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The University of the West of England, Bristol

Warwick Jones

Dean, Bristol Business School & Project Director

PASS – Educational Support Scheme, PASS – Educational Support Scheme,

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Sarajevo, February 2007Sarajevo, February 2007

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Where is Bristol?

Capital of the south-west of England.

Vibrant multi-cultural city, with a large student population.

Prosperous city, with a rich cultural heritage and good employment prospects

Major industries: aerospace, IT, finance, education

Gentle climate!

London 1½ hours away.

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The harbourfront for relaxation,

sightseeing, shopping

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A comfortable place for eating and drinking in the Llandoger Trow, one of Bristol’s traditional bars

Scenic Bristol

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The city with something for everyone

The St. Paul’s Carnival is one of Europe’s premier street carnivals

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Bristol – the home of Concorde

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Bristol is the UK’s main centre for hot-air ballooning – the annual festival takes place each summer www.visitbristol.co.uk

At the heart of Bristol – the Cathedral and College Green

The Clifton Bridge is Bristol’s best-known

landmark.

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Employment in BristolThe most skilled workforce of any English city(Source: Leeds Metropolitan University)

IT, Aerospace, Creative and Hi-tech:Airbus UK, Rolls-Royce, Westland, Hewlett Packard, Orange, BAe Systems, Toshiba, Aardman Animation, BBC Wildlife…

Financial Services:Lloyds TSB, Bristol and West, NatWest, Axa Sun Life, Halifax, Clerical Medical,

Environmental Technologies:An international centre for environmental and sustainable technologies, with 40 000 employees in small firms in the region

Public Services:NHS Transplant Unit, three major hospitals, centre for healthcare information systems; Bristol Gloucestershire and Somerset County Councils

Airbus UK, Hewlett Packard and Rolls Royce are all close to

UWE’s campus

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25 000 students in nine Faculties

Applied Sciences

Bristol School of Art, Media and Design

Bristol Business School

Built Environment

Computing, Engineering and

Mathematical Sciences

Education

Health and Social Care

Humanities, Languages and Social Sciences

Law

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Bristol UWE - The Vision

• Excellent student learning experience

•Focus on employability

•User led research and knowledge exchange

•Extending educational opportunity internationally and to diverse student groups

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1 Cambridge 1 Loughborough3 Oxford4 Imperial5 York6 Kingston7 Bristol UWE7 Warwick9 SOAS10 Hull11 Bristol

The Financial Times University Ranking Based on Teaching Quality 2006

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Restaurants Supermarket Bank Bookshop STA travel shop Snack bars Health centre Religious centre Centre for Performing Arts

FACILITIES AT UWE

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Rugby Soccer Rowing Windsurfing Hockey Basketball Netball Squash Badminton Fitness Centre

SPORT AT UWE

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Profile

Large, comprehensive and high quality provider in business, management, accounting and finance and economics for current and future leaders, managers and professionals

3500 undergraduate and postgraduate students

High reputation business school recognised through prestigious external accreditation and partnerships

International outlook manifest in our programmes, students, staff research and partnerships

Enjoying lively and purposeful professional culture actively engaging with business and other organisations through research, consultancy and executive education

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Accreditations

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BBS Quality Ratings

“Excellent” rating for Undergraduate provision HEFCE (1994) 23/24 points for QAA Postgraduate Subject Review (2000) Commendation for undergraduate provision in QAA

Developmental Engagement (2004) Commendation for BBS international franchise approval

process in UWE QAA Institutional Audit (2004) AMBA re-accreditation (2005) – 38 out of 118 UK Schools

accredited CIPD re-accreditation (2006) CPD Centre of Excellence award (2003) Rating of 5 in Accounting and Finance and 3a in Business and

Management in RAE (2001) Acceptance as eligible for EQUIS accreditation process (2005)

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Staff and Academic Schools

175 academic staff and 41 administrative and support staff and 7 subject schools….

