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Why data protection matters when collecting  survey responses

In today’s data-driven world, surveys are a cornerstone of data insights and research. They provide valuable understanding into behaviours, opinions, and trends that inform decision-making across education and research. However, with this power comes great responsibility—specifically, the responsibility to protect the data collected from respondents. Ensuring data protection isn’t just a legal requirement; it’s a fundamental ethical obligation that safeguards trust and integrity in data analytics.   Jisc’s Online Surveys […]

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Data Higher Education Institutional Use

Top 10 Tips for Getting the Most Out of Heidi Plus

Heidi Plus is the UK’s higher education data analytics and visualisation platform, designed to transform HESA data into actionable insights, and turns 10 years old today. To celebrate, we’re sharing how mastering Heidi Plus can optimise your insights with ten practical tips to help you unlock its full potential.  1. Start with pre-built dashboards  Heidi Plus offers a suite of pre-developed dashboards tailored to common sector challenges using some […]

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Data Digital experience insights Further Education and Skills Higher Education Institutional Use

Learning from experience: three tips to get the most out of your insights surveys 

Addressing sector challenges  Over ten years ago, our members told us that they would like to be sure that the significant sums of money they were investing in digital technologies really were benefitting their learners and staff and delivering the expected return. After extensive consultation and research, the digital experience insights service was launched and […]