Focus on the Future

Focus on the Future HERIOT-WATT UNIVERSITY INTERNATIONAL STRATEGY 2010

HERIOT-WATTINTERNATIONAL PARTNER CONFERENCE 2010

New Programme DevelopmentsProfessor Brian Robertson, Director of Transnational Education

School of the Built Environment


2009/10 SBE ALP student numbers

Programme UG PG

Construction Project Management

422 118

Quantity Surveying/CFM 439 119

Building Surveying 49 22

Facilities Management 365 73

Civil Engineering and Construction Management

- 39

Safety Risk Management - 24

Real Estate Management 59 -

REIF/ REMD - 73

Built Environment 7 -

Architectural Engineering/ BSE 19 27

Building Conservation - 3

SBE projected numbers for ALP activity

2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14 2014/15

UG numbers

696 738 774 801 806

PG numbers

346 372 291 294 308

Total new students

1042 1110 1065 1095 1114

Projected income £k

1480 1640 1596 1712 1820

2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14 2014/15

UG numbers

696 738 774 801 806

PG numbers

346 372 291 294 308

Total new students

1042 1110 1065 1095 1114

Projected income £k

1480 1640 1596 1712 1820

ALP recruitment targets for existing or newly approved partners

Launch MSc/PG dip in Housing Studies (Asia Pacific) in Hong Kong, Macau and mainland China

Develop PG new courses within the Architectural Engineering programme focussed on sustainability and renewable energy topics and in Civil Engineering focussed on Water related topics.

Work with ALPs to project a premium image in the market place- attempt to go for a higher value market.

Work with ALPs to develop strategic partnerships

Add two new ALPs. The first of these will be BBUC in Jamaica.

SBE priorities 2010/11 (1)

SBE key priorities 2010/11 (2)

Concentrate on successful courses

Support IDC activities to establish partnerships in Nigeria

Make use of SDI and UKTI links to take advantage of professional level training opportunities.

Examine use of work based learning to produce a dissertationless masters course working with key industrial partners in selected countries or regions.


New Programme Developments Keith Brown

School of Engineering & Physical Sciences


Summary of presentation

Highlight the undergraduate and postgraduate teaching we do at Riccarton

Detail the courses we offer away from Riccarton

Explain how we are looking to develop our activities

EPS Taught Masters Courses

Energy & Sustainability Energy Sustainable Process Management Sustainability Engineering Renewable Energy and Distributed Generation Renewable Energy Engineering Materials For Sustainable And Renewable Energies

Digital Technology Mobile Communications / IT(Mobile Communications) VIBOT (Vision and Robotics) (+ Girona and Burgendy) Information Technology (Applied Systems) Embedded Systems / IT (Embedded Systems)

Applied Science & Engineering Microsystems Engineering Nanotechnology and Microsystems Photonics and Optoelectronic Devices (+ St Andrews) Engineering Materials Design and Applications Forensic Materials Bioprocessing

EPS Undergraduate Subjects

Chemical Engineering

Chemistry

Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Physics

Mechanical Engineering

Postgraduate opportunities to work with new partners

EPS taught masters courses currently delivered with partners

• Energy

• Renewable Energy Engineering

• Renewable Energy and Distributed Generation

• Oil & Gas Technology

EPS undergraduate courses currently taught away from Edinburgh

• BEng Mechanical Engineering (Dubai)

• BEng Electronic and Electrical Engineering (Dubai)

Undergraduate opportunities to work with new partners

Summary of future plans

Identify and develop relationships with potential new partners who have the appropriate facilities and have an interest in one or more of our courses

• open dialogue with these partners on offering our courses both from our existing portfolio of MSc courses and our undergraduate programmes.

Continue to develop our courses with our current partners offering additional courses where appropriate

Develop further research collaborations with partners


Future Programme DevelopmentsProfessor Alan Prior, Acting Head of School

School of Life Sciences


Conversion

• Conversion of existing teaching materials via Teaching Fellows

• MSc Psychology for Business available for ALPs by June 2010 (semester 1) and July 2010 (semester 2)

• UGT materials (12 modules) available for ALPs by June 2010 (semester 1 and Year 1, semester 2) and December 2010 (Year 2 and 3, semester 2)

• MSc Applied Psychology available for September 2011 delivery (although probably December 2010)

Courses and Administration

Courses to be offered

• MSc Psychology for Business (course approved)

• MSc Applied Psychology (course approved)

• BA Management and Psychology (50% psychology, 50% HWMP) (course approved)

Administration

• Draft admin guidelines (and other related docs) prepared based on HWMP

• Imminent appointment of SLS ALP administrator - embedded within HWMP team for 12 months in first instance

ALP Recruitment

• Launch of BA Management and Psychology and MSc Business Psychology with BBUC (Jamaica) and SHEL (Trinidad) plus probably one other

• Advice from HWMP is to delay other ALP recruitment until summer 2010

• Approach all other existing HWMP ALPs then all other HWU ALPs

ALP Recruitment

Longer-term

• MSc Applied Psychology (from September 2011 at the latest)

• MSc Food Science, Safety and Health (from September 2011)

• MSc Climate Change (from September 2011)

• Several possible hybrid courses including elements of SLS ALP courses (e.g., generic life sciences courses) or other HWU ALP courses (e.g., BSc/MSc Psychology and IT?, joint MSc courses with SML/EBS? (e.g., MSc Human Factors), MSc Climate Change and Petroleum Engineering? etc.


Future Programme DevelopmentsMarc Quinn, Director of External Programmes

School of Management & Languages


External Programmes

Future Strategy Focus on new strategic partners (identifiable 100+ matriculations)

Strengthening relationships and recruitment from existing successful partners

Approvals based on a minimum of 50 matriculations each year

The School will develop an Honours year for the HWMP for September 2011

Introduction of optional Psychology modules from September 2011

Introduction of further optional modules from September 2012

Business Case for Development of Postgraduate courses: • e.g., MSc Logistics (2011/12); Project Management (2011/12)

Additional: Supporting School of Life Sciences, School of Mathematics and Computer Science and

Textiles & Design:• Approved Learning Partner Course Delivery


Documents

Focus on the Future