North-West
Introduction The North-West has an area of around 14,000 km2 and a population of over 6.3 million. The metropolitan area of Greater Manchester is by far the most significant centre of population, with 2.5 million people in the city and its wider conurbation. Other major urban areas are Liverpool, Blackpool, Blackburn, Preston, Chester and Carlisle. The population density is 477 people per km2, making the North-West the most densely populated region outside London. However, the population is largely concentrated in the southern half of the region. Cumbria, by contrast, has the third lowest population density of any English county.
Economic development The economic output of the North-West is around £78 billion, which is 10 per cent of the total UK GDP. The region is very varied economically, with most of its wealth created in the heavily populated southern areas. Important manufacturing sectors for employment and wealth creation are chemicals, textiles and vehicle engineering. Unemployment in the region is 5.9 per cent, compared with the UK average of 5.4 per cent. There is considerable divergence in economic prosperity within the region. Cheshire has an above average GDP, while Merseyside ranks as one of the poorest areas in the UK. The total income of higher education institutions in the region is around £1,400 million per year.
Higher education provision There are 15 higher education institutions in the North-West: eight universities and seven higher education colleges. An additional 42 further education colleges provide higher education courses. There are almost 177,000 full-time equivalent (FTE) students in higher education in the region. The institutions range in size from Manchester Metropolitan University with over 24,000 student FTEs, making it the largest university in England apart from the Open University; to the Royal Northern College of Music (almost 600 student FTEs), which is the only independent music conservatoire outside London. Higher education is concentrated in the Liverpool-Manchester axis, with six universities and four higher education colleges in this area. Higher education in Cumbria and Cheshire is provided at a mixture of colleges of higher and further education and university campuses.
Student profile The North-West has a high percentage of young full-time undergraduates studying at HEIs in their home region and is a slight net importer of such students. The North-West has the highest proportion of young full-time first degree entrants from low participation neighbourhoods.
HEFCE 2003 Regional Profiles North-West 29 ● Cumbria Institute of the Arts Carlisle College__▲■✚ University of Northumbria at Newcastle (Carlisle campus)
▲ University
▲ University campus
● College of higher education
● College of higher education campus
Further education colleges ■ Lakes College - West Cumbria
■ Directly funded ✚ Franchised Cumbria ✪ Consortium member
✚ Kendal College
✚ Furness College
✚ Lancaster and Morecambe College ● St Martin's College
■✚ Blackpool and The Fylde College Lancashire✚ Myerscough College ✚ Nelson and Colne College
✚ Burnley College ✚ Preston College ▲ University of Central Lancashire ■✚ Blackburn College__■✚ Accrington and Rossendale College
■✚ Southport College
✚ Bury College ●■✚ Bolton College ■✚ ● Bolton Institute of Higher Education__ Hopwood Hall College Edge Hill✚ SkelmersdaleCollege of College Higher Education ■✚ Wigan and Leigh College ■✚ Oldham College
■✚ Salford College Greater Manchester▲ University of Salford University of Manchester Institute of Science & Technology__▲ ■✚ Tameside College Manchester College of Arts and Technology__■✚● Manchester Metropolitan University__▲▲ Royal Northern College of Music North Trafford College of Further Education__■✚ University of Manchester St Helens College__■✚ ✚ Xaverian College Greater✚ Hugh BairdMerseyside College ✚ Carmel College
Liverpool Community College__■ ✚ Knowsley Community College ■✚ ▲ South Trafford College__■✚ City College, Manchester Liverpool John Moores University__▲ University of Liverpool ■ Stockport College of Further and Higher Education ● ✚ Ridge Danyers College ■✚ Liverpool Hope University College Wirral Metropolitan College ✚ Priestley College ■ Halton College
■✚ ■✚ Mid-Cheshire College of Further Education Macclesfield College
● University College Chester ■✚Cheshire West Cheshire College and Warrington
Reaseheath College__✚ ■✚ South Cheshire College
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HEFCE 2003 Regional Profiles North West 30 HE students registered at North-West institutions 2001-02 and 2002-03 HE student headcounts Student numbers by type of institution 2002-03
5.88% 2.94% 20.59% Headcounts : 2001-02 2002-03 In HE institutions: 199,077 208,474 In FE colleges: 13,943 13,080 Total: 213,020 221,554
FTEs : 70.59% In HE institutions: 158,044 167,377 Registered and taught at university In FE colleges: 9,811 9,443 Registered and taught at HE college Registered at FEC Total: 167,855 176,820 Registered at HEI and taught at FEC (franchised)
Higher education student numbers 2001-02 and 2002-03
Manchester Metropolitan University
University of Manchester
University of Central Lancashire
University of Liverpool
Liverpool John Moores University
University of Salford
Lancaster University
Edge Hill College of Higher Education
St Martin's College
Chester College of Higher Education
University of Manchester Institute of Science & Technology
