UCISA Conference Day One (March 11) - Keynotes

Prof. Steve Kenny PVC at Liverpool JM provided the welcome to Liverpool. Three key messages: we are dealing with a "new student profile", the student demographics are changing (2009-2019), the funding of education, and HE in particular, is going to get tough in the medium term. On the student profile - the busiest time for LJM students is 24:00-02:00 (not sure how measured). There will be a 20% decrease in 18 year olds in the North West in the next decade. Students want social learning zones (beyond learning resource centres and librarys). There is a key staff development opportunity at LJM - 25% of staff are aged 55 or over - there is soon to be a major shift in academic staff demographics too.