2013-14Annual Review

A Welsh language version of this publication can be found at: cardiffmet.ac.uk/adolygiadblynyddol

This Annual Review summarises theUniversity’s development and achievementduring the academic year 2013-14.

There is much to celebrate from the 2013-14academic year: e.g., the University’s thrivingpartnerships locally, nationally and globally; ourcontinued commitment to social mobility at homeand abroad; our success in providing excellence inlearning and teaching; and our academics’ ground-breaking research and enterprise.

We are pleased to be recognised as a well-managed institution by a number of independentbodies. Our 2014 report from the Quality AssuranceAgency for Higher Education (QAA) affirms that wemeet all expectations for academic standards andstudent learning opportunities, and it particularlyhighlights good practice in the Learning andTeaching Development Unit, the Students’ Union’sengagement with students and collaborativepartnerships, and the ‘Your Career’ online-learningresource.

This year the University recorded its highest levelof student satisfaction in the National StudentSurvey (NSS).

Chair & Vice-Chancellor’sMessage

The annual review is a time for reflection andrecognition of what has been achieved by theUniversity in a 12-month period.

Planning for the future is always high on aUniversity’s list of priorities and I have been delightedto see Cardiff Metropolitan University controlling itsown destiny as it looks towards its 150th anniversaryin 2015.

The University is thriving in a new landscape; andcontinuing to make its mark independently and withfantastic partnerships in Wales and beyond.

As President of the University I would like to thankBarbara Wilding CBE, QPM, who has been re-electedas Chair of the Board for a further three years, as wellas thanking the Board and the Vice-Chancellor and

his Executive Team for their work in developing and promoting a fantastic university, and perennially risingto the challenges that the Higher Education sector continues to face.

Councillor Margaret Jones The Right Honourable The Lord Mayor of Cardiff and President of Cardiff Metropolitan University.

President’sMessage

Barbara Wilding CBE, QPM Chair of Governors

Professor Antony J Chapman Vice-Chancellor & Principal

The University’s student application / recruitmentfigures continue to rise against this backdrop ofstudent satisfaction, and the University’semployability figures are excellent with close to 95per cent of students in employment six monthsafter graduation.

The University has been awarded Investors inPeople’s (IiP) Silver accreditation, which is thesecond highest level of accreditation within the IiPframework and includes four levels assessedagainst 196 evidence requirements. The Universityhas been fast tracked, bypassing Bronze level, andsecuring it as the first Silver-accredited university inWales. The assessor who oversaw the University’saccreditation highlighted staff feedback thatdescribed the University as professional, flexible,friendly, welcoming and supportive, and focussedon career development and personal support.

The Board of Governors and Executive are pleasedto recognise and celebrate the hard work andachievements of both staff and students in thepast year, as well as looking forward to excitingprospects in the next academic year.

From left to right, Professor Antony J Chapman, Vice-Chancellor &Principal of Cardiff Metropolitan University, Barbara Wilding, CBE QPM, Chair of Governors and Councillor Margaret Jones The Right Honourable The Lord Mayor of Cardiff and President of Cardiff Metropolitan University.

International students at Cardiff MetropolitanUniversity have judged the University the topin the UK and beyond for overall internationalstudent support for the fifth year in a row.

The International Student Barometer tracks andcompares the decision-making, expectations,perceptions and intentions of internationalstudents from application to graduation. It providesinstant and easy recognition and benchmark of anHigher Education Institution’s dedication andcommitment to all aspects of the studentexperience.

Following the growth and success of OutwardMobility in 2013-14, where staff and students hadopportunities to work, study or volunteer overseas,the University has been successful in gainingadditional funding to support furtheropportunities in 2014-15 for students across allfive schools. This will enhance the studentexperience by providing international exposure intheir designated fields of study.

The University has continued its work to promoteLeadership in Higher Education Management’through an EU funded Tempus Project creating anarea of co-operation in countries surrounding theEU.

A notable outcome has been the creation of theArab European Leadership Network in HigherEducation. The main objective of the Network isto enhance communication and harmonize the

Developing International Partnerships

visions of different academic leaders both inthe Middle-East North-Africa Region and inEurope by working together. The network ishosted by the Association of Arab Universities.

A new Cardiff Met China Office has been openednear Tiananmen Square in Beijing, to facilitatethe development of strategic partnerships withChinese institutions for joint teachingprogrammes, and staff and student exchange.

