Forging links with the local community
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Explore the diverse backgrounds and pathways of our undergraduate and postgraduate students, identify priorities for growth and diversification, and consider leveraging the local community for teaching and learning.
Forging links with the local community
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Our students – who are they? • Diversity • Undergrad/postgrad • Full time/part time • Varied pathways (Highers, GCEs, access, HNs)
Our students – who are they? • Scots • Females (57% of 2002 ft ug entry) • Locals • Nurses (27% of 2002 ft ug entry)
Our students – who are they? Full time undergraduates - 2002 Entry
Our students – who are they? Full time undergraduates - 2001 Entry
Proportion of school-leavers from publicly funded schools in Scotland entering full time HE
Proportion of school-leavers from publicly funded schools in Forth Valley entering full time HE
Range of HE transition rates in Forth Valley schools, 2000-01
Range of HE transition rates in Forth Valley schools, 2000-01
Numbers in major Scottish cities aged 15-19 in 2002 and 2012
Numbers in smaller Scottish cities aged 15-19 in 2002 and 2012
Who are our postgrads? • Diverse • Research/taught • Full-time/part-time • Home/overseas • Across all subjects
Who are our postgrads? • Mostly taught • Mostly full time • Mostly Management • Significant numbers of overseas
POSSIBLE PRIORITIES • Full-time undergraduate - securing our local position and developing the overseas intake • Part-time undergraduate - possibilities of growth and diversification • Taught postgraduate - part time consolidation with possibly growth and some diversification, full time growth especially overseas • Research postgraduate - part time consolidation, with possibly growth, full time growth especially overseas
POSSIBLE QUESTIONS • Are all of these desirable, and if so how to achieve them? • How can we build our reputation and attractiveness as a centre for part time ug and pg study? • Does our local community represent a largely untapped resource for teaching and learning? • What is the University’s “footprint” in the locality and how are we seen by others?
POSSIBLE QUESTIONS • Are we, collectively, acting as a good local citizen?