Sheffield University streamlines administration
Information on over 24,000 students and 6,000 staff to be consolidated
The University of Sheffield is using business intellgence software to reduce administration time for all student and staff reporting.
The new system, from Cognos, means information on over 24,000 students and 6,000 staff from the University’s multiple back office administration applications is combined in fewer reports, that are easier to analyse.
University staff can now see a single version of information such as admissions handling, student fee payments, funding or students’ progression year on year at a glance.
'A drive to revamp our IT meant that we needed a faster and more efficient way of dealing with the amount of data being collated,' said Roddy Flynn, Data Administrator at the University of Sheffield.
'With all information in a central place, we now have one set of data to work with,' he said.
By identifying redundant reports, the university has cut its report production from 1800 to 1000.
'The quality of our information has improved, as staff can focus their efforts on analysing the data for best performance to spot trends between each department, instead of spending additional time gathering the information,' said Flynn.
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