Heidi Plus
The higher education (HE) sectors’ leading data visualisation and analytics tool, used by thousands of HE professionals.
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We've developed four dashboard suites - free to Heidi Plus users - designed to help the higher education sector tackle the effects of the pandemic. Find out more about how you can use the dashboards for COVID-19 recovery planning.
About Heidi Plus
The dashboards assist staff within higher education (HE) providers and not-for-profit HE sector bodies with business intelligence and benchmarking insights.
Benefits
- Unlock powerful higher education insights; students, graduates, staff, finances, estates, community and business interaction and more
- Create data visualisations and dashboards to inform strategic planning
- Benchmark performance
- Action data-driven decisions
- 12 years of robust HE data and time-series
- Quality-assured by our data specialists
The intuitive drag-and-drop software is easy to use and takes just minutes to create interactive visualisations and dashboards to reveal insights to inform data-driven decisions. Build your own competitor groups to benchmark against and choose metrics and filters to suit your needs. Access ready-made HESA dashboards to help plan around sector challenges.
Heidi Plus is accessed via Tableau Server (five-times Gartner Magic Quadrant Leader - 2017) for business intelligence and analytics platforms.
Heidi Plus includes up to 12 years of HESA data and is updated on a regular basis, so you can rest assured that you’re gaining the newest insights to inform your decisions.
About HESA
HESA (Higher Education Statistics Agency) is the expert provider of data on the UK higher education sector, and the designated data body for England.
It collects, assures and disseminates data about higher education (HE) in the UK on behalf of statutory bodies. As the trusted source of HE data it plays a key role in supporting and enhancing the competitive strength of the sector. Collaborating with HE providers in each of the four nations to collect and curate one of the world’s leading HE data resources.
Using this knowledge and expertise HESA provides a rich, readily available resource for data users.
Product suite
- Heidi Plus Full Access
- Heidi Plus Limited Access
- Heidi Plus Extended Access
| Product name | Type of organisation | HESA subscription onward data usage |
|---|---|---|
| Heidi Plus Full Access (Cat-1) | Approved (Fee Cap) in England and full HESA subscribers in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland | Agree onward data usage category 1 |
| Heidi Plus Full Access | Approved (Fee Cap) in England | Disagree onward data usage category 1 |
| Heidi Plus Limited Access (Cat-1) | Approved, Limited Designation and Teach Out (England only) | Agree onward data usage category 1 |
| Heidi Plus Limited Access | Approved, Limited Designation and Teach Out (England only) | Disagree onward data usage category 1 |
| Heidi Plus Extended Access (Cat-1) | Approved, Limited Designation and Teach Out (England only) | Agree onward data usage category 1 |
| Heidi Plus Extended Access | Approved, Limited Designation and Teach Out (England only) | Disagree onward data usage category 1 |
| Heidi Plus Extended Access | Not-for-profit HE sector bodies (UK) | N/A |
Heidi Plus products labelled Cat-1 relate to our pricing policy by student number bands and are offered to higher education providers who agree to HESA’s subscription onward data usage category 1.
The other Heidi Plus products relate to our pricing policy that is capped by total number of users and are offered to higher education providers who disagree to HESA’s subscription onward data usage category 1 and not-for-profit HE sector bodies.
