Annual Review 2007-8 Contents Foreword 1 1. Introduction 3 2. Promotional Initiatives 5 3. Partnerships 13 4. Working with the Membership 15 5. Financial Report 16 6. Publications & Reports 19 7. People & Places 19 8. Conclusion 21

1 Foreword from the Chair of London Higher

Once again it gives me great satisfaction to report With a view to the future, like very many of my to you on another successful and productive year HE colleagues I believe we are entering into a new at London Higher. period for HE in the UK. RAE, the fees review, co- funding, pay awards in our own world; the general Four business units (and counting), turnover of nearly economic downturn and political shifts without. £2 million, 23 publications and seven major pieces I am confident London can withstand these of commissioned research. By any yardstick, an challenges and we will do so with the continued impressive achievement for a core staff of just nine. professional support of London Higher.

It’s never easy to pick out highlights because in Since it was established, London Higher has an organization like London Higher the impacts benefited significantly from the time and effort are frequently divorced from any direct intervention made by individual member heads of institutions. on our part. I should like in particular to pay tribute to my If I had to pick just two, I would choose our work on predecessor as Chair,Adrian Smith, who leaves employer engagement (Pages 11-12) and our rapid Queen Mary, University of London to take up office response to the removal of public funding for as Director General of Science and Research in the Equivalent Level Qualifications (Page 15).The Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills, organization’s response to both was timely and and to those other Heads of institution who have constructive. left, or who are leaving, at the end of this academic year: Sir Michael Bichard, Michael Farthing, Sir Of course, we now have a new Mayor in London. Christopher Frayling,Alastair Pearce, Sir Curtis Price and Sir Richard Sykes.We welcome their successors I welcome Boris Johnson to his new role and I am and look forward to working with them in the sure that we shall be able to continue and, indeed, coming year. develop, the very good relationship that higher education (HE) has with the Mayor’s Office. Study In addition, our Vice Chairman, Deian Hopkin, London (Pages 7-8) and some of our Case for Geoffrey Crossick and Alastair Pearce end their London HE initiatives (Pages 5-6) are testament to terms of office this year as members of the London this; I am sure the future will hold more examples. Higher Board. I should like to thank them for their help and contributions over the years

Professor David Latchman - Chair

universities and higher education institutions 41that are members of London Higher Foreword

2 1. Introduction

London Higher is a membership organization that promotes and acts as an advocate for London’s higher education (HE).

It is an ‘umbrella’ body representing over 40 publicly About London Higher funded universities and colleges and is the biggest As their member association London Higher works and most varied of the regional university to represent the group as a whole. associations in the UK. We do this in two ways: by collecting and About London’s Higher Education researching data on higher education in the capital London’s universities and higher education colleges and by advocating, on behalf of our members, the are a powerhouse of research, teaching and case for London’s HE. technology transfer unrivalled anywhere in the UK, Europe and beyond. Collectively, higher educations The organization currently runs four core institutions (HEIs) in London: programmes, each with its own stream of research and advocacy activities: • Generate c. £11 billion each year in goods and services and £1 billion in export earnings; 1. the Case for London which aims to create a robust evidence-base pertaining to, and in • Contribute c. 1 per cent of UK GDP and 4 per support of, HE in London; cent of London’s GDP; 2. Study London, promoting London as an • Provide a first class education for 380,000 educational destination and the best city in students – who are able to choose from over which to be a student; 6,000 undergraduate courses and several thousand postgraduate qualifications; 3. Podium, the Further and Higher Education co-ordination Unit for the 2012 Games; and • Employ 53,000 FTE staff - and for every one employed by HE in London, one other job is 4. Employer Engagement, our response to the created elsewhere in the UK economy; higher level skills agenda. • Win 25 per cent of all UK research funding – some £700 million annually – led by a cluster of the Our outputs are diverse and include research world’s top research institutions and institutes; reports, promotional material, meetings and workshops, parliamentary lobbying, media • Attract to the UK 86,000 international students management and receptions.We also run a wide from over 200 countries, who in turn contribute range of advisory groups and networks. £1.5 billion to the UK economy; • Produce over 66,000 skilled graduates and other As well as working with, and for, the institutional qualifiers for the job market each year, with each members, London Higher works closely with partner graduate cohort having the potential to generate organizations including the London Development £11.7 billion during their working lives. Agency (LDA), the Greater London Authority (GLA), London First and with the business sector.

