For the past few years HESA has been producing data to support student:staff ratio (SSR) calculations for use by league table compilers and other interested parties.
The last review of this methodology took place back in 2015. Since then HESA has become the Designated Data Body for English higher education and has transferred a number of its former roles to Jisc. So Jisc now administers the supply of data for these purposes, and HESA has determined that it is no longer appropriate for it to “own” the SSR methodology.
With Jisc’s role being to administer and share the data, rather than to lead on these sorts of definitions, the Higher Education Strategic Planners Association (HESPA), through its HE Data Insight Group (HEDIG), has agreed to take up the mantle as custodian of this methodology.
