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Sue Holmes AACRAO 2005
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Creating the learning environment for universities in the 21st Century
Too often we are providing today’s
teaching environment tomorrow- what we should be providing is tomorrow’s teaching environment today.
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Session overview UK issues
2m students, £14bn 180 HEI's fees and funding participation rates competition growth areas/ initiatives/ attitude changes in teaching learning and
assessment
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Government agenda‘
Money from fees will help, it is by no means enough. Universities require some £800bn a year if standards are to be maintained. The extra revenue from the new system will only add up to £1.3bn. The £3000 cap on fees must be raised.
Only when universities are permitted to charge something approximate to the true worth of particular course will there be real competition.’
The Independent 17 March 2005 Editorial
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Statements from Gordon Brown, Chancellor of the Exchequer, March Budget 2005
‘Offer funding incentives for universitiesopening their research facilities to business; £300m to drive forward local business ledregeneration…. By 2006 every school pupil has enterpriseeducation Britain must become the best educated, best
trained, best skilled country in the world’
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Concerns about cost space is still the largest cost after
salaries more business like approach to
education devolved budgets margin not turnover
linking courses to cost and marketing more fickle market
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Why do we need to change? diversity of students widening participation areas which are difficult to recruit to meeting increasing student
expectations - the discerning student dynamic market increasing competition
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Planning and management
funding body concern over utilisation cost of fitness for purpose the speed of revalidation cutting edge courses changing subject study at school streamlining decision making service orientation
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Higher Education - Environment
‘If we forget the 800 years of university tradition that legitimises them, and imagine starting afresh with the problem of how to get a large percentage of the population to understand difficult and complex issues, I doubt that lectures would immediately spring to mind as the obvious solution’
Laurillard 1993
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Case study in engineering different type of experience required training managers in engineering – not
hands on staff significant technology change old style less appealing to students more hybrid courses response to placements and
industrialists
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Case study in engineering
review use of existing specialist spaces
acknowledge low use- examine and discuss issues
creating more flexible spaces management of technology needs to appeal to potential students-
are we the best judge of that?
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Case study in Science decrease in Chemistry and Physics increase in bio related courses accommodating flexible numbers nature of works in lab fits with flexibly
managed space improved support- more cost effective think about use of expensive
equipment appeal of new spaces
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The 21C learning environment Flexible- meeting ever changing needs Virtual – space and time less standardised Campus as a social space – group dynamics Quality The people interface- more 1:1 support Different Watching the unforgettable- surroundings
are unimportant
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Improving the working and learning environment
funding bodies want transformational change and embedding
prospective employers want rounded applicants
total educational environment social learning space residential options with support
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Working the estate
quality of environment busy feels more exciting less space at higher quality SHU has put revenue back into SSR understanding utilisation means
you can review use and examine need
40% UK students work- learning in small chunks
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Charging for space
costs relates to income and occupancy more understanding of elements which
do not earn income improves business planning for new
initiatives government initiatives on costing and
pricing reasonable business approach
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different drivers- public and other funds
contract education in health and education areas in UK
% holdback on quality career change- different learners graduates earn more but is the
debt worth it?
Resourcing and cost effectiveness
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The responsible manager delivering the total educational environment
flexible or easily adaptable fit for purpose functionally suitable economic to run green environments to engender change and
challenge
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The same but different
we all market out difference global markets culture and ethics ability to predict/ underestimate
change – in learning and work memorable experiences longer working life
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The 21C learning environment Sitting at Plato’s feet People of the screen v people of the book Distinguish information from knowledge Cutting edge technology- robots and
databases The dialogue with the grey men Choice Inspirational and exciting environments Star Trek – the next generation Baroness Susan Greenfield
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According to a valentine’s day article
One of the most romantic places in Britain
St Pancras Station, Londons.m.holmes@shu.ac.uk
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