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INTRODUCTION

The Universities at Medway is a unique Since 2004, it has grown to welcome The Universities at Medway partnership between Christ more than 10,000 students to its commissioned Viewforth Consulting to Church University, the University of campus each year. It provides a range carry out a study of its economic impact Greenwich, and the University of at of academic and professional learning during the financial year 2015/16. This a shared campus at Chatham Maritime. opportunities, with a focus on report is based in part on the findings The partnership was established in 2004 education, health and social care, of this study and explores the positive and in the 15 years since, it has made a engineering, business, journalism and impact that the Universities at Medway real difference to the lives of people the creative industries. The Universities has on the social, cultural and studying, working, visiting and living in at Medway is a core part of the strategic community life of the Medway area Medway. In its role as an educator, economic development plans for and the south-east region. employer, research institution, cultural Medway, supporting the area’s potential and sporting hub, and community as a ‘city of culture, learning and organisation, the Universities at enterprise.’ Medway has a major impact. 3 OUR IMPACT IN NUMBERS

Economic impact: Supporting local jobs:

More than More than £143m 1,587 contributed to Medway’s FTE jobs in the south-east economy dependent on our activities and those of our students

Growing the local Attracting medical talent: economy: Kent and Medway Medical School Our students spend more than will attract £158m 100 with Medway businesses aspiring doctors to train and work and services in Kent and Medway each year

Investing in skills: Helping our communities:

Estimated More than £11m £ 16,000 added to Kent and Medway’s economy hours volunteered by students running when the new EDGE Hub opens in 2020 societies and helping charities and the community 4 5 THE UNIVERSITIES AND THE ECONOMY

Overall the Universities at Medway and its students contributed £143.6m to the Staff and student spending local economy during the financial year 2015/16. The universities’ activities on The Universities at Medway is home to thousands the Medway campus made up a substantial proportion of their incomes, at of students and hundreds of staff who spend £82.5m in total. The three universities also made significant investments in money on local services and goods. This off- 2015/16, with £82.7m spent on the Medway campus in that year, including on campus spending supports a number of local the development of new academic facilities and a brand-new student social businesses, from restaurants and taxi services, to and study hub at the centre of the campus. retailers and leisure facilities.

The personal spending of students in Medway, Through the educational programmes that it Knock-on effects excluding what they contribute in university fees, is offers, the excellent and world-leading research equivalent to £158.2m. More than £140m of this Spending by the Universities at Medway creates a that its academics carry out, and the investment spend is brought into the Medway towns by wider economic impact by delivering further that it both creates and attracts, the Universities at students who come from outside of the local area. Medway helps to support the Medway towns’ ‘knock-on’ effects. The institutions purchase a range of goods from local and regional suppliers ambitions. With its support, Medway can remain This includes spending by international students and those suppliers, in-turn, buy from other local at the forefront of innovation and enterprise, (from EU and non-EU countries), who contributed organisations, creating a ripple effect that continue to build on its reputation as one of the a total of £12.3m to UK GDP in 2015/16. Student generates further economic benefits. strongest engineering hubs in the south-east and spending supports more than 300 jobs in the become a respected and established home to the Medway towns and a further 949 jobs in the Through that ‘knock-on’ effect, the Universities at creative industries. south-east region. Medway generated £107.1m of outputs for the The Universities at Medway actively supports south-east economy in 2015/16, supporting more Medway’s ambition to be a leading waterfront than 1,587 full-time equivalent jobs in the south- university city by 2035. east, in addition to those available at the Universities at Medway. 6

REALISING OUR SHARED POTENTIAL

One of the driving forces for the More than 10,500 Higher Education students are More than 859 full-time equivalent jobs are founding of the Universities at based at the Medway campus. The universities generated by the Universities at Medway, with a Medway was a desire to open up recruit 12 per cent of all students at the campus further 343 jobs generated by student spending Higher Education to as many people directly from the Medway area, with a further 41 and activities, making a total of 1,202 jobs in as possible and widen participation in per cent from other parts of the south-east, and Medway dependent on the Universities at university studies. In addition to 13 per cent from overseas. The Universities at Medway. This is equivalent to 1.7 per cent Medway has successfully retained more than of all jobs in Medway. supporting skills development among 1,200 students who might otherwise have left the local people, it attracts students from area to study elsewhere. In addition, more than While many staff working at the campus are other areas of the UK and from 22,000 young people with no previous experience academics, the universities also provide countries around the world to play a of university within their family have taken part in employment in a wide range of skilled and role in the area’s knowledge economy. outreach activities run by Kent and Medway semi-skilled professions and occupations, Progression Federation (KMPF). It works with ranging from maintaining the campus estate 40 schools in the area to raise attainment among as gardeners or plumbers, to providing young people and is backed by Canterbury Christ professional services such as accounting Church University and the . and marketing. 7

