> > > I suppose the issue is how the statistics can best be
> provided via
> > > the web
> > > - if this is really the best way to present them.
>
> That seems to me the crucial point. Also unless I've
> missed something, there's nothing in the HEFCE's executive
> summary of the report requiring publication of these stats.
> **on the web**. Publication takes many forms; it might be
> via web but could just as well be in an institution's printed
> 'Annual Report' or similar document.
Hi Christopher
I agree that this is not mentioned in the summary but the report itself
says:
... It noted that, given the proposals to make the information available
through the Higher Education and Research Opportunities (HERO) web
portal in a way which connects with institutions' own web-sites and
prospectuses, HEIs will be able to set the published information in
context. In particular, there could be a link from the HEI's web-site
to the 'institutional profile' for that HEI which is collected and
published in standard format by the HEFCE. Additional detail on the
proposed method of publication is provided below in paragraphs 56-62.
...
57. The group recognised that publishing and distributing all the
information envisaged in printed form would create an unmanageable
burden for HEIs, and would not be useful for external audiences. So it
concluded that web-based publication should be the norm. The options
for web-site publication were discussed with HERO.
...
60. Each HEI would create a section of its web-site to contain the
required information. This would be in two parts, one set up as a
secure intranet service for the internal information, the other
containing the information for publication. A standard format and
template would be agreed. ...
Brian
> > It should be the dept/office that does the figures in the
> first place
> > that is brought up to the 21st Century to do the publishing.
>
> I absolutely agree !
>
> Christopher
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