Tuesday 30 July 2013

JISC Transformation Programme Project Story Telling Video

You may use this link to view the project story telling video: Click here

You may use this link to read the project case study: Click here

More information about the JISC Transformations programme is available here: Click here

Friday 26 July 2013

End of the project products - Case Study Report and Digital Story Video

This project will be officially finished by the end of July. The case study report has been submitted to JISC wiki workspace and the digital story video is being produced and will be ready  online next week.

We will provide the links to the report and video shortly.

Although the project will draw to an end shortly, the JISC project team will continue to work on the improvement of SES and disseminate the project findings to the HEI and Big Data research and practice communities. The team members will be presenting and discussing their experience and findings in two international conferences.

Tuesday 9 July 2013

Video Interview with Student Engagement Monitor on 9 July

We have done all the interviews for producing the digital story video. Look forward to see the final product.

Thursday 4 July 2013

Video Interview on 4 July

We had a very successful video interview with a Senior Engagement Adviser today. 

Monday 24 June 2013

Video production interview

We had two video interviews today with the university's Corporate Information Systems Director and Deputy Director of LR and Student Experience. Our faculty's Marketing Officer will be working on the video production once all interviews are completed. Three more interviews are scheduled.

Tuesday 11 June 2013

JISC Green Cluster Manager's Visit on 11 June

Dr. Mark Childs, our cluster manager, visited us today to discuss the end of the project report and video production.
We also provided our feedback to JISC regarding our experience working on the transformation programme.

Friday 24 May 2013

JISC SIMSE Project Meeting

The JISC SIMSE project meeting took place on 22 May 2013, mainly focused on summarising the project progress and deciding the next course of action.


Project Progress
  • The finding of the project was presented to a group of 20 academic staff and PhD students at a research seminar;
  • The project team conducted a student focus group interview with 14 MSc students to understand their views about the project. Topics covered included: the benefit and challenges of using SES for the university and for students, trust of the university using the data collected, personal concerns, data transparency, SES and its impact on student behaviour;
  • Two conference papers based on the project have been accepted and will be presented at two international conferences; and  
  • JISC strategic toolkit has been used by Head of Corporate Information Systems to evaluate university Strategic ICT maturity.
Next Course of Action

  • The case study of the project will be drafted by 19th of June 2013; 
  • The video transcript for the digital story of the project will be organised; 
  • The steering group members of the project will be updated regarding the progress of the project; 
  • Another student focus group will be conducted to further understand students’ views on SES applications; and 
  • A questionnaire survey will be develop to investigate the impact of SES on student behaviour.