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The Implications of Well Informed Students

The Key Information SetsDavid Bradley & Brendan FawcettPlanning Office

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Government transparency agenda

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Insurance• Door to door sales• Local offices• 1985 direct line launched• Price of term-life insurance

policies fell by 20% between 1993-1997

THEN WHAT NEXT?

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White paper

CHAPTER 2WELL INFORMED STUDENTS DRIVING TEACHING EXCELLENCE“We will radically improve and expand the information available to prospective students, making available much more information about individual courses...”

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Some questions?• Will demand drive quality?

– Can it, given the other controls that have been put in place?– Only AAB+ is actually a free market!

• Do prospective students make logical and rational choices or are the choices emotive?

• Is the information that will be provided enough to enable this rational decision making?

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Student InformationWhat’s happening? • Key Information Set (KIS) 2012-13 based on what prospective

students say they want to know • New official web-site to replace Unistats

Public information steering group considering: • Identifying the information needs of PGT students and

development of PGT NSS and PGT KIS • Other areas highlighted by the White Paper

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The wider information set

Public (institution)

• Mission Statement

• Corporate Plan

• QA statements, policies and processes

• Learning & Teaching statements

• Information about partnerships

• Employability statements

Public (course level)

• Prospectuses, course guides, module descriptors

• Programme specs

• Employer links

• Partnership links

Internal (available externally on request)• Programme

approval, monitoring and review procedures and outcomes

• External examination procedures

• Policies for student complaints, appeals and representations

Internal only (for students and staff)• Results of

internal surveys

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Key Information Sets

(KIS)

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KIS Produced For…• All full- and part-time courses at undergraduate level,

including foundation degrees.

• Exceptions:– Short courses (one year full-time equivalent or less)– Postgraduate courses– Courses delivered wholly overseas– Closed courses– Intercalated degrees– Part-time courses that are also offered on a full-time basis and a

KIS is produced for the full-time course.

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What will the KIS include?

• Levels of Student Satisfaction

• Graduate Outcomes

• Learning and Teaching Activities

• Assessment Methods

• Tuition Fees and Student Finance

• Accommodation

• Professional Accreditation

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What will the KIS look likeAccessible via a Widget from our web-site

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The KIS website• A new website from HEFCE

• Will replace Unistats

• Clicking on the widget willtake you through to theKIS for that particular course

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Information from existing sources

This data will be collected from the National Student Survey (NSS).

This data will be collected from the Destination of Leavers from Higher Education Survey (DHLE).

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Information from new sources

This data will be collected from a new question on the National Study Survey (NSS)

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Information to provideWe will need to provide this data

Undergraduate Finance

Accommodation Office

Student Abode (Welfare)

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Learning & Assessment Data

We will need to provide some calculated fields where the data is built up from the module level.

Note: on each section of the KIS there is a link which leads to a specific page (in this case containing further information on Learning and Assessment for the course).

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Timeline30 Sept ‘11 Technical guidance published by HESA/HEFCE (updated in Dec’11 & Mar’12)

Feb/March ‘12Departments will be sent a sheet for each course detailing the data we hold for the ‘Learning and Assessment’ section of the KIS. Departments will be asked to check this data and flag any new courses and if any course holds external accreditation. Once checked we start the submission process.

July ‘12 NSS and DLHE 2012 data added by HEFCE to KIS submissions.

Aug ‘12 Final deadline for submission of KIS data and sign off by head of institution.

Sept ‘12-Institutions preview new official web-site with KIS and associated widgets.-New KIS web-site goes live; Unistats web-site closes.-KIS widgets to be embedded and visible on all institutional web-sites.-UCAS to include KIS data into course search web-site.

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KIS Technical Specification• Defines the XML file that we will need to provide.• Provides guidelines for users.• Explains the sources of information and how to carry out

calculations.• Provides appropriate interpretations and disclaimers, and any

other relevant information.

• Still lots of questions. We are hopeful updates to the technical guidance will address these.

• There will be a KIS module within SITS and we may need to restructure data to fit the module.

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The Learning & Assessment Values

• Credits• No. of Students

• Coursework• Examination• Practical Examination

(Needed for Assessment Methods)

• Total Module Hours (?)

