32. What are the key financial/commercial benefits to the college of effective employer engagement within your HE provision?
Please rank your top 5 benefits, where 1 = Greatest Benefit
z Access to specialist equipment for staff and students
z Receipt of employer fees
z Employer sponsorship of college-based facilities
z Marketing — college profile is enhanced by association with particular employers
z Enables applied research to take place, enhancing college staff and course development
z Gives access to employer opinion of the work-relatedness of vocational provision z Attracts recruitment of part time teachers/guest lecturers active in their sector
z Other (Please specify along with your rank judgement if appropriate)
33. What are the main challenges to effective employer engagement within your HE provision? Please rank your top 5 challenges, where 1 = Greatest Challenge
z Time constraints on the part of HE staff
z Strength of relationships with local employers is too variable
z Too few local employers z Local employers too small
z National companies (eg retailing/banking/insurance) provide training and development centrally
not locally
z Employers are reluctant to pay for provision z Competition with other colleges and universities
z Impact of national and/or local government policy
z Other (Please specify along with your rank judgement if appropriate)
34. What are the main challenges you currently face in delivering your HE provision? Please rank your top 5 challenges, where 1 = Greatest challenge
z Planning in a state of uncertainty
z My college has no direct Hefce funding
z We have gained some direct funding for the first time and need access to advice/support
z Difficulties in recruiting HE staff
z Limitations on growth mean that we cannot expand HE numbers easily
z We have difficulties in recruiting to our funded student numbers
z We are seeking FDAP/TDAP but the processes are costly and take time
z Validation arrangements are changing each year z Relationship with partner HEIs
z HE in FE staff contract
z Developing an HE ethos in an FE setting
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35. What changes do you consider to be the most likely for HE in your college within the next 12 months to the programmes you offer?
Please rank your top 5 changes, where 1 = Most likely
z Reduced HE offer
z Increased HE offer
z Offer more Non-Prescribed HE
z Offer less Non-Prescribed HE
z Increasing limitations on top-up options available
z More students on part-time courses z Less students on part-time courses
z More niche provision
z Move to Higher Nationals rather than FDs
z Move to FT BAs (replacing FT FDs)
z Revised HE offer (reflecting our responsive agenda)
z Develop more full-cost higher-level provision z More direct funding
z More indirect funding
z Student number controls will increasingly determine college HE
z Change of HEI partner
z Seek out additional HEI partner
z Seek out higher volumes of overseas students z Reduce overseas recruitment
z Introduce compressed degrees (eg 2 year BA)
z Other (Please specify along with your rank judgement if appropriate) 36. What is the main challenge you expect to face in the next 3 years?
37. What changes do you consider to be the most likely for HE in your college within the next 12 months for your HE staff resources?
Please rank your top 5 changes, where 1 = Most likely
z Loss of staff through retirement
z Difficulties in recruiting HE teaching staff
z Move towards increased recruitment of non-teaching professionals on a part time basis z Move towards decreased recruitment of non-teaching professionals on a part time basis
z Plan to reorganise such that HE staff only teach HE z Plan to reorganise such that HE staff teach more FE
z Increase time for scholarly activity z Decrease time for scholarly activity
z Increase industrial secondments z Decrease industrial secondments
z Other (Please specify along with your rank judgement if appropriate)
38. What changes do you consider to be the most likely for HE in your college within the next 12 months for your partnerships with HEIs?
Please rank your top 5 changes, where 1 = Most likely
z Reduction in numbers of partnerships
z HEIs withdraw provision to partner colleges z Increased costs of validation
z Increased cost of top slice by franchising HEIs z Changes in the services offered by franchising HEIs
z HEIs withdraw from work based learning arrangements
z More conditions are likely to be attached to validating/franchising relationships
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z College will change validating partner and/or find a new franchise partner z Other (Please specify along with your rank judgement if appropriate)
39. What changes do you consider to be the most likely for HE in your college within the next 12 months for student recruitment?
Please rank your top 5 changes, where 1 = Most likely
z Increase in the numbers of students recruited (PT & FT) z Decrease in the numbers of students recruited (PT & FT)
z Increase in age profile of students recruited z Decrease in age profile of students recruited
z More local students
z More students from outside the locality
z More international students
z Higher expectations of the college on the part of the students
z Greater focus on postgraduation employability and employment
z More interest in immediate progression to Masters, PhD or equivalent professional qualification
z College will need to respond increasingly rapidly to the impact of
KIS and NSS
z Other (Please specify along with your rank judgement if appropriate)
40. What do you perceive to be the main opportunities for your HE provision over the next 2 years? Please rank your top 5 opportunities, where 1 = Greatest opportunity
z Seek degree awarding powers (TDAP or FDAP) z Provision of new HE courses
z New markets for existing courses
z Increased focus on international markets
z Increase in student numbers
z Increase in employer funded provision
z Greater collaboration with another institution(s) z Sign up to degree schemes from alternative providers
z Increased progression from FE courses
z Other (Please specify along with your rank judgement if appropriate) 41. Are you currently applying for TDAP? {Yes, No}
42. Are you currently applying for TDAP? {Yes, No}
43. Do you plan to apply for TDAP within the next 3 years? {Yes, No} 44. Do you plan to apply for FDAP within the next 3 years? {Yes, No}
45. Would you be willing to take part in a short telephone follow up discussion? Thank you for taking part in our survey.