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Draft 3 English AR 11.11_Layout 1 19/12/2011 11:00 Page 1 At a glance Research302 Total student body Male Female Postgraduate Undergraduate 2010 - 11 52% 48% 4800 8383 13485 Average UCAS Part-time Overseas 4142 Full-time points on entry for and 4429 Home/EU degree courses Sandwich 9056 9343 317 Delivering Social Justice Supporting a buoyant economy £000’s The University is strongly committed to the view that Higher The University is a primary agent of economic development in Education makes a fundamental contribution to social justice, the region, and the past year has seen significant progress 25000 through equipping individuals with the skills and attributes to and success in this area. Our aim is to become Wales’ leading succeed and prosper and narrowing the gap in opportunities. source of knowledge development and transfer in our Our aim is to raise aspirations among under-represented acknowledged areas of expertise and a focus for a wide 20000 groups through promotion of the benefits of Higher variety of meaningful and successful long-term partnerships Education and training, developing support mechanisms to within the higher and further education sectors as well as enable participants to succeed in their chosen fields of study. business, industry, the professions and the community. 15000 Cardiff Met continues to have a Central to the progress made Underpinning this aim are The further development of 10000 strong track record in attracting during the year in this area has activities which have made a the Centre for Personal & under-represented students, been the work of the Centre for significant positive contribution Professional Development with 16.3% of entrants coming Personal and Professional to the development of the (CPPD) brand as the from Community First areas, Development (CPPD). The economy in the year. The 5000 University’s ‘one-stop shop’ compared to an average of Centre, which was launched in University achieved an income for training and CPD, Surplus 15.6% amongst Welsh HE October 2008, now offers a of £7.1m from research and including the development providers. At a school-level the dynamic and flexible portfolio enterprise activities across the Cash of an accreditation service 0 University now engages with of over 150 part-time and short period from areas such as: 2005/06 2006/07 2007/08 2008/09 2009/10 2010/11 for businesses. more than 2,400 school pupils courses for Black Minority % every year, reaching more than Ethnic groups and over 500 The Food Industry Centre In addition, by providing 100 schools annually via our learners in Community First 8 (FIC) successfully delivering education that promotes “Higher Education Roadshow”. areas. It is integral to the the Knowledge Innovation employability, the University 7 A further 900 school pupils are University’s continuing success Transfer Exchange (KITE) Total engaged in community in promoting access to Higher continues to provide students 6 Turnover programme, designed to £83.2 outreach activities on an annual Education. An example of the with practical tools that will help the Welsh food 5 million basis, to enhance their impact of CPPD during the year enable them to succeed. For 7.7% industry develop new example, opportunities are 4 employability by developing was the positive impact on the their transferable skills while lives of refugees and asylum products, markets and provided for students to 3 5.0% also gaining accreditation for seekers in Wales achieved quality systems. Over the engage with the world of work, last year companies involved through carefully structured 2 their efforts. through the provision of free Total Staff short courses in conjunction in this programme have and managed work-placement 1 1116 A key project over the period with the Welsh Refugee reported an increase in programmes. Currently, nine turnover of more than £10 0 has been the development of Council (WRC). out of ten students on the All Welsh HEI Cardiff Met our Student Volunteering million as a direct result of University’s degrees entered Increase in Entry Standards project which has seen over The University also supports the University’s support. 