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The University of Northampton
Presentation to SNDC
Dr Frank Burdett Pro Vice Chancellor
Research & Business Development
Lee JonesActing Director
Office Education Partnerships & Lifelong Learning
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The University as a Business
• 2008/09 Turnover: £76 million
• 2005 Turnover: £52 million
• Staff numbers: 1,200 (average fte)
• Capital investment 2004-09: £35 million
• Projected capital investment 2009-14: £60 million
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The University of Northampton 2008/09
Total number of students = 11488 of which:
7863 (68%) are full time3625 (32%) are part time
9599 (84%) are Undergraduate1489 (13%) are Postgraduate
7226 (63%) are female4262 (37%) are male
1037 (10%) are from the EU/Overseas
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Research and Knowledge Transfer
• Over 500 academic and technical staff
• Expertise Directory lists over 700 subject areas
• On-line at www.northampton.ac.uk
• From “Actor Training” to “Wastes Management”
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Approved Research Centres
• Materials Science• Urban Affairs• Special Needs• China and Transitional
Economies• Practice-led Arts
• Enterprise• Wastes Management• Health and Wellbeing• Children and Youth• Contemporary Literature
Research income grown from £800K to £2.4m in 3 years
Consultancy grown to £3.8m
RAE results: 5 disciplines “Internationally excellent” 4 disciplines “world leading”
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Working in South Northamptonshire
• Engineering PartnershipGE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms, Towcester
• PhDsWoodlands around TowcesterPurston Manor Estate
• Environmental Honda Racing –trainingArnold Thomson Solicitors – audit and training
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Working with Companies
Business Link Start-Up Service
Northamptonshire South Northants
• Supported 375 (19) new business start ups• employing 542 people• advice for 554 (26) would-be entrepreneurs • mentors for 181 (8) new businesses
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Press Coverage
• Press releases sent to local media including South Northants area on subjects including: Radon gas testing Further study can beat lack of jobs Damon Hill receiving honorary award Four figure increase puts University past 11,000
students Politics students undertaking internship at House of
Commons University scores well for satisfied students
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Current Major Projects
• iHub
• UN/ WNDC /DDC /NCC /emda
• £10m
• Sustainable construction
• 55 incubator units
• Events/exhibitions
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Technology Realm
• (NEL / emda / ERDF)
• £15m development
• Bringing business on campus
• 3D immersive visualisation facilities
• British Institute NDT
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Portfolio Innovation Centre
• WNDC/ NEL/ UN
• £5 million
• 45 companies
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University Centre Silverstone
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University Centre Silverstone
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Specialisms
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HE Participation analysis:
Significant deficit
3,327 to match England average
3,285 more places by 2021 for MKSM
further growth to reach Leitch review
= c. 7,000 places
Source: HESA 2006/07 Student Record (© Copyright HESA); ONS; adapted by DTZ
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Relative Participation by Level
