Existing resources and training - Evidence for Enhancement

Project overview

Over the remaining years of the Theme, we will publish details of new developments and share resources from the sector. We hope this will help you to understand and use data to enhance the student experience.

Sector-wide activity

Advance HE resource

Analysing Qualitative Data

Publication Date: 21 Jan 2019

Advance HE’s sixth Research and Data Briefing presents guidance on how to analyse qualitative data, such as focus group transcripts or free-text survey responses. This briefing is intended for university and college practitioners working on small- to medium-scale research projects in the areas of equality, diversity and inclusion, teaching and learning, and governance, leadership and management. It does not assume any prior knowledge of qualitative research methods.

Author:	Advance HE
Format:	PDF
Size:	0.35 MB

Learning Analytics resources

Several sector bodies have produced resources that may help you understand the key issues in the rapidly-developing field of Learning Analytics.

JISC - Code of practice for learning analytics

Publication Date: 21 Sep 2018

This document sets out the responsibilities of educational institutions to ensure that learning analytics is carried out responsibly, appropriately and effectively.

Author:	JISC
Format:	PDF
Size:	0.07 MB

NUS - Learning Analytics: A guide for student unions

Publication Date: 21 Sep 2018

This document highlights emerging issues of the use of learner analytics and student data in UK higher education and how students’ unions might deal with them on their campuses.

Author:	NUS
Format:	PDF
Size:	0.20 MB

Training offered by the Open University

OpenLearn is an e-learning platform developed by the Open University and offers free online courses. Introductory courses relating to data include:

Training offered by HESA

HESA (the Higher Education Statistics Agency) collect and publish detailed information about the UK higher education sector. Their services include in-person and online training that may help you better understand sector-level data. Visit the HESA website for more information and resources, including past webinars.

Training offered by the New York Times

In 2018, the New York Times developed training aimed at helping reporters to better understand, analyse, and tell stories about data. The training is based in Google Sheets and includes data sets, cheat sheets, and tip sheets. The New York Times has now made this training public and open source.

for background on the training, please read this blog post
data training skills list
data training materials.