Digging for Gold Event
Digging for Gold: Exploring the use of institutional data and how it may be used effectively in combination with less formal data to enhance student retention and success
15 June 2012
This interactive seminar will explore how we can understand and interpret existing institutional data, this 'valuable gold' (Yorke, 2006). It may also be used effectively in combination with informal data collected from multiple sources within institutions to enhance student retention and success.
This seminar has been funded by the Higher Education Academy (HEA) as part of the Retention and Success Seminar Series. The programme for the event is as follows:
Exploring early indicators of at risk students
Jean Mutton, Student Experience Project Manager, University of Derby and Jake Hibberd, Graduate Intern and Project Assistant
Student Engagement Traffic Lighting Project: indicators of student engagement to inform the identification and support of students at risk 
Mining formal institutional data
Susannah Lamb, Quality Assurance Manager, NTU and Paul Jackson, Student Planning Manager, NTU
Enhancing the use of student data
John Buglear, Acting Head, Management Division, NBS, NTU
Exploring student non-completion in higher education using electronic footprint analysis
Exploring the use of informal data
Fran Scott, Principal Lecturer, Guidance Youth Studies, NTU
Using data at programme level to enhance student retention and success 
Sally Olohan, Head of Student Support Services, NTU and Tim Woodman Clarke, Head of Accommodation, NTU
Using other sources of data: accommodation and student support services
Chris Keenan, Learning and Teaching Fellow, Bournemouth University
Predicting progression using formal and informal indicators during transition
Exploring student self identification
Julie Prior, Senior Lecturer/Undergraduate Programme Coordinator, University of Glamorgan and Dr Karen Fitzgibbon, Head of Educational Development, CELT, University of Glamorgan
Student self-identification of engagement: using online support tools and the data it generates for institutional learning
