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Future arrangements for the Destination of Leavers
from Higher Education Survey
Manchester20 August 2013
Davina Madden – HEFCE Regional Consultant and Interim Head of Provision of Information Policy
• Provide an update on the process for 2014
• Hear from an institution that manages the survey
• Hear from us about what a potential contractor could offer
• Discuss the pros and cons of each of our options and feed back to us
Aims of the event
Rationale
•White Paper’s commitment to develop a ‘level playing field’ between all types of HE provider
•English FECs would be required to fund and administer the DLHE survey for themselves
Changes to DLHE survey 2014-15
Circular letter outlining options for FECs (April 13)
•To ‘go it alone’ - fund and administer the DLHE survey for themselves
•HEFCE to tender on behalf of FECs to establish a framework supplier
•To collaborate with other FECs/HEIs to run the survey as a consortium
• Support to manage procurement and data quality.
• HEFCE to appoint a supplier through OJEU open tender process.
• First tranche of the survey (April 2014) for English FECs to become optional
• HEFCE supplier in place to support second tranche (January 2015)
• After 2015, FECs expected to use framework supplier if data does not meet requirements.
Update on the process
Expected Timeline
Aug 2013 Informal consultation events
Sep 2013Circular Letter outlining full process.
Feb2014Complete OJEU competitive tender
Feb 2014 Supplier appointed
Mar 2014 Training events for FECs
Apr 2014Tranche one survey returns (optional)
Apr 2014FECs complete preparedness checklist
May 2014Feedback on checklist from HEFCE
Oct 2014 Survey activity starts
We want to explore with you...
•What our proposals would mean for your institution
•What considerations should we build into the Invitation to Tender for approved supplier.
•How we can further support you through these changes
What this will mean for your institution.
Data Quality
Manchester University20 August 2013
Richard Puttock – HEFCE Head of data and management information
Important because:•Comparable and publishable data – used to inform student choice
•Quality assurance and enhancement
•Informs public policy - the social, cultural and economic benefit of Higher Education
Why good DLHE data is importantHigh response rates•Target response rate:
• Full Time – 80%
• Part Time – 70%
Currently a minimum of 23 students•Concern of non-publishable data
•Round table discussions about data thresholds
•Part of HEFCE’s financial memorandum
•Data contributes to the wider debate around the value of HE in FE
•Distinctive contribution of smaller providers
HEFCE’s Data Thresholds...
Data requirements•Complete responses and full data
•Correct SOC and SIC coding
•Data submission via HEFCE extranet, linked to ILR (XML format).
HEFCE’s requirements
Preparedness checklist•To help FECs think about the practicalities of running the survey
•To allow HEFCE to act as a critical friend
DLHE Collection In-House
Jan Moore Assistant Head of Careers &
Employability Manchester Metropolitan
University
We are a very big institution – some 9,000 students are surveyed every year across the April and January collections so we can reap economies of scale
Extensive telephone follow up is required - only 12% of our students replied on-line in the 2011/12 collection
Growing interest in destinations due to DLHE being a KPI means that we have to offer MMU staff an expert and professional support service throughout the year
Two members of C&E staff now work full-time on DLHE and related graduate labour market issues
DLHE Collection In-House – the MMU context
It’s good PR - continued contact when other university services have ceased
Highlights our ‘after-sales’ service Increases knowledge of the graduate labour
market – emerging trends can be identified quickly
Enables the writing of great case studies and marketing materials
Quality assurance – always has been an informal means of getting honest feedback
Existing students help with the ‘phone survey – great for their skill development and they get paid!
The advantages of doing DLHE
in-house
Identifying your POPDLHE – need excellent relations with your IT people and they need to be interested in/have time for DLHE too
The evening work! (Overtime and TOIL) Manual paper sifting vs. electronic processing Marking up and coding incl. JACS and SOC 2010 Steady flow of HESA circulars that need to be
read – and understood! There is an annual re-visiting and revision training of what we need to do - and when
The disadvantages of undertaking the DLHE
collection in-house
Level of support from your institution as a whole
Level of support that can be called on from IT/Management Information systems
Interest and knowledge of the staff involved Support network – HEIs have AGCAS and
increasingly regional and LinkedIn groups but CFE’s?
Value for Money – what you get back in terms of greater knowledge, alumni contacts etc must justify the cost
DLHE Collection In-House: Key Issues
Running the DLHE survey through a contractor
• HEFCE to run a tender exercise to establish a preferred supplier.
• This should:• Ensure economies of scale• Reduce the burden for FECs to run competitive tender exercises• Support FECs to provide good quality data
Current Contractor
• Current contractor for the collection of DLHE data for FECs covers:
• 116 colleges• 22,438 graduates• College populations range from 4 to 1590• Response target of 80% (high)• Means contacting over 17,950 graduates
College’s Responsibility
• Provide the contractor with a contact list of the survey sample
• Communicate with the contractor
Contracted to run the survey on your behalf
•Set up data systems
•Advertise and market the survey
•Digital copy of the survey sent out via e-mail
• Specialist online survey software with unique access codes
• Adapted for smart phones
• Text messages
• Letters
• Fully trained call team
• Diagnostics
• Producing the data and analysing
What the contractor will provide
Costs•Currently, the survey runs at a cost of ≈ £ 10 per student
•Dependent on the bids that we receive from our Invitation to Tender
•There may be an annual set up cost
•There may be a cost per student
Costs involved
• Staff and student awareness of the survey running
• Quality of the alumni contact records
• Set up costs for institutions
Practicalities of using a contractor
Benefits•End to end service
•Reduced risk
•Fixed costs
•Expertise and experience
• Soc and Sic coding
• The rules and any changes
• No need to recruit temporary staff
• Economies of scale
• Brand awareness
Benefits to using a contractor
Group Discussion
Manchester20 August 2013
Davina Madden – HEFCE Regional Consultant and Interim Head of Provision of Information Policy