Candidate pack

PROFESSORS OF ACCOUNTING, ECONOMICS AND FINANCEBRISTOL BUSINESS SCHOOL

CONTENTS Welcome 03

Letter from Professor Steve West 04

Our Strategy 2020 05

UWE Bristol in Numbers 06

TEF Gold 07

League Tables 08

UWE Bristol Structure 09

Bristol Business School 10

Faculty of Business and Law - Executive Structure 13

How to Apply 14

Student Success 15

This is your Bristol 17

Creative, forward-thinking and bold, UWE Bristol is an ambitious university at the heart of one of the UK’s most vibrant cities. From our creative industries to robotics, we are recognized for our innovative teaching, our connections to industry, and our influential and high-impact research. With strong global and local connections, we offer an inspiring, diverse work environment where students can develop their skills and experience so they are ready for their future.

WELCOME TO THE UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND, BRISTOL

I am delighted you are considering joining our senior leadership team. This has been a year of great achievement for the University. We opened our impressive new Bristol Business School and Bristol Law School building, established one of only four University Enterprise Zones in the country, and bucked the national trend in student recruitment admissions growth. We saw fantastic results in the annual National Student Survey, with student satisfaction rising for the third consecutive year to 89% - making us top of all the universities in the South West. With the sixth largest student intake of any university within the University Alliance Mission Group, we are proud that our students come from a diverse range of backgrounds. Our graduates go on to have successful careers, making a real impact on the world. This year’s employment statistics maintained a strong performance, with over 95% of our graduates in employment or further study within six months. In the second year of the Teaching Excellence Framework – introduced by the Government to reward excellent learning and teaching in Higher Education – we were delighted to be awarded gold. We owe our success to our dedicated staff and students, and a strong commitment to our Strategy 2020 goals. Well on the way to achieving these goals, we are now looking towards 2030. We want to continue to be bold and innovative, ensuring we differentiate ourselves by focusing on our key strengths – our outstanding learning, our ready and able graduates, our research with impact, and our strategic partnerships. We are in a great position to take UWE Bristol forward with confidence and look forward to welcoming another innovative and strategic leader to our senior team. Yours sincerely,

Professor Steve West CBE, DL Vice-Chancellor, President and Chief Executive Officer

Our Strategy 2020 maps out the journey we are taking as a university to ensure our graduates are well positioned for the future. The outstanding learning experience we provide at UWE Bristol supports the development of innovative, creative and courageous graduates who are passionate about their subjects and curious to learn more. But equipping our students to play their part in a changing, fast-moving global economy requires that we keep developing, keep enhancing and keep investing in what we do.

With this in mind, we have identified the areas that we see as being critical for us to focus on as we grow and develop as a University between now and 2020, in line with the core purpose and values that underpin and guide the way we work.

You can read more about our priorities in the UWE Bristol Strategy 2020 document – as well as some of the key developments already underway, as we have invested significantly in our teaching, people, facilities and working practices in the last few years.

We’ve spent more than £300m on new and improved facilities across our campuses that will enable our students, research and enterprise to flourish. A real highlight has been the opening of the new Bristol Business School and Business Law School, which provides an inspiring business culture experience for our students. Work has also been completed on a new £9m building at Bower Ashton on our City Campus. The new building delivers an integrated learning environment where students work on pioneering projects alongside our industry partners.

In a challenging national climate for universities, including a backdrop of a 2% reduction in the number of students applying to university, UWE Bristol has actually seen an overall increase in our number of applications. We were awarded Gold in the Teaching Excellence Framework 2018 and we are proud to be one of only five universities in the South West to hold this status.

We’re extremely proud of what we’ve achieved and optimistic about where we are headed.

OUR STRATEGY 2020

UWE BRISTOL IN NUMBERS

£300minvestment on new and improved facilities across our campuses.

4,000staff help power our University forward.

1,000national and international employers and professional bodies help ensure our courses are current and relevant.

88%an excellent score in the National Student Survey means we are the top university in the South West for student satisfaction.

£23mbuild of our Wallscourt Park accommodation recently completed with a further 561 rooms in four, five and six storey buildings.

30,000students study at UWE Bristol.

78.1%of graduates in professional or managerial roles, compared to the national average of 71%.

+95%of graduates in work or further study six months after graduating.

250,000alumni continue to support and engage with us.

+6,000positions advertised for UWE Bristol students and graduates by over 2,000 organisations looking for talent to fill placements, jobs or internships.

