January 2023 marked one year since the reignition of the HE-BCI major review. Over the past 12 months we have worked to define the shape of the future data requirements for Knowledge Exchange.
We built on the findings of the initial phase one consultation to identify and prioritise six priority areas of the review which we announced to the sector at the PraxisAuril 2022 Annual Conference.
Our project board stakeholders have helped us to understand how the UK-wide HE-BCI dataset is interpreted alongside nation-specific outputs such as the Knowledge Exchange Framework (KEF) in England, and Knowledge Exchange (KE) Metrics in Scotland. This has highlighted where we can better align the HE-BCI collection with others to improve the comparability of KE data across the UK.
We have worked with sector representatives to identify the challenges faced by providers when submitting KE data. Our user engagement activities have been an opportunity to talk with representatives and discuss the challenges they experience when recording and reporting HE-BCI data. We have engaged with specialist providers to further understand the ways to measure the value and impact of specific forms of KE. By understanding their processes for monitoring the impact of these interactions, we were able to consider ways to improve the measure of value in the HE-BCI collection.
