News and Updates
Launch of the new Post 16 Data Guide
The Data Service and the information authority are working in partnership with Nick Linford, author of ‘The hands-on guide to post-16 funding’, to publish a new guide on performance and data, The hands-on guide to post-16 performance and data.
Before joining Edexcel in September 2009 Nick spent six years as Director of Planning and Performance for Lewisham College and is the author of The hands-on guide to post-16 funding. Nick regularly provides practical guidance on the management of funding, data and performance to a wide range of staff and organisations (www.planningandfunding.co.uk).
A copy of the contents for the new Hands-on guide to post 16 performance and data is available to view, and will include the Individualised Learner Record, Learning Aims Database, Learner Information Suite, how Success Rates work and highlight the importance of good Data Quality.
The book will be launched on 13 April to coincide with the College Data Conference, which is now fully booked.
Nick Linford commented: “With the invaluable assistance of the Data Service and the information authority I have written this guide to help staff in post-16 education understand why data is important as well as how it is used to performance manage providers and individual courses. There are plenty of diagrams, images and worked examples which bring a potentially dry topic to life. Most importantly, it is designed to encourage reliable self-assessment and support providers in the process of continuous improvement.”
The Data Service will be sending a copy of the book to each Employer Responsive and Learner Responsive provider, and we recommend this book as a good introduction to the way performance is measured and data are used in the FE sector, so this book will be of interest to many within the sector. Additional copies will be available to purchase from the data guide website in mid April.