TEF GOLD UWE Bristol has recently been awarded Gold in the Teaching Excellence Framework 2018. This framework, which measures the performance of all UK universities and higher education providers, is based on a wide range of factors including graduate employability, National Student Survey (NSS) results and learning environment.

Gold-standard institutions provide outstanding teaching and highest quality outcomes in the sector and we are proud to be one of only five universities in the South West to hold this status.

UWE Bristol received recognition for:

• Outstanding performance with regard to sustained employment and graduate earnings

• Students from all backgrounds achieving consistently outstanding outcomes

• Student satisfaction with academic support, and the rate of progression to highly skilled employment or further study

• Outstanding learning resources with extensive facilities for lecture capture

• Successful approaches to personalised learning, with effective support arrangements for specific student groups.

LEAGUE TABLESThis year UWE Bristol rose 15 places to 37th the Guardian University league table - our highest ever position and our third consecutive rise. We were also ranked highly in the Complete University Guide and The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guides. We have also performed well in the National Student Survey (NSS), breaking into the top 30 in the 2019 guide. Three subject areas, Education, Film Production & Photography and Philosophy were ranked in the top five nationally while Architecture earned a place in the top 10. We were also ranked 12th in the country for our value-added score, which compares students’ degree results with their entry qualifications to show how effectively they have been taught. This outstanding performance reflects our continuing focus on the quality of our teaching, student satisfaction and employability post graduation as well as our ambition for continued growth and success.

UWE BRISTOL STRUCTURE

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Pro Vice-Chancellors and Executive Deans

Directors of Professional Services

Vice-Chancellor

Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Provost

Pro Vice-Chancellor Student Experience

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Pro Vice-Chancellor and Executive Dean Faculty of Business

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Director Strategic Communications

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Pro Vice-Chancellor and Executive Dean

Faculty of Arts, Creative Industries

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Director Future Students

Pro Vice-Chancellor and Executive Dean

Faculty of Environment and Technology

Director Student and Academic

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Pro Vice-Chancellor and Executive Dean Faculty of Health

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Director Student Success

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Pro Vice-Chancellor Research and Business

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Director Strategic Programmes

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Director HR and Organisational

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Director Finance

Pro Vice-Chancellor Commercial Director and Corporation Secretary

Chief Information Officer and Director

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Director Estates and Facilities

BRISTOL BUSINESS SCHOOL This is an exciting time for Bristol Business School. In April 2017 we moved into our new £55 million home, which has enhanced our ability to deliver an innovative and exciting practice led curriculum and strengthened our stakeholder engagement activity regionally, nationally and internationally. Bristol Business School sits alongside Bristol Law School within the Faculty of Business and Law. Our vision is to be internationally renowned for enterprising and practice-led teaching and research that benefit our students and society.

A key part of our strategy is to develop research that shapes the future of organisations. We are therefore looking to appoint outstanding academics to lead research in Accounting, Economics and Finance.

The Department of Accounting, Economics and Finance

We have a vibrant and dynamic team which has expanded substantially in recent years and continues to grow. We have a strong presence in the region with a reputation for excellence in practice-led and research-informed teaching. We work with public and private sector partners such as financial organisations, local and central government departments, charities and SMEs. We also have strong links with practitioners, professional bodies and external organisations such as ICAEW, ACCA, CIMA and the Government Economic Service. Our partners contribute to our Advisory Board which provides input into our strategy, external engagement, and curriculum development.

Research in Accounting, Economics and Finance

Research is structured around the Bristol Centre for Economics and Finance (https://www1.uwe.ac.uk/bl/research/bcef.aspx). BCEF has over 40 members who are supported by the faculty to engage in research. BCEF has recently been re-structured into six research clusters:

• Accounting and Finance

• Macroeconomics and modern financial systems

• Applied microeconomics

• Sustainability

• Political economy, history and methodology

• Pedagogy and employability

BCEF has an international reputation in areas as diverse as financial systems, data, confidentiality and labour markets. Its members produce high-quality peer reviewed academic publications across a range of mainstream and specialist journals and professional reports. We generate a significant part of our external income from business and government consultancy. BCEF has an active academic research seminar series and facilitates professional workshops.

We are seeking to appoint Professors in the fields of Accounting, Economics and Finance to leverage our research capacity, generate high-quality outputs and contribute towards research leadership. We are looking to invest in individuals who will drive research forward within their discipline, mentor colleagues, develop networks, and create opportunities for research funding and collaboration.

