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Portfolio Review
Director of PSI
Portfolio Review
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Successful programmes support the financial
health and reputation of the university
Unsuccessful programmes consume valuable
resources which could be deployed more
effectively to achieve our strategy
Portfolio review: What is needed
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Robust approach to monitoring programme
performance integrated with planning
Transparent indictors of success
Dual stage process for course development
starting with the business case and then QA
Appropriate multifunctional support to ensure
the best ideas are selected for development
Defined decision making authority
Innovation in the market assurance of new
programmes (i-MAP Study LFHE)
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Sector spends £200M on programme
development/year
Sector minimum targets UG 15 – 30 students,
PGT 10-15 students
Institutions judged that 75% of programmes
were successful
10% of new single subject degree programmes
recruit ≥10 students
19% of PGT programmes recruit >10 students
Initial poor recruitment does not improve
The Evidence Base
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Success indicators aligned to strategy
Market data
Market testing
Programme costing
Indicators and Market Data
Business intelligence pilot using Qlikview
License
License
Maintenance
Service
Service
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1 x Small Business Server
GBP £
5,050
12 x Qlikview developers/users
9,720
Annual Maintenance 23%
3,397
2 day training course
3 days implementation
assistance
VAT 20%
Total
3,000
3,600
3,633
28,401
Data
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HESA data (5 years)
KIS
UCAS
NSS
DHLE
SDS student data
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Indicators UGFT
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All schools – Market share
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Social Sciences: JACS 1
Sector
Kent
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JACs 3 English: Sector v Kent new entrant UGFT
Sector
Top 5 HEI UK recruiters
Kent
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JACs1 English: Institution comparison
Leeds
Kent
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Comparison of programmes
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Programme Title
Name
Drama and English & American Literature
Short
Name
Programme Title
BA Arts and Humanities with Foundation Year
English & American Literature
English & American Literature and Creative
Writing with a Year Abroad
BA Classical Literature and English
English & American Literature and English
Language and Linguistics
BA English and History
English & American Literature and History
Kent
English & American Literature with an
Approved Year Abroad
English and American Literature and Creative
Writing
English Language and Linguistics
English, American & Post-Colonial Literatures
English, American and Postcolonial
Literatures with approved year abroad
International Foundation Programme Humanities
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BA English and French
BA English and Philosophy
Leeds BA English and Russian Civilisation
BA English and Theology and Religious
Studies
BA English Language and Literature
BA English Literature
BA English Literature and Theatre Studies
Exploring new subject areas
Physical geography and env. sci.
Human and social geography
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Where do Kent UGFT students come from?
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Next steps
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Make dashboard available
User testing
Release evidence to schools / marketing
Include initial review within planning cycle
Develop process to assess the business case for new
programmes
Other uses for BI
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All planning data
Sustainability dashboards
Equality, diversity and inclusivity monitoring
DHLE information for Careers
Student survey data including NSS
League table monitoring
Live student number reporting from SITS
(2016)
Roll out of business intelligence
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Interactive access to data via dashboard
https://reg-bi.ac.kent/qlikview/
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