Post-graduate& undergraduate
Source: HESA 2006/07 Student Record (© Copyright HESA); ONS; adapted by DTZ
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The Academic Structure
• Applied–vocational orientation
• Work with regional and community strategies
• Key areas of national and international excellence
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Northampton Business School
Work with Chenderit School:
• 5 students took an enterprise module
• Support of 6th Form Enterprise Week June 2008
• Planning towards activity for June 2009
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School of The Arts
Development of FdA in Media Performance
• Drawing on staff expertise at Milton Keynes College
• Progression route to BA
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MKNAP Group
• MKNAP formed in Milton Keynes in November 2006
• Exchange ideas and practices, discuss challenges and activities
• Psychology revision days and NAPPER
• Stantonbury Theatre used for presentations by internationally recognised psychologists
• Introduction to Parapsychology sessions
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Pyjama Learning
• E-Learning for Learners
• 8 week trial of Wimba Classroom for Adult and Community Learning
• Investigating technology to enable virtual classrooms
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Community Volunteers
• Connections to Volunteering Centre in Towcester• Plans to extend work with partners in south of county• Range of activities include:
• Charities & Fundraising• Criminology, Law & Psychology• Health & Social Welfare• Media, Arts & Performance• On-Campus Opportunities
• Children & Young People• Environmental and Conservation• Marketing, Admin’ & ICT• One-Off Events• Sports & Activities
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Visits to Schools
• Talks to years 12 and 13• Student activities• Parent talks• HE Days• Careers Events
On-campus Activities
• ‘Be’ Events• Business Day• Northamptonshire, Milton Keynes and Buckinghamshire Higher Education Conference
Other Projects and Activities
• 14-19 Engineering Day• Pathfinder Project
Schools and College Liaison
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Proportion of Northamptonshire Population Attending HE by Local Authority District/Borough (LAD)
Students Mid Yr % of LAD Students Mid Yr % of LAD Students Mid Yr % of LAD Students Mid Yr % of LAD
03/04 Est. attending 04/05 Est. attending 05/06 Est. attending 06/07 Est. attending
2004 HE 2005 HE 2006 HE 2007 HE
34UB Corby 526 53,197 1.00% 520 53,549 1.00% 593 54,771 1.10% 604 55,000 1.10%
34UC Daventry 1,173 75,409 1.60% 1,043 75,914 1.40% 1,199 78,188 1.50% 1,131 79,000 1.40%34UD East Northamptonshire 1,126 80,693 1.40% 1,000 81,548 1.20% 1,081 83,954 1.30% 997 85,000 1.20%
34UE Kettering 1,169 85,272 1.40% 1,106 85,973 1.30% 1,197 87,858 1.40% 1,202 90,000 1.30%
34UF Northampton 2,797 194,789 1.40% 2,749 194,973 1.40% 2,939 200,084 1.50% 2,903 203,000 1.40%
34UG South Northamptonshire
1,217 84,111 1.40% 1,215 86,006 1.40% 1,318 88,764 1.50% 1,283 90,000 1.40%
34UH Wellingborough 930 73,260 1.30% 857 73,861 1.20% 965 75,483 1.30% 916 76,000 1.20%
Unknown/Borders 70 27 24 13
Northamptonshire 8,937 646,731 1.40% 8,490 651,824 1.30% 9,292 669,102 1.40% 9,036 678,300 1.30%
TOTAL 9,008 8,517 9,316 9,049
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HEI Choices of South Northamptonshire HE Students2003/04 – 2006/07
