HESA Data Opportunities Alison Berry and Victoria Atherstone

HESA Data Opportunities Alison Berry and Victoria Atherstone 28 th November 2017

HESA Overview • We are a charity and a company owned by the sector • Operate as an independent, autonomous service organisation • Exist to advance education by collecting, processing, and disseminating data on all aspects of the UK higher education sector • Work closely with higher education providers (HEPs), sector regulators, funders, government departments, policy-makers, and other stakeholders.

HESA’s journey with alternative HE providers 2013/14 • The first alternative HE providers subscribed to HESA • 12 opted to complete the main student return 2014/15 • The AP Student Record was introduced • 63 providers joined HESA to submit Student, Destinations of Leavers (DLHE) and UNISTATS data 2015/16 • Another 38 providers joined HESA

Journey continued 2016/17 • The first Scottish provider opted to provide data 2018 • Access to HESA’s data visualisation and analytics tool Heidi Plus and Jisc’s Analytics Labs 2019/20 • APs and HEIs will report data using the same platform to collect and submit data to HESA

Student Data Record Through the submission of student data providers can analyse data by: • Qualifications on entry • Subjects of study • Qualifications • Profiling student population • Review continuation rates HESA produces reports for: • National Student Survey (NSS) population • UNISTATS • Destination of Leavers (DLHE)

Student Data Intelligence HESA produces a Data Supply file which contains the majority of fields supplied by a provider and the HESA derived fields. With the data and the derived fields providers can import the data into analysis tools to further analyse the data using the standard HESA populations. Previewing the Performance Indicators data focused on: • Widening Participation Rates • Non-Continuation Rates https: //www. hesa. ac. uk/data-and-analysis/performanceindicators/experimental-statistics

DLHE Record - Graduate Data • HESA is replacing the DLHE collection with Graduate Outcomes from 2017/18 • Destination of Leavers data is used in the TEF • This collection will be run by a Central Survey Contractor • It will be undertaken 15 months after graduation • Providers will need to provide HESA with contact details for graduates through the Graduate Outcome Contact Details Record 2017/18 https: //www. hesa. ac. uk/collection/c 17071

Upgrade to UK HE Data Infrastructure • HESA as a hub for data collection • Agile ‘data-driven’ system • In-year collection regime, connected to existing data • Fit for purpose governance • Initially looking at Student record (including AP and ITT) New collection process and data model, aligned with the business process and events at an Institution level

What is Data Futures? The Data Futures programme is moving to a model of continuous data collection, so it will be possible to submit data on a more regular basis and more closely aligned to business events. • For providers this will mean a completely new schema, reporting timescales and platform • From 2019/20 providers will be using the record • Access Coding Manual

Benefits from Data Insight Arts Educational Schools London Benchmarking success: HESA data has helped Arts. Ed establish a robust evidence base to demonstrate what the school already suspected but couldn’t prove – that it is a leader, not just in the independent sector, but across UK higher education. The school’s excellent DLHE and NSS results back this up and it is now considering entering TEF on a voluntary basis to further demonstrate its strengths as a dance and drama centre for excellence.

Pearson College London HESA subscription enhances student employment and competitive intelligence for Pearson College London “Using HESA data, we can compare ourselves reliably and consistently with our competitors in the public and private sectors in terms of retention, attainment, and progression to employment or further study. This intelligence is invaluable to our benchmarking activity. ” Sarah Macdonald, Vice Principal (Academic Quality and Enhancement)

Ballet West Developing competitive advantage “We’re looking forward to be able to use the HESA data to show off who we are to prospect students. The HESA data is crucial to the TEF, NSS and DLHE – it seems like a sensible idea to get this right before these become mandatory returns for us. ” Mike Rowell, Academic Administrator

Heidi Plus for alternative HE providers Brand new inclusive service. HESA’s online analytics and data visualisation tool will provide access to the student and destination of leavers data sets covering all publicly-funded HE providers. • Turn analytics into insights to support strategic business planning • Create powerful data visualisations in minutes • Access UK higher education data sets (student and destination of leavers) covering all publicly-funded HE providers • Filter to review the insights you need • Freely available to staff from HESA subscribing providers

Launch Timeframes December 2017 • Data load of the AP Student Record into Heidi Plus January 2018 • Access Heidi Plus for alternative HE providers (inclusive for HESA subscribers*) *Option to upgrade to access full suite of HE data sets; staff, estates and finances etc March 2018 Data load of the Destination of Leavers (DLHE) Record into Heidi Plus

Data Visualisations: Analytics & Insight Benchmark. Key Performance Indicators Organisational Management Student Recruitment. Widening Participation Non-Continuation Rates Marketing. Business Planning

Bar & Pie Charts: Mode of Study by Age

Gender Split: Ethnicity & Subject Code

Bubble Chart: Number of Students (FTE)

Scatterplot: Gender vs Ethnicity And much more analytical insight

Training & Jisc’s Analytics Labs February • First cohort Jisc’s Analytics Labs for alternative HE providers. • Opportunity to create a new range of data dashboards specifically designed to meet the information needs of alternative HE providers. March • Heidi Plus Essentials Training • A fully interactive day with HESA training experts providing the opportunity to explore the new system, to create a variety of visualisations with the AP data to observe and understand the analytical dashboards.

Heidi Plus Registration Process Step 1: Application Form and Information Security Questionnaire Step 2: Identification of Lead Contacts Step 3: Attendance at mandatory Lead Contact Data Protection Webinar Step 4: Signature of Organisational and Lead Contact Agreements Step 5: Welcome to Heidi Plus

Questions? Alison Berry Head of Stakeholder Liaison liaison@hesa. ac. uk Visit HESA’s Stand: Heidi Plus Dashboard Demos www. hesa. ac. uk @ukhesa