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The University of Northampton
Presentation to SNDC
Dr Frank Burdett
Pro Vice Chancellor
Research & Business Development
Lee Jones
Acting 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
3625
(68%)
(32%)
are full time
are part time
9599
1489
(84%)
(13%)
are Undergraduate
are Postgraduate
7226
4262
(63%)
(37%)
are female
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
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Materials Science
Urban Affairs
Special Needs
China and Transitional
Economies
• Practice-led Arts
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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 Partnership
GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms, Towcester
• PhDs
Woodlands around Towcester
Purston Manor Estate
• Environmental
Honda Racing –training
Arnold Thomson Solicitors – audit and training
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Working with Companies
Business Link Start-Up Service
Northamptonshire South Northants
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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:
Total Participation per 1000 Working Age
Population, 2006/07 (Index: UK=100%)
Significant deficit
3,327 to match England
average
Total Participation per Thousand Working Age
Population (Index: UK=100%)
140%
120%
100%
3,285 more places by
2021 for MKSM
further growth to reach
Leitch review
= c. 7,000 places
80%
60%
40%
117%
101%
99%
Milton Keynes
Core Area
85%
20%
0%
Northamptonshire Buckinghamshire
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:
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Charities & Fundraising
Criminology, Law & Psychology
Health & Social Welfare
Media, Arts & Performance
On-Campus Opportunities
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Children & Young People
Environmental and Conservation
Marketing, Admin’ & ICT
One-Off Events
Sports & Activities
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Schools and College Liaison
Visits to Schools
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Talks to years 12 and 13
Student activities
Parent talks
HE Days
Careers Events
On-campus Activities
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‘Be’ Events
Business Day
Northamptonshire, Milton Keynes and Buckinghamshire Higher Education Conference
Other Projects and Activities
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14-19 Engineering Day
Pathfinder Project
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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
04/05
Est.
attending
2007
HE
604
1.10%
1.50% 1,131
55,000
79,000
1.10%
1.40%
83,954
87,858
200,084
997
1.30%
1.40% 1,202
1.50% 2,903
85,000
90,000
203,000
1.20%
1.30%
1.40%
1.40% 1,318
88,764
1.50% 1,283
90,000
1.40%
965
24
75,483
1.30%
916
13
76,000
1.20%
1.30% 9,292
669,102
1.40% 9,036
678,300
1.30%
Est.
attending
2005
HE
05/06
Est.
attending
2006
HE
Est.
attending
2004
HE
526
1,173
53,197
75,409
1.00%
1.60%
520
1,043
53,549
75,914
593
1.00%
1.40% 1,199
54,771
78,188
1,126
1,169
34UE Kettering
34UF Northampton 2,797
80,693
85,272
194,789
1.40%
1.40%
1.40%
1,000
1,106
2,749
81,548
85,973
194,973
1.20% 1,081
1.30% 1,197
1.40% 2,939
1,217
84,111
1.40%
1,215
86,006
930
70
73,260
1.30%
857
27
73,861
1.20%
Northamptonshire 8,937
646,731
1.40%
8,490
651,824
03/04
34UB Corby
