University of Greenwich Recruitment and the New Entrant Control Number Admissions Training Day

University of Greenwich Recruitment and the New Entrant Control Number

Admissions Training Day

Emma WilliamsPlanning and Statistics24 June 2011

Overview

• Application statistics• The New Entrant Control Number• Conversion rates and targets• Size and shape of the University

Student Recruitment – Admissions Training Day

Total1: •65,280 applications•40,275 offers made•12,420 registrations

31% conversion rate

Home2, Univ. Based, Main Cycle:•37,980 applications

• 19,435 offers made (49% conditional, 51% unconditional)• 6,000 registrations

31% conversion rate (21% on conditional offers, 40% on unconditional offers)

NB: All figures are rounded to the nearest 5. Registrations relate to new entrants. Conversion rate = offers to registrations.

1. Total includes all students and applications for any mode (e.g. home/overseas, on/off campus, main cycle/clearing, full/part time, postgraduate/undergraduate)2. Home includes full and part time, postgraduate and undergraduate.

Applicants & Registrations 2010/11


All Applications data

• Updated weekly• Compares to previous year• Analysis of application status by School,

Department and Programme• Excel files, can be downloaded• Key to headings included in each Excel file

http://www.gre.ac.uk/offices/pas/applications_data/201112/all-applications


http://www.gre.ac.uk/offices/pas/applications_data/201112/all-applications

All Applications data – Table 0 (2011 entry) UCAS applications


APPLICATIONS RECEIVED FOR FT & SW PROGRAMMES THROUGH UCAS (including GTTR) Table 0aBased on Applications Recorded on 3rd June 2011 compared with 3rd June 2010.

HOME %+/- Total Appl.

School 2011 2010 2011 2010 2011 2010 2011 2010 2011 2010 2011 2010 2011 2010 2011 2010 2011 2010 2011 2010 2011 2010 2011 2010 2011 2010 11-10Arch & Constr. 87 59 25 15 39 72 215 176 203 202 108 135 219 128 677 659 469 253 381 323 113 275 1860 1638 302 235 13.6%Business 159 141 23 36 46 71 687 682 774 805 169 227 205 145 1858 1962 2025 888 1761 1719 40 108 5894 4831 846 823 22.0%Comp & MathSc 60 81 22 21 15 44 330 354 530 443 74 120 262 24 1031 1063 957 468 907 802 103 70 3264 2428 390 435 34.4%Engineering 71 62 13 12 43 54 148 105 284 158 95 83 89 53 654 474 442 161 560 510 23 22 1771 1220 219 167 45.2%Education 284 284 23 28 41 61 461 415 325 302 99 109 480 255 1233 1199 2931 2854 456 464 337 457 5465 5256 745 699 4.0%Health & Soc Care 196 208 20 25 30 45 285 409 172 259 63 76 572 546 766 1022 6357 4268 531 515 579 709 8838 7077 481 617 24.9%Humanities 116 203 42 35 21 134 544 519 639 732 104 263 352 116 1466 1886 905 762 1809 1459 223 261 4759 4488 660 722 6.0%Medway Pharmacy 5 6 2 2 38 27 168 133 169 164 32 48 65 16 414 380 541 264 240 295 28 17 1288 972 173 139 32.5%Science 98 84 26 22 26 54 272 191 341 260 87 151 173 54 850 762 662 235 855 783 71 80 2611 1915 370 275 36.3%Grand Total 1076 1128 196 196 299 562 3110 2984 3437 3325 831 1212 2417 1337 8949 9407 15289 10153 7500 6870 1517 1999 35750 29825 4186 4112 19.9%

% +/- 11 - 10

APPLICATIONS RECEIVED FOR FT & SW PROGRAMMES THROUGH UCAS (including GTTR) Table 0b

OVERSEAS %+/- Total Appl.