For more than 20 years, Cardiff MetropolitanUniversity has been welcoming students fromChina to Cardiff Met onto a range of programmes,and the office in Beijing will facilitate studentrecruitment into Wales from the growing Chinesemarket, as well as accommodating two of theUniversity’s strategic partners – the Cardiff andVale Further Education College and the CardiffBusiness Council.

The University participated in 2013-14graduation ceremonies at a number of CardiffMet partner institutions including the SuperiorInstitution of Science and Technology inMorocco, the Arab Academy of Science andTechnology in Egypt, the International Collegeof Business and Technology in Sri Lanka, andthe East Asia School of Management inSingapore.

Celebrating: International students, pictured with Cardiff Met’sProfessor Mohamed Loutfi, Pro Vice-Chancellor (International),pictured far right, have judged Cardiff Met top in the UK and beyondfor overall international student support for the fifth year in a row.

Cardiff Metropolitan University has recorded itshighest ever level of overall studentsatisfaction and remains the highest ranked

‘new (post 1992) university’ in Wales, in theNational Student Satisfaction Survey (NSS).

This UK-wide independent survey, which iscommissioned by the Higher Education FundingCouncil for England (HEFCE) on behalf of theHigher Education Funding Council for Wales(HEFCW), asks final-year undergraduates across theUK to rate teaching, assessment, academic support,programme organisation, learning resources,personal development and overall satisfaction atuniversity.

The 2014 NSS results show that 86 per cent ofCardiff Met respondents agreed or strongly agreedthat they were satisfied with the quality of theircourse overall.

The new £14 million Cardiff School of Art andDesign (CSAD) building is home to Wales’ firstMassachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)accredited Fab Lab.

The pre-fabrication laboratory will extend theSchool’s existing digital prototyping facilities andwill feature state-of-the-art new technology, and itwill also ensure CSAD students have theopportunity to access world-class facilities,including the study of robotics and musicalinstrument design, research at postgraduate leveland computer-embedded product prototyping.

CSAD is a full member of the global Fab Labnetwork this MIT Fab Lab is the first attached to auniversity.

Cardiff Met’s Welsh Language Scheme has achievedits ambitious academic target of doubling thenumber of students studying partly or fully throughthe medium of Welsh by the end of the Scheme’sthree-year cycle, with 220 students undertaking anelement of their programme through the mediumof Welsh in 2013-14.

The University works closely with the ColegCymraeg Cenedlaethol which funds eight academicmembers of staff, one member of support staff andsix PhD students. Coleg funding has also allowedthe Cardiff School of Education to enhance itsposition as one of the main deliverers ofEducation-related programmes through themedium of Welsh. Cardiff Met is now the largestsupplier of Welsh-medium education in Sportand in Business-related programmes in Wales.

Cardiff Metropolitan University was pleasedthat three of its departments were short-listedfor the Times Higher Education Leadership andManagement Awards (THELMA) in 2014.The THELMAs are regarded as a celebration of thebest of the UK Higher Education sector,and theUniversity was short-listed for ‘Outstanding HumanResources Team’, ‘Departmental ICT Initiative of theYear’, and ‘Outstanding International Strategy’.

Delivering a high-qualitylearning experience

Fab Lab: Wales’ first Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)accredited Fab Lab at Cardiff Met.

Surgeons at Abertawe Bro MorgannwgUniversity Health Board conducted pioneeringsurgery to reconstruct a patient’s face withresearch and development undertaken by theUniversity’s National Centre for Product Designand Development Research (PDR). The use of thismethod for injury-related reconstructions isthought to be among the first in the world.

Using 3D printing, the PDR team created titaniumimplants based on images from a CT scan for apatient who had suffered severe facial injuries in amotorcycle accident. PDR has a long standingcollaboration with the Maxillofacial Unit atMorriston Hospital and the Centre for AppliedReconstructive Technologies in Surgery, and itcontributes to helping establish Wales as a worldleader in the research, development andapplication of advanced medical technologies insurgery.

Researchers at Cardiff Met’s Food IndustryCentre are working to help prevent foodpoisoning cases among cancer patients whoare five times more likely to contract food-borne illnesses than others.

Experts based at the centre found that ready-to-eat foods are often consumed by cancer patientsand, due to chemotherapy-associated nausea andsickness, such foods can be left uneaten for longerthan recommended periods.

From a series of focus groups, the Cardiff Met FoodIndustry Centre developed specific food-safetyinformation and resources for patients andcaregivers to promote safe food-handling and tohelp prevent dangerous cases of food poisoning inthis vulnerable group.