• Lectures• Seminars• Classes• Tutorials• Field Work

• Other Study• Private Study

(Needed for Learning Methods)

– These are calculated from the following module information:

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A worked example – Criminology Yr1

Code Module Title Credits

No. Students

Lectures

Seminars

Classes

Tutorials

Field

Work

Other Study

Private Study

Total Hours

Coursework

Examination

Prac

Exam

CR1001

Theories of Crime and Criminality 20 83 18 8 0 0 0 0 12

4150 50 50 0

CR1002 Crime in Focus 20 83 18 8 0 0 0 0 12

4150 50 50 0

CR1004

Introduction to Criminal Justice 20 83 18 8 0 0 0 0 12

4150 50 50 0

SY1001

Social Change, Identity and Behaviour 20 83 18 8 0 0 0 0 12

4150 50 50 0

SY1002 Society in Transformation 20 83 18 8 0 0 0 0 12

4150 40 60 0

SY1013 Research Methods 1 20 83 18 8 0 0 0 0 12

4150 50 50 0

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Code Module Title Credits

No. Students

Scheduled teaching & learning

Guided Independen

t Study

Total Hours

Coursework

Examination

Prac

Exam

CR1001

Theories of Crime and Criminality 20 83 26 124 15

0 50 50 0

CR1002 Crime in Focus 20 83 26 124 15

0 50 50 0

CR1004

Introduction to Criminal Justice 20 83 26 124 15

0 50 50 0

SY1001

Social Change, Identity and Behaviour 20 83 26 124 15

0 50 50 0

SY1002 Society in Transformation 20 83 26 124 15

0 40 60 0

SY1013 Research Methods 1 20 83 26 124 15

0 50 50 0

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Code Module Title Credits

No. Students

Scheduled teaching & learning

Guided Independen

t Study

Total Hours

Coursework

Examination

Prac

Exam

CR1001

Theories of Crime and Criminality 20 83 17.3% 82.7% 15

0 50 50 0

CR1002 Crime in Focus 20 83 17.3% 82.7% 15

0 50 50 0

CR1004

Introduction to Criminal Justice 20 83 17.3% 82.7% 15

0 50 50 0

SY1001

Social Change, Identity and Behaviour 20 83 17.3% 82.7% 15

0 50 50 0

SY1002 Society in Transformation 20 83 17.3% 82.7% 15

0 40 60 0

SY1013 Research Methods 1 20 83 17.3% 82.7% 15

0 50 50 0

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Code Module Title Credits

No. Students

Scheduled teaching & learning

Guided Independen

t Study

Total Hours

Coursework

Examination

Prac

Exam

CR1001

Theories of Crime and Criminality 20 83 17.3% 82.7% 15

0 50 50 0

CR1002 Crime in Focus 20 83 17.3% 82.7% 15

0 50 50 0

CR1004

Introduction to Criminal Justice 20 83 17.3% 82.7% 15

0 50 50 0

SY1001

Social Change, Identity and Behaviour 20 83 17.3% 82.7% 15

0 50 50 0

SY1002 Society in Transformation 20 83 17.3% 82.7% 15

0 40 60 0

SY1013 Research Methods 1 20 83 17.3% 82.7% 15

0 50 50 0

TOTAL 120 17.3% 82.7% 48.3 51.7

(20x50)

+ (20x50)

+ (20x50)

+ (20x50)

+ (20x40)

+ (20x50)

= 5,800

Then divide bytotal of 120 credits

5,800 /120 = 48.3

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Slightly more complex – Criminology Yr3

Code Module Title Credits

No. Students

Lectures

Seminars

Classes

Tutorials

Field

Work

Other Study

Private Study

Total Hours

Coursework

Examination

Practical

CR3001 Clinical Criminology 20 70 18 9 0 0 0 0 12

3150

100 0 0

CR3003 Crime, Law and Justice 20 13 18 8 0 0 0 0 12

4150

100 0 0

CR3004

Crime, Technology and Social Control 20 15 18 8 0 0 0 0 12

4150

100 0 0

CR3008 Dissertation 40 70 0 0 0 4 0 0 30

0300

100 0 0

CR3010 Hate Crime 20 43 20 10 0 0 0 0 12

0150

100 0 0

CR3011 Cultures of Crime 20 15 18 8 0 0 0 0 12

4150

100 0 0

CR3012 Terrorism 20 19 18 8 0 0 0 0 12

4150

100 0 0

CR3013

Forensic Science and Criminal Justice 20 48 18 9 0 0 0 0 12

3150

100 0 0

SY3057 Football and Society 20 22 18 8 0 0 0 0 12

4150 40 60 0

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Order by no. of students – Criminology Yr3