School 2011 2010 2011 2010 2011 2010 2011 2010 2011 2010 2011 2010 2011 2010 2011 2010 2011 2010 2011 2010 2011 2010 2011 2010 2011 2010 11-10Arch & Constr. 8 7 1 1 16 9 18 28 16 12 16 57 3 25 75 114 3 45 32 31 3 12 117 228 26 35 -48.7%Business 24 18 1 3 22 31 82 54 105 89 128 92 11 22 362 287 36 133 259 206 3 14 671 662 106 72 1.4%Comp & MathSc 5 13 2 3 9 16 13 21 13 13 24 24 6 11 66 90 7 30 58 47 4 4 142 183 18 34 -22.4%Engineering 20 17 5 2 37 30 40 21 53 40 107 69 4 32 262 179 8 63 118 108 4 7 396 391 60 38 1.3%Education 6 7 0 4 2 4 9 10 2 7 6 7 0 8 25 39 4 41 6 10 0 3 35 101 15 17 -65.3%Health & Soc Care 1 3 2 0 1 5 5 4 12 4 6 3 2 8 27 19 37 76 13 9 1 6 80 118 6 7 -32.2%Humanities 5 10 2 1 6 24 14 19 13 27 39 33 3 5 79 114 8 59 68 74 1 7 159 259 19 29 -38.6%Medway Pharmacy 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 4 3 8 2 1 0 0 9 13 0 4 -30.8%Science 8 23 2 7 10 27 15 14 30 30 24 31 1 7 89 132 5 21 69 80 2 5 166 245 23 37 -32.2%Grand Total 77 99 15 21 106 146 196 174 244 222 350 316 31 118 988 978 111 476 625 566 18 58 1775 2200 273 273 -19.3%

% +/- 11 - 10 -19.3% 0.0%

Total Accepting Offer

Application Decline Withdrawns

Total Applications

10.4% -69.0%-22.2% -28.6% -27.4% 12.6% 9.9% 10.8% 1.0% -76.7%

Await Univ Decision

Total Live Offers

University Rejections

9.2% -24.1% 19.9% 1.8%

Unconditional Accepted

Unconditional Insurance

Unconditional Await Reply

Conditional Accepted

Conditional Insurance

Conditional Await Reply

Total Accepting Offer

-4.6% 0.0% -46.8% 4.2% 3.4% -31.4% -4.9% 50.6%

Await Univ Decision

Total Live Offers

University Rejections

Application Decline Withdrawns

Total Applications

Conditional Await Reply

Unconditional Accepted

Unconditional Insurance

Unconditional Await Reply

Conditional Accepted

Conditional Insurance

Column number*

Column heading Description Decision with:

1 Unconditional Accepted Firm acceptance of unconditional offer. Applicant2 Unconditional Insurance Insurance acceptance of unconditional offer.3 Unconditional Await

ReplyUnconditional offer made, awaiting decision of applicant.

4 Conditional Accepted Firm acceptance of conditional offer.5 Conditional Insurance Insurance acceptance of conditional offer.6 Conditional Await Reply Conditional offer made, awaiting decision of applicant.7 Await Univ Decision Applications in the University awaiting a decision. University8 Total Live Offers All firm and insurance acceptances, plus offers awaiting reply. Includes conditional and

unconditional offers. (Sum of columns 1 to 6 for the particular year).Applicant

9 University Rejections Applications rejected by the University. University10 Application Decline Offers declined by applicants. Applicant11 Withdrawns Applications withdrawn by applicants. Applicant12 Total Applications Total number of applications. This includes all those who applied, regardless of

outcome. (Sum of columns 7 to 11 for the particular year).N/A

13 Total Accepting Offer Firm acceptances of conditional or unconditional offers. (Sum of columns 1 and 4 for the particular year).

Applicant

14 %+/- Total Appl. 11-10 Percentage difference between Total Applications in 2011 and 2010. (Column 12: Sum of 2011 minus 2010, then divided by 2010 and multiplied by 100).

