irpg project b redesigning the he data and information landscape
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IRPG Project B
Redesigning the HE data and information landscape
Agenda
• Interim Regulatory Partnership Group (IRPG)
• Project A – Mapping the regulatory framework
• Project B – Redesigning the data and information landscape
IRPG
• Established by HEFCE and SLC• Includes: HESA, QAA, OFFA, OIA• Observers: UUK, GuildHE, NUS, UCAS• To advise on and oversee the
transition to the new regulatory and funding systems for higher education in England
Project A – Mapping the current HE system
• Being undertaken by Deloittes• Steering Group Chair: David Wallace
(SLC)• Objectives:
– By March 2012 – a map of the current HE system from perspective of students, providers and regulatory bodies
– By June 2012 – recommendations, identifying opportunities for change
Project B – Redesigning the HE data and information landscape
• Consultants working with HESA– 3 consultants with a broad experience in HE
• Steering Group Chair: Steve Egan (HEFCE)
• Objectives – by June 2012:– Feasibility and cost/benefit study for a new
model of data collection– A roadmap for future work
Background - HEBRG
• Principles of Better Regulation• Survey of data collection• Map of the current Information
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D-BIS White Paper
• Para 6.22 of White Paper• 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
Project B – 4 streams
• Establish data availability within HEPs• Understand data and information
requirements• Understand the as is models and
technologies• Propose and evaluate a to be model
Project B - principles
• Definition of principles with key stakeholders
• Key early stage• Final proposals to be tested against
principles
Project B – UK dimension
• Many of the sector-level data systems are UK-wide
• Project is driven/initiated by developments in England
• UK dimension brings risks but huge opportunities
Project B - engagement
• Statutory, regulatory, professional bodies
• Sector bodies• Individual institutions (HE, FE, APs)• Software suppliers• Various events, interviews etc
IssuesIn HE Providers
• No single version of truth due fragmented business processes• Don’t attempt to use own data to run own business in many cases
In Data Collectors
• Information requirements don’t really take account of HE business systems
• Limited coherence in approach to developing standards• Limited co-operation between agencies
HE Info Landscape Scenarios
Thousand Flowers Data Bucket
One-size-fits-all
Standards making “CLUB”
Data providers and collectors with direct relationship to HEP
Data broker(s)
Data user community
Higher Education Providers and their suppliers of business systems
Harmonised technical infrastructure e.g. CERIF XML ESB connectors etc.
A Possible Model
Hopes for the Future
• HE Providers retain autonomy but use common data standards within disparate business systems.
• Increased coherence in business processes implies better management information WITHIN providers.
• A coherent approach to standards means HE providers can better integrate “outside” requirements for data with normal business processes.
• HE Providers can better use regulatory reports for their own purposes e.g. benchmarking
Questions
• Do the scenarios and the model stack up as start point?
• Who should be in the standards club?
• Who might the brokers be?
• What do suppliers want/need from our project?
Project B – more information
URL: landscape.hesa.ac.uk
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