{"id":1515,"date":"2024-03-20T15:00:53","date_gmt":"2024-03-20T15:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.southampton.ac.uk\/blog\/ueb-blog\/?p=1515"},"modified":"2024-03-20T12:38:14","modified_gmt":"2024-03-20T12:38:14","slug":"ueb-blog-19-03-24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.southampton.ac.uk\/blog\/ueb-blog\/2024\/03\/20\/ueb-blog-19-03-24\/","title":{"rendered":"UEB Blog 19.03.24"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Author: Shaun Williams, Executive Director Engagement and Advancement<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"590\" height=\"280\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1516\" src=\"https:\/\/www.southampton.ac.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2024\/03\/UEB-Blog-19-03-24.png\" alt=\"Image of Highfield campus with text &quot;UEB BLOG 19.03.24&quot;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.southampton.ac.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2024\/03\/UEB-Blog-19-03-24.png 590w, https:\/\/www.southampton.ac.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2024\/03\/UEB-Blog-19-03-24-300x142.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"2\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">UEB heard that last week\u2019s <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Southampton Science and Engineering Festival<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> (SOTSEF) had gone extremely well with more than 5,000 people attending Saturday\u2019s Science and Engineering Day 2024. UEB thanked all those involved in organising and volunteering for the event, and for making it a success in which we should all take great pride.<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"2\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">UEB discussed an Office for Students consultation on a proposal for <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Solent University<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> to change its name to \u2018Southampton Solent University\u2019. In a previous response to Solent University we had pointed out that both universities had agreed a number of years ago that having two similarly-named universities in Southampton had the potential to create confusion with stakeholder groups including prospective students, and reduce distinctiveness, but we understood the need for universities to do what they considered best for them.<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"2\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">UEB noted an update from the Office for Students on <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Jisc\u2019s Data Futures programme<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, thanking institutions for their submission of high quality student data during autumn 2023 that underpins the OfS\u2019s regulatory work, and that can be used for this year\u2019s Graduate Outcomes and National Student Surveys. The update recognises that many institutions will now be turning their attention to preparations for the 2023-24 Student Record Returns, and commits to ensuring the issues experienced this year are not repeated, in what remains a complex project with numerous dependencies and multiple actors.<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"2\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">UEB discussed a further story in last weekend\u2019s <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Sunday Times<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> about universities\u2019 recruitment of international students through agencies, although Southampton was not mentioned. It is a theme this newspaper in particular has returned to several times in recent weeks, and although the stories have contained major misunderstandings and inaccuracies, some of which are the subject of a formal sector complaint to the press regulator, there is no doubt the cumulative effect of the stories is undermining of the sector. There is a recognition of the need for the sector as a whole to be more on the front foot in rebutting inaccuracies and re-framing universities as a major UK success story.<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"2\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">UEB considered an update paper on <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">PGR fee-waivers<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> for EU-Horizon students, which included a review of the effectiveness of the marketing of the scheme to date, and a revised scheme based on residency.<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"2\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Finally, there was a discussion about the future development of and our involvement in the regions replacement for <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">local enterprise partnerships<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> (LEPs); the Vice-Chancellor reported on his first meeting as the new Chair of <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">AdvanceHE<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">; and there was the regular review of the <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">University Risk Register<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Author: Shaun Williams, Executive Director Engagement and Advancement UEB heard that last week\u2019s Southampton Science and Engineering Festival (SOTSEF) had gone extremely well with more than 5,000 people attending Saturday\u2019s Science and Engineering Day 2024. UEB thanked all those involved in organising and volunteering for the event, and for making it a success in which [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":259,"featured_media":1516,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1515","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ueb-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.southampton.ac.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2024\/03\/UEB-Blog-19-03-24.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pfzuzw-or","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.southampton.ac.uk\/blog\/ueb-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1515","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.southampton.ac.uk\/blog\/ueb-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.southampton.ac.uk\/blog\/ueb-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.southampton.ac.uk\/blog\/ueb-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/259"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.southampton.ac.uk\/blog\/ueb-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1515"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.southampton.ac.uk\/blog\/ueb-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1515\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1517,"href":"https:\/\/www.southampton.ac.uk\/blog\/ueb-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1515\/revisions\/1517"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.southampton.ac.uk\/blog\/ueb-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1516"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.southampton.ac.uk\/blog\/ueb-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1515"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.southampton.ac.uk\/blog\/ueb-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1515"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.southampton.ac.uk\/blog\/ueb-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1515"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}