Introduction 4business units operated by London Higher. 3 Our Vision Our strategic reference is the Vision & Excellence statement (available on our website), which sets out the long-term objective, agreed by all London- based HEIs, to establish London as the undisputed ‘Knowledge Capital of the World’.

Our Mission In support of this vision London Higher is remitted to actively promote, and act as an advocate for, all institutions represented in the university sector in the London region.

The following pages outline how we have developed these objectives during the past year through our promotional initiatives, our partnerships, our members and our people. Introduction

4 2. Promotional Initiatives

The primary function of London Higher is to raise awareness of HE in the London region and promote the extensive benefits it makes to the region and beyond.

We achieve this through four core programmes of This year, the Case for London HE stream has work: the Case for London HE; Study London; developed the following initiatives: Podium (the Further and Higher Education unit for 2012 Games) and Employer Engagement. Research Excellence Group Chaired by Professor Michael Worton (University In this section we outline the objectives of each of College London), the group aims to promote these workstreams and give summaries of some of London’s research excellence – wherever it is found the activities each has undertaken during the year. – regionally, nationally and internationally.

In February we published the first phase of a The Case for London HE bibliometric study aimed at identifying research collaborations among London HEIs with external / The Case for London HE is a core workstream of non-London partners; phase two will begin next year. London Higher, resourced in association with the Higher Education Funding Council for England We have been working with Catalyst, the Mayor’s (HEFCE) and the London Development Agency (LDA). Science & Technology Council for London, to develop an evidence base and publishing tool in The programme aims to create an ongoing and support of research excellence which will be robust evidence base in support of HE in the capital. launched in June 2008. In particular it seeks to: In addition, the group has been liaising with the • contribute to a better understanding of the Technology Strategy Board, a Government sponsored impact of London’s HE sector on the regional, agency with the remit to drive up UK innovation, to national and global economy; promote their programmes in London. • advise London Higher’s member institutions on Healthcare Education Group key policy initiatives in the London region; and Chaired by Professor Pat Hughes (St George’s, • promote effective policies and initiatives that University of London), the group is unique in bringing maximize the contribution of London’s HE together senior academic leaders from London’s sector to the social, cultural and economic medical, dentistry and allied healthcare professions. development of the region. In January we convened a workshop at the King’s Fund to explore excellence in healthcare education with a view to showcasing the HE contribution; we are currently discussing the proposals with NHS London.

Throughout the year we have been developing a proposal to establish a new London healthcare unit based at London Higher.The proposed new unit will bring together the existing Healthcare Education Group with certain functions of the defunct University of London Medical Office.A new member of staff will provide an important resource for all members on 20 healthcare education across the capital. London HEIs attending our workshop on demonstrating the value of creative/cultural HE 5 Teacher Education in London European Group In January 2006 London Higher set up an Advisory This new advisory group met for the first time in Group to look at teacher education in London, March. It is Chaired by Professor Jane Broadbent chaired by Dr Arthur Naylor (St Mary’s University (Roehampton University) and aims to monitor College,Twickenham). European developments around ERDF funding, FP7 and Bologna. The group has continued to meet throughout the current year and will later this year set-up a Teacher At the inaugural meeting the group discussed the Education area on the London Higher website to first round of 2008 ERDF calls, recent Bologna promote Teacher Education in London as World Class. developments and potential areas for further HE engagement; these included research on European Social impact by London HEIs (SILH) funding to London and raising the profile of London An eighteen month project, funded by HEFCE, was in Brussels. started in January 2008 to carry out qualitative research on the various community-orientated Creative and Cultural Arts Working Group activities being undertaken by universities and In April London Higher brought together over thirty colleges in London.The Chair of the Advisory Panel senior academic leaders and stakeholders at the is Professor Geoff Petts,Vice-Chancellor of the Royal Society for the Arts to discuss a collaborative University of Westminster. approach to demonstrating the impact and value of London’s creative/cultural HEIs and faculties.The The three key strands of interest are engagement workshop was formed as part of an initiative with children and young people, employability and supported by HEFCE. the retired/elderly population. Given London’s ethnic and social diversity, work with migrant and refugee The meeting, chaired by Prof. Sir Christopher Frayling communities features in all of the main strands. Royal College of Art (RCA), agreed to set up a Working Group to review existing methodologies, identify and During the first phase of the project (February to prioritise audiences, suggest desired outcomes and put May), interviews have been conducted with staff at forward appropriate methodologies to meet them. 13 HEIs to produce a preliminary “map” of activities which will be supplemented as the project The Working Group is meeting in June and July progresses. Further work planned for 2008 includes in association with the Work Foundation and community focus groups,“Town hall” meetings and expects to produce a paper developing the initiative on-line questionnaires to provide an assessment of in the autumn. social and community engagement activities. Promotional Initiatives Promotional

