This document discusses the Key Information Sets (KIS) that will provide prospective students with standardized information about undergraduate courses and programs beginning in 2012-2013. It outlines what information will be included in the KIS, such as student satisfaction levels, learning and teaching activities, and tuition fees. Institutions will submit course data to a new website that will replace Unistats. The KIS aims to improve transparency and enable students to make more informed choices by facilitating comparisons of course information.

1. The Implications of
Well Informed Students
The Key Information Sets
David Bradley & Brendan Fawcett
Planning Office
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2. Government transparency agenda
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4. Insurance
• Door to door sales
• Local offices
• 1985 direct line launched
• Price of term-life insurance
policies fell by 20% between
1993-1997
THEN WHAT NEXT?
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5. White paper
CHAPTER 2
WELL INFORMED STUDENTS
DRIVING TEACHING EXCELLENCE
“We will radically improve and
expand the information available to
prospective students, making
available much more information
about individual courses...”
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6. Some questions?
• Will demand drive quality?
– Can it, given the other controls that have been put in place?
– Only AAB+ is actually a free market!
• Do prospective students make logical and rational choices or
are the choices emotive?
• Is the information that will be provided enough to enable this
rational decision making?
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7. Student Information
What’s happening?
• Key Information Set (KIS) 2012-13 based on what prospective
students say they want to know
• New official web-site to replace Unistats
Public information steering group considering:
• Identifying the information needs of PGT students and
development of PGT NSS and PGT KIS
• Other areas highlighted by the White Paper
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8. The wider information set
Public (institution) Public (course level) Internal (available Internal only (for
externally on request) students and staff)
• Programme approval, • Results of internal
• Mission Statement • Prospectuses, course monitoring and surveys
• Corporate Plan guides, module review procedures
• QA statements, descriptors and outcomes
policies and • Programme specs • External examination
processes • Employer links procedures
• Learning & Teaching • Partnership links • Policies for student
statements complaints, appeals
• Information about and representations
partnerships
• Employability
statements
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9. Key Information Sets
(KIS)
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10. KIS Produced For…
• All full- and part-time courses at undergraduate level,
including foundation degrees.
• Exceptions:
– Short courses (one year full-time equivalent or less)
– Postgraduate courses
– Courses delivered wholly overseas
– Closed courses
– Intercalated degrees
– Part-time courses that are also offered on a full-time basis and a
KIS is produced for the full-time course.
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11. What will the KIS include?
• Levels of Student Satisfaction
• Graduate Outcomes
• Learning and Teaching Activities
• Assessment Methods
• Tuition Fees and Student Finance
• Accommodation
• Professional Accreditation
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12. What will the KIS look like
Accessible via a Widget from our web-site
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15. The KIS website
• A new website from HEFCE
• Will replace Unistats
• Clicking on the widget will
take you through to the
KIS for that particular course
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16. Information from existing sources
This data will be collected
from the National Student
Survey (NSS).
This data will be collected
from the Destination of
Leavers from Higher
Education Survey (DHLE).
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17. Information from new sources
This data will be collected from a new
question on the National Study Survey (NSS)
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18. Information to provide
We will need to provide this data
Undergraduate Finance
Accommodation Office
Student Abode (Welfare)
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19. Learning & Assessment Data
We will need to provide
some calculated fields
where the data is built up
from the module level.
Note: on each section of
the KIS there is a link which
leads to a specific page (in
this case containing further
information on Learning
and Assessment for the
course).
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20. Timeline
30 Sept ‘11 Technical guidance published by HESA/HEFCE (updated in Dec’11 & Mar’12)
Departments will be sent a sheet for each course detailing the data we hold
for the ‘Learning and Assessment’ section of the KIS. Departments will be
Feb/March ‘12
asked to check this data and flag any new courses and if any course holds
external accreditation. Once checked we start the submission process.
July ‘12 NSS and DLHE 2012 data added by HEFCE to KIS submissions.
Aug ‘12 Final deadline for submission of KIS data and sign off by head of institution.
-Institutions preview new official web-site with KIS and associated widgets.
-New KIS web-site goes live; Unistats web-site closes.
Sept ‘12
-KIS widgets to be embedded and visible on all institutional web-sites.
-UCAS to include KIS data into course search web-site.
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21. KIS Technical Specification
• Defines the XML file that we will need to provide.
• Provides guidelines for users.
• Explains the sources of information and how to carry out
calculations.
• Provides appropriate interpretations and disclaimers, and any
other relevant information.
• Still lots of questions. We are hopeful updates to the
technical guidance will address these.
• There will be a KIS module within SITS and we may need to
restructure data to fit the module.
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22. The Learning & Assessment Values
– These are calculated from the following module information:
• Credits • Total Module Hours (?)
