Introduction to Higher Education

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Introduction to Higher Education
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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. 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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Skills

• Enhanced 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 dont 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 Worlds 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 Darlingtonwith 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

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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

• UKs 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 countrys top ten,
  according to the Whatuni Student Choice Awards
  2011.

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We inspire, you succeed