Welcome presentation for 2012 International Counsellors Conference

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Welcome to 2012 NTU Counsellors’
Conference
Professor Nigel Healey
Pro-Vice-Chancellor (International)

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Nottingham Trent
University (NTU)
• NTU’s origins go back to
1843
• Nine schools offering
almost every discipline
• 26,000 students
• 5,000 postgraduate
students
• 2,400 staff
• 3 campuses

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What is distinctive about
NTU?
- employability
- internationalisation

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Employability: Year-
Long Placements

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Employability: live projects for major
corporations

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Employability: students running real
businesses

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Employability: The Hive (enterprise
development centre)

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Employability: The Hive – 10 years, 250
businesses, £20M+ sales

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Employability: 94% of NTU graduates are in
employment or postgraduate study within six
months of graduation

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Internationalisation
NTU prepares its students to
become highly employable
global citizens by:
• internationalisation of the
curriculum
• internationalisation of the
student body
• international teaching
partnerships
• international student
experience and support
• internationalisation of the
faculty

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Internationalisation of the
curriculum: Vice-Chancellor's
Scholarships to Beijing Language and
Culture University

12. Internationalisation of the student body: 12
3,000+ international/other EU students (12%)
from 120+ countries

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International teaching partnerships:
University of Valencia

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International student support

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International student support

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Internationalisation
of the faculty
• Recruitment of international
faculty
• Professional development
through staff exchange
• Training to support
international students

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Welcome to NTU!

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Welcome to Nottingham!