Boosting local science and engineering skills

The new Kent and Medway Engineering, Design, Growth and Enterprise (EDGE) Hub at Canterbury Christ Church University will support high-value employment, growth and investment in engineering and technology businesses in Kent and Medway. A new facility will open in Canterbury in 2020 and is estimated to be worth up to £11 million a year to the local economy. It will add 1,250 more graduates with higher-level engineering and technology skills into the regional labour market by 2024. Delivered in partnership with industry, the Hub will help to address skills shortages in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) subjects and will support regional economic growth. It will build on Medway’s existing strengths as an engineering hub.

Robot Wars: Inspiring young New routes into education: engineers University of Kent Centre for Higher and Degree Level Engineering faculty and students at the Apprenticeships University of Greenwich have found a novel way to inspire young people in the region to engage Based at the Universities at Medway site, with engineering and science subjects. For the the University of Kent’s Centre for Higher past two years they have designed and built a and Degree Level Apprenticeships robot to join the battle to become champion of launched during National Apprenticeship BBC Two television series Robot Wars . Week in March 2017. The Centre leads Building on the University’s world-leading and co-ordinates the University’s work expertise in engineering and robotic technology, with employers to deliver higher and the work to design and build the robots sits at degree apprenticeships in a wide range of the heart of the University’s outreach campaign professions including laboratory science, to inspire more young people to consider a construction, business management, career in engineering. The Faculty of Engineering procurement and social work. The Centre and Science engages dozens of schools in has supported more than 90 apprentices Medway and across Kent each year, with over the last year, including school-leavers pupils taking part in a competition to design a who are starting their working lives, and robot to compete in an annual Robot Wars Live existing members of staff at the University of the University’s efforts to open routes challenge, hosted at the Universities at Medway who aim to increase their skills and gain a into Higher Education to local people and campus. University engineers work with degree-level qualification whilst working in to widen participation in the university shortlisted schools to build the robots ready their current role. The Centre is a core part experience. for competition each September. 8 MAKING MEDWAY A PLACE TO BE PROUD OF

The Universities at Medway is working in partnership with Medway Council During the summer vacation period, between and its business community to develop Medway’s place story, identifying what mid-June and mid-September, the universities makes the Medway Towns distinctive. It fully supports the ambition to transform also offer modern accommodation for up to 750 Medway into a vibrant waterfront university city by 2035. delegates at Liberty Quays, adding extra capacity to Medway’s peak summer accommodation offer for visitors. The universities are ambassadors for the local A range of conferencing and events facilities area, promoting the Medway towns to students provided by the universities attract hundreds The creation of the Universities at Medway played and visitors from across the world. Students from of visitors to the area every year. Set in historic a vital role in regenerating the Chatham Maritime outside of the region who attend the Universities locations on the campus and the adjacent area, preserving a key heritage site through at Medway bring family and friends to the area for Chatham Historic Dockyard site, the conference re-purposing many of the existing buildings, day-trips or longer visits and many graduates facilities bring representatives from a range of including the old Drill Hall, in addition to revitalising return to the area as alumni, contributing to the sectors including academics, associations, and redundant buildings at the nearby Chatham local visitor economy. leisure and special interest groups to the region. Historic Dockyard by putting them to educational use. 9

