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I took the decision this year (after much frustration last year) to use only the downloads from unistats for our own internal analysis. That way I get data for each institution at the subject and institutional level all in one place (although I do have to join two spreadsheets together to get all the jacs level 3 data on the one file).

Also, find the way they release the data in bits over the course of a couple of weeks annoying.

Laura Watson

Statistics Officer

University of St Andrews

The Old Burgh School

Abbey Walk

St Andrews

KY16 9LB

Tel: 01334 462116

Mob: 07540 671363

http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/

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On 18 Aug 2010, at 14:54, "Arkell J.H." <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

Hello

Is anyone else very frustrated with the format (not to mention the timing) of the NSS data as its been released this year? We're having a lot of problems making any sense of the 100+ spreadsheets which seem to be a totally unhelpful mix of raw data and partial analysis, without any thought to how institutions might wish to use the data to understand the context in which they operate.

Any insight - particularly if you're managing to get the tables to work for you - would be welcome.

Jennifer

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Jennifer Arkell

Corporate Planning Manager

University of Southampton

www.soton.ac.uk

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