There is considerable discussion in the sector about the size and scope of provision: departments closing, regional “cold spots” and declining humanities numbers. But what does the data tell us? The Discover Uni dataset records what institutions advertise each year and includes CAH and (some) HECOS* subject codes. Counting the number of institutions recording programmes […]
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Thoughts on programme title cleaning
The most frustrating thing for me about working with Student Record data has always been the free-text Course Title field. Improving the speed and quality of analysis means better decision making. Across three years of data, there are almost 59,000 different first degree and PGT programme titles, with misspellings, random codes and hundreds of different […]
The Periodic Table of HE
The latest dashboard from UniViz simplifies your subject benchmarking: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗼𝗱𝗶𝗰 𝗧𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗛𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗘𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻. View the demo here –> http://bit.ly/3UZegLo The dashboard will help you:• Instantly 𝗯𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗵𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗸 𝘀𝘂𝗯𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 against national and peer institutions.• Visualise 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗰 𝗴𝗮𝗽𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀.• Equip decision-makers with 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝘁 𝗮 𝗴𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲. And this will be the front page for […]
Exciting news from UniViz!
When I launched my consultancy, UniViz, in April 2024, the goal was clear: help universities leverage HESA Student Record data to make data-driven, evidence-based decisions. It seemed like the perfect time to kick things off — with new data just weeks away giving me some time to build analysis templates and make new connections before […]
University League Tables Dashboard
We know that UK University league tables have different areas of focus, but how different are the results they produce? The latest HE dashboard from UniViz compares the three major UK league tables and shows just how different they can be. Although there is broad agreement over the top 10, after this there are some […]
Benchmark and Improve Your NSS
Would detailed NSS data help you to improve the student experience at your university? The latest higher education dashboard from UniViz summarises subject- and programme-level data from the 2024 National Student Survey (NSS). View the summary dashboard. This is a taster of the first UniViz premium dashboard, which will be available in the coming weeks […]
The Gender Pay Gap in University Graduates
Are universities doing enough to close the gender pay gap? The first higher education dashboard from UniViz visualises the latest Longitudinal Education Outcomes data, focussing on the differences in male and female graduate pay. There are some major differences by university type and subject, as you might expect. But most interesting was that the graduate […]