Cultural transformation set to become a reality

In an expression of its commitment to grow the Thanet, through Medway to the Thames creative industries and enhance Medway’s Estuary. The funding will support investment in reputation as a cultural hub, the University of infrastructure, research, training and business Kent and Arts Council England signed a development within the creative industries. The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in 2018. initiatives will lead to the creation of 500 jobs, They committed to widen access and improve provide qualifications and skills development the quality of arts and culture across Kent by for 200 people, and fund 60 apprenticeship working together to develop more opportunities programmes for young people in the area. for students, children and young people to get involved in the arts. This work focuses on The University is part of a unique partnership supporting the growing creative clusters in established by the South Eastern Creative Medway and North Kent to ensure that the Economy Network (SECEN) which includes region has the infrastructure and opportunities 11 local authority areas, necessary to develop talent and offer creative the Greater London careers. Authority, Royal Docks, The University was also awarded £4.3m in seven East London funding from the Cultural Development Fund boroughs, University KMTV: Local news for local people (CDF) to develop new creative, cultural and of Essex, and cultural heritage initiatives to support the formation of organisations Metal and The University of Kent and regional publisher a series of creative clusters stretching from Biennale. KM Media Group established the UK’s first university-led local television station, KMTV, in July 2017. The station broadcasts local news, sport, business and entertainment coverage to more than 250,000 homes across North Kent and Medway. Content is Creating a cultural and creative hub sourced, created and broadcast by a dedicated KMTV news team of professional journalists supported by University of Kent The development of the creative industries is students and KM group’s editorial team. vital to the vision for Medway’s economic growth. The Universities at Medway provides Through KMTV, students get access to practical support and expertise for a variety of state-of-the-art broadcast technology, cultural activities in the area and has taken a direct experience of professional practice leading role in establishing Medway as a alongside leading journalists, and the creative hub. chance to develop contacts with the region’s leading media group. All three Universities at Medway institutions offer extensive programmes in the digital and The KMTV partnership was runner-up in creative arts. These programmes bring students the Business Collaboration category at and staff at the universities together with the Guardian Higher Education Awards professionals from a range of disciplines within their knowledge with members of the public, and two of its journalists were recognised the creative sectors including film-makers, and taking part in the annual international Pint for excellence at the Kent Press and artists, performers, designers and journalists to of Science Festival by bringing their scientific Broadcasting Awards in 2018. The project provide real-world experiences that enhance discoveries to the public with a series of events puts Medway at the centre of local news students’ employment prospects and hosted in Medway’s pubs. Medway’s academic delivery for the region and its long-term encourage them to remain in Medway after community also collaborated with Medway ambition is to make KMTV the first choice graduating. Council and its partners to make the for local news in Kent and Medway. commemorations marking the 350th anniversary Academics at the three universities support a of the Battle of Medway a spectacular success. variety of activities in Medway, including running a series of public lectures where experts share 10

RESEARCH FOR PUBLIC BENEFIT

The Universities at Medway is The University of Greenwich’s research activities Whether by investigating new treatments for a powerhouse for research and generated approximately £14m of income during cancers and autoimmune diseases, developing innovation that attracts millions 2016/17 and its Faculty of Engineering and new techniques to treat bone deformity using 3D of pounds of funding to the region. Science, based largely at Medway, received a printers, or using new technologies to improve the World-leading research is carried number of national and international research design of military vehicles and save the lives of out at the Medway campus, with accolades in 2017. Canterbury Christ Church soldiers in international conflict zones, the University’s Institute of Medical Sciences is a research carried out at the Universities at Medway a particular focus on the fields of nationally-recognised centre of excellence for makes a difference to the lives of people in our science, engineering and medicine. postgraduate medical education and research. It region, our nation and around the world. supports ground-breaking research in the use of stem cell technology within clinical practice. Medway School of Pharmacy has been awarded more than £3m of research and enterprise income since 2004 and more than 60% of the School’s research was rated of ‘very considerable’ impact in the most recent Research Excellence Framework (REF). 11

Cellular Imaging: advances in the treatment of kidney and bladder disease

Work carried out by researchers at Medway School of Pharmacy has led to significant advances in the way that kidney and bladder disease is diagnosed and treated.