Bolton Institute of Higher Education
Liverpool Hope University College
Cumbria Institute of the Arts
Royal Northern College of Music
Further education colleges
0 10,000 20,000 30,000 40,000 Student numbers (headcounts)
2001-02 2002-03
HEFCE 2003 Regional Profiles North-West 31 Learning in the North-West 2001-02
HE students registered and taught Open University students domiciled in the North-West in the North-West Type Headcounts FTEs Headcounts FTEs HEI 203,763 157,983 13,527 5,596 Collaborative arrangements 6,161 4,599 FEC 10,871 7,682
Registered in the North-West but learning outside the North-West
Method of Learning (FTEs)
No campuses 0 FTEs
Collaborative 58 FTEs Registering institution *Teaching Institution arrangements | University of Central Lancashire Eastleigh College Taught by FECs 100.0% FTEs | Manchester Metropolitan University Stoke-on-Trent College
*Institution name Headcounts FTEs *Institution name Headcounts FTEs Distance learning 456 FTEs | Bolton Institute of HE 101 58 | University of Central Lancashire 274 55 (OU excluded) | Lancaster University 106 22 | Liverpool John Moores Uni 148 23 | University of Manchester 796 263 | Manchester Metropolitan Uni 61 24
Registered outside the North-West but learning in the North-West
Method of Learning (FTEs) Institution name Campus Headcounts FTEs Campuses 311 FTEs | Northumbria University Carlisle campus 371 311
Collaborative 424 FTEs Registering institution *Teaching Institution arrangements | University of Lincoln Wigan and Leigh College Taught by FECs 94.6% FTEs | Northumbria University Carlisle College | University of Sunderland Tameside College | Harper Adams University College Reaseheath College | Staffordshire University Wirral Metropolitan College | University of Huddersfield Accrington and Rossendale College | University of Huddersfield Blackpool and The Fylde College | University of Huddersfield Manchester College of A&T | University of Huddersfield Nelson and Colne College | University of Huddersfield Tameside College
*Institution name Headcounts FTEs *Institution name Headcounts FTEs Distance learning 664 FTEs | University of Birmingham 116 57 | De Montfort University 49 23 (OU excluded) | University of Greenwich 30 13 | University of Huddersfield 159 56 | University of Leicester 182 89 | Northumbria University 47 20 | Nottingham Trent University 25 14 | University of Portsmouth 92 62 | RCN Institute 105 58 | University of Sheffield 70 35 | Sheffield Hallam University 51 20 | Thames Valley University 36 23 | Queen's University Belfast 40 20 | University of Ulster 22 11
*Institutions with fewer than 10 FTEs excluded.
HEFCE 2003 Regional Profiles North-West 32 HE students registered at HEIs: characteristics Headcounts
Students by mode Students by level Undergraduates by (2002-03) (2002-03) age on entry (2001-02)
3.58% 15.35% 4.76% 10.85% 31.1%
31.13% 58.01%
68.9%
76.30%
Full-time & sandwich Other undergraduate Young
Part-time First degree 21-24
Postgraduate taught Mature
Postgraduate research
FTEs 2001-02 2002-03
Overseas student % of FTEs: 10.5% Part-time % of FTEs: 14.7% Young % of UG FTEs: 68.1% PG % of FTEs: 15.9% Mature % of UG FTEs: 20.6% % Male: 43.5%
Where do young students at North-West HEIs in 2001-02 come from?
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45%
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20%
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5%
Full-time young undergraduate student FTEs 0%
EU Wales Island London Scotland North-East North-West South-East South-West Rest of World East MidlandsWest Midlands East of England Northern Ireland
Yorkshire and the Humber Home domicile
HEFCE 2003 Regional Profiles North-West 33 HE students registered at HEIs: subject
2001-02 (Open University excluded)
Percentage of HE students (FTEs)
Medicine & Dentistry
Subjects Allied to Medicine
Biological Sciences
Veterinary Science
Agriculture & related subjects
Physical Sciences
Mathematical Sciences
Computer Science
Engineering & Technology
Architecture, Building & Planning
Subject Social, Economic & Political Studies
Law
Business & Administrative Studies
Librarianship & Information Science
Languages
Humanities
Creative Arts & Design
Education
Combined
0% 2% 4% 6% 8% 10% 12% 14% 16%
North-West England
HEFCE 2003 Regional Profiles North-West 34 HE students registered at FE colleges 2002-03 Headcounts: 13,080 2002-03 FTEs: 9,443 Headcounts by mode Headcounts by qualification aim 0.91% 22.14% 28.50% 43.02%
56.98% 4.27%
44.19% Full-time & sandwich HNC Part-time HND Other undergraduate First degree Postgraduate taught
Source: HEIFES & HESES 2002-03 Source: HEIFES 2002-03 (directly funded); ISR 2001-02 (consortia) Subject breakdown of HE student population in FECs
Medicine & dentistry Subjects allied to medicine Biological sciences Agriculture & related subjects Physical sciences Computer sciences Engineering & technology Architecture, building & planning Social, economic & political studies Business & administrative studies Languages Humanities Creative arts & design Education
0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% Percentage of total FTE student population 2001-02
North-West England Major FEC providers of HE (over 500 FTEs)
Directly funded Consortium member Collaborative arrangements College name 2002-03 FTEs 2002-03 FTEs 2001-02 FTEs
Blackburn College 1,204 0 79 Blackpool and The Fylde College 1,589 0 38 Oldham College 499 0 7 St Helens College 791 0 49 Stockport College of FHE 807 0 0 Wigan and Leigh College 549 0 94