Transformed learning and teaching environment

The new Faculty building presents a dynamic business focussed environment enhancing our delivery of student-centred teaching and learning and a practice-led curriculum. The teaching spaces are designed to facilitate collaborative and technology enhanced active learning (TEAL) and also to provide authentic learning environments, including a 40 screen Bloomberg Trading Suite. Accounting, Economics and Finance students provide accounting support and economic insights to local charities and start-ups through our Business Clinic, supported by Grant Thornton, putting their learning into practice and building their networks. Students also have opportunities to work on live consultancy projects with local businesses and participate in departmental research seminars and external networking events.

Bristol Distinguished Address Series

The Bristol Distinguished Address series is unique in the UK and offers an opportunity to hear from distinguished speakers across the business and legal community. The series is held throughout the year and participants are those that are deemed to have made a major contribution to business and/or society, are a source of inspiration to others and demonstrate outstanding abilities and achievements. Recent presenters include Lord Karan Bilimoria, Chairman of Cobra Beer; Sacha Romanovitch, Chief Executive of Grant Thornton UK; Matthew Layton, Managing Partner of Clifford Chance; Baroness Shriti Vadera, Chair of Santander UK; and Andrew Langdon QC. The series is run on a partnership basis – the ACCA being one of the main partners – and on average, 250 people attend each address and these provide an excellent opportunity for our staff and students to engage with a range of organisations across the region.

Aldridge Institute for Enterprise and Entrepreneurship

Launched in the summer of 2018 our partnership with the Aldridge Foundation will help us achieve our vision to be internationally renowned for enterprising and practice led teaching and research that benefit our students and society. The Aldridge Institute for Enterprise and Entrepreneurship will shape the future of education policy by changing thinking on how people teach and learn across schools, colleges and universities. By pioneering enterprise education the Aldridge Institute will transform the futures of young people and create a more successful economy.

Advisory boards

To ensure that our curricula reflects the needs of the real world, we have Advisory Boards with regional, national and international members. Our Faculty Advisory Board is chaired by Lord Michael Bichard. Our Accounting, Economics and Finance Board is chaired by Tim Lincoln, Audit Partner at Grant Thornton.

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HOW TOAPPLY

Please visit the UWE Bristol web page at www.uwe.ac.uk/jobs

Closing date for applications Sunday 11 November 2018.

Interviews will be held in the last week of November and the first week of December.

For any queries regarding the job role, please contact Didi Ugbah by email at: ndidika2.ugbah@uwe.ac.uk

For queries regarding the application process, please contact David Acklam in the Resourcing Team on 0117 328 2368, or by email at david.acklam@uwe.ac.uk

Please remember to upload your CV as an additional attachment.

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UWE Bristol’s graduates are going on to have successful careers, with over 95% of our graduates in employment or further study within six months.Source: DLHE (Destination of Leavers from Higher Education) Survey 2017.

STUDENTSUCCESS

UWE Bristol has a strong history of nurturing student success. One example of a successful UWE Bristol graduate is Silas Adenkule, UWE Bristol Robotics graduate who set up Reach Robotics in 2013 with his business partner and co-founder Chris Beck. Reach Robotics, is an augmented reality gaming company developing the ‘future of gaming,’ and designed MekaMon the world’s first real-life gaming robot. By incorporating augmented reality into a robot, Reach Robotics has created a new branch of gaming – one that totally immerses the player by putting their four-legged robots into battle in both the physical and virtual worlds. “We’ve created an entirely new video gaming platform,” said Silas Adekunle, CEO of Reach Robotics. Silas says, “MekaMon straddles both the real and virtual worlds while taking the gaming experience beyond a player’s screen and turning their sitting room into a limitless robotic battle zone.”

THIS IS YOURBRISTOL

Bristol was named best place to live in Britain in 2017 by The Sunday Times. Best city to live in. Happiest city. Kindest city. Most beautiful city.

Bristol is a vibrant, welcoming, creative, smart and diverse city, open to the new, open for business, open to everyone. We’re biased, of course, but it’s hard to think of a better UK city to study and work in. Music, tech, culture, clubs, shopping, sports, art, festivals, fashion and food. Not to mention Wallace and Gromit, and the artist we know and love as Banksy. Bristol has it all. It’s no exaggeration to say that Bristol is thriving. From the creative industries to engineering, high-tech to healthcare, from established blue-chips to fast-emerging start-ups, businesses and employers alike realise what a great place this is. That’s brilliant news for you and your future career. You really couldn’t be better placed.