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Northumbria University

Northumbria University . Northumbria, the Browne Review and 2012 fees: Where do we go next?. Jackie Njoroge (Head of Analysis & Planning, Finance) Chris Watts (Director, Student Services). External environment. Browne Review. Terms of reference

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Northumbria University

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  1. Northumbria University

  2. Northumbria, the Browne Review and 2012 fees: Where do we go next? Jackie Njoroge (Head of Analysis & Planning, Finance) Chris Watts (Director, Student Services)

  3. External environment

  4. Browne Review Terms of reference “The Review will analyse the challenges and opportunities facing higher education and their implications for student financing and support. It will examine the balance of contributions to higher education funding by taxpayers, students, graduates and employers. Its primary task is to make recommendations to Government on the future of fees policy and financial support for full and part-time undergraduate and postgraduate students.”

  5. Browne outcomes Browne proposed: Unlimited fees A levy to Government on charges over £6k

  6. Government reaction to Browne

  7. Graduate contributions Government opted for: £6k basic threshold on tuition fees £9k maximum cap, subject to meeting ‘much tougher’ access conditions No student pays up-front Repayments start when earning £21K More progressive interest rates; loans written off after 30 years Increased transparency (Key Information Set) Increased requirements for WP and Access activity

  8. Funding

  9. Funding body grants as a % of Income 2009/10 Northumbria Durham Newcastle

  10. Surplus as a % of income 2009/10 Northumbria Newcastle Durham

  11. Northumbria’s Approach

  12. What must we consider? • Our approach • Competitors • Value for money • Access agreement • Communication

  13. Our approach? • Programme Charging Group: • Extensive research/analysis • Seminars/briefings/workshops: • VCEG • Governors • Staff/student reps

  14. Competitors So what has been announced so far?

  15. Competitors £9000/year: Aston Bath Birmingham Cambridge Central Lancs City (London) Durham Essex Exeter Imperial Kent Lancaster Leeds Leicester Liverpool Liverpool JMU Loughborough Manchester Nottingham Oxford Oxford Brookes Reading Royal Agricultural Coll. Surrey Sussex UC Falmouth UCL Warwick

  16. Competitors Single fee <£9k: Anglia Ruskin £8,000 Bishop Grosseteste College £7,500 Leeds Met £8,500 London South Bank £8,390 Portsmouth £8,500 Southampton Solent £7,800 St Mary’s (Twickenham) £8,000 A range: Coventry £4,600 – £9,000 Derby £6,995 - £7,995 Hertfordshire £7,400 - £8,500 London Met £4,500 - £9,000 University Campus Suffolk £7,500 - £8,000

  17. Value for Money • We must deliver clear value for money: • Transparency; • Excellent delivery – academic & support; • Strong NSS outcomes; • Good (better) academic outcomes; • Simple, clear, consistent communication. • Continue to drive up the quality of the intake – entry tariffs. • Use the above, alongside other factors, to build reputation.

  18. The KIS ‘Most useful’ information for prospective students, extracted from Browne Review: ‘Most useful’ information for prospective students, extracted from Browne Review:

  19. Example: Employability

  20. Access Agreement • Current position: • Access agreement in place - renewable every 5 years; • Allows Northumbria to charge up to £3290/yr; • Monitored annually alongside the WPSA; • Current performance against HESA KPIs is good:

  21. Access Agreement • The Future: • New Access Agreement required – submission by 19 April; • Renewable annually, in full; • Much greater focus on KPIs/outcomes; • Need to develop further our outreach activity and have it embedded across the University; • Effective package of financial support.

  22. Communication • We must ensure that: • our message is understood; • we differentiate from competitors; • we ‘prove’ VFM. • We will instigate: • a major internal & external communications campaign; • wide geographic footprint; • mix of communication channels; • target audiences- potential students; parents; stakeholders; business.

  23. Your feedback • How can/should we define Northumbria? • 2. How should we differentiate Northumbria from the competition? • 3. What are we? What should we seek to be?

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