6 Study London International Student Fact Sheet HESA data 2006/7 shows a 5% annual increase in The Study London initiative is the longest running the number of international students studying in workstream within London Higher. London.The city remains the number one choice of international students with 90,000 international It promotes London as an educational destination students choosing to study here. and the best city in which to be a student.The programme is supported by the Mayor’s Office, the NAFSA annual conference LDA,Visit London and London Unlimited. Study London attended NAFSA, the North American Educators Annual Conference, to promote London to The Study London campaign strategy for 2007/08 more than 8,000 delegates. Study London also focused on: coordinated London Calling, a networking reception sponsored by 17 London Higher member • creating innovative marketing tools; and institutions, International Students House and three corporate partners.The reception entertained 300 • hosting educational events in Mumbai, Delhi, educators from around the world, all interested in Washington and London. forging partnerships with London’s universities.

LDA Contract and funding Mayoral trip to India Study London secured a substantial uplift in funding Study London accompanied the Mayor of London’s from the London Development Agency for 2007/8 – visit to India in November 2007, hosting two 2009/10.The funding has allowed Study London to lectures for Indian students, academics and press. increase its staff to two and has seen the The lectures included panel debates, with Professor development of a variety of projects including Pete Coffey, University College London and insight magazine and a redevelopment of the Study Professor Peter Jenner, Kings College London London website. promoting London’s pre-eminence in medical research and, Lord Desai promoting London as the British Council tour in China centre for business and finance education. Study London managed the activities of the Mayor’s representatives in Beijing and Shanghai, Insight magazine culminating in an eight city tour of China Study London launched insight in November, promoting London’s universities in partnership with a quarterly magazine targeted at international the British Council.The city tour distributed more students and key influencers around the world. than 2,000 Study London brochures and the Three issues were published between November collection of more than 4,000 contact details for 2007 and July 2008 with feature articles in business interested students who are now contacted regular and finance, the creative arts, science and with the Study London electronic newsletter. technology, and health and public policy.

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Insight also includes the latest news from London’s Mayoral international student reception universities and higher education college including In March, the Mayor’s Office hosted a reception for cutting-edge research and showcasing the breadth, new international students at City Hall. 2,000 depth and diversity of London’s higher education students applied to attend the reception but due to sector.Almost 100,000 have been distributed or space constraints only 250 could be accepted. downloaded in more than 200 countries since November 2007. To coincide with the reception, the first edition of insight magazine and the Study London Facebook The Study London website group were launched. The Study London website design was refreshed to simplify the navigation of the ever-growing website. On-line and print advertising The new design also features new content including Study London continues to work with Footprint downloads, an insight micro-site, an international Advertising to project manage an on-line media student Facebook group and the latest news and campaign aimed at the international student events from London’s universities. market in key countries such as China, India and the United States.The campaign aims to promote The website continues to attract an increasing London as an educational destination and push amount of prospective students, with over 300,000 prospective students to the Study London website. unique visitors to date (see graph below) and almost 10,000 subscribers to the quarterly Study London newsletters. Market research revealed a third of international students studying in London used the Study London website when researching their study options. 28,000 prospective students and key influencers who

receive the Insight magazine every quarter Initiatives Promotional

8 respondents in a national survey who think that “it is important for FE and HE 88%to have a central co-ordination and communication Unit for the 2012 Games”.

