Student Record Officer Conference Making a Difference in 2010 Geoff Layer 7 April 2009.
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Student Record Officer Conference
Making a Difference in 2010
Geoff Layer
7 April 2009
Structure
• Scale/Size
• Government Policy
• Funding
• Student Body
• Internationalisation
• Public Perception
• Future
• 1960s 6% of 18-21 year olds
• Small number of universities
• Today 44% of 18-30 year olds
• 150 universities and more to come
• 12% of HE is in FE
Scale/Size
Government Policy
• Four approaches
• Expansion
• Fair access
• Low socio-economic groups
• Leitch
• Research selectivity
• Quality assurance and standards
• PMI initiatives
• Block grant
• Selective initiatives
• Regulated tuition fees
• Unregulated tuition fees
• Research grants
• KT income generation
Funding
Student Body
• Male/Female
• Ethnicity
• Disability
• Locality
• Age
• Qualification base
• International mix
• Litigious
Internationalisation• Direct recruitment
• 1 + 3 / 2 + 2 / x + y
• Exchange
• Franchise
• Transnational education
• Campuses abroad
Public Perception
• Access
• Jobs
• Types of degrees
• Standards
• Low contact hours
Tensions
• Gold standard / Access / Vocational
• Fair Access / Leitch
• Prescription / Autonomy
• Global / Immigration rules
• esystem / expectation
Future
• Reduced reliance on public purse
• Higher fees
• High level of service expectation
Student Life Cycle
Better preparation
Fair admissions
First steps in HE
Flexible progression
Student success
Individual Life Cycle
• Applicant
• Transition
• Progression and support
• Moving on
Key Issues
• Data Integrity
• Customer relations
• Process of continuous enhancement
• Student support
Student Support
• Avoid “blue flashing light / A & E approach”
• Preventative care as opposed to treating the condition.
Inform Policy• Attainment of students from minority ethnic groups• Student retention policy• English language qualifications• Differential views on non specific A Levels• PGR supervision practice• 10% paper reduction per annum• Part time student
Challenges
• Analysis of the data
• Custodians of the rule book
• Human side of the organisation
• Be at the table assisting the decision