Through the visualisation of cellular events in live tissue, researchers Claire Peppiatt- Wildman and Scott Wildman developed new models for investigating kidney and bladder function in states of health and disease. Their findings have helped clinicians and Carbon8 Systems: Cutting the physiologists to understand responses to world’s waste through CO2 capture drug-toxicity, and the onset and progression of disease. Thanks to research led by the University of Greenwich’s Professor Colin Hills, Medway The imaging of live bladder tissue, adapted is home to a world-leader in the for bedside application, has already altered development of carbon-negative building clinical practice within the NHS. And the materials. technology could help to develop new drugs to treat kidney disease. Carbon8 Systems is a multi-award-winning company led by Professor Hills, in association with research colleague Dr Paula Carey, in a spin-out from the University of Greenwich’s Faculty of Engineering & Science. Formed in 2006, the company successfully patented its innovative The Institute of Medical Sciences: developing future leaders in Accelerated Carbon Technology (ACT), medical research offering a rapid and cost-effective carbon dioxide capturing treatment for soil and Canterbury Christ Church University’s Institute of Medical Sciences (IMS) is a centre of excellence waste. It is now a world-leader in the for postgraduate medical education and research. It brings researchers together with leading capture of carbon dioxide, using industrial surgeons and consultants and global companies to provide UK and overseas clinicians waste and contaminated soils to create opportunities to gain high-quality education and training. The Institute’s specialist surgery carbon-negative building materials. programmes provide practitioners with enhanced clinical skills to help them stand out as leaders The company is now working to develop in their field. the technology further to help reduce global Since 2015, ground-breaking research in the use of stem cell technology within clinical practice greenhouse gas emissions and create a and studies in biomedical engineering has been carried out at the Institute. It features a purpose- global portfolio of treatment plants built lab equipped to support world-leading discoveries in stem cell culturing, bioengineering, combining CO2 with waste to reduce the computing and 3D printing, as well as fully-equipped clinical simulation suites. amount of industrial waste going to landfill. The IMS is home to the University’s innovative MSc in Physician Associates Studies, offering a Carbon8 Systems received the Queen’s ‘fast-track’ medical school model. The Physician Associates trained at the Institute become Award for Enterprise: Innovation in 2017 skilled members of healthcare teams and are qualified to provide a wide range of and has previously won the IChemE Green medical services alongside licensed physicians. Chemical Technology Award, the national Shell Springboard prize and the Times Academics from the Institute also work closely with the Health Education Higher Education Award for Outstanding England Kent Surrey and Sussex GP Deanery to enhance and develop education Contribution to Innovation and Technology. and training and to instigate GP-led research and innovation in General Practice. 12 OUR PLACE IN THE COMMUNITY

The Universities at Medway plays an active role in the community within the Medway towns, engaging local schools and colleges, providing services to support local businesses, and through volunteering projects led by its staff and students, which benefit local individuals and organisations.

Raising aspirations The Universities at Medway is part of the Kent and Medway Collaborative Outreach Programme (KaMCOP) and the Kent and Medway Progression Federation (KMPF). Both projects focus on facilitating participation in Higher Education by young people from disadvantaged backgrounds.

The projects’ activities include partnering with University Technical Colleges and multi- academy school trusts to share expertise and offer opportunities for local young people to experience university life. Schools from Medway attend summit events hosted by the University of Greenwich, medical fairs showcasing wide- ranging careers in health and medicine hosted by Canterbury Christ Church University, and looked- after children events in partnership with the Virtual School, Medway.

Schools that have benefited from activities by the Universities at Medway include; Strood Academy, Greenacre School, Walderslade School for Girls, Brompton Academy in Gillingham is sponsored by Pride in Medway Rainham School for Girls, Robert Napier, Thomas the University of Kent, which provides a range of In 2017 the Pride in Medway Awards were hosted Aveling, John Fisher Catholic Comprehensive, curriculum and progression activities to help at the Universities at Medway campus. The Oasis Isle of Sheppey Academy, Westlands young people consider, and get the awards highlight individuals and groups who School and Waterfront UTC. most from, Higher Education. make a difference to Medway. The universities contributed to the development, promotion and resourcing of the annual awards and have previously presented a sponsor’s award recognising exceptional voluntary service in the community. 13

Volunteering

The Universities at Medway’s new £4m Student Hub is a social space designed to enhance the student experience on campus, but also acts as a central organising point for an army of hundreds of student volunteers who regularly contribute in the community.

More than 16,000 hours were recorded by students who volunteered through GK Unions’ schemes in 2016/17. GK Unions is a partnership between the students’ unions of the University of Greenwich and the University of Kent at Medway. In addition to running sports clubs and societies for fellow students on campus, the volunteers work with a number of Medway charities and community organisations.