Podium

Podium, the Further and Higher Education Unit for the 2012 Games, was launched in June 2007 as a London-led, nationally focused information and communications hub to facilitate sector Business Opportunities Plan engagement with the London 2012 Olympic and In April and May the Business Opportunities Plan, Paralympic Games. a compilation of the Action Group reports, the sectors’ recommendations and Podium research, The key aims of Podium are to promote the sectors, was presented to the Podium Steering Group, facilitate partnership work, identify and publicise HEFCE and the Learning and Skills Council (LSC); opportunities to institutions and facilitate the it is available via the Podium website sharing and exchange of best practice. (www.podium.ac.uk).

Action Groups National Survey Podium’s five thematic Action Groups comprise: In order to ensure that Podium’s work could adequately support the sectors’ main 2012 Games • Community Engagement related priorities, a national survey was conducted to analyze the awareness, activities, interest, and • Cultural Olympiad planned response of institutions to the Games. • Business and Enterprise The survey (which received over 300 responses) • Skills and Employability found that the most significant barriers for sector • Active Participation in Sport engagement with 2012 were: a lack of access to information and a lack of knowledge outside the education sectors of the vital contribution and role Each has submitted reports which have helped to that the sectors could play. identify the main opportunities for the FE and HE sectors to engage with the 2012 Games. Research Reports During 2007-8, Podium commissioned two significant pieces of research into the effects on FE and HE in the recent host cities of Sydney (2000), and Beijing (2008).

These reports are available for download from the Podium website which now attracts over 1000 unique visitors a month. 1,400 subscribers to the Podium e-zine.

9 Communications The Podium e-zine has 1400 subscribers and both funders and institutions have commented that it is a useful and informative publication.

In addition to communications via the e-zine and website, Podium supplies the sectors with regular updates on London 2012 developments, and offers advice on areas of engagement with 2012, through speaking at conferences in the UK (and overseas), taking an active role in events and working directly with the sectors and key stakeholders to ensure collaboration and participation.

Over the last year Podium has helped to support and publicise AimHigher Summer Schools in London and to develop a new London Educational Partnership Award, entitled ‘2012 – Lighting the Flame’.

More broadly, the Unit has undertaken to develop the Podium identity as the sectors’ central voice on 2012 and is working closely with the Games Authorities on the delivery of the domestic education programme, the Cultural Olympiad and in a number of other areas. Promotional Initiatives Promotional

10 Employer Engagement It has met five times during the year to guide and coordinate the delivery of the three, linked, research The Employer Engagement programme is new to projects.The research was undertaken by independent 2007-8. It groups aspects of our existing initiatives consultants.Two workshops were convened by Grant – most notably part-time study, and our skills Thornton to review emerging findings, one involved agenda work – together with our successful representatives from HEIs and one aimed at business. proposal to create an ‘employer engagement The three project strands were: network’ (supported by HEFCE’s HERA line fund). • understanding the demand from employers The core impetus to the programme this year came for Higher Level Skills (HLS) in London; as a result of our successful grant application to • understanding the supply of HLS provision in undertake a substantial project - ‘A strategic London; Approach to Employer Engagement for HE in • developing strategic solutions to overcome London’.This project has been developed in the barriers and address the issues identified collaboration with the Learning and Skills Network in (i) and (ii). (LSN) and London First.

Highly Skilled London All three research reports plus the summary In September, in partnership with the LSN and highlights document can be downloaded as PDF London First, London Higher received funding from documents from the London Higher website.We HEFCE to take forward the first phase of this major published the summary, Highly Skilled London,in employer engagement project in, and for, London. June 2008. Highly Skilled London brings together the key findings from the three evidence strands and The programme objectives for 2007-8 were to sets out a comprehensive employer engagement convene a ‘London Higher Skills Board’ and through strategy tailored to the unique needs of London. that body to undertake three London-focused pieces of research leading to the development of a Demand from employers for higher level skills comprehensive employer engagement strategy for in London the capital. Our first study showed that historically HEIs have not played a significant role in providing HLS to London Higher Skills Board individuals already in work. Chaired by the Anthony Salz, Executive Vice Chairman of NM Rothschild & Sons Ltd, the Board Private sector training providers currently capture comprised a group of senior business people, heads the vast majority of the expenditure by businesses of HE institutions, education and skills on training and workforce development, though organizations, and the three project partners. even this is dwarfed by the internal costs incurred by firms in providing training for their staff.