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The University of Northampton 235 19% 215 18% 231 18% 203 16% 884 18% -14%The Open University 143 12% 134 11% 159 12% 206 16% 642 13% 44%Oxford Brookes University 89 7% 67 6% 95 7% 90 7% 341 7% 1%De Montfort University 39 3% 45 4% 61 5% 21 2% 166 3% -46%The University of Oxford 31 3% 37 3% 31 2% 19 1% 118 2% -39%The Nottingham Trent University 25 2% 29 2% 23 2% 21 2% 98 2% -16%The University of Leicester 30 2% 14 1% 24 2% 30 2% 98 2% 0%The University of Birmingham 15 1% 24 2% 21 2% 30 2% 90 2% 100%Coventry University 22 2% 25 2% 18 1% 24 2% 89 2% 9%University of Bedfordshire 27 2% 23 2% 19 1% 17 1% 86 2% -37%Loughborough University 23 2% 20 2% 16 1% 21 2% 80 2% -9%The University of Warwick 17 1% 27 2% 19 1% 13 1% 76 2% -24%The University of Nottingham 13 1% 19 2% 12 1% 25 2% 69 1% 92%Sheffield Hallam University 13 1% 21 2% 10 1% 16 1% 60 1% 23%The University of Sheffield 16 1% 15 1% 17 1% 12 1% 60 1% -25%Bournemouth University 12 1% 10 1% 21 2% 15 1% 58 1% 25%Birmingham City University 14 1% 10 1% 17 1% 13 1% 54 1% -7%University of the Arts, London 2 0% 14 1% 16 1% 17 1% 49 1% 750%The University of Leeds 16 1% 11 1% 15 1% 7 1% 49 1% -56%University of the West of England, Bristol 7 1% 4 0% 17 1% 20 2% 48 1% 186%University of Gloucestershire 14 1% 8 1% 18 1% 6 0% 46 1% -57%The University of East Anglia 8 1% 10 1% 10 1% 16 1% 44 1% 100%The University of Southampton 5 0% 12 1% 16 1% 11 1% 44 1% 120%The University of Keele 15 1% 9 1% 7 1% 11 1% 42 1% -27%The University of Reading 6 0% 10 1% 12 1% 13 1% 41 1% 117%Institutions with less than 40 students 380 31% 402 33% 413 31% 406 32% 1,601 32% 7%
TOTALS 1,217 100% 1,215 100% 1,318 100% 1,283 100% 5,033 100% 5%
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Top 10 Supplying Wards to Oxford Brookes University
7 of the top 10 supplying wards to Oxford Brookes between 03/04 and 06/07 (any mode/level) were based within South Northamptonshire local authority district.
Institution District/Borough Ward 2003/04 2004/05 2005/06 2006/07 All
Oxford Brookes University 1 South Northamptonshire 34UGHZ Brackley West 10 10 15 12 472 South Northamptonshire 34UGHX Brackley East 11 5 17 7 403 South Northamptonshire 34UGJM Middleton Cheney 10 8 6 7 314 South Northamptonshire 34UGJC Danvers and Wardoun 10 3 8 8 295 South Northamptonshire 34UGHY Brackley South 5 5 6 7 236 Daventry 34UCHC Woodford 7 7 5 2 217 Northampton 34UFGD East Hunsbury 3 4 8 2 178 Northampton 34UFGX Weston 4 4 4 5 179 South Northamptonshire 34UGHU Blakesley and Cote 4 4 2 7 17
10 South Northamptonshire 34UGJR Steane 3 7 5 2 17
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Mode/Level of Study by Local Authority District/Borough% values are percentage of all students in study (35,890)
Other Totals Local Authority District First Degree FE Other UG PG First Degree FE Other UG PG
Corby 931 14 209 92 188 34 482 164 129 2,243Corby % 3% 0% 1% 0% 1% 0% 1% 0% 0% 6%
Daventry 1916 21 217 314 285 84 1,033 459 217 4,546Daventry % 5% 0% 1% 1% 1% 0% 3% 1% 1% 13%
East Northamptonshire 1793 38 233 242 294 82 972 382 168 4,204East Northamptonshire % 5% 0% 1% 1% 1% 0% 3% 1% 0% 12%
Kettering 1770 55 348 293 368 62 1,102 470 206 4,674Kettering % 5% 0% 1% 1% 1% 0% 3% 1% 1% 13%
Northampton 4399 16 869 713 908 98 2,854 1,129 402 11,388Northampton % 12% 0% 2% 2% 3% 0% 8% 3% 1% 32%
South Northamptonshire 2,093 37 247 342 326 57 1,163 494 274 5,033South Northamptonshire % 6% 0% 1% 1% 1% 0% 3% 1% 1% 14%
Wellingborough 1,453 8 284 212 301 37 911 321 141 3,668Wellingborough % 4% 0% 1% 1% 1% 0% 3% 1% 0% 10%
Unknown/Borders 32 0 12 10 10 1 52 16 1 134Unknown/Borders % 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%
TOTALS 14,387 189 2,419 2,218 2,680 455 8,569 3,435 1,538 35,890TOTALS % 40% 1% 7% 6% 7% 1% 24% 10% 4% 100%
Full-time Part-time
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Northamptonshire Part Time Post Graduate Market