• No. of Students
• Lectures
• Seminars
• Coursework
• Classes
• Examination
• Tutorials
• Practical Examination
(Needed for Assessment Methods)
• Field Work
• Other Study
• Private Study
(Needed for Learning Methods)
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23. A worked example – Criminology Yr1
Private Study
No. Students
Examination
Other Study
Total Hours
Coursework
Field Work
Prac Exam
Seminars
Tutorials
Lectures
Credits
Classes
Code Module Title
Theories of Crime and
CR1001 20 83 18 8 0 0 0 0 124 150 50 50 0
Criminality
CR1002 Crime in Focus 20 83 18 8 0 0 0 0 124 150 50 50 0
Introduction to Criminal
CR1004 20 83 18 8 0 0 0 0 124 150 50 50 0
Justice
Social Change, Identity and
SY1001 20 83 18 8 0 0 0 0 124 150 50 50 0
Behaviour
SY1002 Society in Transformation 20 83 18 8 0 0 0 0 124 150 40 60 0
SY1013 Research Methods 1 20 83 18 8 0 0 0 0 124 150 50 50 0
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24. A worked example – Criminology Yr1
No. Students
Independent
Examination
Total Hours
Coursework
Prac Exam
teaching &
Scheduled
learning
Credits
Guided
Study
Code Module Title
Theories of Crime and
CR1001 20 83 26 124 150 50 50 0
Criminality
CR1002 Crime in Focus 20 83 26 124 150 50 50 0
Introduction to Criminal
CR1004 20 83 26 124 150 50 50 0
Justice
Social Change, Identity and
SY1001 20 83 26 124 150 50 50 0
Behaviour
SY1002 Society in Transformation 20 83 26 124 150 40 60 0
SY1013 Research Methods 1 20 83 26 124 150 50 50 0
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25. A worked example – Criminology Yr1
No. Students
Independent
Examination
Total Hours
Coursework
Prac Exam
teaching &
Scheduled
learning
Credits
Guided
Study
Code Module Title
Theories of Crime and
CR1001 20 83 17.3% 82.7% 150 50 50 0
Criminality
CR1002 Crime in Focus 20 83 17.3% 82.7% 150 50 50 0
Introduction to Criminal
CR1004 20 83 17.3% 82.7% 150 50 50 0
Justice
Social Change, Identity and
SY1001 20 83 17.3% 82.7% 150 50 50 0
Behaviour
SY1002 Society in Transformation 20 83 17.3% 82.7% 150 40 60 0
SY1013 Research Methods 1 20 83 17.3% 82.7% 150 50 50 0
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26. A worked example – Criminology Yr1
No. Students
Independent
Examination
Total Hours
Coursework
Prac Exam
teaching &
Scheduled
learning
Credits
Guided
Study
Code Module Title
Theories of Crime and
CR1001 20 83 (20x50)
17.3% 82.7% 150 50 50 0
Criminality
CR1002 Crime in Focus 20 83 (20x50)
+ 17.3% 82.7% 150 50 50 0
Introduction to Criminal Then divide by 150 50 50
CR1004 20 83 (20x50)
+ 17.3% 82.7% 0
Justice total of 120 credits
Social Change, Identity and
SY1001 20 83 (20x50)
+ 17.3% 82.7% 150 50 50 0
Behaviour
5,800 /120 = 48.3
SY1002 Society in Transformation 20 83 (20x40)
+ 17.3% 82.7% 150 40 60 0
SY1013 Research Methods 1 20 83 (20x50)
+ 17.3% 82.7% 150 50 50 0
TOTAL 120 = 5,800 17.3% 82.7% 48.3 51.7
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27. Slightly more complex – Criminology Yr3
Private Study
No. Students
Examination
Other Study
Total Hours
Coursework
Field Work
Seminars
Practical
Tutorials
Lectures
Credits
Classes
Code Module Title
CR3001 Clinical Criminology 20 70 18 9 0 0 0 0 123 150 100 0 0
CR3003 Crime, Law and Justice 20 13 18 8 0 0 0 0 124 150 100 0 0
Crime, Technology and
CR3004 20 15 18 8 0 0 0 0 124 150 100 0 0
Social Control
CR3008 Dissertation 40 70 0 0 0 4 0 0 300 300 100 0 0
CR3010 Hate Crime 20 43 20 10 0 0 0 0 120 150 100 0 0
CR3011 Cultures of Crime 20 15 18 8 0 0 0 0 124 150 100 0 0
CR3012 Terrorism 20 19 18 8 0 0 0 0 124 150 100 0 0
Forensic Science and
CR3013 20 48 18 9 0 0 0 0 123 150 100 0 0
Criminal Justice
SY3057 Football and Society 20 22 18 8 0 0 0 0 124 150 40 60 0
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28. Order by no. of students – Criminology Yr3
Private Study
No. Students
Examination
Other Study
Total Hours
Coursework
Field Work
Seminars
Practical
Tutorials
Lectures
Credits
Classes
Code Module Title
CR3001 Clinical Criminology 20 70 18 9 0 0 0 0 123 150 100 0 0
CR3008 Dissertation 40 70 0 0 0 4 0 0 300 300 100 0 0
Forensic Science and
CR3013 20 48 18 9 0 0 0 0 123 150 100 0 0
