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Level Dimension Theme Owner Benefit
Chaotic People and Culture Reducing the Burden Head of institution The (perception that the) current state is inexpensive to maintain and represents appropriate investment
Chaotic Data Activities and Operation Reducing the Burden Chief operating officer Employees do not have to be trained with new skills
Reactive Data Activities and Operation Improving Quality Data and information analysis We can see (if not deliver) the value of planning and modeling to make better use of our data
Reactive Process/Business Process Reducing the Burden Chief financial officer We can meet our major reporting obligations and generally submit before deadline
Reactive Process/Business Process Improving Quality Chief technology/systems officer Our processes around data are documented enough to make some activities repeatable
Reactive Process/Business Process Increased Accessibility Data and information analysis Our reporting has moved beyond requirements for statutory and operational to supporting other departments/groups
Reactive Data Activities and Operation Improving Quality Chief technology/systems officer The organisation is mostly protected from major issues arising from data defects we are aware of
Reactive Data Activities and Operation Increased Accessibility Chief operating officer Our activities around the management of data reduce the risk of non compliance (but we don't know by how much)
Reactive Data Activities and Operation Improving Quality Chief technology/systems officer We have a number of subject matter experts for data derived activities meaning we are not so reliant on individuals
Reactive Process/Business Process Reducing the Burden Operational/data leader We are pragmatically applying solutions to daily data problems, thereby reducing the risk of longer term issues
Reactive People and Culture Improving Quality Operational/data leader By improving data issue visibility and governance, we are more confident about the accuracy of our data
Reactive People and Culture Increased Accessibility Chief technology/systems officer We are making considerations around the transparency of our core data so reducing confusion about what it's for
Reactive Data Activities and Operation Improving Quality Chief operating officer Decisions about institution wide data should be used has moved beyond the registry and individual academic areas
Reactive People and Culture Increased Accessibility Operational/data leader We can challenge data reuse so it is not always manipulated to meet an immediate local need
Stable Data Activities and Operation Improving Quality Chief technology/systems officer We can safely and quickly manage business change as we understand the impact on our data asset
Stable Process/Business Process Increased Accessibility Chief technology/systems officer We are beginning to create institution wide value by combining datasets to answer specific queries/support initiatives
Stable Process/Business Process Reducing the Burden Chief technology/systems officer We understand the cost of change so can plan accordingly without compromising the integrity of the data asset
Stable Process/Business Process Reducing the Burden Operational/data leader Our external submissions can be delivered at a lower cost than previously because much of the work is repeatable
Stable Data Activities and Operation Increased Accessibility Operational/data leader Our data accuracy has improved because there is a shared understanding of the data supply and quality aspirations
Stable Data Activities and Operation Increased Accessibility Chief operating officer We have less discussions over 'whose data is right' as we are working with a single version of trust for our primary data
Stable Process/Business Process Improving Quality Chief technology/systems officer Our data is delivered in a more timely fashion because less time spent reconciling disparate data sources
Stable Data Activities and Operation Increased Accessibility Chief operating officer Our data is more accessible because there is an acknowledgement of ownership for core datasets
Stable Process/Business Process Reducing the Burden Chief financial officer We complete our HESA returns on time, and then submit less iterations to get it approved
Stable Process/Business Process Improving Quality Chief operating officer Our issue management is much improved as major issues can be escalated and managed with a transparent business process
Stable Process/Business Process Increased Accessibility Chief operating officer Visible data governance prevents some/much of data value being degraded by poor/unchallenged data management and manipulation
Stable Data Activities and Operation Reducing the Burden Chief technology/systems officer We can manage our daily operations efficiently even when key staff are off sick or on holiday
Stable People and Culture Reducing the Burden Chief technology/systems officer The cost of managing our data is in line with what we are prepared to spend funding it
Stable Data Activities and Operation Reducing the Burden Chief financial officer The cost of collecting data is within our budgetary aspirations
Stable Data Activities and Operation Reducing the Burden Operational/data leader Our data management activities have created a stable state where things are not getting worse!