2008 - 2012 Times University Guide data employment or further study 300 of the University’s the WRC Learning Drop-In within six months of For information see undergraduate students take Service and has created a “hub The National Centre for graduating. www.cardiffmet.ac.uk/annualreview this optional module. The of learning” with IT facilities. Product Design & Overall, the year has seen a purpose of the module is to Development Research encourage our students to continuation of activities It is recognised that the (PDR) continuing to offer a enhance their employability by designed to provide a systemic University has a major complete service to industry developing their transferable approach to the provision of economic impact in three main from research and analysis skills through undertaking a exciting new learning ways: through our staff, our period of voluntary work, whilst opportunities for people of all through to design, students and our purchasing also gaining accreditation for ages, ethnic and economic manufacture and launch. power. With an annual their efforts. The volunteering backgrounds. This has enabled PDR had a double success in expenditure of over £80 million, Annual Review Summary project focuses primarily on more people in Wales to the International ‘IF Product a staff of more than 1,000, and areas which are in need of experience Higher Education, Design Awards 2011’. a global student population in 2010 - 2011 increased support, both and be equipped with higher The design team won the excess of 13,000, the University financially and otherwise, such skills levels. awards in both Furniture & is a significant economic Western Avenue, Cardiff CF5 2YB UK as Community First areas and Home Textiles and the presence in the region with an Tel: +44 (0)29 2041 6070 Fax: +44 (0)29 2041 6286 those deemed by the Welsh Industry & Skilled Trades overall impact estimated to be cardiffmet.ac.uk Government to be in areas of categories. in excess of £100 million per multi-deprivation. annum. Draft 3 English AR 11.11_Layout 1 19/12/2011 11:00 Page 2 Positive League table Continued results, with Cardiff Met being ranked top implementation ‘new university’ in of the £50 Wales in 10 out of the last 12 national million Estates Cardiff Metropolitan University i-Zone Dai Greene, Alumnus, 400m Hurdles, The Rt Hon Carwyn Jones AM, First Rachael Keeble, Alumnus, Outstanding newspaper league Barbara Wilding CBE QPM Antony J Chapman Plan The Right Honourable the Lord Mayor of European, Commonwealth and World Minister of Wales, at the Sport and Exercise New Teacher of the Year, Pearson UK Chair, Board of Governors Vice-Chancellor Cardiff, Councillor Professor Delme Bowen Champion Medicine Centre official opening Teaching Awards 2011 tables President of Cardiff Metropolitan University Key Highlights The University has maintained Dineen were among just six student, was named career, Miss Wilding served in Effective partnership President’s Message Chair and its high levels of student staff in Wales, and 55 across Outstanding New Teacher of the Metropolitan Police and Continuing satisfaction, emerging as the the UK, to be honoured. the Year at the Pearson UK commanded the Security and work at home: Vice-Chancellor’s Message ‘Top “new” university’ in Teaching Awards 2011. Protection Directorate which strong e.g. the FE2HE-UWIC Wales, according to the Cardiff Met and the Rachael who is originally from included Special Branch, Consortium, Wales The Annual Review is a time 2010-11 National Student Leadership Foundation for Blackwood and now teaches specialist firearms units, student for reflection and recognition road of a better future, with the Satisfaction Survey (NSS). Higher Education spent eight in Lydney in Gloucestershire covert operations and Institute for Research in of what has been achieved by skills and support that is needed This Annual Review During the course of the year the The annual survey asks final months visiting partner was presented with the award protection of Ministers and recruitment Art & Design (WIRAD), the University over the last in today’s world of challenge. summarises the University’s Board of Governors determined year undergraduate students universities and Ministries of at the event which was the Royal Family. South East Wales Centre twelve months. This Review is development and that there was a pressing need to to rate such areas as their Higher Education in the followed by a reception with and entry an endorsement of what can I commend the governors and achievements during the invoke our own degree awarding teaching, academic support, Middle East to learn how the Prime Minister at Professor David Brooksbank for Teacher Education & be achieved through staff of the University who have academic year 2010 - 11. powers and to adopt our and learning resources as well leaders in such regions can be Downing Street. was appointed Dean of the levels Training (SEWCTET) commitment, vision and secured so much investment in University title, thereby signalling as rating their overall helped to further develop and Cardiff School of partnership working in one of the infrastructure of the There is much for Cardiff nationally and internationally our satisfaction at their university. enhance their roles. These The SESAME (SEnsing for Management (CSM). The the best new Universities in university’s campuses. Those of Metropolitan