation & Global Citizenship
DOMICILE
We have ambitious plans to grow our international student numbers and further develop our international partnerships to bring a strong international dimension into all of our activities – from teaching and learning to research and commercialisation.
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45
44
NIGERIA
SPAIN
MODE OF STUDY
62%
38%
FRANCE
CHINA
GERMANY IRELAND
42
40
PAKISTAN INDIA
36 POLAND
20 Czech Republic
TOP TEN NON-UK DOMICILE FEMALE
MALE GENDER
Figures from 2012-13 HESA return
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Our Learning, Teaching & Assessment Strategy puts inspirational learning and excellence at the heart of the student experience. In so doing,
studentfocused
it seeks to play a role in achieving the UWS vision of inclusive higher education that transforms individuals, communities and economies.
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STUDENT POPULATION 2012 - 2013
88%
in work or further study 6 months after graduating *
* From respondents to the 2012 DLHE survey
Graduate level
23% 17% 14% 10% 10% 9% HEALTH, BUSINESS NURSING & MIDWIFERY
LIFELONG LEARNING
SOCIAL SCIENCES
SCIENCE
7%
5%
5%
COMPUTING CREATIVE EDUCATION ENGINEERING & CULTURAL INDUSTRIES
71%
First Degree 71% Other Undergraduate 19% Postgraduate (taught) 8% Postgraduate (research) 2%
19%
% STUDENT POPULATION BY SCHOOL
46% 27% 14% 6% paisley
HAMILTON
AYR
distance learning
% STUDENT POPULATION BY CAMPUS
8% 2%
5% DUMFRIES
2% colleges
2870 590 FIRST DEGREE
POSTGRADUATE
215 OTHER UNDERGRADUATE
120 HND/DIP HE
25 DOCTORATE
NUMBER OF GRADUATES IN 2012-2013 Figures from 2012-13 HESA return
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STAFF NUMBERS AT UWS
In 2012/13 as part of our ongoing academic development activity, the University recruited 77 new academic staff to further develop teaching and research in our key target disciplines. As we progress towards our new corporate strategy, we will take a fresh look at our professional support services and how they are structured to help achieve our strategic goals.
1489 581 908 STAFF MEMBERS
ACADEMIC STAFF
SUPPORT STAFF
ACADEMIC & SUPPORT
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UWS enjoys links with a network of industry partners for work-based learning, course development and consultancy. Our students have worked with a range of companies including:
Many UWS programmes carry industry accreditation and recognition. Our School of Creative & Cultural Industries, for example, has some of the UK’s highest levels of recognition including accreditation from Creative Skillset - the Sector Skills Council for creative media and other professional bodies such as the Broadcast Journalism Training Council, Drama UK and JAMES. And our BA (Hons) Human Resource Management is the only undergraduate programme in Scotland with CIPD approval.
INDUSTRY RECOGNISED
For more details of our course accreditation visit our website at www.uws.ac.uk/courses
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RATINGS FOR STUDENT SATISFACTION
NATIONAL STUDENT SURVEY 2013 – AMONG THE RESULTS
100%
97%
92%
91%
MARKETING TOP, OVERALL, IN SECTOR FOR THE THIRD YEAR RUNNING
Chemical engineering
Film making & screen-writing
EDUCATION TOP EQUAL IN SCOTLAND & THIRD TOP COURSE IN THE UK*
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96%
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FORENSIC SCIENCE
CIVIL ENGINEERING
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POSTGRADUATE TAUGHT EDUCATION SURVEY (PTES) 2013
We want our students to have a firstrate experience at UWS. In the 2013 Postgraduate Taught Experience Survey we were given a 93% overall student satisfaction rating: one of the highest in Scotland.
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93%
OVERALL STUDENT SATISFACTION WITH PG COURSES
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We also achieved 93% for Social Sciences; 94% for Health, Nursing and Midwifery; and 100% for our Business, and Creative and Cultural Industries subjects.
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UWS works in close partnership with its Students’ Association on strategic developments, not least the Learning Manifesto. In 2013 our Students’ Association was the winner of the NUS Scotland Student Union of the Year Award after being shortlisted as the runner-up in 2012. UWS. All about us ~ Page / 21
2012/2013 Financial Highlights At A Glance
£ INC ME £97.5M £7.7M 7.1% 7.9% TOTAL INCOME
SURPLUS FOR THE YEAR
INCOME INCREASE IN YEAR
SURPLUS ON INCOME
£17.5M £111.3M CASH IN THE BANK
NET ASSETS EXCLUDING PENSION LIABILITIES
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• UWS wins Best Educational
Initiative - Scotland’s Dementia Awards 2013
• First university in the UK to
have both Public Health Nursing and Midwifery programmes UNICEF accredited
• Launching UK higher education’s first Recovery College to help patients and carers deal with mental health issues
• UWS academic elected as
International President of the Society for Environmental Geochemistry and Health
• Ayr Campus shortlisted in
Guardian Awards 2013 for best educational facility and winner of Green Gown Award 2012
• UWS Ayr Campus library selected as best library (under 2000sqm) in SCONUL: The Society of College, National and University Libraries Design Awards 2013
• UWS academic nominated for
2013 BAFTA Scotland Cineworld Audience Award
• UWS MA Creative Media Practice students win 2013 BAFTA Scotland New Talent Award
some of our
• Buttle UK Quality Mark for Care Leavers retained, recognising levels of support and guidance offered to Care Leavers
Visit www.uws.ac.uk/news for more details on our latest achievements.
recent successes
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Across the University’s academic schools, a network of research institutes and specialist groups undertakes interdisciplinary research in: BUSINESS
• Accounting & Finance
Research Group • Centre for Contemporary European Studies Group
COMPUTING
• Institute of Creative
Technologies and Applied Computing • Audio-Visual Communications & Networks Database and • Knowledge Management Research Group • Information and Communication Technologies in Education • Applied Computational Intelligence Research Unit • Centre for Interactive Creative Technologies
CREATIVE & CULTURAL INDUSTRIES
HEALTH, NURSING & MIDWIFERY
SCIENCE
• Creative Futures Institute • Creative Practice Research • Scottish Centre
• Alzheimer Scotland
Masonry Centre
and Environmental Health Research Institute for Clinical • Exercise and Health Science • Centre for Clinical Exercise and Rehabilitative Science Centre for Environmental • Research • Centre for Musculoskeletal Science • Drug, Discovery, Design and Molecular Sciences • Infection and Microbiology Research Group • Mathematics and Statistics Research Group • Sports Academy
Technologies
SOCIAL SCIENCES
for Island Studies
EDUCATION
• Institute for Youth and Community Research
• Centre for Youth Crime,
Justice and Deterrence Research Centre for Participation, • Inclusion and Collaboration
ENGINEERING
• Advanced Concrete and • Engineering and Energy • Microscale Sensors Group • Nuclear Physics • Thin Film Research Centre
Centre for Policy and Practice • Care and Practice Improvement • Healthcare Associated Infection Maternal, Child • and Family Health • Mental Health • Older Persons’ Health and Wellbeing Gerontology • Interest Group
• Institute of Biomedical
• Applied Psychology Research
• Civil Society and
Governance • Health Behaviours and Policy • Social Work
A vibrant research culture
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