Average full economic cost (to the university) of an undergraduate degree in engineering
Dear Kingston University,
Please provide the average full economic cost (to the university) of an undergraduate degree in engineering at the University. Please include all costs directly and indirectly associated with the activity e.g. including staff pension costs and IT costs. Please include all costs that can be reasonably attributed to the degree using the data that you have
Please break down your answer in two ways (a) by the seven UCAS classifications of engineering degrees (b) by cost type (e.g. payroll, IT, equipment etc) please break this information down into its natural and principal cost categories giving as much detail as is feasible.
FYI – UCAS classify engineering degrees into seven categories as follows
1. General engineering
2. Civil engineering
3. Mechanical engineering
4. Aerospace engineering
5. Electronic and electrical engineering
6. Production and manufacturing engineering
7. Chemical, process and energy engineering
This is not a strange or unusual request but is merely requesting what is a key management metric i.e. the cost per degree. Since Universities are required to be run in a financially astute manner, this information should be routinely provided to university course leaders, and should be a key factor in the setting of undergraduate fees,
Yours faithfully,
Dr Jim Partridge
Dear Jim
Thank you for your recent request for information relating to Kingston University. Your request was received on 23/01/2017 and is now being dealt with under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
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Kind regards
Cathy
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Cathy Murr
Resources and Compliance Team
Library and Learning Services
Kingston University
Dear Jim,
Further to your recent request for information, the University’s response
follows.
Please see the table below:
AEROSPACE CIVIL MECHANICAL TOTAL
Direct cost £k 2,062 2,595 2,452 7,109
Space £k 699 1,152 839 2,690
indirect £k 1,424 2,346 1,707 5,477
TRAC adjustments* £k 339 559 407 1305
Full Economic Cost per degree course £k 4,186 6,093 4,998 15,277
Full Economic Cost per student £ 8558 7561 8520 8119
*Submission of an Annual Transparent Approach to Costing (TRAC) return is
a requirement for all UK HEIs in receipt of grant funding from the UK HE
Funding Councils. Full details are available [1]here.
This completes the University’s response to your information request. If
you are unhappy with the service you have received in relation to your
request and wish to make a complaint or request an internal review of our
decision please contact:
Director of the Vice-Chancellor’s Advisory and Support Department, email :
[2][email address] or by post: Kingston University,
River House, 53-57 High Street, Kingston upon Thames, KT1 1LQ.
In the event that you are not content with the outcome of your complaint
you may then apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a
decision. Generally, the Information Commissioner cannot make a decision
unless you have exhausted the complaints procedure provided by Kingston
University. The Information Commissioner can be contacted at:
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Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF.
I hope that you now have the information you require.
Cathy
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Cathy Murr
Resources and Compliance Team
Library and Learning Services
Kingston University
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