Challenge and Change

UK political• General Election• Spending Review• The UK’s membership of the EU• National immigration policy and UKIP

University• REF results and research concentration

Other• Overseas political change – eg. China & Hong Kong• Demography • Alternatives to HE – technology, options, cost/value

Strategy, Planning and Change

Scenarios which impact on our resources

• Constant cash in UK fees: • Real terms decrease• Flat intake

• Constant cash in UK research: real terms decrease

• UK out of EU: 25% drop in EU research• International student decline:• Political events or changes in the global economy, eg:• Hong Kong and China• UKIP and the UK

• Reduction of HEFCE grant in Spending ReviewStrategy, Planning and Change

Research Income per FTE fell

• Research Income per FTE fell by 0.5K

• Sheffield had the fifth highest increase in academic staff in the Russell Group during the period.

• Of our main competitors, only Birmingham had a higher staff increase, and their Income / FTE has similarly suffered.

BirminghamWarwick

EdinburghExeter

SheffieldLSE

YorkGlasgow

Queen's BelfastQueen Mary

DurhamOxfordLeedsBristolCardiff

UCLSouthampton

ManchesterKCL

NottinghamNewcastleLiverpoolImperial

Cambridge

-3.450

-2.379

-1.433

-1.122

-0.453

-0.447

-0.298

-0.070

0.165

0.196

0.519

0.558

0.706

1.280

1.599

1.799

2.097

2.379

2.396

2.544

2.783

3.340

3.928

4.743

Strategy, Planning and Change

Though income & FTEs grewStaff Increases (FTE) 2012/13 vs 2011/12

Cardiff

Manchester

Imperial

Newcastle

Cambridge

Queen Mary

Queen's Belfast

Glasgow

LSE

Warwick

Liverpool

Southampton

KCL

Nottingham

Bristol

Oxford

Durham

Edinburgh

Leeds

Sheffield

UCL

Exeter

York

Birmingham

-6.2%

-2.0%

-1.3%

-1.3%

-0.8%

0.2%

0.8%

0.9%

1.1%

1.8%

1.9%

1.9%

2.5%

3.4%

4.2%

4.3%

5.4%

5.4%

6.4%

6.7%

7.9%

9.5%

12.2%

12.5%

Warwick

Cardiff

Queen Mary

Queen's Belfast

LSE

Birmingham

Durham

York

Glasgow

Exeter

Sheffield

Edinburgh

Newcastle

Southampton

Leeds

Bristol

Liverpool

KCL

Manchester

Nottingham

Imperial

Oxford

UCL

Cambridge

-1,702

557

618

738

1,247

1,322

2,851

3,213

3,739

4,424

5,634

7,004

7,382

7,691

8,120

8,337

9,034

9,280

11,603

11,717

15,562

24,379

33,999

38,354

Strategy, Planning and Change

Areas of significant opportunity and strength

Sheffield-specific• Devolution and the region • Universities as ‘Anchors’• Strengths in translation and partnership• Genuine student engagement • New forms of access and participation

Wider trends and opportunities• Rise of the global middle classes and appetite for HE• Focus on the big questions society faces• The power of discovery and learning to change lives• Willingness to think beyond traditional UK HE• Choosing the right foci

Strategy, Planning and Change