UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND

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The University of the West of England, Bristol
Warwick Jones Dean, Bristol Business School
Project Director
PASS Educational Support Scheme, Bosnia and
Herzegovina Sarajevo, 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.

www.visitbristol.co.uk
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Scenic Bristol
The harbourfront for relaxation, sightseeing,
shopping
A comfortable place for eating and drinking in
the Llandoger Trow, one of Bristols traditional
bars
www.visitbristol.co.uk
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The city with something for everyone
Bristol the home of Concorde
The St. Pauls Carnival is one of Europes
premier street carnivals
www.visitbristol.co.uk
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At the heart of Bristol the Cathedral and
College Green
The Clifton Bridge is Bristols best-known
landmark.
Bristol is the UKs main centre for hot-air
ballooning the annual festival takes place each
summer
www.visitbristol.co.uk
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Employment in Bristol

• The 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

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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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The Financial Times University Ranking Based on
Teaching Quality 2006

• 1 Cambridge
• 1 Loughborough
• 3 Oxford
• 4 Imperial
• 5 York
• 6 Kingston
• 7 Bristol UWE
• 7 Warwick
• 9 SOAS
• 10 Hull
• 11 Bristol

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UWE BristolTop quality for teaching
One of our highest-ranked modern
universities, UWE has a fine record with an
unusually high proportion of staff involved in
research, and strong links with
business Sunday Times University Guide 2004
a tradition of vocational education regularly
helps the university to a healthy graduate
employment record Times Good University
Guide 2005
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FACILITIES AT UWE

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

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SPORT AT UWE

• Rugby
• Soccer
• Rowing
• Windsurfing
• Hockey
• Basketball
• Netball
• Squash
• Badminton
• Fitness Centre

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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
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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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BLS Teaching Quality

• 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

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BLS Facilities

• First Class purpose built-teaching facilities
• Specialist I.T. facilities for Law
• 24 hour I.T. access
• Internet access

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BLS Library Holdings

• First class Law library facilities
• SPTL Law holdings
• full range of texts
• comprehensive journal and reports holdings
• on-line retrieval facilities

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BLS Divisions and Units

• 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

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Undergraduate Programmes

• 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)

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Postgraduate Programmes

• 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

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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