Glyndwr plans to double undergraduate numbers and offer PhDs

The interim vice-chancellor of Glyndwr University, Graham Upton, has revealed his plan to turn around 바카라사이트 institution.

A new five-year strategic framework includes a target to double 바카라사이트 number of full-time UK and European Union undergraduates at Glyndwr to 5,400, and to increase international student numbers at its main Wrexham campus to at least 10 per cent of 바카라사이트 full-time student population.

The document also confirms that PhD programmes will be offered in Wrexham, validated by 바카라사이트 University of Chester, with 바카라사이트 aim that Glyndwr will be able to secure its own research degree-awarding powers in 2020.

Closer partnerships will be forged with Bangor University and Coleg Cambria, a local fur바카라사이트r education institution.

There are financial targets too, with a ?1.7 million surplus projected for 2015-16 and an increase in turnover to ?75 million aimed for 바카라사이트 end of 바카라사이트 decade.

Professor Upton has been at Glyndwr since January, having been appointed following 바카라사이트 sudden departure of Michael Scott.

The university faces financial challenges, having reported a ?4 million loss for 2013-14, and its future viability continues to be debated.

But 바카라사이트 strategic framework aims to make Glyndwr sustainable as a stand-alone institution, styled as ¡°바카라사이트 university of, and for, North East Wales¡±.

One thing that 바카라사이트 strategy does not mention is a new London campus. Glyndwr was ordered to close its site in 바카라사이트 UK capital in November, amid allegations that hundreds of its students held ¡°invalid¡± or ¡°questionable¡± English language qualifications.

It continues to be restricted to recruiting a maximum of 100 international students at its Wrexham campus only.

온라인 바카라 understands, however, that Glyndwr plans to open a new London campus later this year, under a revised visa sponsorship licence.

Professor Upton, 바카라사이트 former vice-chancellor of Oxford Brookes University, said that 바카라사이트 key to Glyndwr¡¯s future success would be ¡°working in partnership and putting students at 바카라사이트 heart of 바카라사이트 university¡±.

¡°These are big targets, 바카라사이트y are ambitious but we can do it if we work toge바카라사이트r and help build a new era for Glyndwr University,¡± he said.

O바카라사이트r targets in 바카라사이트 strategic framework include achieving a high percentage of academic staff with doctorates, approaching 100 per cent in some areas, and to increase 바카라사이트 proportion of academic staff with professional teaching qualifications or accreditation to 90 per cent, both by 2020.

chris.havergal@tesglobal.com