34UC Daventry
34UD East
Northamptonshire
34UG South
Northamptonshire
34UH
Wellingborough
Unknown/Borders
TOTAL
9,008
8,517
9,316
06/07
9,049
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2005/06
05/06 %
2006/07
06/07 %
All Years
All Years
%
215
134
67
45
37
29
14
24
25
23
20
27
19
21
15
10
10
14
11
4
8
10
12
9
10
402
1,215
18%
11%
6%
4%
3%
2%
1%
2%
2%
2%
2%
2%
2%
2%
1%
1%
1%
1%
1%
0%
1%
1%
1%
1%
1%
33%
100%
231
159
95
61
31
23
24
21
18
19
16
19
12
10
17
21
17
16
15
17
18
10
16
7
12
413
1,318
18%
12%
7%
5%
2%
2%
2%
2%
1%
1%
1%
1%
1%
1%
1%
2%
1%
1%
1%
1%
1%
1%
1%
1%
1%
31%
100%
203
206
90
21
19
21
30
30
24
17
21
13
25
16
12
15
13
17
7
20
6
16
11
11
13
406
1,283
16%
16%
7%
2%
1%
2%
2%
2%
2%
1%
2%
1%
2%
1%
1%
1%
1%
1%
1%
2%
0%
1%
1%
1%
1%
32%
100%
884
642
341
166
118
98
98
90
89
86
80
76
69
60
60
58
54
49
49
48
46
44
44
42
41
1,601
5,033
18%
13%
7%
3%
2%
2%
2%
2%
2%
2%
2%
2%
1%
1%
1%
1%
1%
1%
1%
1%
1%
1%
1%
1%
1%
32%
100%
03/04 06/07
04/05 %
19%
12%
7%
3%
3%
2%
2%
1%
2%
2%
2%
1%
1%
1%
1%
1%
1%
0%
1%
1%
1%
1%
0%
1%
0%
31%
100%
% change
2004/05
The University of Northampton
235
The Open University
143
Oxford Brookes University
89
De Montfort University
39
The University of Oxford
31
The Nottingham Trent University
25
The University of Leicester
30
The University of Birmingham
15
Coventry University
22
University of Bedfordshire
27
Loughborough University
23
The University of Warwick
17
The University of Nottingham
13
Sheffield Hallam University
13
The University of Sheffield
16
Bournemouth University
12
Birmingham City University
14
University of the Arts, London
2
The University of Leeds
16
University of the West of England, Bristol
7
University of Gloucestershire
14
The University of East Anglia
8
The University of Southampton
5
The University of Keele
15
The University of Reading
6
Institutions with less than 40 students
380
TOTALS
1,217
03/04 %
Institution
2003/04
HEI Choices of South Northamptonshire HE Students
2003/04 – 2006/07
-14%
44%
1%
-46%
-39%
-16%
0%
100%
9%
-37%
-9%
-24%
92%
23%
-25%
25%
-7%
750%
-56%
186%
-57%
100%
120%
-27%
117%
7%
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
Oxford Brookes University
1 South Northamptonshire
2 South Northamptonshire
3 South Northamptonshire
4 South Northamptonshire
5 South Northamptonshire
6 Daventry
7 Northampton
8 Northampton
9 South Northamptonshire
10 South Northamptonshire
Ward
34UGHZ Brackley West
34UGHX Brackley East
34UGJM Middleton Cheney
34UGJC Danvers and Wardoun
34UGHY Brackley South
34UCHC Woodford
34UFGD East Hunsbury
34UFGX Weston
34UGHU Blakesley and Cote
34UGJR Steane
2003/04 2004/05 2005/06 2006/07 All
10
11
10
10
5
7
3
4
4
3
10
5
8
3
5
7
4
4
4
7
15
17
6
8
6
5
8
4
2
5
12
7
7
8
7
2
2
5
7
2
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47
40
31
29
23
21
17
17
17
17
Mode/Level of Study by Local Authority District/Borough
% values are percentage of all students in study (35,890)
Full-time
Local Authority District
First Degree
FE Other UG PG
Corby
931
14
209
92
Corby %
3%
0%
1% 0%
Daventry
1916
21
217 314
Daventry %
5%
0%
1% 1%
East Northamptonshire
1793
38
233 242
East Northamptonshire %
5%
0%
1% 1%
Kettering
1770
55
348 293
Kettering %
5%
0%
1% 1%
Northampton
4399
16
869 713
Northampton %
12%
0%
2% 2%
South Northamptonshire
2,093
37
247 342
South Northamptonshire %
6%
0%
1% 1%
Wellingborough
1,453
8
284 212
Wellingborough %
4%
0%
1% 1%