The research suggested that there is a real opportunity for businesses to access an untapped resource and take advantage of the expertise that exists within HEIs.

London employers surveyed for 500the Employer Engagement project

11 The supply of higher level skills in London Our second study indicated that the market for HLS in London is estimated to be £2.2 billion.

London HEIs’ income from HLS training to employers is estimated to be, very approximately, £64 million, with one institution accounting for the vast majority (44 percent) of this.

If the remaining £36 million is used as a base point then London’s HEIs have less than a 2 percent share of the current market.

Overcoming the barriers – opening up the market for provision of higher level skills to London’s workforce The third study focused on exploring a strategy to enable London’s HEIs to increase their share of the market – to the benefit of business and institutions alike.The strategy calls for the establishment of a ‘London Higher Business Development Unit’ (LHBDU) which will be professionally staffed with a remit to identify the market, promote HE activities, provide information and guidance to HEIs, facilitate collaboration and disseminate examples of effective practice.

It is anticipated that the LHBDU will be hosted by London Higher, as the representative umbrella organization for HEIs in London and the natural host of the strategy.

During 2008-9, the three project partners – London Higher, LSN and London First – will seek to secure grant funding to fully establish the LHBDU. Promotional Initiatives Promotional

12 3. Partnerships

Alongside our promotional activities – and inextricably linked to them – is our work with London’s many and varied stakeholder agencies and bodies.

London Higher maintains working links with over 30 such organizations (Figure 2) and fostering these partnerships is a vital part of our work.

Below we highlight just some of the work we have undertaken with our partners during the year.

Figure 2. How London Higher interacts its partners.

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different organizations with which we >30have substantial contact. 13 The Mayor & The Greater London Authority (GLA) This year has seen a change of Mayor and at the time of writing Boris Johnson’s priorities in terms of higher education are not yet known. London Higher has enjoyed good working relations with the Mayor’s Office and we are actively establishing links into the new administration.

This year we organized a member delegation to meet former Mayor Ken Livingstone raising a variety of issues with him, including extending the travel discount on Oystercards to students. Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) We continue to assist the GLA by providing a variety The Funding Council is a core sponsor of our Podium of data on higher education in the capital.This year, Unit and our Employer Engagement project (see for instance, we provided information for London: a above), both acknowledgements of the important Cultural Audit. role London Higher plays in facilitating London HE’s engagement with nationally important initiatives. The London Development Agency (LDA) The LDA is a core sponsor of London Higher and has We work closely with the HEFCE London team in supported, or contributed to, many of our activities identifying areas were we can both add value to the in the past, especially Study London. London offer.We are currently running smaller initiatives supported by HEFCE on exploring the social Beyond our liaison work our primary achievement has impact of London HEIs (see section 2), demonstrating been with Catalyst, the Science and Industry Council the value of London’s creative/cultural HEIs and for London, which has helped us develop a new promoting London’s healthcare sector as world class. publication tool which we hope will reduce our, and our partners’, publications costs in promoting HE. Our unique London HE ‘forums’ bring together the HEFCE London team, the LDA and Mayoral officials Business Relationships and representatives from the City of London and We seek to build relationships with the corporate London First.The forum is intended to identify sector wherever possible, and where this may be in emerging regional issues.This year the group has the interests of our members. discussed employer engagement and Lifelong Learning Networks. Aside from our major ‘Employer Engagement’ strand (see above) and our own commercial activities, we The Media have provided consultancy to several companies We continue to work hard to raise the media seeking to make links with London HE, including new profile of London’s HE. In August 2007, with LDA entrants Xero and Kuomi and have advertised on support, we placed a ten-page section on London’s behalf of the London HE group in British American HE in Innovation UK.The handbook goes to all UK Business and Innovation UK. government offices worldwide and is also web-based.

