Today, the Higher Education Statistics Agency has launched a nine-week consultation to explore and decide what data is necessary to understand what position graduates find themselves in post study in higher education.
On its website, HESA has announced it will focus on four main themes:
- ‘Future-proofing– a fundamental reconsideration of the kinds of data that will be required for the foreseeable future, taking into account a labour market that is changing at a structural level, and increasing demands for rich information about graduate outcomes.
- ‘Efficiency– taking advantage of new capabilities to link data sources and use modern survey technology to increase value for money and reduce the cost of data acquisition.
- ‘Fit for purpose– ensuring the data collection methodology allows the data to be used in new and emerging contexts, with confidence.
- ‘Supporting legislation– taking into account the legal gateway opened by the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act, and supporting developing government purposes for destinations and outcomes data, across the UK.’
The document, Consultation on Principles and Future Requirements for the UK’s Public Interest Data About Graduates provides in-depth information and detail about the discussion. HESA also recommends using the twitter hashtag #NewDLHE to encourage a wide-ranging debate.
Come to our workshops this week and next on the DLHE and BIS consultations: http://staffintranet.bournemouth.ac.uk/news/news/thismonth/whitepaperconsultations.php