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Higher Education Solutions
TRANSFORMING HIGHER EDUCATION DATA PROCESSES
TRANSFORMING HIGHER EDUCATION DATA PROCESSES
Our Solution
Billigence’s experienced consultants have developed a Higher Education Student Number Planning Solution using our software partner Alteryx. The solution, which is demonstrated in the video to the right, provides Higher Education Institutions with a data-driven model to better predict the amount of students needed to be enrolled in its courses. The self-service model is entirely code free, and is designed to be maintained by business users. It is fully customisable to the needs of your business, with the ability to connect to a multitude of data sources. The workflow can be amended and transformed, giving it the flexibility to adapt to inevitable changes that will occur. Furthermore, processes can be automated and workflows are repeatable. This means that arduous and repetitive data preparation tasks can be avoided and minimised. The solution is also compatible with visualisation tools such as Tableau, to allow for further analysis.

Issues at Hand
We understand the complexity involved in student number planning. It involves an enormous amount of variables, including:
How many students do we have / How many are coming back?
Undergraduate courses vary from 1 to 7 years
Students transfer between courses of differing lengths of time
What is meant by ‘students’? There are many different types (part time/full-time/external/overseas…)
How many new students will we get?
Intake targets at student type and course level
What fees will they pay?
By course, student type and by cohort
What will they study when they are here?
Module choices define where money goes – need to apportion funding to appropriate faculties
There can be a combination of over 200,000 module choices broken down by course, student type and stage
The Business Process

IMPLEMENTATION APPROACH
Prerequisites
Complete the Implementation prerequisites
Prepare for proof of concept (obtain accesses, map processes)
Proof of Concept
Start with FREE trial of Alteryx
Build skeleton of model
Prove Alteryx is the right solution
Deploy and Develop
Purchase 1 Alteryx Designer License
Build fully working automated solution based on requirements and visualise results for analysis
Deploy the model
Training of users for self-maintenance
Advanced Shareable Solution
Purchase Alteryx Server license along with a few more designers
Easily share the model with others
Give other departments the access to build their own
Leverage Alteryx for other processes
THE ALTERYXSOLUTION
Advantages
- Self service model maintained internally
- No programming skills needed
- Fast Engine, repeatable workflows
- Combine Data sources
- What-if scenario planning and predictions
- Fast Deployment
- Single point of truth