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Future Directions for Benchmarking in HE? . Nicki Horseman, Patrick Kennedy Strategic Planning & Change May 2011. Overall purpose. To identify some possible future directions for benchmarking in HE, by… 2 perspectives on ‘what I want from benchmarking’
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Future Directions for Benchmarking in HE? Nicki Horseman, Patrick Kennedy Strategic Planning & Change May 2011
Overall purpose To identify some possible future directions for benchmarking in HE, by… 2 perspectives on ‘what I want from benchmarking’ And offering some future ‘necessary conditions’ for high quality benchmarking
2 perspectives College (aka Faculty or School) Dean and/or College Manager Director of Strategy/Planning
College Dean • Currency • Context • Credibility / Confidence
Director of Strategy / Planning Ratios, groupings + uni Drill downs to categories for more understanding HR, finance, estates data Secure in same treatment (apples) Ease of access, strong appetite for excellence/depth of service
Necessary conditions for quality benchmarking? • Data quality strategy/practice & core • systems: HESA/HEIs • Brainpower beats benchmarking, incessant questioning • Inputs the easy bit, what about the outputs • A shared service development? • More granular (opt-in club) HESA returns? • Appetite • ...Legal permission...
Wrapping up, final thoughts • Good base established • Data structures and systems (BI) development well underway • Plenty of appetite out there; strong investment case • What are the primary paths for BM: HESA data, associated services, bought-in / bespoke, BM clusters of HEIs...?