Students taught collaboratively at FECs in the region (2001-02): Headcounts: 3,790 FTEs: 2,611
HEFCE 2003 Regional Profiles North-West 35 Income to HE institutions 2001-02
Total income to all HEIs: £1,368 million
Income to all HEIs by source
Other 21.35%
Funding bodies grant 41.38%
Research grants and contracts 13.92%
Tuition fees 23.35%
Income to individual HEIs by source
University of Manchester
University of Liverpool
Manchester Metropolitan University
University of Manchester Institute of Science & Technology
University of Salford
Liverpool John Moores University
University of Central Lancashire
Lancaster University
St Martin's College
Liverpool Hope University College
Edge Hill College of Higher Education
Bolton Institute of Higher Education
Chester College of Higher Education
Royal Northern College of Music
Cumbria Institute of the Arts
0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400 £ millions
Funding bodies grant Tuition fees Research grants and contracts Other
HEFCE 2003 Regional Profiles North-West 36 HEFCE funding
2003-04
University of Manchester University of Liverpool Manchester Metropolitan University University of Central Lancashire Liverpool John Moores University University of Salford Lancaster University University of Manchester Institute of Science & Technology Bolton Institute of Higher Education Chester College of Higher Education Liverpool Hope University College Edge Hill College of Higher Education St Martin's College Royal Northern College of Music Cumbria Institute of the Arts
0 20 40 60 80 100 120 £ millions
Teaching grant Research grant Other grant
Research Assessment Exercise performance Research-active academic staff by RAE grade
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0% 1 2 3b 3a 4 5 5*
Percentage of category A research active staff 2001 RAE grade
North-West England
HEFCE 2003 Regional Profiles North-West 37 Performance indicators for participation and non-continuation
Young full-time degree entrants to HEIs in the North-West
Non-continuation one year Low participation neighbourhoods after entry in 1999-2000 2000-01
Bolton Institute of Higher Education University of Central Lancashire Chester College of Higher Education Cumbria Institute of the Arts Edge Hill College of Higher Education* Lancaster University University of Liverpool Liverpool Hope University College Liverpool John Moores University University of Manchester UMIST Manchester Metropolitan University Royal Northern College of Music St Martin's College University of Salford
35 30 25 20 15 10 5 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 Percentage of young full-time degree entrants
(Actual) Percent not in HE one year after entry in 1999-2000 (Benchmark) Percent not in HE one year after entry in 1999-2000
(Actual) Percent from low participation neighbourhoods 2000-01 (Location benchmark) Percent from low participation neighbourhoods 2000-01
(Benchmark) Percent from low participation neighbourhoods 2000-01 *Our usual method of file linking produced anomalous results. This affected the institutions non-continuation figures to the extent that we have felt it best to omit them. Where do young students from the North-West study 2001-02?
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0% Full time young undergraduate student FTEs
London North-East North-West South-East South-West East Midlands West Midlands East of England Northern Ireland
Yorkshire and the Humber Region of HEI
HEFCE 2003 Regional Profiles North-West 38 First destinations of graduates
Full-time first degree students graduating from HEIs in 2001:
Employed: 68% Further study: 19% Unemployed: 6% Other: 7%
Where do graduates from North-West HEIs find employment?
70% 65% 60% 55% 50% 45% 40% 35% 30% 25% 20%
Percentage of employed 15% 10% 5% 0%
Wales London Scotland North-East North-West South-East South-West East MidlandsWest Midlands East of England Northern Ireland Region of employment
Yorkshire and the Humber Employed graduates of North-West HEIs: first destination by type of industry
20%
15%
10%
5%
0% returned in First Destination Survey
Utilities
Percentage of employed first degree graduates Education Construction
Financial activities Hotels & restaurants Health & social work Mining & manufacturing Farming, fishing & forestry
Wholesale, retail & motor trades
Transport, storage & communication Property, businessDefence, & publicresearch bodies activities & social security Major activity of employer Other community, social & personal services
North-West England
HEFCE 2003 Regional Profiles North-West 39 Trends in higher education
Students at HEIs by mode Total income to HEIs (headcounts)
150,000 1,400
140,000
130,000 1,200 120,000
110,000 1,000 100,000
90,000 800 80,000
70,000 600
60,000 £ million Headcount 50,000
40,000 400
30,000
20,000 200 10,000
0 0
1995- 1996- 1997- 1998- 1999- 2000- 2001- 2002- 1995- 1996- 1997- 1998- 1999- 2000- 2001- 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002
Year Year
Full-time plus sandwich Part-time
Population and economics Total population (2001): 6,731,500
By age group (%) 60 and 0-15 16-44 45-59 over North-West 20.6 39.1 19.1 21.1 England 20.1 40.2 18.9 20.8
Population change (%) (1991-2000) North-West 0.1 England 3.7
Economic indicators Unemployment GDP/head (1999) (%, summer 2002) North-West £11,273 5.9 England £13,278 5.2
HEFCE 2003 Regional Profiles North-West 40