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Introduction to Higher Education. Did you know?. If you were paid £1 for every higher education course available in the UK you would earn over £50,000 Graduates earn substantially more over their lifetime than non graduates, on average comfortably Over £100,000 or more. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Introduction to Higher Education
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Did you know?
If you were paid £1 for every higher education courseavailable in the UK you would earn over £50,000
Graduates earn substantially more over their lifetimethan non graduates, on average comfortably Over £100,000 or more.
Over the next decade 80% of jobs will be for careers that typically recruit graduates
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Why students choose to go to University?
• To gain a qualification
• Careers or professional opportunities
• To increase earning potential and raise career ‘ceiling’
• Personal development
• To meet new people
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Learn or develop new skills
Time management, organisation, communication skills, interpersonal skills, networking, negotiation, independent learning, budgeting, analytical skills, report writing, team
work, meeting deadlines, tact & diplomacy, problem solving, adaptability, leadership, research skills, cross-
cultural understanding, …
+ personal growth and development
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SkillsEnhanced skills through HE investment:
• recession proof your career• employed vs ‘employable’• opens doors sometimes not available to those without a degree• keep up with the jobs market (many people in the market today
have degrees so don’t get left out)• Requirement for some careers
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A successful university
• First and only modern university to be crowned UK University of the Year (Times Higher Education)
• Top new university in England for student experience (Times Higher Education survey 2011/12)
• Teesside has risen 19 places in the league tables from last year (Guardian 2012)
• Accessible and supportive lecturers – teaching focus (QAA) underpinned by research, industry links, practising professionals (NTF)
• In the World’s top 4 for international student satisfaction (international student i-barometer)
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An expanding university
• £200m invested in estate with award-winning campuses at Middlesbrough & Darlington…with more to come.
• Superb facilities (academic and extra-curricular)
• Key partnerships with employers and with Further Education
• A social enterprise at the heart of the community
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Academic Schools
• School of Arts & Media
• School of Computing
• School of Health & Social Care
• School of Social Science & Law
• School of Science & Engineering
• Teesside University Business School
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Employability• BBC Director General called us: “one of the fastest moving, most exciting universities”
• Entrepreneurship – start up businesses/ business incubation units
• EXPOTEES /Creative Arts Week – end of year exhibitions often leading to final year students being offered jobs before they even graduate
• Providing graduates with real world skills through industry links
• Award-winning Careers Service, Library and Students’ Union
Dreamworks
Sega
James Bond
Batman
PixarProctor & Gamble
Glaxo Smith Kline
IBM
Aston Martin
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Sports clubs
Airsoft – American Football – Athletics – Badminton – Basketball (mens) – Basketball (women's) – Capoeira – Cheerleading – Climbing – Cricket – Football (mens) – Football (womens) – Freestyle Dance – Futsal – Gaelic Football (mens) – Gaelic Football (women's) – Hapkido – Hockey (mens) – Hockey
(womens) – Horse-riding – Iaido – Jeet Kune Do – Ju Jitsu – Karate – Kayak – Kickboxing – Kung Fu – Netball – Pool – Rowing – Ruby (women's) – Rugby League – Rugby Union – Skydiving –
Snow Sports – Surfing – Swimming & Waterpolo – Table Tennis – Tai Chi – Teesside Extreme – Tennis – Trampolining
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Our Students love us
• UK’s top modern university for Student Experience (THE 2012)
• 84% of our students are happy with the teaching on their course - history gave us a 100% score.
• Our courses and lectures are ranked as the best in the North East and in the country’s top ten, according to the Whatuni Student Choice Awards 2011.
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We inspire, you succeed
• Seaside and country side on your doorstep
• Annual multi-cultural Middlesbrough MELA
• Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art (MIMA)
• Temenos (see picture – left)
• Local economy
• Seaside and country side on your doorstep
• Annual multi-cultural Middlesbrough MELA
• Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art (MIMA)
• Temenos (see picture – left)
• Local economy
A great place to live
Photo by Steve Grey – visitmiddlesbrough.com