Transparency Statement 23/24
Transparency Statement Archive
How much Student Fees does my University receive?
We received £88,651,000 in tuition fees in 2022/23 accounting for 50% of our University’s income.
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The total income for 2022/23 was £178.0m.
| 50% | Tuition Fees and Education Contracts |
| 19% | Research Grants and Contracts |
| 14% | Funding Body Grants |
| 10% | Other income (inc. investments and donations |
| 7% | Residences and Catering Operations |
Our remaining income comes from Funding Body grants for specific areas of spending, funding sources to pay our Research Costs, Halls and Catering receipts as well as other income from areas such as non-credit courses, Pontio, Academi, Tir Na Nog nursery, the Management Centre, Menai Science Park, Canolfan Brailsford and other sources.
What is this spent on?
This chart shows all our expenditure, including costs which are non-tuition fee funded such as Research, Service Rendered e.g. consulting work and Halls. To help show where tuition fees are spent we’ve provided further analysis below.
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The total expenditure for 2022/23 was £172.3m.
| 27% | Academic Departments |
| 14% | Research Grants and Contracts |
| 12% | Premises |
| 11% | General Educational |
| 9% | Residences and Catering Operations |
| 7% | Central Adminisatration and Services |
| 6% | Academic Services |
| 4% | Staff and Student Facilities |
| 4% | Services Rendered |
| 1% | Other |
| -5% | Movement and USS Provision |
What are my fees spent on?
We spend the income from your tuition fees to best deliver your education and support all our students’ aspirations and future prospects. To do this tuition fees are mostly spent on Academic teaching and support as well as spending on IT, Library and Buildings to facilitate your studies.
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| 29% | Teaching and Assessment |
| 18% | Maintenance and Building Running Costs |
| 16% | Core Student Support Services (Non-Staff Costs) |
| 10% | Professional Services |
| 9% | Core Student Support Services (Staff Costs) |
| 7% | Non-Staff Costs of Running Schools |
| 4% | Non-Staff Cost of Provision of IT, Equipment and Library Services |
| 4% | Support Staff in Schools |
| 3% | Staff Provision of IT and Library Services |
Teaching and assessment
Staff teaching and contact time, timetabling, providing online resources, exam set up, personal tutor time
Support staff in schools
Administrative and technical staff working in University Schools to support teaching delivery
Non-staff costs of running schools
Equipment and consumables to support teaching, academic staff training and travel and student recruitment costs
Student Support services (staff costs)
Student support and administration staff costs
Student Support services (non-staff costs)
Student support and administration staff costs
Staff Provision of IT and Library Services
Staff costs of running IT and Library Services
Non-Staff Cost Provision of IT, Equipment and Library Services
Non-staff costs of IT equipment, shared computers, wifi, network costs, Library books & journals
Maintenance and building running costs
Costs of running and maintaining the University estate including lighting, heating and maintenance costs
Professional Services
Costs to support the University operate the functions above.
Specific Student Support Services spending
Within Student Support costs we provide the following services to improve students’ opportunities for success. This is funded by Student Fees over and above grant funding of approximately £756k.
| £’000 | |
Student Wellbeing Supporting and promoting student wellbeing | £1,547,000 |
Skills / Employability Improving students study skills and to gain employment | £896,000 |
Disability Service Assisting students with the aids needed to support their studies | £1,028,000 |
Widening Access Working with potential new students to raise awareness and aspirations to higher education | £905,000 |
| £4,377,000 |