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Developing Information for Students and the Public QAA Annual Conference

Developing Information for Students and the Public QAA Annual Conference. Heather Fry Director (Education and Participation) h.fry@hefce.ac.uk. Themes . Why create more information? What is the role of HEFCE and others? What are the major changes ahead?. Our commitment.

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Developing Information for Students and the Public QAA Annual Conference

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  1. Developing Information for Students and the PublicQAA Annual Conference Heather FryDirector (Education and Participation) h.fry@hefce.ac.uk

  2. Themes • Why create more information? • What is the role of HEFCE and others? • What are the major changes ahead?

  3. Our commitment • HEFCE is committed to a quality assurance system that is accountable, rigorous, transparent, flexible, responsive and public-facing • It needs to be underpinned by information which is robust, easy to find and easy to compare • Main purpose is improving information to aid students, prospective students, employers and general public • High ministerial interest

  4. Origins and development of the KIS • Overseen by the Higher Education Public Information Steering Group • Key recommendation of research by Oakleigh Consulting and Staffordshire University in 2010 • Identified information that prospective students found useful: • course, costs & employability • Identified where students look for information: • HEI websites and UCAS • In parallel, Winter and Spring 2010/11: Joint consultation; further research and development; user testing

  5. Proposed features of the KIS • One KIS for every undergraduate course longer than one year (a course being something a student applies to) • A mix of NSS, DLHE and institutional data; HEFCE will collate • Accessible via institution’s websites and UCAS • Will be part of QA review • More information can be found at: www.hefce.ac.uk/learning/infohe.htm.

  6. Judgement on Information • Part of the new method of institutional review, but not introduced until AY 2012-13 • Will be a new judgement; revised institutional review handbook will clarify • Will look at KIS, Wider Information Set and other information sources such as UCAS data and prospectus’ • Expected focus : completeness, currency, reliability and accessibility of the information • UK expectations about information will be defined in a new section of the UK Quality Code for HE; will also reference any specific national requirements

  7. Next Steps • KIS technical guidance September 2011 • KISs in place September 2012 • Information Judgement 2012/13 • Making public data more widely available • Annual monitoring of the KIS; reviewing against other information provision; full evaluation likely in AY 2014/15 • Consideration of needs PGT students

  8. Developing Information for Students and the PublicQAA Annual Conference Heather FryDirector (Education and Participation) h.fry@hefce.ac.uk

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