Introduction to Higher Education

Introduction to Higher Education

Did you know?

If you were paid £1 for every higher education courseavailable in the UK you would earn over £50,000

Graduates earn substantially more over their lifetimethan non graduates, on average comfortably Over £100,000 or more.

Over the next decade 80% of jobs will be for careers that typically recruit graduates

Why students choose to go to University?

• To gain a qualification

• Careers or professional opportunities

• To increase earning potential and raise career ‘ceiling’

• Personal development

• To meet new people

Learn or develop new skills

Time management, organisation, communication skills, interpersonal skills, networking, negotiation, independent learning, budgeting, analytical skills, report writing, team

work, meeting deadlines, tact & diplomacy, problem solving, adaptability, leadership, research skills, cross-

cultural understanding, …

+ personal growth and development

SkillsEnhanced skills through HE investment:

• recession proof your career• employed vs ‘employable’• opens doors sometimes not available to those without a degree• keep up with the jobs market (many people in the market today

have degrees so don’t get left out)• Requirement for some careers

A successful university

• First and only modern university to be crowned UK University of the Year (Times Higher Education)

• Top new university in England for student experience (Times Higher Education survey 2011/12)

• Teesside has risen 19 places in the league tables from last year (Guardian 2012)

• Accessible and supportive lecturers – teaching focus (QAA) underpinned by research, industry links, practising professionals (NTF)

• In the World’s top 4 for international student satisfaction (international student i-barometer)

An expanding university

• £200m invested in estate with award-winning campuses at Middlesbrough & Darlington…with more to come.

• Superb facilities (academic and extra-curricular)

• Key partnerships with employers and with Further Education

• A social enterprise at the heart of the community

Academic Schools

• School of Arts & Media

• School of Computing

• School of Health & Social Care

• School of Social Science & Law

• School of Science & Engineering

• Teesside University Business School

Employability• BBC Director General called us: “one of the fastest moving, most exciting universities”

• Entrepreneurship – start up businesses/ business incubation units

• EXPOTEES /Creative Arts Week – end of year exhibitions often leading to final year students being offered jobs before they even graduate

• Providing graduates with real world skills through industry links

• Award-winning Careers Service, Library and Students’ Union

Dreamworks

Sega

James Bond

Batman

PixarProctor & Gamble

Glaxo Smith Kline

IBM

Aston Martin

Sports clubs

Airsoft – American Football – Athletics – Badminton – Basketball (mens) – Basketball (women's) – Capoeira – Cheerleading – Climbing – Cricket – Football (mens) – Football (womens) – Freestyle Dance – Futsal – Gaelic Football (mens) – Gaelic Football (women's) – Hapkido – Hockey (mens) – Hockey

(womens) – Horse-riding – Iaido – Jeet Kune Do – Ju Jitsu – Karate – Kayak – Kickboxing – Kung Fu – Netball – Pool – Rowing – Ruby (women's) – Rugby League – Rugby Union – Skydiving –

Snow Sports – Surfing – Swimming & Waterpolo – Table Tennis – Tai Chi – Teesside Extreme – Tennis – Trampolining

Our Students love us

• UK’s top modern university for Student Experience (THE 2012)

• 84% of our students are happy with the teaching on their course - history gave us a 100% score.

• Our courses and lectures are ranked as the best in the North East and in the country’s top ten, according to the Whatuni Student Choice Awards 2011.

We inspire, you succeed

• Seaside and country side on your doorstep

• Annual multi-cultural Middlesbrough MELA

• Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art (MIMA)

• Temenos (see picture – left)

• Local economy

• Seaside and country side on your doorstep

• Annual multi-cultural Middlesbrough MELA

• Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art (MIMA)

• Temenos (see picture – left)

• Local economy

A great place to live

Photo by Steve Grey – visitmiddlesbrough.com