Code Module Title Credits

No. Students

Lectures

Seminars

Classes

Tutorials

Field

Work

Other Study

Private Study

Total Hours

Coursework

Examination

Practical

CR3001 Clinical Criminology 20 70 18 9 0 0 0 0 12

3150

100 0 0

CR3008 Dissertation 40 70 0 0 0 4 0 0 30

0300

100 0 0

CR3013

Forensic Science and Criminal Justice 20 48 18 9 0 0 0 0 12

3150

100 0 0

CR3010 Hate Crime 20 43 20 10 0 0 0 0 12

0150

100 0 0

SY3057 Football and Society 20 22 18 8 0 0 0 0 12

4150 40 60 0

CR3012 Terrorism 20 19 18 8 0 0 0 0 12

4150

100 0 0

CR3004

Crime, Technology and Social Control 20 15 18 8 0 0 0 0 12

4150

100 0 0

CR3011 Cultures of Crime 20 15 18 8 0 0 0 0 12

4150

100 0 0

CR3003 Crime, Law and Justice 20 13 18 8 0 0 0 0 12

4150

100 0 0

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Limit to 120 credits – Criminology Yr3

Code Module Title Credits

No. Students

Lectures

Seminars

Classes

Tutorials

Field

Work

Other Study

Private Study

Total Hours

Coursework

Examination

Practical

CR3001 Clinical Criminology 20 70 18 9 0 0 0 0 12

3150

100 0 0

CR3008 Dissertation 40 70 0 0 0 4 0 0 30

0300

100 0 0

CR3013

Forensic Science and Criminal Justice 20 48 18 9 0 0 0 0 12

3150

100 0 0

CR3010 Hate Crime 20 43 20 10 0 0 0 0 12

0150

100 0 0

SY3057 Football and Society 20 22 18 8 0 0 0 0 12

4150 40 60 0

Total 120

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Calculate as before – Criminology Yr3

Code Module Title Credits

No. Students

Scheduled teaching & learning

Guided Independen

t Study

Total Hours

Coursework

Examination

Prac

Exam

CR3001 Clinical Criminology 20 70 18.0% 82.0% 15

0 100 0 0

CR3008 Dissertation 40 70 1.3% 98.7% 30

0 100 0 0

CR3013

Forensic Science and Criminal Justice 20 48 18.0% 82.0% 15

0 100 0 0

CR3010 Hate Crime 20 43 20.0% 80.0% 15

0 100 0 0

SY3057 Football and Society 20 22 17.3% 82.7% 15

0 40 60 0

TOTAL 120 12.7% 87.3% 90.0 10.0

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• Most courses follow the Criminology example.

• Smaller courses covering more than one subject may display KIS information differently.

• There are three different types of KIS and each course can only have one KISTYPE.

• The KISTYPE determines what will be displayed.

KISTYPEs flow diagram

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KISTYPE 1 – Full Course Level• One KIS presented

• All single subject courses (those with only one JACS code recorded for the course on the HESA Student Record) regardless of intake size– E.g. BA Criminology (M930)

• All multiple subject courses (those with more than one JACS code recorded for the course on the HESA Student Record) where the intake size is greater than 20* students – E.g. BSc Psychology with Sociology (C8L3)

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KISTYPE 2 - Multiple subject course placeholder KIS

• ‘Placeholders' for multiple-subject courses for which a KISTYPE 1 record is not required i.e. the intake size is less than 20 students.

• The placeholders include links to the relevant UCAS course codes and to related KISTYPE 1 or KISTYPE 3 KIS records.

• E.g. Mathematics with Management (G100 & N200)• Intake size = 11• 2 KIS presented:

– Full Course Level KIS for Mathematics– Full Course Level KIS for Management

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KISTYPE 3 - Subject level KIS• KISTYPE 3 records provide information about a subject that forms

part of a multiple subject course for which no KISTYPE 1 can be produced.

• E.g. BA Modern Languages with Film Studies (R8P3)– Intake = Less than 20

• Though a KISTYPE1 does exist for Modern Languages no KISTYPE 1 exists for Film Studies therefore a KISTYPE 3 is required.

• 2 KIS presented:– Subject level KIS for European Languages and Area Studies– Subject level KIS for Media Studies

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What next• More information available at: bit.ly/uolkis• Contact details:

– David Bradley db280@le.ac.uk– Brendan Fawcett bjf10@le.ac.uk

• Any questions?

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Some questions?• Will our courses appear competitive?• Will demand drive quality?

– Can it, given the other controls that have been put in place?– Only AAB+ is actually a free market!

• Do prospective students make logical and rational choices or are the choices emotive?

• Is the information that will be provided enough to enable this rational decision making?

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