Date

24th November 2014

SGH Martineau: Cliché or competitive edge

Reflecting on the increased competition for students resulting from the liberalisation of student number controls, the conference will consider what drives student choice in selecting institutions and what challenges institutions face in meeting these expectations.

The conference aims to try and get a sense of the things that students want from a university, look at what universities think that students want as well as to come up with a sense of what a world class student experience might look like.

Speakers include Nick Hilman (HEPI) who will be speaking about HEPI’s academic experience survey and their work around what the relaxation of student number controls might mean for the sector.

Dr Ghazwa Alwani-Starr (University of Roehampton) who will discuss The quality of the University Estate. Billions of pounds are being spent by universities on their estates in the expectation that it will drive easier and stronger student recruitment.

Nick Petford (University of Northampton) who will be asking what is the difference between universities and airlines. Petford may also be looking a entrepreneurship and employability.

Cillian Ryan (De Montfort University) who will be looking at how you can make the education on offer distinctive and some of the ways he has been involved in trying to create a distinctive educational experience for students.

Ken Sloan (University of Warwick) who will be talking about internationalisation and the importance of being able to deliver a truly global experience to students.

The program for the day is as follows. Find SGH Martineau’s latest podcast here where Smita Jamdar (Head of Education, SGH Martineau) looks at some of the issues the conference will be considering.

Programme

10am Coffee & Registration
10.15am Welcome
Smita Jamdar, Partner and Head of Education, SGH Martineau
10.20am Setting the scene
Nick Hillman, Director, Higher Education Policy Institute (HEPI)
10.55am Responsive teaching and learning
Ian Dunn, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Student Experience), Coventry University
11.30am The quality of the University Estate
Dr Ghazwa Alwani-Starr, Director of Estates and Campus Services, University of Roehampton
12.05pm Lunch
1.05pm Universities and Airlines, not so different?
Nick Petford, Vice Chancellor, University of Northampton
1.40pm Institutional reputation
Phil Baty, Editor at Large, Times Higher Education
2.15pm Break
2.25pm What is a USP anyway? Making education distinctive.
Cillian Ryan, Pro-Vice Chancellor and Dean for Faculty of Business and Law, De Montfort University
3pm An international outlook
Ken Sloan, Registrar and Chief Operating Officer, University of Warwick
3.35pm Plenary session and closing summaries
Smita Jamdar
3.45pm Finish

 

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