School of Accounting and Finance School of Economics School of Human Resource Management School of Marketing School Strategy and International Business School of Operations and Information Management School of Organisation Studies

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Undergraduate Degrees

BA (Hons) Business Studies BA (Hons) Business Administration BA (Hons) International Business Studies

BA (Hons) Business Studies with HRM BA (Hons) Enterprise BSc (Hons) Management BA (Hons) Tourism Management (joint with FBE) BA (Hons) International Business and Modern Languages BA (Hons) Management with Information Systems BA (Hons) Marketing BA (Hons) Accounting and Finance BA (Hons) Economics BA (Hons) International Business Economics BA (Hons) Economics (Money, Banking and Finance)

plus Joint Honours programmes with Business, Marketing, Accounting and Economics

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Postgraduate and Professional Programmes

MBA and Euro MBA (AMBA accredited) MA Management MSc International Management MA Business Leadership MA Human Resource Management (CIPD accredited) MA International HRM MA Marketing MSc Financial Management MA Economics MA Economics (International Business Economics) MA Economics (Money, Banking and Finance) MSc Economics MSc Economics (Finance) Professional Accounting Training (ACCA and CIMA)

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First Class Learning

Resources

Dedicated Management Development teaching rooms rooms

Advanced IT facilities – UWE on-line and Blackboard VLE

Dedicated postgraduate resource centre

One of the largest university libraries open 24 hours

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Research and Consultancy

Heavy investment in research by the Faculty RAE 2001: 33 staff in Business, Management and

Economics rated 3A, 7 staff in Accounting & Finance rated 5

Expecting high quality of submission for RAE 2008 Big rise in research active staff since 2001 (now 80% +

participation) Main organisation is 7 research units, mapping subject

school, each with a Research Unit Director Some genuinely ‘excellent’ clusters in Leadership and

Change Management, Employment Studies, Marketing, Defence Economics

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Recent BBS Executive Education Clients

Client Programme Sector Duration

IBM Business Leader IT 2 years

J Sainsbury Creative Talents & Solutions

Food Retail 2 years

Bombardier Transportation

Senior Management Railway Engineering

3 months

Airbus UK Supply Chain Management

Aircraft Engineering

3 months

Skanska Management Construction 2 years

Bristol County Council

Human Resource Management

Public Administration

2 years

NHS Practice Management

Health Services 1 year

Siemens International Business Cultures

Electronics 1 year

Gleesons Management Construction 2 years

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International Development

Currently 350 international students from 50 countries

Academic collaboration agreements with over 30 European Universities and in Malaysia, China, India, Vietnam, Singapore, Hong Kong

Currently managing student progression and exchange, joint programmes and in-country undergraduate and postgraduate delivery, staff exchange, research

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HEFCE teaching quality rated as ‘excellent’ Law Society LPC rated as ‘excellent’

One of only eight BVC providers

RAE rating of ‘4’

PGDip in Law - graduate conversion

- ‘One of the very best’

‘Top twenty’ Law School in P.I. League tables

Bristol Law School

ONE OF THE UK’S TOP LAW SCHOOLS

BLS Teaching QualityBLS Teaching Quality

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First Class purpose built-teaching facilities

Specialist I.T. facilities for Law

24 hour I.T. access

Internet access

Bristol Law SchoolBLS FacilitiesBLS Facilities

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First class Law library facilities

SPTL Law holdings

full range of texts

comprehensive journal and reports holdings

on-line retrieval facilities

Bristol Law SchoolBLS Library HoldingsBLS Library Holdings

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School of Law

Bristol Institute of Legal Practice

Centre for Legal Research

Centre for Criminal Justice

Environmental Law Unit

European and International Law Unit

Human Rights Unit

Industrial Law Unit

Bristol Law SchoolBLS Divisions and UnitsBLS Divisions and Units

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LLB (Hons)

LLB (Law with French)

LLB (Law with German)

LLB (Law with Spanish)

LLB (Law with French, German, Spanish)

LLB (Commercial Law)

LLB (European and International Law)

BA (Legal Studies)

Bristol Law SchoolUndergraduate ProgrammesUndergraduate Programmes

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LLM Commercial Law

LLM Criminal Justice

LLM Employment Law

LLM European Business Law

LLM European Public Law

LLM Industrial and Commercial Law

LLM International Human Rights Law

LLM International Economic Law

LLM International Law

LLM International Trade Law

MA Legal Studies

Bristol Law SchoolPostgraduate ProgrammesPostgraduate Programmes

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Studying at UWE

Modern university Applied courses closely linked to the

world of employment High quality teaching and research High quality facilities Attractive campus Excellent student accommodation &

support

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The University of the West of England, Bristol