Key Information Sets (KIS)
Summary:
(What are the key
points?)
Chapter two of the White Paper introduced Key Information Sets (KIS)
which universities must publish on their websites by September 2012.
There will be a KIS for all undergraduate courses (including part-time
and distance learning) planned for 2013-14, on which students at HEIs
are registered.
The only exceptions are short courses (one year full-time equivalent or
less), postgraduate courses (a public information steering group is
currently considering the introduction of KIS for PGT courses –
consultation will take place 2012/13 with estimated implementation
2014/15), those delivered wholly overseas, and closed courses.
Importance:
(Why does this matter to
the College of Social
Science?)
The KIS will contain areas of information that students have identified as
useful. These areas are:
student satisfaction
employment and salary data
accommodation costs
Fees and funding
Scheduled teaching and learning time (percentages of taught
and independent study). – See further information on how this
is calculated
Assessment information (percentages of written exams,
coursework, practical exams etc).
This information will be presented via a widget (either on the online
prospectus and/or departmental websites, will be included on the KIS
website (to replace Unistats Sept 2012) and will be linked to from the
UCAS website.
Impact:
(What does this mean for
the College of Social
Science?)
The information will be used by students to compare courses across
universities.
- Feb/Mar 2012* – Module information for every applicable
course will be sent from the Planning Office to Departments to
check and return.
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Planning will also require information on any departmental
scholarships or bursaries offered.
* Planning may try and do this as part of the Curriculum Planning
Process (to prevent duplication) so the timings may vary.
Further Information:
(Where can people find
out more? – Links to
websites; relevant
contact details etc)
KIS Types
KIS Type 1 = all single honours degrees plus joint degrees with an intake
of more than 20 students.
KIS Type 2 = Joint degrees with less than 20 students where a KIS Type 1
exists for each part of the degree eg Mathematics and Management –
KIS Type 1 for Mathematics and KIS Type 1 for Management will be
used.
KIS Type 3 = Joint degrees where KIS Type 1 is not available for both
parts of the course. In this case the KIS would be taken from the subject
level JACS data.
Planning will confirm which courses are in which KIS Type
Calculations
To create the teaching and learning figures for each year, the modules
will be sorted by number of students. From this sorted list, the top
modules for that course by student population which add up to 120
credits will be used to calculate the teaching and learning figures.
Further information
White Paper http://discuss.bis.gov.uk/hereform/teaching-excellenc/
Presentation from Planning Office
http://www2.le.ac.uk/offices/marketing/planning/indicators/keyinformation-set-kis