Unknown/Borders
32
0
12
10
Unknown/Borders %
0%
0%
0% 0%
TOTALS
14,387 189
2,419 2,218
TOTALS %
40%
1%
7% 6%
Part-time
Other Totals
First Degree FE Other UG PG
188
34
482 164
129 2,243
1%
0%
1% 0%
0%
6%
285
84
1,033 459
217 4,546
1%
0%
3% 1%
1% 13%
294
82
972 382
168 4,204
1%
0%
3% 1%
0% 12%
368
62
1,102 470
206 4,674
1%
0%
3% 1%
1% 13%
908
98
2,854 1,129
402 11,388
3%
0%
8% 3%
1% 32%
326
57
1,163 494
274 5,033
1%
0%
3% 1%
1% 14%
301
37
911 321
141 3,668
1%
0%
3% 1%
0% 10%
10
1
52
16
1
134
0%
0%
0% 0%
0%
0%
2,680 455
8,569 3,435 1,538 35,890
7%
1%
24% 10%
4% 100%
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Northamptonshire Part Time Post Graduate Market
11UB Aylesbury Vale
31UD Harborough
34UB Corby
34UC Daventry
34UD East Northamptonshire
34UE Kettering
34UF Northampton
34UG South Northamptonshire
34UH Wellingborough
Unknown
TOTAL
2003
/04
2003
/04 %
2004
/05
2004/
05 %
2005
/06
2005/
06 %
2006
/07
2006/
07 %
All
Years
% of all
PT PG
students
(3435)
0
1
46
121
89
135
275
117
93
7
884
0.0%
0.1%
5.2%
13.7%
10.1%
15.3%
31.1%
13.2%
10.5%
0.8%
100%
0
0
39
86
96
105
285
105
63
6
785
0.0%
0.0%
5.0%
11.0%
12.2%
13.4%
36.3%
13.4%
8.0%
0.8%
100%
0
0
44
110
97
105
292
137
84
1
870
0.0%
0.0%
5.1%
12.6%
11.1%
12.1%
33.6%
15.7%
9.7%
0.1%
100%
0
0
35
142
100
125
277
135
81
1
896
0.0%
0.0%
3.9%
15.8%
11.2%
14.0%
30.9%
15.1%
9.0%
0.1%
100%
0
1
164
459
382
470
1129
494
321
15
3435
0.0%
0.0%
4.8%
13.4%
11.1%
13.7%
32.9%
14.4%
9.3%
0.4%
100%
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Aimhigher Northamptonshire Aims to:
• Raise aspirations and motivation among young people from underrepresented 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 HE
through vocational courses
• Offer information, advice and guidance to potential students, their
teachers and families
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Year
7
Year
8
Year
9
Passport day
Leadership
award
Launch event
H.E quiz
Family Day
Year
10
Year
11
Year 12
F.E 1
Year 13
F.E 2
M.Y.P
HEI taster
Choice of
HEI
Vocational Pathways/
progression routes
Motivational
theatre
P.Y.C.R
Transition
workshops
-UCAS
-Personal
Statement
- Interviews
M.O.U
Revision
workshop
Motivational
Theatre
-ZIP
Behind the
Scenes
Parent’s evening/
GCSE options
Summer
schools
-B.B.B
-Aspire
S.A
mentoring
Feed the
Brain
Get on the
Right Track
Summer
schools
-Aspire
M.O.U
Results day
support
Aimhigher
Roadshow
Mentoring
Induction
days
Results day
support
Revision
workshop
Careers IAG
Feed the
Brain
Parents
workshop
Specific F.E
work
Careers IAG
Taster Day
Transition
workshops
-UCAS
-Personal
Statement
-Interviews
-C.V
Transition
workshop
Master class
WBL
Choice of
H.E.I
Awareness raising
motivational work
UCAS
application
-Finance
-Budgeting
-PYCR
-HEI visit or
study at next level
-Study Skills
-Budgeting
support
Careers/
IAG
Specific F.E
work
-Benefits of H.E
Support workshops:
-Personal Statements
-UCAS application
-Finance
Interview skills
-C.V
-Apprenticeships
-Pathways
I.A.G
Interviews
Aimhigher
Northamptonshire
Strategic plan 2008-2011
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Volume of Activities – South Northants
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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:
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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)
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