N/A

* Column numbers are for reference and do not appear on the tables.Applicants with an 'unknown' Home/Overseas status are counted as 'Home' in these tables until processed otherwise. This means there may be movement from the Home tables (a) to the Overseas tables (b) as applications are processed.

Key to Applications table headings


“The HEFCE new entrant control number sets a limit on the number of HEFCE fundable students starting full-time undergraduate and PGCE (excluding TDA funded students) study in a given academic session.”

What is the New Entrant Control Number?

The University is fined by HEFCE for every NECN student over this set limit


Registered student profile (new entrants) 2010/11

• Three quarters (76%) of UG students are full time (pink)• 30% of student places fall within the University Based New Entrant Control Number• 26% of UG students are Not University based

University of Greenwich

Key

© © © © © © © © © ©

© © © © © © © © © © One square = 1%

© © © © © © © © © © 2011 NECN Target (Univ. Based)

© © © © © © © © © © Pink = FT Light Colour = Overseas

© © © © ¤ ¤ ¤ ¤ ¤ ¤ Green = PT Dark colour = Home

¤ ¤ © © © © © © © ©

© © © © © © © © ¤ ¤ Home FT © University based

¤ ¤ ¤ ¤ ¤ ¤ © © © © Overseas FT ¤ Not University based

© © © © © © © © © ¤ Home PT

¤ ¤ ¤ ¤ © ¤ ¤ ¤ ¤ ¤ Overseas PT


For the 2011/12 academic session, undergraduate students will contribute towards the control number if:

• They do not withdraw from their programme/instance of study within 2 weeks of commencing it.

• They are HEFCE fundable, full-time students in the academic year, 1st August 2011 to 31st July 2012.

• They have NOT been HEFCE fundable, full-time students in either of the two preceding academic years (that is between 1st August 2009 and 31st July 2011) at Greenwich or a partner institution.

Who counts towards the control number?


Answers to some frequently asked questions:

• Students who were previously studying on a part-time basis who switch to full-time study can count towards the control number.

• Students who have studied full-time for a foundation year (or similar) at Greenwich or partner institution who then move onto the final year of a degree programme may NOT count towards the control number.

• Once a student has been fully registered for more than two weeks, they count towards the control number, regardless of what happens after this point.

Who counts towards the control number? (2)


Who counts towards the control number? (3)

Predicted Registrations From Applications (2011 entry)

•Predictive reports are available for all applications to programmes

•This presentation focuses on New Entrant Control (NECN) numbers only

Published weekly to PAS website Detailed breakdowns, based on patterns observed in 2010 PDF reports available from the PAS website:

http://www.gre.ac.uk/offices/pas/applications_data/201112


http://www.gre.ac.uk/offices/pas/applications_data/201112

University Based NECN

• 3,611: NECN Target• 3,581: Predicted NECN registrations from

acceptances• 99%: Progress towards NECN target based on

predicted registrations from acceptances

Places are available outside of the NECN (e.g. Part time / overseas / non-HEFCE funded students)

Partner and Link institutions manage their own NECN

Predicted NECN Registrations From Applications (2011 Entry)

Source: Predicted Registrations From Applications 3rd June Update for the 2011/12 Academic Session, NECN contribution only, PAS Applications data webpages (www.gre.ac.uk/offices/pas/applications_data/201112)


Predicted NECN Registrations From Applications 2011 – by School

NB: Based on data from 3rd June 2011.Percentage cells. Dark green: percentage progress towards the control number target is greater than 100%

Amber cells: percentage progress towards the control number target is between 80% and 99%Red cells: percentage progress towards the control number target is lower than 20%


Location School

NECN

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Progress Towards Target

(Acceptances)

