2021-22 Events
FREE ONLINE SESSION MARCH 2022
Applying Qualitative Techniques to Provide Deeper Insights into Student Feedback
Our first free lunchtime online session of 2022 took place in March. And with your feedback, from last year’s event, for themes to focus on as guidance, we were delighted to bring you a session to explore how qualitative approaches to data analysis can provide new insights into student feedback.
Dublin City University were our hosts and we welcomed four fabulous speakers: Professor Elizabeth Cleaver, Dr Darragh McCashin, Dr Martin Hayes, and Abbirah Ahmed.
Since hosting our annual conference online for the first time in 2020, the Network Planning Group have utilised their experience and skills to establish these series of free online sessions on matters of direct relevance and interest to our members.
FREE ONLINE EVENT SEPTEMBER 2021
The Guardian University Guide: the methodology behind the compilation
In September 2021, we focused our attention on the matter of University league tables and had an in-depth session focusing on the Guardian University Guide. The Director of Intelligent Metrix, the company behind the rankings, Matt Hiely-Rayner, led the event and took us through: the principles behind the guide, the overall approach to the compilation, details of the methodology for each metric, and the ways in which providers can engage with the process. Followed by a question and answer session.
If you would like to view the recording of the session – please click below to watch via YouTube.
The presentation slides are available below:
FREE ONLINE SESSION JUNE 2021
The Future of National Student Surveys in the UK and Ireland: reflections, perceptions and challenges
In June 2021, we hosted our second session which joined our UK and Ireland members together to share insight and experiences of each sector’s national student surveys.
As both the UK and Ireland move to review their long-standing national student survey systems and assess their effects on sector policy, this event sought to identify the facets of these surveys that are most valuable to institutional researchers. After hearing from those responsible for leading the reviews in each country, discussion groups were formed to cover topics aimed at establishing the design features that contribute to the validity and breadth of student representation, the detail and techniques that support insightful analysis, and the impediments to meaningful insight with considerations on how to address them.
FREE ONLINE EVENT FEBRUARY 2021
Meeting the OfS APP Monitoring Return
In February 2021, the HEIR Network hosted its first free online lunchtime session aimed at those responsible for providing evidence of impact and the monitoring and evaluation of Access and Participation Plans (APPs). The Office for Students (OfS) Director for Fair Access and Participation, Chris Millward, joined us to set the scene and provide the context on the new approach of the OfS to APPs.
HEIR ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2021
Inclusive Institutional Research
The University of St Andrews hosted the online Higher Education Institutional Research Network 2021 annual conference over three half-days. The theme was Inclusive Institutional Research: members explored the wide-ranging ways in which institutional research can lead to inclusive practices across the sphere of HE activities. Visit the conference website here.
