Tackling Differential Gaps – Integrating Insight and Interventions

Ugiagbe-Green, Iwi and Swain, Dan (2025) Tackling Differential Gaps – Integrating Insight and Interventions. In: HESPA SGP Week: Tackling Differential Gaps – Integrating Insight and Interventions, 9 June 2025, Online.

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Abstract

Presentation on the use of data to support strategic education planning and operationalisation of education strategy for HESPA. This session is part of the HESPA Showcasing Good Practice Week 2025. The aim of this week is to provide a space for our members to share with each other the work they have done which they feel has been a particular success, and to celebrate and promote the hard work of planners in the HE sector. Synopsis: The session will reflect on how Manchester Met uses data insight to inform education praxis and through our evaluation model reflects on the impact of activities that are tackling differential gaps. The initial part of the session will discuss how we have developed a high-quality portfolio of data products that provides an in-depth view of the complex issue linked to differential gaps. The session will discuss our approach to insight and how the data is used to tell stories regarding the student experience, as degree outcome is used as a proxy of experience. A key theme of our approach is meeting the needs of different audiences through providing multiple views of the data from Institutional through to unit level. The insight drives how we develop our approaches to enhancing the student experience and supports how we review and continuously improve our education praxis. The second part of the session will detail our approach to evaluation and how this feeds back into delivery of our activities. Manchester Met has developed an evaluation model that allows us to reflect on the impact of projects, services and education praxis. Our approach is based on transparency, and this enables us to understand and share different approaches to bringing about positive change and improving the student experience.