Introduction to heidi:

The higher education information database for institutions

Nicola Phelpsheidi Service Manager

What is heidi?

• Web-based management information tool

• Ability to create reports and charts from a broad range of data about HE

• Subscription service, available to HEI's and approved stakeholders

• heidi is run by HESA as a self-funding, not-for-profit service

Background to heidi

• Developed in partnership with The University of Leeds, with funding from LGM fund and funding councils

• Aimed to reduce burden on HEI’s by providing access to a wide variety of HE data in one place

• System went live during April 2007

• 88% of HEI's currently subscribe

Benefits

• Save time and resource by accessing a wide range of HE data in one place

• Benchmark the performance of your institution against others

• A living system, continually being updated with latest data and regular system improvements

• Easy sharing of reports within your organisation – create reports once, use many times

What HESA data is included?• Student

• Staff

• Destination of leavers

• Finance

• Key Financial Indicators

• HE-BCI Parts A and B

• Student Staff Ratios

• Performance Indicators

• HEMS (higher education management statistics)

… most data covering period 2001/02 to 2009/10

What other HE data is included?

• UCAS (including CUKAS, GTTR and NMAS)

• Estate Management Statistics

• National Student Survey

• Research Assessment Exercise (RAE)

• Funders Forum Metrics ("Sustainability Metrics")

• SCONUL Library Management Statistics

heidi – the system

heidi home page

Easy navigation

Quick accessto recently

viewed reports

Data releaseschedule

Manage reports screen

Users can create reports, or view reports created by HESA orusers at their organisation

Reporting tools in heidi

Designing a report

Easy dataselection using the

Data explorer

Select a comparator group of institutions

Ability to add row aggregates

Viewing a report

Highlight a single

institution

Columnaggregates (e.g.

sum, median,percentages)

Viewing a report

Column aggregates

for your chosen

report group

Notes and definitions

Accompanyingdata definitions

and notes

Charting in heidi

Charts

• Ability to create 7 different chart types; Column Row Pie Line Pattern Scatter Distribution

• Charts may be downloaded to powerpoint

Pattern chart: 2009/10 % surplus/(deficit) to total income

Display data for a chosencomparator group

Compare a singleinstitution (red) against acomparator group (blue)

and the sector (grey)

Displays the median, upper and lower deciles

for the sector

Pattern chart: 2009/10 % first degree qualifiers with a specific learning difficulty

Scatter chart: 2009/10 Academic staff FTE by student FTE

Compare two columns of data

for a chosen group of institutions

Ability to highlighta single institution

Distribution chart: Research grants & contacts income for York St John University compared to the GuildHE institutions

Compare a time series of data for

a chosen institution

Display the median, upper and lower

quartile for the chosen comparator group

heidi - the future

• New data sources

• Enhancing heidi as a benchmarking tool:

Already a simple benchmarking toolDevelop enhanced data visualisationsIntroduce statistical benchmarking

functionalityDevelop training for heidi benchmarking

More information on heidi

• Stay on at end of session for a demo or to find out if your institution is subscribed

• Information site: www.heidi.ac.uk

• heidi system: heidi.hesa.ac.uk

• To undertake a free trial, or find out if your organisation subscribes: heidi@hesa.ac.uk