General Meeting

Wednesday 17 November

David VandeLinde

Vice-Chancellor

• Campus Development

• New Directions

• Student Services

Overview of the Year 2003/4

• The Future of Warwick Research

• Developing Human Resources to Suit Warwick

• Towards 2006 - Preparing for Our Future Students

Topics

Research Quality and Quantity• Why is research

important?

• Creation and dissemination of knowledge

Future of Warwick Research

Money

Facilities

• RAE 2001 - 5th in the UK

• Research income– £22 million RAE-based funding– 492 new research grants last year– £47 million additional research income

• Developments– Warwick HRI– WMG

– Warwick Medical School

Warwick Research 2004

• Preparing for RAE 2008

• Responding to Government priorities

• Trend spotting

• Developing non-governmental funding

Future of Warwick Research

• Universities are made up of people

• Good people - good university

• Recruitment and retention– Good terms and conditions– Competitive pay– Career opportunities

Developing Human Resources to Fit Warwick

• Every job sits on the single spine

• Career progression

• Hay system

• Evaluating jobs not people

Job Evaluation

Equal pay for work of equal value

• Connect spinal points with pay

• Not a pay rise for every staff member

• Majority of salaries will stay the same

• Minority will be reduced

Linking Evaluation With Pay

• Rewarding contribution

• Performance related

• Current scheme only applies to people on discretionary points and above

• Motivational tool - prevents getting stuck

Contribution Pay

• Higher Education Reform

• 2004 Higher Education Act

• Admissions Review - Schwartz

• 14 - 19 Reform - Tomlinson

Towards 2006

• Most potential to succeed and benefit from a Warwick education

• Can’t measure potential by grades alone

• Interviews? Testing?

• Portfolio Admissions

• Post-qualification admissions

Places for Potential

• Widening Participation

• Lifelong Learning

• 15% from “Lower Social Classes”

• 7% from areas of traditionally low participation

Raising Aspirations

• WGA Scholarships

• 105 this year - £2000 pa

• New Undergraduate Bursary Scheme 2006/7

• 1000 new scholarships a year

• Annual bursaries far in excess of the statutory amount

Financial Support

• “One stop shop” at University House

• Learning Grid• Award winning Careers Service• Extended sports facilities• New residences• Warwick Blogs• Online enrolment and module

registration

Student Services