The University of the Highlands and Islands

A Tertiary (FE & HE) university delivering for the people, communities and economies of

the Highlands and Islands

Prof Clive MulhollandPrincipal & Vice-Chancellor

History: Development of UHI

1992 Project established

1996 Millennium Commission funding

2001 Higher Education Institution (HEI) status (Teaching Funding)

2002 Research Assessment Exercise 2001 (Research Funding)

2004 Parity of funding for teaching

2008 Taught degree awarding powers

2010 Application for University Title

2011 The University of the Highlands & Islands

2012 HRH The Princess Royal appointed as first Chancellor

2014 Post 16 Education (Scotland) Act 2013 – strategic body for FE 2014-15

2015 Research degree awarding powers – application submitted

The UHI Partnership

Fourteen partners (13 +EO)

Further + Higher Education colleges

Specialist colleges

Research institutions

Executive office

Around 75 outreach learning centres

Linked by technology

Growth (UGT/PGT) by AP (fundable)

Fundable FTEs 2010/11 2014/152015/16

(forecast)Change

(10/11:15/16) % changeArgyll College UHI 30.2 142.4 164.5 134.3 445%NAFC Marine Centre UHI 31 40.7 24.5 -6.5 -21%SAMS UHI 41.3 74.3 77.5 36.2 88%HTC UHI 51.7 56.8 61.8 10.1 20%West Highland College UHI 63.9 143.8 192.9 129 202%Sabhal Mor Ostaig UHI 101.1 120.9 110.7 9.6 9%Shetland College UHI 105.6 123.6 110.1 4.5 4%Orkney College UHI 160.8 170.2 166.6 5.8 4%Lews Castle College UHI 275.2 318.9 301.3 26.1 9%North Highland College UHI 439.9 377.4 365.3 -74.6 -17%Moray College UHI 782.1 851.4 939.8 157.7 20%Inverness College UHI 1004.7 1349.4 1523.2 518.5 52%Perth College UHI 1177.1 1867.1 1907 729.9 62% TOTAL 4264.6 5636.9 5945.2 1680.6 39%

Growth (all HE students)

Total FTEs 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14 2014/15

Degree 1348 1766 2220 2469 2746

Other UGT 2920 2827 2844 2922 3060

PGT 119 128 135 163 134

Total 4387 4721 5199 5554 5940

PGDE 20 40

Growth & FE Student Numbers by AP

Total number of full-time enrolments: Target = 4974 -356.00

  2014-15 2013-14 2012-13 2011-12 2010-11

  Argyll 213 295  

  Inverness 1216 1104 1020 1120 980  Lews 190 226 201 215 221

  Moray 920 906 815 782 824

  NHC 392 390 708 685 653

  Orkney 78 99 78 70 70

  Perth 1291 1298 1143 1128 1092

  Shetland 103 91 109 116 76

  WHC 215 199  

  TOTALS 4618 4608 4074 4116 3916

Independent Assessment of Research (REF 2014)• 69% of the research we submitted to REF 2014 was judged as

either 3* (Internationally Excellent) or 4* (Internationally Leading). – For “Earth Systems and Environmental Science”, the figure

was 80%! – Rise of 33 places in the UK to finish clearly in the top half

of the quality league table.– 9th place in Scotland in terms of research quality – 87% of “impact” judged 3* or 4*.

• The message is clear: not only is our research excellent, it is having a major impact on lives and livelihoods!

REF 2014: “Scottish League Table”

UHI ranking and comparison performance

Rank HEI Cat A FTE 4* 3* 2* 1* U/C 4*/3* GPA QI

1 University of Edinburgh 1753.08 38 45 15 2 0 83 3.18 66.9

2 University of St Andrews 518.69 32 50 16 1 0 82 3.13 64.6

3 University of Glasgow 1099.39 31 50 17 2 0 81 3.10 63.5

4 Heriot-Watt University 352.36 26 56 16 2 0 82 3.06 61.7

5 University of Strathclyde 558.02 28 51 19 2 0 79 3.04 61.3

6 University of Dundee 395.75 31 44 21 3 0 76 3.03 61.6

7 University of Aberdeen 597.18 24 52 22 2 0 76 2.97 58.6

8 University of Stirling 300.88 25 49 24 2 0 74 2.96 58.5

9 University of the Highlands and Islands 68.10 13 56 26 4 1 69 2.76 51.2

10 Glasgow Caledonian University 153.00 13 48 33 5 0 61 2.67 48.4

11 Queen Margaret University Edinburgh 42.70 15 42 34 8 0 58 2.65 48.2

12 Edinburgh Napier University 98.90 10 44 38 7 2 53 2.52 44.2

13 University of the West of Scotland 118.20 6 38 43 12 1 44 2.36 39.0

14 Robert Gordon University 101.65 8 35 43 14 1 43 2.35 39.0

15 University of Abertay Dundee 66.54 5 27 50 14 4 32 2.16 33.8

Research Intensity League Tablepublished by the Times Higher Education Supplement

These metrics favour small, specialist institutions and placed us top in Scotland and 10th in the UK, not bad for a 5 year old University!