University Based AC 268 1539 170 673 365 187 76 242 226 253 241 94% 90%BU 751 5722 179 3128 1416 371 174 935 734 763 905 102% 121%CM 454 3263 268 1738 866 205 77 643 485 538 491 119% 108%EN 348 1765 101 977 410 213 86 303 190 207 199 60% 57%ET 438 1742 101 949 579 264 138 385 375 398 432 91% 99%HS 238 2747 188 711 275 127 60 213 201 215 203 90% 85%HU 800 4605 336 2881 1180 388 159 841 755 817 875 102% 109%MS 314 1908 107 1033 422 163 64 265 188 203 230 65% 73%

University Based Total 3611 23291 1450 12090 5513 1918 834 3796 3081 3317 3581 92% 99%Partner & Link Based AC 104 357 60 149 66 54 36 101 62 79 64 76% 62%

BU 60 299 42 123 52 30 14 40 28 33 29 56% 49%CM 36 88 13 11 7 11 7 36 7 13 0 35% 0%EN 59 144 15 62 24 12 5 46 10 15 6 26% 10%ET 98 229 28 46 30 19 11 75 32 42 32 42% 33%HS 60 153 30 5 2 10 6 49 9 19 7 31% 11%HU 105 199 27 20 4 14 6 66 19 28 0 27% 0%MS 279 778 87 410 191 115 65 210 164 187 175 67% 63%

Partner & Link Based Total 801 2247 302 826 376 265 150 626 358 442 320 55% 40%Grand Total 4412 25538 1752 12916 5889 2183 984 4470 3455 3762 3893 85% 88%

Predictions from Applications• School may be close to target but there is a wide variation

between different Departments (and Programmes)

Question• Is the School aiming for the NECN targets in terms of

Departmental SSR, class size, specialist facilities? If yes, need to make decisions about offers – close popular

courses as assumption that less popular courses will fill. If no, take most qualified applicants and work to overarching

school total

There is a middle ground


Programmes above 100% and below 20%

Questions to ask• Above 100%

Are there limited specialist facilities? Are there limited lecture hall sizes, any timetabling issues?

– If yes, may need to think about closing the course Are staff flexible and able to teach different subjects?

– If yes, may be able to continue to recruit

• Below 20% Can students be taught with students on a different programme? Can you market more effectively?

– If no, programme may not be viable.


Where University Based applicants come from 2010/11 (1)

NB: Based on Home, University Based, Main Cycle applications.

Number of Applications /

Postcode District% of districts (n = 1,948)

% of applications (n = 35,302)

1-9 76% 13%10-34 13% 12%35-99 6% 20%

100-299 4% 39%300-816 1% 16%


Where University Based applicants come from 2010/11 (2)

NB: Based on Home, University Based, Main Cycle applications.


Where University Based registered students (new entrants) come from 2010/11 (1) NB: Based on Home,

University Based, Main Cycle applications.

Registrations relate to new entrants.

Number of Registrations /

Postcode District% of districts

(n = 861)

% of registrations (n = 5,641)

1-2 63% 12%3-9 21% 16%

10-24 9% 18%25-74 6% 43%

75-173 1% 11%


Where University Based registered students (new entrants) come from 2010/11 (2)

NB: Based on Home, University Based, Main Cycle applications. Registrations relate to new entrants.


NB: Based on Home, University Based, Main Cycle applications – information supplied on application.Excludes ‘Institution Unknown’ and ‘Apply Online UK’ (39% and 11% respectively of all registrations).

Top ten previous institutions by applications

Previous school or college Applications Offers Acceptances Registrations (new entrants)

Conversion rate (Offers to

Registrations)

Newham VI form College 534 346 172 95 27%

Newham College of Further Education 425 170 78 43 25%

Croydon College 396 163 88 45 28%

Greenwich Community College 389 192 132 83 43%

Tower Hamlets College 377 233 103 60 26%

Bromley College of Further and Higher Education

344 195 131 82 42%

Bexley College, Belvedere 332 132 86 59 45%

Mid Kent College 297 160 71 45 28%

North West Kent College 270 176 115 75 43%

Leyton VI Form College 255 170 64 43 25%


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