Guide to pricing and banding
Heidi Plus Full Access (Cat-1)
Approved (Fee Cap) in England and full HESA subscribers in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
| Band | Number of students | Cost | Additional info |
|---|---|---|---|
HP-A | 1 - 1,000 | £750 | Annual subscription rate banded by student number range for year 2017/18 (unlimited users and a minimum of two lead contacts) |
HP-B | 1,001 - 5,000 | £1,300 | |
HP-C | 5,001 - 10,000 | £1,850 | |
HP-D | 10,001 - 15,000 | £2,400 | |
HP-E | 15,001 - 20,000 | £2,950 | |
HP-F | 20,001 - 25,000 | £3,500 | |
HP-G | 25,001 - 30,000 | £4,050 | |
HP-H | 30,001 + | £4,600 |
Heidi Plus Full Access
Approved (Fee Cap) in England
| Band | Number of users | Cost | Additional info |
|---|---|---|---|
HP - 1 | 1 - 5 users | £5,000 | Annual subscription rate banded by number of authorised users (capped at a maximum of 24 users including two lead contacts) |
HP - 2 | 6 - 9 users | £6,600 | |
HP - 3 | 10 - 14 users | £8,600 | |
HP - 4 | 15 - 19 users | £11,000 | |
HP - 5 | 20 - 24 users | £13,000 |
Heidi Plus Limited Access (Cat-1)
Approved, Limited Designation and Teach Out (England only).
| Band | Number of students | Cost | Additional info |
|---|---|---|---|
HP - AL | 1 - 1,000 | £550 | Annual subscription rate banded by student number range for year 2017/18 (unlimited users and a minimum of two lead contacts) |
HP - BL | 1,001 - 5,000 | £800 |
Heidi Plus Limited Access
Approved, Limited Designation and Teach Out (England only).
| Band | Number of users | Cost | Additional info |
|---|---|---|---|
HP - 1L | 1 - 5 users | £2,000 | Annual subscription rate banded by number of authorised users (capped at a maximum of 24 users including two lead contacts) |
HP - 2L | 6 - 9 users | £2,800 | |
HP - 3L | 10 - 14 users | £3,800 | |
HP - 4L | 15 - 19 users | £4,800 | |
HP - 5L | 20 - 24 users | £5,800 |
Heidi Plus Extended Access (Cat-1)
Approved, Limited Designation and Teach Out (England only).
| Band | Number of students | Cost | Additional info |
|---|---|---|---|
HP - AE | 1 - 1,000 | £1,125 | Annual subscription rate banded by student number range for year 2017/18 (unlimited users and a minimum of two lead contacts) |
HP - BE | 1,001 - 5,000 | £1,950 | |
HP - 6E | Unlimited users | £1,950 + VAT | Annual subscription flat rate (unlimited users and a minimum of two lead contacts) |
Heidi Plus Extended Access
Approved, Limited Designation and Teach Out (England only).
Not-for-profit HE sector bodies (UK).
| Band | Number of users | Cost | Additional info |
|---|---|---|---|
HP - 1E | 1 - 5 users | £5,000 | Annual subscription rate banded by number of authorised users (capped at a maximum of 24 users including two lead contacts) |
HP - 2E | 6 - 9 users | £6,600 | |
HP - 3E | 10 - 14 users | £8,600 | |
HP - 4E | 15 - 19 users | £11,000 | |
HP - 5E | 20 - 24 users | £13,000 |
Read more about Jisc and HESA's data protection roles.
Analytics labs
Join staff from across the HE sector at analytic labs. Draw on their strengths and experiences and produce analytical insights to support business-critical challenges and strategic planning.
Develop data visualisations alongside fellow sector colleagues and cover topics such as; student recruitment, destinations of leavers, postgraduate research analysis, and identify new benchmarking groups
Training
We offer a range of interactive courses throughout the year to suit all levels of Heidi Plus experiences and specialisms:
- Heidi Plus Essentials
- Heidi Plus Intermediate
- Heidi Plus Advanced
- Mandatory data protection training for Gold users and Lead Contacts 2020/21
Take a look at the course summary guide (pdf) to help you choose which course is best for you.
Still not sure which course is right for you or your team? Complete our short survey and we’ll suggest the best course for you.
Support
Our experienced Heidi Plus customer success team are on hand to answer your general user queries. To get in touch, call 0333 015 1170 or email customer.success@jisc.ac.uk.
COVID-19 recovery planning
We've developed four dashboard suites - free to Heidi Plus users from HE institutions - to help the higher education sector tackle the effects of the pandemic.
Find out more about how you can use the dashboards for COVID-19 recovery planning.
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