FIFA, the world football governing body,commissioned a research team from the CardiffSchool of Sport to investigate whether thedevelopment of fatigue in men’s football differsbetween grass and artificial pitches. For FIFA and the turf manufacturers fatigue is a vitalissue due to its links with injury risk and the needto maintain the characteristics of the sport at alllevels of play. Cardiff Met is now one of the leadinguniversities in this field of research, and thesuccess of recent projects has led to further FIFAfunding and opportunities for more collaboration.

Aimee Drane, Chief Echocardiographer atCardiff School of Sport is project managing agroundbreaking animal health project. Workingwith zoos and conservation bodies, the School isdriving the International Primate Heart Project(IPHP). The project assesses cardiac health in greatapes, helps set species-specific echocardiographicstandards and compares cardiac structure andfunction across all the Great Ape species.

The project is at the vanguard of discovering asolution to the issue of apes dying in captivitythrough heart disease, which, if successful, is set toextend animals’ lives, lead to stronger breedingprogrammes and save money for zoos andsanctuaries.

A team from the Cardiff School of HealthSciences has recently received funding from thecancer charity Tenovus to carry out researchinto an innovative reflexology treatment forwomen suffering from lymphedema followingbreast cancer surgery. Around 20 per cent ofwomen who undergo breast cancer surgeryexperience this condition, which makes day-to-daytasks like lifting more difficult.

Thriving and effective research and partnerships

Research: Reconstructive technologies used on human skull.

Working with others tostrengthen Higher Education Building on more than 20 years ofcollaboration, Cardiff Met has entered into aformal, non-exclusive partnership arrangementwith Bridgend College of Further Education.The agreement focuses on key areas of sharedinterest, including new programme offerings,collaboration in sport such as joint coaching ofelite individuals, research, and scholarly activity.This complements a partnership agreement withCardiff and Vale College that likewise focusses onareas of mutual interest. International activities atboth FE Colleges use the expertise and contacts ofstaff in the Cardiff Met International Office.

‘Great British Menu’ chef Stephen Terry joinedsecondary school pupils at Cardiff Met University tomark the 10th anniversary of the innovative FirstCampus scheme that is run in partnership with thevarious Higher Education Institutions and FurtherEducation Colleges in South East Wales and isfunded by the Higher Education Funding Council forWales (HEFCW).

The First Campus Programme, whichcomplements school curricula, is designed toincrease Higher Education participation from avariety of groups and communities in Wales,and to help those taking part gain confidenceand new skills. Various Cardiff Met schools and

departments have been involved in the schemesince its inauguration 10 years ago.

Stephen Terry offered his support to Cardiff Metthrough several of the University’s First Campushospitality projects, from school demonstrationsand cookery classes, to hosting groups of FirstCampus pupils at his Abergavenny restaurant, theHardwick.

Two Cardiff Metropolitan University lecturershave been awarded National TeachingFellowships by the Higher Education Academy(HEA).

Senior Lecturer in Computer Science, Dr Tom Crick, sits on the Welsh Government’sNational Digital Learning Council and in 2013 co-chaired the Welsh Government’s Review of the ICTcurriculum. His academic work was recognised asan outstanding contribution that has had atransformative impact.

Senior Dental Technology lecturer, Jeff Lewisintroduced an innovative delivery method thatutilised video conferencing to deliver programmesto geographically remote learners. Jeff received theaccolades for excellence in Higher Education,teaching and support for learning.

Mentor: ‘Great British Menu’ chef Stephen Terry, pictured right,working with a student from the ‘First Campus’ scheme at CardiffMet’s Llandaff Campus.

In brief

Fifteen Cardiff Met athletes represented fivenations in a variety of disciplines at the 2014Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, with highlightsincluding alumnus Welsh team captain Aled Davies(pictured above) taking the silver medal in themen's discus F42/44 category and current CardiffMet athlete Mica Moore running two third-legs inthe heat and then the final of the women's 4 x100m relay.

Frankie Jones, rhythmic gymnast and Welsh flagbearer at the Commonwealth Games 2014 openingceremony, won six medals in Glasgow, the mostpodium positions by any Welsh athlete at oneGames. She claimed five silver and one gold in theribbon routine which was her last performancebefore retirement and joining Cardiff Met to studyBSc (Hons) Sport Conditioning, Rehabilitation andMassage.

Cardiff Metropolitan University has launched a newresearch facility, CARIAD, The Centre for AppliedResearch in Inclusive Arts and Design (CARIAD). It works to involve people from across the globe inmulti-disciplinary projects relating to visual andperforming arts, health, wellbeing and socialinclusion, and is based at the Cardiff School of Artand Design.