2003 /04
2003 /04 %
2004 /05
2004/05 %
2005 /06
2005/06 %
2006 /07
2006/07 %
All Years
% of all PT PG
students (3435)
11UB Aylesbury Vale 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%31UD Harborough 1 0.1% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 1 0.0%34UB Corby 46 5.2% 39 5.0% 44 5.1% 35 3.9% 164 4.8%34UC Daventry 121 13.7% 86 11.0% 110 12.6% 142 15.8% 459 13.4%34UD East Northamptonshire 89 10.1% 96 12.2% 97 11.1% 100 11.2% 382 11.1%34UE Kettering 135 15.3% 105 13.4% 105 12.1% 125 14.0% 470 13.7%34UF Northampton 275 31.1% 285 36.3% 292 33.6% 277 30.9% 1129 32.9%34UG South Northamptonshire 117 13.2% 105 13.4% 137 15.7% 135 15.1% 494 14.4%34UH Wellingborough 93 10.5% 63 8.0% 84 9.7% 81 9.0% 321 9.3%Unknown 7 0.8% 6 0.8% 1 0.1% 1 0.1% 15 0.4%
TOTAL 884 100% 785 100% 870 100% 896 100% 3435 100%
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Aimhigher Northamptonshire Aims to:
• Raise aspirations and motivation among young people from under-represented groups to enter HE
• Raise attainment of potential students from under-represented groups so that they gain the academic or vocational qualifications that will enable them to enter HE
• Strengthen progression routes into HEthrough vocational courses
• Offer information, advice and guidance to potential students, their teachers and families
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Aimhigher Northamptonshire
Strategic plan 2008-2011
Year10
Year11
Year 12F.E 1
Year9
Year8
Year7
Year 13F.E 2 WBL
M.Y.P
M.O.U
Launch event
Family Day
Passport day
M.O.U
Summer schools-Aspire
Summer schools-B.B.B-Aspire
S.A mentoring
Get on the Right Track
Motivational Theatre
-ZIP
Revision workshopFeed the
Brain
P.Y.C.R
Transition workshops
-UCAS-Personal Statement- Interviews
Transition workshops
-UCAS-Personal Statement-Interviews
-C.V
I.A.G Interviews
Motivationaltheatre
Leadership award
H.E quiz
Revision workshop
Behind the Scenes
Parent’s evening/ GCSE options
Vocational Pathways/progression routes
Careers IAG
HEI taster
Results day support
Induction days
Results day support
Choice ofHEI
Parents workshop
Careers IAG Feed the Brain
UCAS application
-Finance-Budgeting
-PYCR
-Budgeting support
Careers/IAG
Choice of H.E.I
-HEI visit or study at next level
-Study Skills
-Benefits of H.E
Support workshops:-Personal Statements
-UCAS application-Finance
Interview skills-C.V
-Apprenticeships-Pathways
Aimhigher Roadshow
Mentoring
Transition workshop
Master class
Specific F.E work
Specific F.Ework
Awareness raising motivational work
Taster Day
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Volume of Activities – South Northants
• 486 students will benefit from a number of awareness raising activities both in HEIs and in school.
• 812 students will be involved in a number of activities that included motivational theatre, revision workshops and techniques
• Over 100 students attended a range of progression activities e.g. Moving on Up 2009
• Over 200 parents have attended presentations at information evenings • 150 students from 5 schools will be involved in information/support
workshops relating to applications to HE
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Partnerships:• All county secondary schools• Three FE Colleges• NCC 14/19 Area Mangers• The University of Northampton• Northamptonshire Learning and Skills Council (LSC)• Northamptonshire County Council Children and Young Peoples Service (CYPS) and
School Improvement service (SIPS)• Connexions Northamptonshire• Northamptonshire Training and Development Partnership (NTDP)• North Northamptonshire Development Corporation (NNDC)• Education Business Link Organisation (EBLO)• The University of the First Age (UFA)