Edith Cowan University

NatBes Demo

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Edith Cowan University

Overview to NatBes

• National Benchmarking System for Higher Education Student Statistics• Funding was provided under DEEWR’s Workplace Productivity Program, Round 1• Based on DEEWR data• To be available freely to public and other Uni’s

The major benefit to the sector is deeper/richer data and ability to undertake comparative analysis ie benchmarking.

NatBes’ Complexity• Datasets – A small number of large tables

NatBes’ Complexity

NatBes’ Complexity•Dynamic datasets – The small number of datasets have constantly changing contents as DEEWR adds/removes Elements• Free access – Condition of WPP Grant is that access is free and therefore this is reflected in design• Expert HE Knowledge/No HE Knowledge – need to establish a middle ground, but favoring Expert knowledge given the inherent nature of NatBes• Security and auditing – need to be internally firewalled within ECU so no un-authorised access can occur, even within ECU

User Pre-requisites for NatBes

• Basic computer competency• Ability to work with raw data and import into relevant software – spreadsheets, databases, SAS, SPSS etc• Familiarity with Australian Higher Education Standards

To integrate and optimize the use of NatBes, consideration was made to allow the importation of data from NatBes into data-warehouses. However, this conflicts with a range of privacy and confidentiality issues.

Current Status of NatBes1. Majority of data is loaded –

TABLE  NAME ROW COUNT REFERENCE YEARSFullyear_Student_Enrolments 5112926 2003 to 2007Fullyear_Student_Study_Load 27081386 2003 to 2007

Fullyear_Course_Completions 927541 2003,2004,2006,2007 (2005 not in.)Fullyear_Course 2009959 2003 to 2007

2. 12 fixes are required –• Issues with separator characters in raw data• User friendliness• Modification of data suppression rules• Relationship of Enrolment and Load dimensions• Adding in 2008 data• Multi selections with the wizard

QueryWizard

( https://natbes.ecu.edu.au/ )

NB: Results are subject to testing/correction

Demo( https://natbes.ecu.edu.au/ )

By way of 7 Examples showing

• Institutional Benchmarking• Course Benchmarking• TER Benchmarking

NB: Results are subject to testing/correction

Example 1Institutional Benchmarking - Undertaken for DVC(R)

For Domestic HDR, ECU classified its student places as “RTS Funded” (330) or “Internally Funded” (270). There are ramifications for Faculties in respect to income received.

Question: How does ECU compare to other Uni’s with regards to allocation of these places in 2007?

Example 2Institutional Benchmarking to ECU’s KPI’s

Question: How Does ECU’s Progress Rate for Domestic Students that are “Internal” compare to say the former “New Generation Universities” in 2007?

Progress Rate 2007 – All Course Levels for Internal StudentsNew Generation Universities

Example 3Institutional Benchmarking of ATSI Commencing

Retention Rates

Question: How Does ECU’s Retention Rate for Commencing ATSI compare to “New Generation Universities” in 2007?

Retention Rate 2007 – All Course Levels for ATSI, Commencing Students

Example 4Benchmarking of “Basis of Admission”

Question: How does ECU’s Basis of Admission into NURSING (FOE) Bachelor Pass Courses for Commencing Australian Citizens compare to “New Generation Universities”?

Basis of Admission in Nursing Bachelor Pass Courses for Commencing Australian Students – ECU compared to NGUs

Example 5Benchmarking by Location (Postcode)

Question: What proportion of the Joondalup postcode does ECU have for Bachelor Pass Australian Students?

Institution Bodies %The University of New South Wales 0Australian College of Applied Psychology Pty Ltd 0Edith Cowan University 787 56%Monash University 0Murdoch University 89 6%Curtin University of Technology 270 19%The Australian College of Natural Medicine 0University of Canberra 0Avondale College 0University of Southern Queensland 0Charles Darwin University 0University of Notre Dame Australia 34Victoria University 0Perth Bible College 0University of Wollongong 0Deakin University 0The Australian National University 0The University of Western Australia 215 15%Central Queensland University 0RMIT 0The University of Melbourne 0

1395

Joondalup

Details Postcode benchmarking - which suburbs do NDA Australian Bachelor Pass Students) live in?

Institution Reference_Year Bodies Home_postcode Citizen_resident Course_typeUniversity of Notre Dame Australia 2007 211 6163 Australian citizen Bachelor's PassUniversity of Notre Dame Australia 2007 128 6009 Australian citizen Bachelor's PassUniversity of Notre Dame Australia 2007 119 6155 Australian citizen Bachelor's PassUniversity of Notre Dame Australia 2007 118 6010 Australian citizen Bachelor's PassUniversity of Notre Dame Australia 2007 104 6164 Australian citizen Bachelor's PassUniversity of Notre Dame Australia 2007 93 6011 Australian citizen Bachelor's PassUniversity of Notre Dame Australia 2007 89 6012 Australian citizen Bachelor's PassUniversity of Notre Dame Australia 2007 88 6156 Australian citizen Bachelor's PassUniversity of Notre Dame Australia 2007 81 6149 Australian citizen Bachelor's PassUniversity of Notre Dame Australia 2007 80 6157 Australian citizen Bachelor's PassUniversity of Notre Dame Australia 2007 79 6160 Australian citizen Bachelor's PassUniversity of Notre Dame Australia 2007 79 6153 Australian citizen Bachelor's PassUniversity of Notre Dame Australia 2007 74 6210 Australian citizen Bachelor's PassUniversity of Notre Dame Australia 2007 67 6150 Australian citizen Bachelor's PassUniversity of Notre Dame Australia 2007 63 6162 Australian citizen Bachelor's PassUniversity of Notre Dame Australia 2007 63 6152 Australian citizen Bachelor's PassUniversity of Notre Dame Australia 2007 62 6008 Australian citizen Bachelor's PassUniversity of Notre Dame Australia 2007 62 6169 Australian citizen Bachelor's PassUniversity of Notre Dame Australia 2007 62 6014 Australian citizen Bachelor's PassUniversity of Notre Dame Australia 2007 61 6158 Australian citizen Bachelor's PassUniversity of Notre Dame Australia 2007 58 6018 Australian citizen Bachelor's PassUniversity of Notre Dame Australia 2007 51 6725 Australian citizen Bachelor's Pass

Example 6Benchmarking of Courses

Question: Which Universities offer Bachelor Pass courses in Nursing and what are their Progress, Retention rates?

Requires a software fix to be progressed

Progress Rates for Courses

Retention Rates for Courses

Retention Rates for Courses

Example 7Equity Benchmarking

Enrolment dataset contains –

1) Disability2) Gender3) Age Group4) New to HE5) Home Language (used for NESB)6) Year of Arrival in Australia7) Home/Term Locations (used in SES)

Questions/Comments?