HESA FSR with HE-BCI survey collection 2013/14
HESA FSR with HE-BCI survey collection 2013/14General guidance on Table 5: Social, community and cultural engagement: designated public events |
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Version 1.0 Produced 2013-04-03
- Table 5 should include analysis of social, community and cultural events intended for the external community. It is designed to measure the impact of activities where financial income is an inappropriate proxy for impact. Knowledge/facility related events, and in particular events designed to raise awareness of diversity should be recorded in this Table.
- Impact should be returned in terms of attendees and academic staff time.
- The following types of events should be excluded from this Table: open days, Student Union activity, simple trading activity and commercially operated conferences.
- Staff time should be calculated using the assumption that one day is equal to eight hours.
- Activities included in this Table do not have to have been funded by the higher education provider (HEP). Events held in both the UK and overseas should be included.
- It is recognised that it is not practical to collect FTE attendees or to attempt to gauge the indirect impact of such public events, although it seems unreasonable to suggest such events would be attended if they were not valuable. The use of academic staff time as a proxy for impact is not relevant in the context of public non-academic public lectures. Where no such staff time has been invested, the event may still be applicable to be recorded in Table 2, under Head 2b.
- This Sub-head should include performances of music, dance, and the dramatic arts. Staff time should only be included for the event itself; time committed to the preparation of the event through supervising students during core studies should not be included.
- This Sub-head should include permanent and temporary exhibitions held at museums and galleries owned by the reporting HEP. Staff time should only be included for the event itself; time committed to the preparation of the event through supervising students during core studies should not be included.
- This Sub-head should include all forms of museum education held at museums and galleries owned by the reporting HEP, including lectures, workshops and children's clubs.
- Where the HEP holds alternative public events which cannot be categorised under Sub-heads a - d it is requested that these events are returned under ‘Other' and that that details of the nature of these events are listed in the free text cell located beneath Table 5 on the Excel spreadsheet. For further guidance on the nature of events that should be included please contact the Institutional Liaison team at HESA with details (https://www.hesa.ac.uk/liaison).
Sub-head 2a: Public lectures
Sub-head 2b: Performance arts (music, dance, drama, etc.)
Sub-head 2c: Exhibitions (galleries, museums, etc.)
Sub-head 2d: Museum education
Sub-head 2e: Other
Example 1:
Event: Public academic lecture
HEP contribution: Staff time
Impact: Attendees
Return: It is not practical to collect FTE attendees or to attempt to gauge the indirect impact of such public events, although it seems unreasonable to suggest such events would be attended if they were not valuable.
Example 2:
Event: Public lecture
HEP contribution: Venue (and resources)
Impact: Attendees
Return: If no staff time has been invested decide whether the event should be returned in Table 2 Head 2b.
Example 3:
Event: Performance and exhibitions
HEP contribution: Venue, resources and staff time
Impact: Attendees (although students will also benefit from many of these interactions)
Return: Staff time should only be included for the event itself, not the time committed to the preparation of the event through supervising students during core studies.
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