Using data
How to use data to support enhancing student experience.
Data repository
The Royal (Dick) School for Veterinary Studies uses a central online repository for quality assurance material and documents. (Presentation to joint School Directors of Quality and Directors of Teaching Network.)
Contact: Dr Claire Phillips, Vet School
Monitoring and evaluating
This Institute for Academic Development (IAD) presentation discusses the difference between monitoring and evaluation, data sources and how these can help with evidence. (Presentation to Student Support Service Annual Review.)
Contact: Dr Jon Turner, IAD Director
Evidence for enhancement
The current Enhancement Theme reflects on data within the Scottish HE sector. The Enhancement Themes website has information on using data:
Defining and capturing evidence
Includes a higher education data landscape resource, which helps navigation around common data sets and their relationship to key quality activities.
Defining and capturing evidence
Student engagement and demographics
Listening to and understanding different student perspectives in relation to supporting activities on retention and progression. Investigating methods institutions use to communicate student voice impact.
Student engagement and demographics
Optimising existing evidence
Focus on upskilling, aiming at increasing skills and knowledge in data and evidence use.
Exploring learning analytics
Exploring current thinking on learning analytics with the aim of sharing good practice in policy and practice development.
Supporting Data
Where to find information to support annual quality processes.
Data to support annual quality processes (594.21 KB PDF)
Recording of using the PowerBI Quality Data Dashboards demonstration given by Paula Webster, Head of Student Data and Surveys (9 June 2019).
Using Power BI Quality Data Dashboards
QAA Scotland’s Focus On project looked at how data is used for institutional reviews.
Focus On: Institution-led reviews
Enhancement Themes report: