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Annual Report and Financial Statements 2019/20 Annual Report and Financial Statements 2019/20 Roehampton University Company Registration Number 5161359 (England and Wales) Contents Chair of Council’s Welcome ..................................................................................... 4 Strategic Report ........................................................................................................... 6 Key Performance Indicators.................................................................................. 8 Financial Review ....................................................................................................10 Student Experience ...............................................................................................12 Staff Experience.....................................................................................................15 Learning, Teaching and Student Success ........................................................16 Research .................................................................................................................18 Outreach, Participation and Community Engagement .................................. 20 Responsible University .........................................................................................22 Risk and Uncertainty .............................................................................................24 Members of Council Report ...................................................................................26 Statement of Public Benefit.................................................................................28 Committee Membership ......................................................................................29 Legal and Regulatory............................................................................................ 30 Statement of the Responsibilities of Members of Council ........................... 31 Disclosure of Information to Auditor ................................................................. 32 Statement of the University’s Structure of Corporate Governance ............. 32 Internal Control ......................................................................................................34 Independent Auditor’s Report to Members of Council .................................36 Financial Statements ..............................................................................................40 Company Registration Registered Office Bankers Number Grove House Lloyds Bank 5161359 Roehampton Lane 4th Floor London 25 Gresham Street London Registered Name SW15 5PJ EC2V 7HN Roehampton University Auditors Solicitors Shakespeare Martineau Trading Name BDO LLP 2 City Place No 1 Colmore Square University of Roehampton Beehive Ring Road Birmingham Gatwick B4 6AA West Sussex 2 Annual Report and Financial Statements 2019/20 RH6 0PA 3 At the heart of our success is our strong partnership many of which have been delayed. However, significant with students and our students’ union. Listening to our progress has been made, establishing foundations for students, understanding their needs, enabling them to future success. shape their student experience and helping us make decisions is at the core of our approach. We are grateful to A number of organisational changes have also occurred the many students who have contributed their time to help during this academic year. This included bringing together enhance the University. Students serve on working parties, the departments of English and Creative Writing and on university committees and interview panels for staff Humanities into the School of Humanities and the (including mine). Our Student Senate was instrumental departments of Dance, Drama Theatre & Performance in driving forward some of the many student experience and Media Culture and Language into the School of Arts. improvements we have made this year, including for These new schools will enable us to drive forwards our commuter students. plans for curriculum enhancement, portfolio diversity and research excellence. This success of this approach is demonstrated in feedback from our students. In the National Student In January 2020, we opened the Sir David Bell building as Chair of Survey (NSS) 2020, overall satisfaction with the University the new home for our School of Arts. The facility houses increased to 82.3%. Satisfaction also increased with a hub for student services, state-of-the-art film, television, learning opportunities, learning resources and student photographic and sound studios, a 100-seat cinema, editing voice. The University now ranks fifth out of 21 major suites, and open and flexible learning and teaching spaces. Council’s London universities for overall satisfaction in the NSS, Alongside this work we have continued to develop our legacy and sixteenth among all major universities for satisfaction estate, that includes the further enhancement of facilities for with learning resources. In the Postgraduate Research commuting students and in audio-visual facilities. Welcome Experience Survey (PRES) the University is now ranked fourth nationally for overall satisfaction. In July 2020, Sir David Bell completed his final term as Chair of Council of the University. David joined the The latest Longitudinal Educational Outcomes (LEO) data, University as Chair of Council in 2008 and recently retired The University of Roehampton released in July 2020, highlights that for the average after serving four full terms, the maximum permitted and our four founding colleges earnings of graduates one year after graduation, under our constitution. During David’s tenure the Roehampton is ranked in the top 10 in the UK for Film, University has grown significantly and has taken huge share a common purpose, to Photography and English and Creative Writing. Graduates steps forwards in the delivery of the student experience, in Sport and Exercise Sciences and Law also continue to research excellence and in supporting the University to change lives by helping our perform well. establish itself in London and across the world. David is regarded across the sector as an outstanding leader in students develop the confidence, The coronavirus pandemic will be with us for some time. higher education and at Roehampton at the core of the knowledge and adaptability they Our priority throughout our response has been to make outstanding University we see today. I am also personally our campus COVID-secure and safe for our students, staff thankful for the support David has given to me and for the need for a successful graduate and visitors. I am incredibly grateful for the efforts of ambassadorial role I know he will continue to take on our the entire Roehampton community in responding to this behalf. career and fulfilling life. Our challenge and in continuing to deliver such an outstanding student experience. Our move to remote learning, teaching purpose guides our approach to and assessment, and the delivery of our core services has been well received. In addition, the ongoing support for delivering excellent teaching those students who remained in halls of residence was Phil Walker and world-class research. These both seamless and exemplary. I am particularly proud Chair of Council of our proactive student support campaign where we December 2020 decisions help us deliver an contacted over 5,000 students during a two-week period outstanding student experience. to ensure they had the resources they needed to succeed. The University’s preparations for the Research Excellence Framework 2021 (REF2021) continue at pace, delivering seven key milestones as per our Code of Practice. We will be submitting 100% of staff with a significant responsibility for research, confirming our position as one of the strongest players among modern universities. In 2019/20, the University secured £2,138,497 in successful research bids. Income generation in 2019/20 has also been affected by the impact of COVID-19. There are 104 bids pending outcomes across the institution, 4 Annual Report and Financial Statements 2019/20 Roehampton University 5 Roehampton University Strategic Report 6 Annual Report and Financial Statements 2019/20 Roehampton University 7 Key Performance Indicators Domicile Religion First in family 6% 9% EU 59% The Strategic Report 2019/20 provides a summary 14% Other Overseas 24% First in of the University’s activities over the 2019/20 Muslim 34% family No religion 41% financial year and performance against our Not first 33% in family 80% Christian Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) from our UK Enabling Strategies 2019–2025. Domicile split of on-campus students in 2019/20 Religion split of on-campus students in Students who are "First in family" in higher education 2019/20 (on-campus undergraduate in 2019/20) Enabling Strategies Deprivation / participation The Enabling Strategies 2019–2025 sets rating of home postcode Student enrolments out the University’s 2025 targets. Progress (Undergraduate only) Student population reports on the targets are presented 25,000 22,849 regularly to Council and Senate. The Enabling In 2019/20, the University of Roehampton 22,301 Strategies are organised under three themes: 12% had a total of 18,768 registered students 20,007 Q5 18,939 18,768 (full person equivalent). Of these, 9,259 20,000 n Student Education, focused on delivering 15% 38% were on-campus students (49.3%), 7,888 outstanding teaching and learning, and an Q4 off-campus students (42.1%) and 1,621 excellent student experience. 15,000 online students (8.6%). n Research and
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