Universities and colleges are required to make data returns to regulatory bodies; they also need to manage systems and information across their organisation and beyond to support research management, course admissions, finance and much more.
Data centric approaches can help to make these processes more efficient and reduce burdens on institutions. To achieve this, the use of standards is key. There are now initiatives that are helping, for example the Higher Education Data and Information Improvement Programme (HEDIIP) and the Consortia Advancing Standards in Research Administration Information (CASRAI).
We explain these initiatives and their approaches and offer delegates the chance to learn about them. Jisc is working with HEDIIP and CASRAI to help to improve data and information interoperability – what does this mean to you? How can you get involved?
SECOND SEMESTER TOPIC COVERAGE SY 2023-2024 Trends, Networks, and Critical Th...
The information landscape made easier – a call to action - Andy Youell - Jisc Digital Festival 2014
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2. The HE information landscape made easy
Andy Youell – Director, HEDIIP
Jisc Digital Festival 2014-03-12
3. The HE information landscape made easier
Andy Youell – Director, HEDIIP
Jisc Digital Festival 2014-03-12
4. 1300 HE providers
Govt, funders and regulators
Professional Statutory & Regulatory Bodies
HE professional groups and sector bodies
Students – prospective, current and alumni
Data users – policy, researchers, media etc..
The HE information landscape
5. Paragraph 6.22 of the 2011 HE White Paper
Redesign the information landscape to create a new
system that:
Meets the needs of a wider group of users
Reduces duplication
Results in timelier and more relevant data
Also work with other government departments
Secure buy-in to reducing the burden
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7. Very broad range of organisations, collecting for many
different purposes
Low awareness of what each other has
Inconsistent definitions and terminology
Patchy approach to data standards adoption
No holistic view of the system
No mechanism or forum to bring these bodies together
Findings – data collectors/processors
8. A diverse group of autonomous institutions
Few HE providers have a complete picture of their data
reporting requirements
Some weaknesses in data management and governance
Uncoordinated responses to (uncoordinated) requests for
data
Findings – HE providers
9. It is cheap and plentiful
It works
It is an enabler…
….if we could become more joined up in other ways
Findings - technology
11. HEDIIP is a programme of work hosted by HESA
Each of the 4 UK funding bodies funds HEDIIP
Programme Board
Advisory Panel
Programme Management Office
Projects
About HEDIIP
12. Inventory of HE data collections
ULN – where are we now and next steps
JACS – Problems with the JACS and next steps
HE Data Language – lexicon and thesaurus
Programme plan to July 2015
What have we done
13. What does a re-designed landscape look like?
What elements, functions, attributes?
How is it planned/regulated/managed/controlled etc
How will we get there?
How will we know when we have got there?
Theme: Strategy and change
14. Data standards and data language
What standards currently exist? How do we know?
What do we need to do to achieve standardisation?
What should not be standardised? How do we know?
Language and data language?
Theme: Standards and understanding
15. How we work
Why do so many data collections exist?
How data collectors operate
How HE institutions respond to requests for data and
information
How do we manage (measure?) burden?
How can we increase value?
Data management and governance
Theme: Capability and excellence
16. This is a once-in-a-generation opportunity
Sector-wide change
Profile
Technology
Political mandate and political buy-in
This is about organisations and people
Call to action
17. Different perspectives and requirements
Different ideas about what is wrong…
…and what should be done about it
People are doing good things
Jisc
CASRAI
…others
We need to listen carefully
18. Promote data capability and understanding
Good practice in management & governance
Standardisation
Sharing
Maximising value
Articulate the vision…
…in a language that people can connect with
We need to speak clearly
19. The HE information landscape made easier
Andy Youell – Director, HEDIIP
Jisc Digital Festival 2014-03-12