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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

Thank you for listeningkis@hefce.ac.uk

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