Stable People and Culture Improving Quality Head of academic area [Research] good research practice is in place (e.g. clear and robust plans ensure the integrity and quality of data)
Stable Data Activities and Operation Improving Quality Operational/data leader We can bring together a multi disciplinary team to resolve data related issues
Stable Data Activities and Operation Increased Accessibility Operational/data leader We save time because everyone knows who to ask about specific data assets/outputs/returns
Stable People and Culture Increased Accessibility Chief operating officer We have mitigated many (not all) of our legal and regulatory issues around data
Stable Data Activities and Operation Improving Quality Chief technology/systems officer Our data security has improved because the implications are understood and roles are clear
Stable People and Culture Increased Accessibility Head of academic area [Research] - our data management ensures compliance with both funders and institutional expectations and policies
Stable Data Activities and Operation Improving Student Experience Chief operating officer We have improved our student support and guidance by providing them with more timely and accurate data
Stable Data Activities and Operation Improving Quality Head of academic area We can now apply quality measures to our core data sets and monitor them with useful KPIs
Stable Data Activities and Operation Improving Quality Chief operating officer We can show the value and ongoing cost of our most important datasets by setting and tracking Key Performance Indicators
Stable Process/Business Process Improving Quality Head of institution We are able to report that our data is fit for purpose to our audit committee with a reasonable level of confidence
Reactive People and Culture Increased Accessibility Operational/data leader We can challenge data reuse so it is not rarely manipulated to meet an immediate local need for the key datasets
Proactive Process/Business Process Increased Accessibility Chief financial officer Our data governance approach provides a reasonable level of confidence when responding to FOI requests
Proactive Process/Business Process Reducing the Burden Chief financial officer Our data governance and data management approach provides a reasonable level of confidence that we are working to ICO/Data Protection guidelines
Proactive Process/Business Process Reducing the Burden Chief financial officer Our data governance and data management approach provides a reasonable level of confidence that we are compliant to our CMA obligations
Proactive People and Culture Improving Student Experience Head of institution Our organisation understands the institution wide value of data, and is therefore making far better use of it
Proactive Process/Business Process Improving Quality Chief technology/systems officer Business change is reflected in our data improvement strategy so moving us towards our desired end state
Proactive Process/Business Process Increased Accessibility Chief technology/systems officer Our long term/holistic view of potential changes ensures the implementation of this change is at the lowest cost and risk for the data asset
Proactive Process/Business Process Improving Quality Chief operating officer Our capabilities around modelling ensure business change and development are simplified and delivered at the lowest possible cost
Proactive Data Activities and Operation Improving Student Experience Chief financial officer Our data management capability visibly adds value to our services and products, and forms the basis for new ones
Proactive Data Activities and Operation Increased Accessibility Chief financial officer Our data capability in all areas and understanding of the value of our data asset has led us to create sophisticated analytical models
Proactive Technology Increased Accessibility Chief operating officer We can scale up and scale out data services at understood costs and timescales
Proactive People and Culture Increased Accessibility Head of academic area [Research] Our data management provides opportunities for collaboration with other researchers within a single discipline, or even with other disciplines
Proactive People and Culture Increased Accessibility Head of academic area [Research] Our data management approach attracts new collaborators and research partners
Proactive Data Activities and Operation Reducing the Burden Chief operating officer Our data supply for all statutory returns and external obligations including course accreditation is optimised and efficient
Proactive Process/Business Process Reducing the Burden Chief operating officer The HEAR record is created and maintained by an accountable body/team and trusted throughout the institution
Proactive Process/Business Process Improving Quality Chief operating officer By modifying our well understood business processes and data activities, we can be ready for in year collections (HESA Data Futures)
Proactive Process/Business Process Improving Quality Chief operating officer Our student experience is visibly improved through the way our data is collected, managed and presented
Proactive Data Activities and Operation Reducing the Burden Head of institution Everyone who is involved with managing data is providing an excellent service to the rest of the organisation
Proactive Data Activities and Operation Improving Quality Operational/data leader Our trusted, respected and efficient data management team deliver on time and on budget operational and strategic outputs
Proactive People and Culture Increased Accessibility Head of institution Our management and business information service is trusted and used by a large percentage of staff
Proactive Data Activities and Operation Improving Student Experience Head of academic area Our ability to track student progression is underpinned by the approach we have to collect, use and present the data around courses and attainment