In addition, we are pleased to have worked with a In the autumn of 2007 we placed our ‘HE40+’ number of our longstanding business partners, advert in all three of the main party conference especially Barclays Bank, who are sponsoring our issues of Modern Government (see back cover of summer reception in June and Grant Thornton who this Review). In March 2008 we placed the advert in sponsored our Business Strategy Review workshop. the science and engineering edition of the House Magazine and in May it appeared in British American Business. Partnerships

14 4.Working with the Membership

As a membership organization, comprising over 40 HEIs in London, we are responsible in all that we do to our members.We take this part of our work as seriously as we do our external partnerships.

Membership Engagement Strategy The table below sets out the main consultative groups Now in its third year the Membership Engagement that have been active this year. Membership of each of (ME) Strategy has continued to fulfil an important the groups can be found on our website. role.We have visited over thirty-five member institutions, many on multiple occasions and at A list of our current member institutions is differing levels. presented in Section 7 of this document.

This year we also consulted our members over The Website the review to our three-year business plan.The Three additions to the London Higher website during results have been incorporated into the 2008-9/ 2007/08 are a password protected Member’s Area, 2011-12 plan. an RSS feed and an on-line booking form.

A key finding was the need to target information The Member’s Area is restricted to Heads of coming from London Higher more effectively; we will Institutions and nominated Membership be looking at ways to do this over the coming year. Engagement Coordinators. Documents posted in the area include papers for Board meetings, notices Committees and Advisory Groups and circulars about London Higher groups or Much of the work we do centres around monitoring projects and limited circulation reports, such as the the HE landscape and evaluating threats and economic impact of London’s universities and opportunities to and for the London HE group. colleges, Research Council funding awards and a study on bibliometrics involving London HEIs. As examples we can cite the coordinated response to the removal of funding for students with equal or The London Higher RSS feed allows subscribers to equivalent level of qualifications (ELQs), where we be kept informed of updates to the News and lobbied against the proposals; or our engagement Events pages. Recent postings included the launch with the challenges of co-funding, where we have of the Study London insight magazine and an commissioned substantial research into the demand announcement for the London Education and supply of skills training in London. Partnership Awards.

This painstaking policy analysis takes time and The on-line booking form has been used to register frequently goes unnoticed by those members who attendance for a workshop in April 2008 and for the are not directly involved. 2008 Summer Reception. It is envisaged that the on-line form will be used for all future London Nevertheless, creating space for discussion is Higher events, workshops and conferences. increasingly a vital role for the organization to play and one that is valued by our many partners.

STRATEGY STANDING COMMITTEES ADVISORY GROUPS CONSULTATION GROUPS

• London Higher Board • Podium HE/FE Steering • Healthcare Education • London HE Forum Group for the 2012 • Research Excellence • Creative/Cultural Games • Teacher Education working Group • London Higher Skills • The Plenary Board • London Europe Group • Social Impact by London HEIs

the ratio of member subscription 1:3.6income to total income for 2007-8 15 5. Finance Report

2007-8 has been another good year in terms of grant income to the organization. Our total forecasted our income has more than double to £1.9 million.

We have restructured our accounts the better to We continue to use our external accountant demonstrate transparency, dividing London Higher to advise on all financial matters and to submit into four ‘business’ units – the Case for London HE, to external audit where required. Study London, Podium and Employer Engagement. In 2007-8, we predict total income to be Each unit has its own income and expenditure c. £1,991,005 and total expenditure to be codes which allow London Higher, our project c. £1,938,242, creating an anticipated surplus of managers and their funders to monitor each c. £50,000 to be carried forward. constituent account independently. However, London Higher remains the accountable body and the new unit codes are subsumed within a single London Higher code.

Forecast Income 2007-8 (£)

Main Grant (1,206,500) A A HEFCE (636,500) B LDA (570,000) Subscription Income (426,000) Other Grant (272,868) B Carry-over 2006-7 (85,637)

Forecast Expenditure 2007-8 (£)

A Projects (781,500) A Case for London HE (80,000) B B Study London (384,000) C Podium (62,500) C D Employer Engagement (255,000) Salaries (613,309) D Administration (140,350) Fixed Costs (68,912)

Contingency (231,302) Report / Finance with the Membership Working Transfers (102,868)

16 6. Publications & Reports

We have maintained a high output of publications and reports this year, all of which are now available as downloads through our website.

