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Future Directions for Benchmarking in HE?
Nicki Horseman, Patrick Kennedy
Strategic Planning & Change
May 2011
To identify some possible future
directions for benchmarking in HE, by…
2 perspectives on ‘what I want from
benchmarking’
And offering some future ‘necessary
conditions’ for high quality benchmarking
Overall purpose
College (aka Faculty or School)
Dean and/or College Manager
Director of Strategy/Planning
2 perspectives
• Currency• Context• Credibility / Confidence
College Dean
College DeanPGR/Staff FTE - Physics
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2005/06 2006/07 2007/08 2008/09
Durham
Poppleton
Exeter
King's
Lancaster
Warwick
York
Ratios, groupings + uni
Drill downs to categories for more
understanding
HR, finance, estates data
Secure in same treatment (apples)
Ease of access, strong appetite for
excellence/depth of service
Director of Strategy /
Planning
Necessary conditionsfor quality benchmarking?• Data quality strategy/practice & core systems: HESA/HEIs • Brainpower beats benchmarking, incessant questioning • Inputs the easy bit, what about the outputs• A shared service development?• More granular (opt-in club) HESA returns?• Appetite
...Legal permission...
Wrapping up, final thoughts
• Good base established• Data structures and systems (BI) development well underway• Plenty of appetite out there; strong investment case• What are the primary paths for BM: HESA data, associated services, bought-in / bespoke, BM clusters of HEIs...?