Where is Gibraltar? Gibraltar is a British Overseas Territory - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Where is Gibraltar? Gibraltar is a British Overseas Territory • Located on the southern end of the Iberian • Peninsula at the entrance to the Mediterranean It has an area of 2.6 square miles (6.7 km2) • Population: 32,000 • GDP: £1.91Bn (2016/17) •

The University The University of Gibraltar opened its doors on 21 st September 2015. • • There are three faculties • Faculty of Business • Faculty of Health and Sport Science • Faculty of Tourism and Hospitality • Three Institutes: • Institute for Gibraltar and Mediterranean Studies • Institute for Earth and Life Sciences • Institute of Continuing Professional Development • Linked to the UK as a Member State of the EU, Gibraltar has access to European Funding and the Erasmus+ Programme. • Gibraltar does not come under the UK universities but we chose to be aligned with the UK Governance, Academic Framework and Quality Assurance. • The University of Gibraltar has Research Degree and Research Degree awarding powers.

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Current Research Contribution 55% Income - Research Research Funding PhD Programme Attained: € Climate Change, Carbon Chemistry and Marine • Submitted: € 1.5m 900,000 Science (3) MarCons Cost - MIRAGE Interreg - • • Alzheimer's and social care research (2). • €130,000 €97,000 Influence of digital technology in classrooms • ClimACT - SEAPPORTUNITY- • • €90,000 €75,000 What is Llanito literature - defining Gibraltar • culture and identity through literary work. Erasmus+ - BONN - Biodiversity • • €80,000 Monitoring - SUDEO Gibraltar’s water industry –organisational change • €80,000 Professional child protection practices. • UE4SD - • €400,000 BIOGLASER - Interreg • Big Data, remittances and its ability to predict • - SUDOE €82,000 social and natural disasters in EDCs Marie Curie - • €220,000

International Recruitment Target Countries: Priority A : Gibraltar, the UK, Australia, the USA, Spain, Morocco, China (incl. Hong Kong) and India. Niche potential : Chile and Costa Rica . Priority B: Malaysia, Nigeria, Vietnam and Turkey. Niche potential: Italy, Greece, France, Tunisia, Canada and Israel

Future Plans Placements for all students every year • Construction of accommodation premises • Europa Point Language Centre • Business School • Expansion of our current portfolio • Enhancement of a student experience to include • sports, leisure, faith-based and other social offerings

Expectations by 2022: 1. University would have made great strides towards financial independence 2. Support development of local economy directly – Fintech, banking, accountancy, education, health, sports business. 3. Supported growth in local economy by attracting more people to Gibraltar -- service industries will benefit.

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