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KIS Lunchtime Briefing

KIS Lunchtime Briefing. Professor Jeff Bale Chris Matterface and Rachel Shapton 15 March 2012. Aims for 2012/13. Consistent application of principles Allocation of appropriate number of hours to different types of teaching, including those with ‘independent’ student effort.

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KIS Lunchtime Briefing

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  1. KIS Lunchtime Briefing Professor Jeff Bale Chris Matterface and Rachel Shapton 15 March 2012

  2. Aims for 2012/13 • Consistent application of principles • Allocation of appropriate number of hours to different types of teaching, including those with ‘independent’ student effort

  3. Key Information Set (KIS) • Comparable sets of information about full or part time undergraduate courses and are designed to meet the information needs of prospective students • Contain information which prospective students have identified as useful, such as student satisfaction, graduate outcomes, learning and teaching activities, assessment methods, tuition fees and student finance, accommodation and professional accreditation.

  4. KIS content – for entry in 2014/15 • Student satisfaction – 2013 HEFCE NSS • Destinations data – 2013 HESA DLHE data • Finance – fees and support (UoB) • Accommodation – availability and cost (UoB) • Course (Programme) structure by year – contact hours and assessment methods (UoB)

  5. Usage of KIS – research findings • Around 40% of enquirers/applicants use KIS • Its importance in decision-making process of our acceptors is similar to that of other official and quasi-official data such as league tables • Those who use it are slightly more likely to use it to help short list universities than to make a final decision

  6. Timescale for 2013 collection • 29 May – submission system opens • June/July (tbc) – NSS/DLHE data added • August (tbc) – final submission deadline (last year it was 22nd) • September (tbc) – KIS system re-opens for updates (last year it was 27th)

  7. HEFCE changes since last year • Enhancements to location data • Changes to way accreditation is handled • Changes to way course titles are reported • Other minor changes

  8. Contact hours • Contact hours data is collected for active modules • Collected via spreadsheets and stored in an Access database last year • Contact hours for modules with most students for each programme year used to generate Typical Student Pathway

  9. Typical Student Pathway (TSP) • List compiled of all modules taken by students on a given programme year • Modules are ranked in descending order of enrolments • Work down the list until appropriate total credits reached, count all modules to that point and none below

  10. Example TSP • BA Latin literature, year 2 – students do three compulsory modules then choose a further three from five

  11. Contact hours • 120 credits = 1200 total hours • Thereforeto achieve a 1% increase in contact hours within a given year requires an additional 12 contact hours • Theheadline figure shown is the average across all years therefore an extra 12 hours in one year = an extra 0.33% on the headline figure

  12. Data collection 2013 • Proposed to collect contact hours data during April • Opportunity to check data during June/July

  13. Data collection 2013 • Immediate focus on modules with no data • Existing data from last year will be rolled forward • Opportunity to amend modules with revised data • Workload for academic and administrative staff in Colleges, Schools and Departments should be substantially reduced

  14. Updating data • Modules with missing data will be circulated next week • Contact hours – spreadsheet • Assessment – via BIRMS • Programmes with missing data – as last year, estimates will be provided base on other programmes within departments • Updates possible throughout summer

  15. Data collection 2013 • Proposed to collect missing contact hours data during April • Opportunity to check all data during June/July

  16. Project Work • Laboratory based projects • Computer/literature based projects

  17. Workshop/studio work • Other forms of independent study: • “Examples might include time spent in an art or design studio, or in a rehearsal space such as a workshop theatre. It could be timetabled or take place on an ad hoc basis. Peers as well as staff or affiliates may be involved. Due to the nature of the activity, it is unlikely to take place virtually. Supervised time in a studio/workshop might involve a group or individual.” • Note that peer group work will occur in many programmes across Colleges

  18. Field Work and Seminars • Field work • Number of days, number of hours • Seminars • Honours programme symposia • Office hours and tutorials

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