During the last year, students helped children at Burnt Oak Primary School with their reading and mentored children at Featherby Road School to help them interact more effectively in social environments. Volunteers worked with Kent Wildlife Trust to manage Darland Banks, an area of scientific interest in Gillingham, helping to clear scrubland and overgrowth to allow native species of flora to thrive. Students also helped to fill Christmas Reducing inequalities in health stockings with gifts for children The Universities at Medway makes a significant contribution to the health and well-being of the at Dolphin Ward, Medway Maritime Hospital. local community through its activities in the fields of health, medicine and social care. In addition In addition, Medway Raise and Give raised to the contribution that Medway School of Pharmacy and the Institute of Medical Sciences make nearly £5,000 for 18 organisations including to equipping healthcare professionals in the region with the skills and knowledge to make a local charities such as Medway Autism difference within their specialism, the universities will deliver a new Kent and Medway Medical Group and Information Centre (MAGIC) School to benefit the region. and Friends of Wisdom Hospice. The new Medical School is a joint initiative between Canterbury Christ Church University and the University of of Kent, and will be co-located on their Canterbury campuses. Their shared vision is to create a beacon for first-class medical education and research. The new academic unit will attract the most talented aspiring doctors from within the local community and beyond, offering training and development opportunities that will help to keep that talent in Kent and Medway. It will offer 100 undergraduate places annually to support future workforce planning in our region and to address workforce shortages in priority areas by developing doctors in specialities that are currently under-represented in Kent and Medway. Its programmes will focus on addressing health inequalities in our region by plugging the current gaps in healthcare provision and, in the longer-term, transforming the patient experience within our local area. 14

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Developing local health, social care and education skills

Canterbury Christ Church University leads the development of local skills in Health and Social Care, Education and Early Years, which are vital to the regional and national economy. Its programmes cover every step of a practitioner’s career, whether new undergraduates starting their careers in public health services, or established clinicians looking to enhance their skills or to lead innovative new research projects.

Undergraduate students on the University’s Nursing, Midwifery, Speech and Language Therapy, Operating Department Practice, Paramedic Science and Physiotherapy courses develop their skills within the fully-equipped health and wellbeing simulation suites housed on the Medway campus. The suites mimic the real-life experience of working on a hospital ward or within a clinical or emergency situation. Students also have access to highly sophisticated human simulation models to develop their hands-on skills.

Each year hundreds of undergraduate students at the University take part in placements within Kent and Medway hospitals as part of their training, with many working within the local NHS Trusts after graduating.

The University’s postgraduate and apprenticeship programmes are also extensive, enhancing current practitioners’ professional skills. Its MSc in Clinical Reporting delivers internationally-recognised research. The Foundation Nursing Associate apprenticeship programme, designed with and for the Medway Maritime Hospital, provides career development opportunities that align with local workforce needs. It provides local healthcare practitioners with the opportunity to earn while they learn, combining their work with studies that develop their skills. 15

Medway Innovation Centre: boosting business growth

The University of Greenwich partners with Medway Council to run Innovation Centre Medway, supporting knowledge-based start-up companies, innovative early-stage businesses and technology entrepreneurs to progress into mature, established organisations driving the economic growth of the area.

As a delivery partner for the Enterprise Europe Network, which provides a free service to help businesses to find international partners, source new technologies and receive EU funding, the University plays a key role in supporting the growth of organisations based at the centre. It provides practical advice to companies on issues including intellectual property, international expansion, and EU law and standards. Further, it’s role within the centre helps to provide companies with access to academic expertise within their A sporting chance industry sector to help nurture new business ideas. The University of Kent’s School of Sport Led by the University of Greenwich’s Head and Exercise Sciences at Medway offers of Innovation Services, Medway Innovation professional sport and exercise-testing, Centre is the only centre in the South East psychology, respiratory and nutritional to hold a Business and Innovation Centre consultations, rehabilitation services and sports (BIC) Quality Mark. The collaboration therapy to the public. The School’s experts have between the University of Greenwich and worked with a host of local sports clubs Medway Council that drives the centre including Medway Dragons RFC, Medway Park partnership helps to advance Crusaders Basketball Club and both amateur Medway’s ambition to be and elite individual sportspeople. a beacon for innovation Medway Council’s multi-sport, state-of-the-art and enterprise. Medway Park sports facilities were also developed with the help of funding from the universities. The Park opened in 2011 and is a regional centre of sporting excellence that was a training site for a dozen Olympic teams prior to facilities, swimming pool and judo centre are the London 2012 Olympics. Its extensive range open to members of the public as well as elite of sports halls, dance studios, track and field athletes. DPC 128455