Criminal Justice
CR3010 Hate Crime 20 43 20 10 0 0 0 0 120 150 100 0 0
SY3057 Football and Society 20 22 18 8 0 0 0 0 124 150 40 60 0
CR3012 Terrorism 20 19 18 8 0 0 0 0 124 150 100 0 0
Crime, Technology and
CR3004 20 15 18 8 0 0 0 0 124 150 100 0 0
Social Control
CR3011 Cultures of Crime 20 15 18 8 0 0 0 0 124 150 100 0 0
CR3003 Crime, Law and Justice 20 13 18 8 0 0 0 0 124 150 100 0 0
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29. Limit to 120 credits – Criminology Yr3
Private Study
No. Students
Examination
Other Study
Total Hours
Coursework
Field Work
Seminars
Practical
Tutorials
Lectures
Credits
Classes
Code Module Title
CR3001 Clinical Criminology 20 70 18 9 0 0 0 0 123 150 100 0 0
CR3008 Dissertation 40 70 0 0 0 4 0 0 300 300 100 0 0
Forensic Science and
CR3013 20 48 18 9 0 0 0 0 123 150 100 0 0
Criminal Justice
CR3010 Hate Crime 20 43 20 10 0 0 0 0 120 150 100 0 0
SY3057 Football and Society 20 22 18 8 0 0 0 0 124 150 40 60 0
Total 120
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30. Calculate as before – Criminology Yr3
No. Students
Independent
Examination
Total Hours
Coursework
Prac Exam
teaching &
Scheduled
learning
Credits
Guided
Study
Code Module Title
CR3001 Clinical Criminology 20 70 18.0% 82.0% 150 100 0 0
CR3008 Dissertation 40 70 1.3% 98.7% 300 100 0 0
Forensic Science and
CR3013 20 48 18.0% 82.0% 150 100 0 0
Criminal Justice
CR3010 Hate Crime 20 43 20.0% 80.0% 150 100 0 0
SY3057 Football and Society 20 22 17.3% 82.7% 150 40 60 0
TOTAL 120 12.7% 87.3% 90.0 10.0
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31. KISTYPEs flow diagram
• Most courses follow the
Criminology example.
• Smaller courses covering more
than one subject may display
KIS information differently.
• There are three different
types of KIS and each course
can only have one KISTYPE.
• The KISTYPE determines what
will be displayed.
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32. KISTYPE 1 – Full Course Level
• One KIS presented
• All single subject courses (those with only one JACS code recorded
for the course on the HESA Student Record) regardless of intake
size
– E.g. BA Criminology (M930)
• All multiple subject courses (those with more than one JACS code
recorded for the course on the HESA Student Record) where the
intake size is greater than 20* students
– E.g. BSc Psychology with Sociology (C8L3)
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33. KISTYPE 2 - Multiple subject course placeholder KIS
• ‘Placeholders' for multiple-subject courses for which a KISTYPE 1
record is not required i.e. the intake size is less than 20 students.
• The placeholders include links to the relevant UCAS course codes
and to related KISTYPE 1 or KISTYPE 3 KIS records.
• E.g. Mathematics with Management (G100 & N200)
• Intake size = 11
• 2 KIS presented:
– Full Course Level KIS for Mathematics
– Full Course Level KIS for Management
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34. KISTYPE 3 - Subject level KIS
• KISTYPE 3 records provide information about a subject that forms
part of a multiple subject course for which no KISTYPE 1 can be
produced.
• E.g. BA Modern Languages with Film Studies (R8P3)
– Intake = Less than 20
• Though a KISTYPE1 does exist for Modern Languages no KISTYPE 1
exists for Film Studies therefore a KISTYPE 3 is required.
• 2 KIS presented:
– Subject level KIS for European Languages and Area Studies
– Subject level KIS for Media Studies
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35. What next
• More information available at: bit.ly/uolkis
• Contact details:
– David Bradley db280@le.ac.uk
– Brendan Fawcett bjf10@le.ac.uk
• Any questions?
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36. Some questions?
• Will our courses appear competitive?
• Will demand drive quality?
– Can it, given the other controls that have been put in place?
– Only AAB+ is actually a free market!
• Do prospective students make logical and rational choices or
are the choices emotive?
• Is the information that will be provided enough to enable this
rational decision making?
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