London Higher publications not only promote the member group to our stakeholders and potential students, but increasingly add valuable trend information of the development of the HE sector in London and in comparison to elsewhere in the UK and internationally.

Our main publications this year include:

insight Economic impact of December 2007, February international students Higher Returns 2008 and May 2008 July 2007 September 2007 A quarterly magazine from A report by Oxford Economics for Higher Returns provides Study London targeted at Study London which indicated the information on financial support international students overall contribution of available from the Government and key influencers around international students to London’s for part-time HE study and was the world. economy is £1.5 billion annually. updated for 2007/08.

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London:A Natural Centre London Higher fold-out for Innovation brochure August 2007 November 2007 In collaboration with the A fold-out brochure presenting London Development data on staff and students at Agency we wrote a special London Higher member HEIs, section on London for Research Council funding, Innovations UK showcasing economic impact, part-time the contribution London study and spin-offs. HEIs make to UK innovation. Letter to the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills November 2007 Concerning the impact of removing funding for ELQs on London HEIs

Impact of London Higher members on the economy of London and the UK November 2007 Using the UUK economic impact model, figures were compiled on economic output and job creation due to the pooled activities of London 23 Higher member HEIs. publications on, about,or in support of London’s HEIs.

17 Bibliometric Study for London Impacts of the Olympic February 2008 Games on HE and FE in the Phase One of this study host city (Sydney 2000) Podium Business provides baseline data March 2008 Opportunities Plan for all London HEIs using A comparative study by June 2008 the Thomson Scientific PwC collecting data Reviews the practical UK National Citations indicating how FE and HE in opportunities for FE and HE Report prepared by London and Sydney institutions to contribute to Evidence Ltd using compare in relation to their the staging and delivery of 2002-2006 data. respective Olympic Games. the 2012 Games, prepared by Rocket Science.

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E-zines September 2007, December The Contribution of the Further 2007 and April 2008 and Higher Education sectors to Three e-zines were released the Staging and delivery of the this year featuring news on 2008 Beijing Olympic Games economic impacts by HEIs April 2008 and by international Podium commissioned this report students, insight magazine from Ian Henry (University of and updates on employer Loughborough) into Beijing's use engagement and social of the FE and HE sectors in China impacts projects. to add value to the staging and delivery of the 2008 Games. London Higher Factsheets September 2007, December 2007 and April 2008 London Higher factsheets provide up-to-date statistics London Higher Directory on London’s HE sector and June 2008 -PDF version are based on data provided An A5 size colour booklet aimed at HE by HESA and HEFCE. specialists, regional bodies and businesses Factsheets released in 2007- with entries for all London Higher 8 included “Higher Education members. Staff”,“Students at London HEIs”,“Destinations of Highly Skilled London – A strategy for Higher Education Students” increasing higher education’s provision and “Recurrent Grants for of skills to London’s workforce 2008-09”. June 2008 A summary report bringing together three sub-reports undertaken by Grant Thornton on the demand and supply of HLS in London and the strategy for increasing London HEIs' share of the market for HLS provision. Publications & Reports

18 7. People & Places

Membership organizations are driven by the enthusiasm and skills of the people who are associated with them. London Higher is fortunate in being able to draw on unparalleled expertise across the sector.

This year our officers have been:

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Board (elected) Professor David Latchman (Chair) Birkbeck, University of London Professor Geoffrey Crossick Goldsmiths, University of London Professor Malcolm Gillies City University Professor Deian Hopkin (Vice-chair) London South Bank University Professor Paul O’Prey Roehampton University Professor Alastair Pearce Rose Bruford College Professor Geoffrey Petts University of Westminster

Board (co-opted) Professor Martin Everett University of East London Professor Pat Hughes St George's, University of London Professor Stephen Smith Imperial College London

Board (observers) John Attree Director of Skills & Olympics Programmes, London First Anne Creane Director of Product Development, LDA Derek Hicks HEFCE Regional Consultant Mr Richard Sumray Chair, London 2012 Forum

Executive Jane Glanville Chief Executive Officer Charlotte Foster Communications Officer, Podium Maria Hicks Communications Manager, London Higher Naz Khan Projects Officer, Learning & Skills Kevin McCarthy Head of Unit, Study London Simon Mccaugherty Deputy Head of Unit, Study London Kate Potter Head of Unit, Podium Michael Reynier Deputy Chief Executive Officer Paresh Shah Research & Data Analysis Manager Gareth Smith Deputy Head of Unit, Podium

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We are grateful to all members of the Board for their commitment to the organization throughout this and previous years. In particular, thanks are due to Geoffrey Crossick, Deian Hopkin and Alastair Pearce, all of whom are leaving the Board this year.