Those who received Honorary Fellowships from theUniversity in 2013-14 were: David Anderson, Director General of the National Museum of Wales;Professor Hossam Badrawi, Chair of the BadrawiFoundation for Education and Development; AimeeBateman, Careers Coach; Emeritus Professor ÜstünErgüder, Sabanci University; Jon Horne, AviationConsultant; Olympian Debbie Jevans CBE; SaleemKidwai OBE, Secretary General of the MuslimCouncil for Wales; Professor Laura McAllister,

Chair of Sport Wales; Chartered MechanicalEngineer Rudi Plaut CBE and Sport CoachingProfessional Sean Power.

Cardiff Met Professor and Head of SportsBiomechanics at the Cardiff School of Sport, Gareth Irwin, has been elected as President of the‘International Society of Biomechanics in Sports’.

Cardiff Met Ladies’ Football Club won the BritishUniversities & Colleges Sport (BUCS) championshiptrophy in April 2014, as did the University’swomen’s rugby team who triumphed 47-0 in thefinals at Twickenham. Cardiff Met’s Indoor CricketWomen also took the BUCS title. Cardiff Met PGCEstudent, Stephen Mitchell, won BUCS Athleticstitles in both the 3000m and 5000m events.

Richard McAndrew, a PGCE Secondary student inChemistry and Science from the Cardiff School ofEducation, is celebrating winning the prestigiousWelsh Livery Guild’s Education and Training Award.The Welsh Livery Guild Award is presented to anindividual who has demonstrated that s/he will usethe award for the benefit of people in Wales andthat it will make a valuable contribution to the arts,science or technology.

Cardiff Met is now in its second year of membershipof the Santander Universities Global Division.Fifteen awards ranging from £1,000 to £5,000have been made to staff and students from acrossCardiff Met to enable them to undertake study orresearch at other universities within the SantanderUniversities Global Division.

‘PDR’, Cardiff Met’s National Centre for ProductDesign and Research, has provided expertise inuser centric and service design for a three-yearplan to tackle dementia in Cardiff and the Vale ofGlamorgan. The plan is funded by the SPIDERproject (supporting public service innovation usingdesign in European regions).

Cardiff Met PhD student Mike Stembridge won theEuropean College of Sport Science ‘YoungInvestigator Award’ for his work into the effects ofhigh altitude on cardiac function.

Two lecturers from Cardiff Metropolitan University’sSchool of Health Sciences have been sharing theirexpertise Nutrition students at the NationalInstitute of Public Health (NIPH) in Cambodia.Shirley Hinde and Dr Ruth Fairchild, both SeniorLecturers in Nutrition, travelled to Cambodia toteach the NIPH students, who are studying for aMasters in Nutrition.

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Ranked top in the UKfor overall internationalstudent support for five

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CricketWomen’s BUCS Indoor League WinnersWomen’s BUCS Indoor Championship GoldMen’s BUCS Indoor Western B League Winners

AthleticsBUCS X-Country Men: BronzeBUCS Indoor Championships SilverBUCS Outdoor Championships Silver

TrampoliningBUCS Championship Gold

BasketballWomen’s BUCS Premier South League WinnersWomen’s National League Cup Final Silver

HockeyMen’s Hockey Premier League 3rdCardiff & Met Mens represented Wales in Euro Hockey League

FootballMen’s Winners Division Two WelshFootball LeagueWomen’s BUCS Championship GoldWomen’s Welsh Premiership winnersWomen’s Welsh League Cup winnersWomen’s FAW Cup winners

RugbyWomen’s BUCS Championship GoldWomen’s BUCS Premier South LeagueWinners (1st team)Men’s Rugby 2nd WRU SWALECChampionship

Cardiff-based students includingfranchise 10000

Trans National Education (TNE)TNE countries include:BangladeshBulgariaEgyptGreeceHong KongIndiaLebanon

National Student Survey (NSS)*86% overall satisfaction

*Highest ranked ‘new university’ in Wales

A selection of sporting successes 2013-14

Destinations of Leavers of Higher Education survey95% employability rate fromCardiff Metropolitan University

London-based and overseas-based students 6000

BUCS

British Universities & Colleges

Sport

MalaysiaMoroccoSerbiaSingaporeSouth KoreaSri Lanka.

At a glance...Historic Cost Surplus2002/03 to 2013/14

Total Students

16000

Total Students

16000