Proactive Process/Business Process Improving Student Experience Head of academic area Our teaching is assessed using the same data for all courses, modules and assessments. Interventions are evidence driven from this data
Proactive Data Activities and Operation Improving Student Experience Operational/data leader Our student management and student learning (VLE) data has a high level of seamless integration
Proactive Data Activities and Operation Improving Student Experience Head of institution Our use of external data such as NSS scores and Student Survey allows us to make targeted interventions to improve results
Proactive Process/Business Process Increased Accessibility Chief technology/systems officer Business change is understood, analysed, managed and implemented without issue or delay because of confusions over data
Proactive Data Activities and Operation Reducing the Burden Chief financial officer Our collection costs are efficient, minimised and appropriate
Proactive Process/Business Process Reducing the Burden Chief operating officer Resolving operational issues form part of a data improvement strategy and we don't make the same mistakes twice
Proactive Data Activities and Operation Improving Quality Chief technology/systems officer Our operational efficiency and rigorous business process ensure the majority of the Data Management work is around development and improvement
Proactive Data Activities and Operation Increased Accessibility Head of institution Our data governance approach Increases flexibility to cope with unscheduled external requests without affecting daily operations
Proactive People and Culture Improving Quality Chief technology/systems officer Our data governance approach gives confidence in the institutional data assets being fit for purpose, accurate and timely and useful to all
Proactive People and Culture Reducing the Burden Head of institution Our data governance approach allows us to realise the value of participating in a shared data landscape with the rest of the sector
Proactive Process/Business Process Reducing the Burden Chief operating officer By documenting business process, our data management staff are efficient, effective and trusted experts for the organisation
Proactive Process/Business Process Increased Accessibility Chief technology/systems officer Because we efficiently manage our daily operations, we have sufficient capacity to deal with unplanned change
Proactive People and Culture Reducing the Burden Chief technology/systems officer We have far fewer data silos meaning our staff work with data and not on it
Proactive People and Culture Increased Accessibility Head of institution We have a culture where data is everyone's opportunity not a few people's problem
Proactive Data Activities and Operation Improving Quality Chief technology/systems officer To add value to our data, we allocate and ring fence data analyst resource to ensure timeliness and quality of outputs
Proactive People and Culture Improving Quality Chief operating officer Roles and responsibilities for data ownership are well understood, and there is accountability for decisions and actions
Proactive Process/Business Process Improving Quality Head of institution We are able to report that our data is fit for purpose to our audit committee with a high level of confidence
Proactive Data Activities and Operation Reducing the Burden Chief technology/systems officer As we are efficiently managing our data, more focus, resource and investment can now be devoted to adding value to our data across the whole organisation
Proactive People and Culture Increased Accessibility Head of academic area [Research] Data governance of key datasets visibly increases researcher profile through data dissemination and re-use
Proactive People and Culture Reducing the Burden Head of institution By training and developing our staff, their motivation and effectiveness are very high.
Proactive Data Activities and Operation Improving Quality Chief financial officer By securing our data in line with published policies, we are confident our statutory and other obligations are always met
Proactive Data Activities and Operation Improving Quality Chief technology/systems officer Our data governance gives us a good oversight of risks and issues thereby lessoning the chance of non compliance
Proactive Process/Business Process Improving Quality Chief operating officer We have confidence - and data backed evidence - that our regulatory and statutory obligations are being consistently met
Proactive Data Activities and Operation Reducing the Burden Chief operating officer We have a 'hub' for data outputs that is accurate, trusted, timely and flexible so serving the majority of data requirements
Proactive Process/Business Process Increased Accessibility Chief financial officer Our data governance approach provides confidence when responding to FOI requests
Proactive Process/Business Process Reducing the Burden Chief financial officer Our data governance and data management approach provides confidence that we are working to ICO/Data Protection guidelines
Proactive Process/Business Process Reducing the Burden Chief financial officer Our data governance and data management approach provides confidence that we are compliant to our CMA obligations
Proactive Data Activities and Operation Reducing the Burden Chief operating officer We resolve data issues quickly, efficiently and in line with well understood principles and governance
Proactive Technology Improving Quality Chief technology/systems officer By investing in our data architecture function, we understand the impact of change before committing to it
Proactive Technology Reducing the Burden Chief technology/systems officer Our tools, platforms and technology are provided in line with the business requirements to manage our data asset
Proactive People and Culture Increased Accessibility Chief technology/systems officer The quality, accuracy and timeliness of our data outputs provides significant decision support for operational and strategic questions