Priorities

• Investment meets needs of employers• Planning for needs of future economy• Region for young people• Attracting people of working age• Engaging employees in the skills system

Our Future Plans

• Health, Energy, Digital• Innovation (opportunities for new models)• Internationalisation• Magnet City Regions

The UHI Regional School of Healthcare and Life Sciences

Workforce PlanningNew Roles (health/social care)

Attract students and professionals inInnovation- Technology to support remote and

rural care

Current curriculum

Health, Social care,Applied Life Sciences

Workforce development demands – NHS and commercial

Current research capacity

The new Regional School of Healthcare and Applied Life Sciences, including Nurse Education

Nurse Education

Employer Innovation

and RD&D

Employer Innovation

and RD&D

UHI route to effective employer

support

UHI has a range of health and applied life studies curriculum and research, making a significant contribution to the regional economy through workforce development and innovation. This contribution will grow as UHI creates new activities.

Current curriculum

Health, Social careApplied Life Sciences

Workforce development demands – NHS and commercial

Current research capacity

With newly secured ESIF and research investments

Nurseeducation

New research capacity

New Funding Secured ESIF – new curriculum

ESIF – employer engagement

ESIF – PGR programme

Higher E

ducation C

ollaboration

Employer Innovation

and RD&D

Building on this, new investments have been secured in applied research capacity, PGR research, new teaching capacity, new curriculum and employer engagement. This will increase the routes for impact in workforce development and innovation.

Current curriculum

Health, Social careApplied Life Sciences

Workforce development demands – NHS and commercial

Employer Innovation

and RD&D Current

research capacity

Creating the Regional Remote and Rural Healthcare Centre of Excellence

NurseEducation

New researc

h capacity

New Funding Secured

ESIF – new curriculum

ESIF – employer engagement

ESIF – PGR programme

Higher E

ducation C

ollaboration

Medical/Clinical, AHP education

NHSH MoU

Employer Innovation

and RD&D

This final phases of development will create regional impact by spreading benefit across the whole Highlands and Islands as a driver of economic growth through commercialisation, innovation and workforce development. This will support strong local centres of excellence across the region’s natural laboratory

The Regional Remote and Rural Healthcare Centre

of Excellence

Healthcare research

and education

key locationsRegional Nodes

-Community based delivery of education-Community based delivery of health & social care

Regional nodes and possible specialist themes

Moray College and

NHS Grampian

West Highland College

and NHS Highland

Nursing, AHP educationSocio-economic health studies and Community

Health researchTelehealth

Digital and remote healthcare

Sport MedicinePGT medical

Lews Castle College and

NHS Western Isles

Digital healthcareHealth AppsTelehealth

The Green House Business Incubator

Raigmore Hospital

Inverness College UHI

Centre for Health Science-1

LifeScan Scotland

Enterprise & Research Centre

Advance Life Science Unit

Student residences

“Centre for Health sciences” Phase 2

A regional node – Inverness Campus

Potential partners in a proposed new development – “Centre for Health Science - Phase 2 ”

NHS Acute Care Centre

Elective Surgery•Orthopaedics•Ophthalmology

32 Bed Unit3 Operating Theatres•Inpatients•Outpatients

NHS Primary Care Centre

2 GP Practices (Cairn MP and Culloden MP)•Student Health•Sport Science•PG Medical Education

Common Areas

ReceptionCaféMeeting RoomsToilets

UHI

School of Health HQGraduate Medical SchoolMed-tech and app product development facilityDigital Health incubatorFurther healthcare trainingClinical and ALS research

HIE Commercial Space

Flexible unitsTechnology showroomRapid prototyping

HIE/UHI Collaborative SpacePost Graduate Research Centre•UHI•SRUC•Strathclyde, USTIR, UoA, RGU, GSABusiness Incubation/Pathfinder GrowthClinical engagement

UHI Partnership Hub in health and ALS

Inverness College GrowthEnterpriseUHI APs

The Challenges: 1

External Environment•Financial pressures, new economy, changing roles•The need to be flexible and respond rapidly•Responding to government priorities on innovation•Competition from other providers•5 larger colleges now public bodies so cannot hold reserves

Inefficiencies in the organisation•The challenge of geography•75+ learning centres•Duplication across the organisation•Tackling inefficiencies via shared services – the problems

The Challenges: 2

Complex government structure•Partnership governed by 14 separate boards, totalling approximately 200 people

•Generates over 400 committee meetings and approximately 5,000 committee papers per annum

•Management by consensus

•Current governance structure meant to be a transition phase

•Local v’s Regional strategy

Collaborative support for the delivery of the University Vision

• Alignment of stakeholders: HIE, SDS, SG, Health Boards, Local authorities, SFC, Employers, Community Planning Partnerships

• The University as a facilitator/driver for change (will require greater cross-agency working

• Willingness to make difficult decisions for the benefit of the region

• Supporting the evolution and governance changes required to deliver the vision (decline, suboptimal or further growth)

• Recognising that with smart investment (such as the regional health school, SFC and HIE support), we can have a dramatic impact on the economy, the culture and the perception of the Highlands and Islands

Supporting Further and Higher Education

in The Highlands & Islands

Scottish Funding Council

SFC Strategic Plan 2015 - 2018• Our ambition is that Scotland will be the best place in the world

to learn, to educate, to research, and to innovate…

……..with colleges and universities making a major contribution to Scotland’s social, cultural and economic development.

Learning and teaching Research and innovation

SFC allocates about £1.6bn in public funds to Scotland’s 19 universities and 25 colleges each year for:

Student support funds (for college students)Skills developmentWidening access to further and

higher educationOther costs such as staff, buildings and equipment

• Main teaching grant• Research, knowledge exchange and knowledge transfer• Capital• Student support• Strategic Projects

£81,610,621

SFC Annual Investment - UHI