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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
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)
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
Learning and Society
Economy
Outcomes of Learning
Quality Teaching
Tertiary Education
Social Cohesion and Education
Futures for Education
Employment and Skills
Rankings
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Academic Peer Review
Recruiter Review
Citation per faculty ratio
International faculty/students
Student faculty ratio
Strategic Planning at NUI Galway –
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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