An up-to-date list of officers for 2008-9 can be found on the London Higher website.

Member Institutions 2007-8 Birkbeck, University of London* Royal Academy of Music* Brunel University Royal College of Art City University Royal College of Music Conservatoire for Dance and Drama Royal Holloway, University of London* Courtauld Institute of Art* School of Oriental and African Studies, Goldsmiths, University of London* University of London* Guildhall School of Music and Drama St George's, University of London* Heythrop College, University of London* St Mary's University College,Twickenham Imperial College London Thames Valley University Institute of Education* The Central School of Speech and Drama* King’s College London* The Institute of Cancer Research* Kingston University London The Open University in London London Business School* The Royal Veterinary College* London Metropolitan University The School of Pharmacy, University of London* London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine* Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music & Dance London South Bank University University of the Arts London Middlesex University University College London* Queen Mary, University of London* University of East London Ravensbourne College of Design and University of Greenwich Communication University of London* Roehampton University University of Westminster Rose Bruford College *Colleges of the University of London People & Places People

20 8. Conclusion

It is always gratifying to review the successful outputs from a year of hard work and the achievements of London Higher during 2007-8 are clearly set out in the preceding pages. To remain fit-for-purpose however we must continually look to the future.

In his introduction our Chairman rightly observed London Higher is also likely to become bigger. that, like many other business sectors, HE is entering a period of uncertainty. Resources may If our proposal to HEFCE based on this year’s well decline and yet outputs are expected to Employer Engagement programme is successful we continue, if not, increase.We need also to wait to will be setting up a Business Development Unit. Key see what the new Mayor of London may have in to the success and long term sustainability of the store for HE and skills in the capital. LHBDU will be the support it achieves from London HEIs as member organizations and, naturally, the It is at times like this that an organization such as value it provides in return. London Higher comes into its own. Continued funding support for our Podium Unit has Collectively, the London HE group is the most been secured from both the LSC and HEFCE. In representative - and powerful - lobbying force in addition, a separately agreed funding stream with English HE. Of course each constituent member HEFCW will enable Podium to expand its work to has its own way of demonstrating its regional, support Welsh HEIs over the forthcoming year. national and international value, and there are other Additional discussions are due to take place with sector bodies to which our members belong. the Scottish Higher Education Funding Council. Nevertheless by monitoring the ever changing policy landscape and maintaining a robust and up- In addition, there will be continued work to set up a to-date evidence base London Higher will play an London healthcare unit and on developing a ever more important role in setting that work in the methodology for demonstrating the value of our broader context by which key decisions are creative and cultural HEIs, both important increasingly being made. components of the London HE cluster.

London Higher is changing too. In 2009 London Higher will be ten years old. Over that time the organization will have transformed After detailed consideration and planning we expect from a loose consortium of HEIs with funding of to transfer into the company limited by guarantee £350,000 to a corporate, multi-streamed business set up in 2007.This will bring us into line with current with a turnover approaching £2 million. We plan to legal and financial frameworks, a responsibility all recognize the ten year milestone in the summer of regional HE associations are now beginning to face. 2009 and to illustrate the impressive trajectory of the organization

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21 One of the main factors underpinning this success is the support of colleagues who have served as members of the Board and in particular from our Chairs and Vice Chairs. Equally important has been the dedication of a committed executive team. I should like in particular to thank my team colleagues for all their efforts which I know will continue through 2008-9 and beyond.

The coming years will not be easy for HE. Nevertheless we are not pessimistic. My colleagues and I on the Executive team predict that London Higher will continue to represent the same outstanding value for money and to support its members in a timely and professional manner.

Jane Glanville Chief Executive Officer London Higher – June 2008 Conclusion Conclusion

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