Proactive People and Culture Improving Quality Head of institution Data is accessible, trusted and understood so can therefore be used to support day to day decisions
Proactive People and Culture Improving Student Experience Head of institution We can exceed our customer expectations In terms of operation, efficiency, cost effectiveness and decisions support
Proactive Data Activities and Operation Increased Accessibility Chief operating officer Our data capability is at a level where we can provide real time - or near real time - Management information and dashboards for all levels of staff
Proactive Data Activities and Operation Improving Quality Chief operating officer Data sharing agreements ensures data is never manipulated tactically to resolve local issues
Proactive Data Activities and Operation Increased Accessibility Head of academic area [Research] Our data management approach facilitates the sharing and re-use of research data for future research
Proactive Data Activities and Operation Increased Accessibility Head of academic area [Research] Our data management enhances the visibility of research data and increases the number of citations
Proactive Process/Business Process Reducing the Burden Chief operating officer We have confidence that our data assets are well understood and will operate within the business continuity framework/event
Proactive Data Activities and Operation Improving Quality Chief operating officer By setting metrics for our datasets, we can track and demonstrate their cost, value and other performance indicators
Proactive Data Activities and Operation Improving Quality Head of institution Our data quality framework ensures we manage the business effectively through a single, trusted set of operational data
Proactive People and Culture Improving Quality Chief operating officer Our data governance approach ensures better decision making through a trusted set of linked data covering professional and academic data
Proactive Process/Business Process Improving Student Experience Chief operating officer Student recruiment is much enhanced through a flexible, trusted analytics service
Proactive Process/Business Process Improving Student Experience Chief operating officer Confirmation and clearing is much enhanced through a flexible, trusted analytics service
Predictive Technology Increased Accessibility Chief technology/systems officer New services can be quickly and cost effectively built from our datasets
Predictive Process/Business Process Increased Accessibility Chief operating officer Our planning and modelling is at a level where we can model business change in terms of data and process
Predictive Data Activities and Operation Improving Student Experience Head of institution Delivering accelerated digital services powered by data and comprising all mine-able data assets
Predictive Process/Business Process Improving Student Experience Chief operating officer Business change is fully integrated into the data management functions thereby reducing cost and increasing value of change
Predictive Process/Business Process Reducing the Burden Chief financial officer All of our operational processes are automated and integrated with wider business processes
Predictive Process/Business Process Reducing the Burden Head of academic area Our reporting obligations are underpinned by a 'submit once' principle reducing time and cost for submissions
Predictive Technology Reducing the Burden Chief technology/systems officer Harmonisation and consolidation of IT systems / resources has made us far more effective and efficient
Predictive Data Activities and Operation Improving Quality Chief operating officer Data issues are understood, measured, communicated, mitigated and learned from in a continuous improvement methodology
Predictive People and Culture Improving Student Experience Data and information analysis By having such highly trained staff, we can build innovative business propositions that demonstrate competitive advantage
Predictive Data Activities and Operation Increased Accessibility Data and information analysis We have a predictive analytics capability which supports greater student retention and a far richer student experience
Predictive Data Activities and Operation Increased Accessibility Data and information analysis We link datasets (both internally and externally) to continually improve our retention and other KPIs on student experience
Predictive Data Activities and Operation Increased Accessibility Data and information analysis We have a full and in-depth understanding of our widening participation metrics and can report confidently on that
Predictive Process/Business Process Increased Accessibility Head of institution Transparent view of the entire lifecycle of the student through the institution
Predictive Data Activities and Operation Improving Student Experience Chief operating officer Our data is providing full accessibility and transparency for students around how we use their data
Predictive Data Activities and Operation Improving Quality Head of academic area [Research] Our data capability is such that it enhances citizen science and public engagement activities.
Predictive Data Activities and Operation Improving Quality Head of academic area [Research] Our data capability is such that we can visibly show Improved research integrity and validation of research results
Predictive People and Culture Increased Accessibility Head of academic area [Research] Our data capability is such that we can present visibility of research outputs from publicly funded research
Predictive Data Activities and Operation Increased Accessibility Data and information analysis By integrating our performance metrics with executive MI/BI, we constantly demonstrate how data is supporting the organisation
Predictive Technology Improving Quality Chief technology/systems officer Technology deployed in support of data analysis is used organisationally wide and the outputs are 100% trusted