The University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) is a British university based in Preston, England that has existed in various forms since 1828. It has over 5,000 international students enrolled both in the UK and through transnational education partnerships. UCLan emphasizes sustainability, employability, research and innovation, and internationalization in its strategy. It has over 70 professors and 600 research-active staff conducting significant international research projects. UCLan aims to increase its number of international students on campus to 2,500 and through transnational education to 5,000 by 2016-2017.

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John Quirk
Director of
International
Affairs

2. The University of Central Lancashire
UCLan UK
A history of almost 200 years
• 1992 University of Central Lancashire
• 1984 Lancashire Polytechnic
• 1973 Preston Polytechnic
• 1956 Harris College
• 1882 Harris Institute
• 1828 Institute for the Diffusion of Knowledge
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3. The University of Central Lancashire
Strategic Priorities
UCLan’s Medium Term Strategy – key tenets
• Sustainability
• Employability
• Research and Innovation
• Internationalisation
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4. The University of Central Lancashire
Innovative thinking for the real world
Curriculum underpinned by world-leading research
• Over 70 Professors
• Over 600 research/knowledge-transfer active staff
• Over 500 research students
• Significant research projects with major international collaborators
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Quality teaching
Top 25% nationally (source: 2012 UK National Student Survey):
•Pharmacy (2nd
out of 31)
•Physical Geography & Environmental Sciences (4th out of 59)
•Business (5th out of 92) & Management (8th out of 71)
•Subjects Allied to Medicine (6th out of 67)
•Tourism, Transport & Travel (11th out of 46)
•Sports Science (12th out of 71)
Law School ranked in world top 200 (source: QS World University Rankings)

5. The University of Central Lancashire
Innovative thinking for the real world
Partnering NASA to study the sun
• A recent example of our international research standing
• The main UK partner in NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory project, receiving
data and
images from NASA’s satellite
• Working with Stanford and Harvard
Universities in the USA
“I am delighted to be working with UCLan as part of an international
collaboration to share the data from this unique mission with the
scientific community in the UK and across Europe”.
Dr Dean Pesnell, NASA
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6. The University of Central Lancashire
Global links
International pedigree
• 5,000 international students enrolled – both within the UK and across the
partnership network
• 1st modern university in the UK to be listed in the QS World Rankings, in 2010
• 4 out of a maximum of 5 STARS in the QS Stars Development Road Map, in 2012:
‘Highly international, demonstrating excellence in both research and teaching, providing excellent
environment for students and faculty’.
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7. Patterns of student demand
Global Links
Predicted demand for UK HE qualifications
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200,000
400,000
600,000
800,000
1,000,000
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1,400,000
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Study in own country Study in UK

8. The University of Central Lancashire
Global links
Student number growth – international enrolments
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2000/01 2011/12 2016/17
On campus 921 1,763 2,500
Off campus (TNE) 782 3,200 5,000
Total 1,703 4,963 7,500

9. The University of Central Lancashire
Broadening perspectives
Internationalisation Strategy
• Student focussed
• Designing academic programmes
• Internationalizing ‘Research Informed Teaching’
• Extra-curricular international opportunities
• Confident, globally-aware graduates
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11. • Internationalising the curriculum – 800 British students per
year travel. Aiming for 2,000.
• Developing international research and knowledge transfer
partnerships – SZVUP work
• Increasing access to UCLan qualifications worldwide –
delivering our qualifications to 3,000 students in their home
countries
• 2,000 international students on the Preston campus
Internationalisation

13. Confidence to succeed

14. WHAT
ELSE?

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Alumni Profiles - Overview
We currently hold 166 'Recently Updated' alumni profiles. All other alumni in our
database have had an updated profile requested in the past month.
The number of profiles we have from each school and their quality varies wildly.
For example 40% of our profiles come from two schools - JDC and LBS, whilst of
the 40 profiles we deem 'good', eight come from postgraduate broadcast journalism.
We are working to rectify this and showcase the range of success stories schools produce.
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16. PurposeMain title to be placed here
Sub title to be placed here
Alumni Profiles - Overview
We currently hold 166 'Recently Updated' alumni profiles. All other alumni in our
database have had an updated profile requested in the past month.
The number of profiles we have from each school and their quality varies wildly.
For example 40% of our profiles come from two schools - JDC and LBS, whilst of
the 40 profiles we deem 'good', eight come from postgraduate broadcast journalism.
We are working to rectify this and showcase the range of success stories schools produce.
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17. ANY
QUESTIONS?