Why are we measuring this?
The idea behind measuring and recording this data is partly strategic: a key objective of the Students' Union Project 2017 is 'An SU which is integral to University life'. To be integral to University life, we need to better understand the reasons why (and why not) students engage with us, and if they do engage with us, what areas of the Students' Union are they engaging with.
During this academic year, the Students' Union decided to undertake a Student Engagement project to better monitor the levels of students engaging (in a variety of ways) with us
A key strategic objective of the Students’ Union is to better understand our members, in particular, by taking advantage of the data that we receive on them. With this data, we understand and can track the following trends from our members:
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Course
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Faculty
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Attendance at Events
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Membership of Student Groups
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Voting in Elections
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Standing in Elections
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Membership of Student Leadership positions
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Termtime residency
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Volunteering projects
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Study location
This wealth of data allows us to collect different aspects of student life, such as volunteering or attendance at events or Student Group Leadership positions, and create criteria to capture levels of engagement.
(Data correct as of 5th August 2015)
Where do we want to be in 2016?
This ambitious data project has the potential to provide us with a wealth of information on our students. It also can be used as a planning tool: if we can increase attendances at our events or students joining societies, we can increase numbers of engaged students and reduce numbers of students in the Non-engaged column. Our target engagement numbers for 2016 are as follows:
Moderately Engaged members: