Exeter staff meeting 26.11.2013
Professor Steve Thornton, Dean
New student intake
Medical School rankings
Medicine rankings
Table
Score for...
Score
Rank
University overall
rank in league
table
Times
Student Satisfaction
86.3%
11
8
Guardian
Satisfied with
feedback
Student satisfaction
63
9
12
4.1
8
10
Assessment and
Feedback
Personal
Development
66.1%
94.6%
7
7
10
Complete
NSS
Medical School rankings
NSS 2013:
Medicine:
• Overall satisfaction 93% (12th of 31 medical schools)
• 94% for personal development (7th of 31)
• 92% for teaching (14th)
Medical Sciences:
• 84%, 41st out of 66 for overall satisfaction
• 97% for teaching (5th out of 66)
• 96% for personal development (3rd of 66)
Action plans now in place across both subjects in UEMS and PCMD
Admissions
BMBS
Medical Sciences
Application Numbers
2014 v 2013
International
Application Numbers
2014 v 2013
=
↑20%
↑ 244%
↑1150%
New UG programme scoping
•
Consultation period now complete - thanks to all involved
•
Focus on streams of Medical Sciences:
- Neuroscience
- Environment and Public Health
- Genetics
- Pharmacology
- Health research
•
Other options being considered
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Tight timescale for sign-off in time for marketing
Ongoing updates
•
General Medical Council
•
Research Excellence Framework
•
International strategy
Collaborations
Big
Data
University
of Exeter
Medical
School
Chris Lindsay
College Manager
Capital updates
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Research, Innovation, Learning and Development (RILD) Centre
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Hatherly labs
•
College House
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South Cloisters
•
Medical Imaging
Professor Angela Shore
Vice-Dean (Research)
Impact Awards shortlist
•
Judging the value of healthcare treatments: Ms Oriana Ciani, Dr Ruth
Garside, Prof Ken Stein, and Prof Rod Taylor (University of Exeter)
•
Solving the puzzle of genetic disease using DNA sequencing: Prof Sian
Ellard, Dr Hana Lango Allen, and Dr Richard Caswell, Dr Michael
Weedon and Dr Konrad Paszkiewicz (University of Exeter)
•
Understanding the health impacts of your genome: Prof Tim Frayling, Dr
Anna Murray, Dr Andrew Wood, Dr Rachel Freathy, Dr Hanieh Yagootkar,
Marcus Tuke, Dr Betty Xie, Lorena Boquete, Dr Robert Morse, Kate Ruth,
and Dr Michael Weedon (University of Exeter)
•
Eat your greens: dietary nitrate improves cardiovascular health and
exercise: Prof Andrew Jones, Prof Paul Winyard, Dr Stephen Bailey, Dr
Anni Vanhatalo, Prof Ben Benjamin, Dr Mark Gilchrist, James Kelly, and Lee
Wylie (University of Exeter); Lawrence Mallinson (James White Drinks).
Impact Awards shortlist
•
Swapping wellies for trainers? Evaluating the Devon Active Villages
programme: Ms Emma Solomon, Prof Melvyn Hillsdon, Dr Tim Rees, Dr
Obioha Ukoumunne, and Dr Brad Metcalf (University of Exeter); Stuart Dudley
(Devon Active Villages)
•
Involving the public in health services research: Prof Nicky Britten, Dr
Andrew Gibson, Kate Boddy, and Kade Beeson (University of Exeter); with Dr
Jo Welsman and Kath Maguire (Peninsula Patient Involvement Group)
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Past Caring: study of bereaved carers, by carers, for carers, with
carers: Rachel Purtell and Dr Wendy Rickards (University of Exeter); Rosemary
Whitehurst and Victoria Jones (independent carers)
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Optimising emergency stroke treatment to reduce disability in the South
West: Dr Thomas Monks, Dr Martin Pitt, and Prof Ken Stein (University of
Exeter); Michelle Roe and Dr Martin James (NHS)
Impact Awards shortlist
Pharma Transport Town: Visualising routes to sustainable pharmaceutical
use: Dr Will Stahl-Timmins, Dr Mathew White, Prof Michael Depledge,
and Prof Lora Fleming (University of Exeter); Dr Clare Redshaw (Plymouth /
Exeter University)
Thanks for attending.