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1. Welcome slide

2. Public Information, Student Opportunity and Data Samantha Dyer, HE Policy Adviser Julia Moss, HE Policy Adviser Richard Puttock, Head of Data and Management Information Bristol 11 April 2013

4. Public Information • Objective information to inform decision making: • National Student Survey (NSS) • Destination of Leavers in Higher Education (DLHE). • Unistats • Understanding Information Needs: • Oakleigh Consulting and Staffordshire University. • Development of the KIS.

5. Understanding Information Needs • Proportion of students at the university satisfied or very satisfied with the standard of teaching • Proportion of students at the university satisfied or very satisfied with their course • Proportion of students in employment six months after completing this course • Professional bodies which recognise the course • Proportion of students at the university satisfied or very satisfied with the support and guidance they received

6. Understanding Information Needs • Proportion of students at the university satisfied or very satisfied with their feedback on assessment • Proportion of students employed in a full-time professional or managerial job six months after completing this course • Proportion of students at the university satisfied or very satisfied with the library facilities • Average annual cost of accommodation • Percentage of course spent in scheduled learning and teaching • Proportion of the assessment by written or practical exam or coursework

7. Understanding Information Needs • Average salary six months after leaving • Proportion of students at the university satisfied or very satisfied with the Students’ Union • Financial support available • Proportion of students at the university satisfied or very satisfied with the IT facilities • Fees

9. The KIS Widget

10. KIS Communications • KIS Communications. • Online communications toolkit. • Posters. • Postcards. • Video. • KIS contacts. • One contact per institution. Receives KIS updates/circular letters. • kis@hefce.ac.uk

11. Unistats launch: 27 September 2012 Tweets Analytics • Since Launch • 3,315,620page views. • 171,186unique visits. • Users spending an average of 8 minutes and 7 seconds on the site. • 11.43 pages per visit. • 3514 downloads of the Unistats dataset from HESA.

12. User testing by Fluent ‘The new Unistats design led to higher satisfaction and improved Net Promoter Scores than the current Unistats site, but may not reach the aspirational levels of the Which? University site.’ ‘The new Unistats website offers a more satisfactory experience than the current website.’ • ‘The website seems to be a big improvement from the current one and offers a richer user experience’ ‘…More users can complete tasks on the new Unistats website than on the current site.’ ‘Searching is faster on the new Unistats website than the current site.’ • Fluent – Unistats pre-launch user research..

13. Strand A – ‘User Experience’ of the widget, KIS and the Unistats website • Strand B – KIS process from HE providers’ perspective • Strand C – Desk-based data audit Early Evaluation of KIS/Unistats

14. KIS Publication Timeline

15. Phase 2 of Unistats • Mini-competition currently being tendered under JISC’s JANET framework

16. Review of the Provision of Information • Work has commenced with final reports in 2014-15 • Multiple strands to include:- ten-year review of the NSS - KIS/Unistats - salary and employment information - role of market providers -the behaviours around decision making

17. Data and information returns • Higher Education in Further Education: Students Survey (HEIFES) • Expanded ILR • Key Information Sets (KIS) • National Student Survey (NSS) • Destination of Leavers from Higher Education (DLHE) • National Scholarship Programme (NSP)

18. HEIFES • Purpose – Main funding and monitoring return used to check overall recruitment and set funding • Type – Aggregate student return including forecasts • Content • Actual and predicted numbers • Fundability and fee status • Mode and level of study • Price groups • Timing – Mid-November

19. Expanded ILR • Purpose – Monitor funding, public information, research • Type – Individualised return • Content • FTE • Prior qualifications • Mode of study • UCAS identifiers • Timing – Late October

20. KIS • Purpose – Provide public information • Type – Course level • Content • Learning and teaching methods • Assessment methods • Accreditation • Accommodation costs • Fees and support • Links to ILR data • Timing – Mid-August

21. NSS • Purpose – Provide public information and monitor quality • Type – Student level • Content • Contact details for final year students • Timing – Late November

22. DLHE • Purpose – Provide public information and monitor outcomes • Type – Student level • Content • Contact details for successful leavers • Timing – Late November and March • Colleges will need to decide in September whether to use framework or make alternative arrangements

23. National Scholarship Programme • What is the NSP? • Primary purpose is to benefit individual students from disadvantaged backgrounds as they enter HE • National criterion: Students from households with an income of under £25,000 plus institutional criteria (e.g. care leaver, specific school, first of family to enter HE, disabled student) • HEFCE administers on behalf of BIS • 2012-13 £50m • 2013-14 £100m Plus institution’s match funding • 2014-15 £150m contributions • £3,000 minimum benefit per student made up of: Fee waivers, cash bursary (£1,000 maximum) and institutional services • Formative evaluation being carried out in parallel with operation

24. National Scholarship Programme • Match funding- how does it work?

25. National Scholarship Programme • Allocations: • HEFCE calculates a number of awards per institution: • 4 awards (= £12,000 Govt allocation) + match funding • 2012-13 and 2013-14 allocations calculated taking into account institution’s size and recruitment. • 2014-15 new allocation method for allocating government funding - better alignment with the principle that funding should be more focused on institutions that have a higher proportion of students from low income backgrounds • Institutions new to HEFCE through core and margin exercise will have had an allocation made for 2014-15 (don’t need to do anything for 2013-14!)

26. National Scholarship Programme • What benefits can students receive? • The menu of options (minimum £3k of benefit per award) • A fee waiver or fee discount or free foundation year • A cash bursary (£1,000 maximum in this form) • Discounted institutional service: E.g. • * Discounted accommodation • * Help with childcare • * Help with transport/printer/lab costs • *Pre-paid account cards for goods and services e.g travel and meals on site • Government allocation must be spent in the first year but match funding can be spent in later years.

27. National Scholarship Programme • Timetable and what do I need to do? • 8 April 2013 - let us know if you want to participate in the NSP for 2014-15. • Opt in? Look at provisional allocation and decide how you will operate the programme (including marketing, applications and appeals processes) • February 2014 - final allocations will be announced (funding will be paid August 2014) • January 2015 – in-year monitoring return to HEFCE • nsp@hefce.ac.uk 0117 931 7410

28. Widening participation strategic statements • Purpose – Allows institutions to evidence their work and commitment to widening access and student success and provides accountability for Student Opportunity allocation • No action required in 2013 – these statements will be integrated with OFFA access agreements from 2014 (colleges without an access agreement will need to provide a document covering HEFCE requirements). We will request monitoring returns (which will also be aligned with OFFA) against these statements in 2015. • Guidance for new documents will be issued early 2014

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