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An Overview of the Key Information Set (KIS)

Louise Walmsley Head of Teaching and Learning Support Office 22 March 2012

Objectives of this session

• To raise awareness of the KIS among staff.
• Provide information on the role of the ‘KIS

Champion’ and data collation requirements.

• Communicate important dates.

What is a KIS?

• Standard set of data for each UG programme marketed by

an HEI.

• A programme is anything longer than one year FTE.
• Compiled from data supplied by the institution, National

Student Survey (NSS), Destination of Leavers from HE (DLHE).

• Compiled by HEFCE (later HESA).
• Published on HEI’s website via a ‘KIS widget’ and available

via UCAS.

• Also available to HE sector and private organizations for ‘Go

Compare’ use.

• Data updated regularly and will be part of QAA audit.

Content of the KIS

The KIS contains areas of information that students have identified as useful:

• accommodation costs (institution)
• programme information (institution)
• financial information, such as fees (institution/UCAS)
• professional accreditation information (institution)
• student satisfaction (NSS)
• employment and salary data (DLHE)
• students' union information (NUS)

Most of these data are supposed to be ‘readily available’…

Programme information

• Teaching and learning methods
• Assessment methods
• Hours spent on scheduled teaching and learning activity
• Professional accreditation

Teaching, learning and assessment information is required for each year of a programme

More about the KIS

• The KIS published in September 2012 will be for

programmes planned for 2013-14.

• The only exceptions are short courses (one year full-time

equivalent or less), postgraduate programmes, programmes delivered wholly overseas, and closed programmes.

• Not a contractual document but ‘indicative’
• All UK HEIs are participating.

What does a KIS look like?

Timescale

• March 12

Submission system opens

• July 2012

HEFCE adds NSS and DLHE 2012 data

• Aug 2012

Sign-off by institution

• Sep 2012

Institutions preview new HEFCE website/widgets

• Sep 2012

New HEFCE website goes live

• Sep 2012

KIS widgets to be embedded in all HEI web pages

• Sep 2012

UCAS includes KIS data in its courses website

• Oct 2012

KIS system re-opens for updates (updates needed to confirm fees, deal with new/closed programmes etc.)

Work to date….

• Formation of a working group to oversee preparations.
• Administrative exercise to determine ‘KIS programmes’ and

availability of institutional data.

• Scoping of a project plan and process to capture and check

data which isn’t currently held in Campus Solutions.

• Information and guidance for Manchester being developed

at: http://www.tlso.manchester.ac.uk/kis/

• Formation of a UK group of HEIs using Campus Solutions.

Any questions?