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Welcome slide
Key Information Sets
HESA training seminar
School of Oriental and African Studies, London
Wednesday 22 February 2012
Richard Puttock and William Locke
Public information
Objective information to inform decision making• NSS• DLHE• Unistats
1. Proportion of students at the university satisfied or very satisfied with the standard of teaching
2. Proportion of students at the university satisfied or very satisfied with their course
3. Proportion of students in employment in the first year after completing this course
4. Professional bodies which recognise the course
5. Proportion of students at the university satisfied or very satisfied with the support and guidance they received
Understanding Information Needs
6. Proportion of students at the university satisfied or very satisfied with their feedback on assessment
7. Proportion of students employed in a full-time professional or managerial job one year after completing this course
8. Proportion of students at the university satisfied or very satisfied with the library facilities
9. Average annual cost of accommodation
10. Percentage of course spent in scheduled learning and teaching
11. Proportion of the assessment by written or practical exam or coursework
Understanding Information Needs
12. Average salary in the first year after leaving
13. Proportion of students at the university satisfied or very satisfied with the Students’ Union
14. Financial support available
15. Proportion of students at the university satisfied or very satisfied with the IT facilities
16. Fees
Understanding Information Needs
DRAFT
Developing the new web-site
Introducing the new KIS Widget!• Rolling widget
(9 items)
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User Research‘It has the most
important information
there straight away’
‘I think the idea’s brilliant, there’s nothing out there like
it, everyone will use it, anyone who’s in line for university
which is like thousands and thousands of students, every
single one will use this’‘It kind of feels like the website really wants to help you in your decision’
Report to HEFCE by Fluent Interaction
Jan Feb March April May June July Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Key dates for KIS 2012Data should be uploaded
to HEFCE extranet(29 Mar–22 Aug)
Site preview for institutions
(17 Sept)
KIS widgets should be available
on all HEIs’ web-sites (31 Oct)
Final technical guidance published
(29 March)
New website goes live(week commencing 24 Sept)
including KIS widgets on course sites
KIS and Unistats early evaluation
(Sept 2012 – Jan 2013)
NSS and DLHE data added to HEFCE
extranet
Information for submissions• The data will be collected via the HEFCE extranet
(https://extranet.hedata.ac.uk), a secure data transfer site.
• A group key will be provided, which will allow access to the KIS submission link within the site.
• The data will be submitted as an XML file, as is the case with data collections carried out by HESA and the data service.
• The facility will be open for submissions in April, allowing institutions to upload data and check results.
• NSS and DLHE 2012 data will be added in July 2012.
• Final deadline for submission of KIS data and sign off by head of institution is August 2012. Institutions will be able to preview their full KIS data at this point.
KIS data
Early evaluation (2012-13) • Light touch review – is it working?
i. User experiences of the website and widget
ii. HE providers’ experience of the website and widget
iii. Data audit
Full evaluation (2013-14) • As part of a wider evaluation of the provision of information
landscape
• Looking in depth at purpose, usage, effects, outcomes, costs
Evaluating Unistats and the KIS
Jan Feb March April May June July Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Key dates for KIS 2012Data should be uploaded
to HEFCE extranet(29 Mar–22 Aug)
Site preview for institutions
(17 Sept)
KIS widgets should be available
on all HEIs’ web-sites (31 Oct)
Technical guidance published
(29 March)
New website goes live(week commencing 24 Sept)
including KIS widgets on course sites
KIS and Unistats early evaluation
(Sept 2012 – Jan 2013)
NSS and DLHE data added to
HEFCE extranet
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