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EAIR SIG
Exploiting Data Repositories
Using data repositories and information sources to
support KPI’s and Strategic Planning: A Case Study
Presented by: Aoife Flanagan,
Institutional Research Officer,
NUI Galway
Agenda
 Context: Higher Education in Ireland
 Background: NUI Galway
 Using data repositories and information sources to support:
 the Sectoral Strategic Planning and Decision Support Project
 Strategic Planning at NUI Galway
 References
 Questions
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Context: Higher Education in Ireland
 Population: > 4 million
 > 55% of school leaving cohort enter higher
education
 Binary system with 7 Universities and 14 Institutes of
Technology
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Background: NUI Galway
 Established in 1845
 > 15,000 students
 Undergraduate
 Postgraduate
 5 Colleges
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Arts, Social Sciences and Celtic Studies
Business, Public Policy and Law
Science
Engineering and Informatics
Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences
Sectoral Strategic Planning and
Decision Support Project
 “Improved Performance Management Systems” and “improved
management information systems” required under SIF (National
Strategic Innovation Fund)
 Irish Universities Association (IUA) Project, Mazars consultants)
 Objective to agree:
 “a common set of data definitions and key performance indicators KPI’s)
to provide University management with comprehensive and integrated
information for decision support, strategy development and external
benchmarking”
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Sectoral Strategic Planning and
Decision Support Project
 Project
 Phase 1 – Developing a headline set of Performance Indicators
 Developing a cross sector view of data
 KPI Categories
 Teaching, learning and Student Experience
 Research
 Innovation/Commercialisation
 HR/Staff
 Financial Management
 Facilitates (Estates, ICT and Library)
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Sectoral Strategic Planning and
Decision Support Project
 Information Search
 10 countries
 22 Individual Universities
 7 National Frameworks
 E.g. HEFCE in UK, DEST in Australia
 Information sources and data repositories
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United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO)
The Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD)
Commonwealth Higher Education Management System (CHEMS)
European Commission
National Tertiary Education Union 2004 (NTEU)
Ontario Confederation of University Faculty Associations
Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE)
Sectoral Strategic Planning and
Decision Support Project
 Repository of all KPI’s developed
 Categories identified
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Teaching, Learning and Student Experience
Research
Financial Management
HR
Innovation, Commercialisation, Estates <10%
Other
42%
16%
13%
11%
<10%
 Patterns of use identified
 University Management
 Strategic Goals
 Sectoral
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48%
23%
23%
Strategic Planning at NUI Galway
 Currently embarking on the development of the Strategic Plan 2009-20013
 Process in supplying data and information sources
 Institutional Research identified all data and information sources that will be available to
Academic Units by end of September 2008
 Internal and External data sources
 Quantitative and Qualitative
 Resources required to support the provision of the data – Data Group
 Central On-line repository of data and information
 Data Gaps identified
 Resources required to fill those gaps
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Strategic Planning at NUI Galway
Internal Quantitative data sources
Conceptual Enterprise Data Infrastructure
Management Information Systems (MIS)
Selected Enterprise Data Elements
Extracted from Source Systems and
Verified According to Definitions
Data
Integration
Layer
Existing
Source
Systems
Student
Records
Finance
Human
Resources/
Payroll
Computer Services (CS)
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Estates
Enterprise
Data
Warehouse
(EIS)
Strategic Planning at NUI Galway –
Internal Quantitative data
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Student Profiles
Student Enrolment
Student Progression and Retention
Employability
Access/Diversity
Staff data
Research data
Financial data
Space data
Irish Language/Culture
Internationalisation
Quantitative Surveys
Strategic Planning at NUI Galway –
External Quantitative data
 Central Applications Office (CAO)
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Points distribution
Profile of applicants, preferences, offers and acceptances by field of study
Demographic Study
Market Shares
Popularity of subject areas
 Central Statistics Office
 Census data
 Higher Education Authority (HEA)
 Trend data on new entrants, undergraduates and postgraduates by field of study across
institutions
 Graduate data by award type across institutions
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Strategic Planning at NUI Galway –
External Quantitative data
 First Destination Returns
 Initial employment, further study and training patterns of graduates
 Salaries, regional and sectoral distribution of employment
 Migration patterns
 National Development Plan
 Department of Education and Science
 Analysis of subject provision and take up at second level
 Examinations Commission
 Trend data on the no. of students by exam type subject and gender and grade distribution
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Strategic Planning at NUI Galway –
External Quantitative data - International
 OECD
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Learning and Society
Economy
Outcomes of Learning
Quality Teaching
Tertiary Education
Social Cohesion and Education
Futures for Education
Employment and Skills
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Academic Peer Review
Recruiter Review
Citation per faculty ratio
International faculty/students
Student faculty ratio
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External Quantitative data - International
 EUROSTAT
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Key EU policy indicators
General and Regional Stats
Economy and Finance
Population and social conditions (includes education related data)
Industry, Trade and Services
Agriculture and Fisheries
External Trade
Transport
Environment and Energy
Science and Technology (including research and innovation data)
References –
IUQB Good Practice Guidelines
 National Guidelines of Good
Practice in Strategic Planning
for Academic Units in Irish
Universities
 National Guidelines of Good
Practice for Institutional
Research in Irish Higher
Education
 www.iuqb.ie/info/good_practice
_guides.aspx
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References –
AIR Professional File
 Strategies and Tools Used to Collect and Report
Strategic Plan Data
 Air Professional File 98, Winter, 2006
 Jenny Blankert, Cheryl Lucas, Jacquelyn Frost, Perdue
University
 www.airweb.org
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Contact Details
Questions??
Aoife Flanagan,
Institutional Research Officer,
National University of Ireland, Galway
[email protected]
Tel: +353 91 495708
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