Strategic intelligence and planning unit

Our focus

SIPU staff have high-level skills and knowledge in the fields of data analysis and reporting, forecasting and modelling, survey administration and design, statistics and much more. We provide services and information to assist members of the University with decision-making and continuous quality improvement.

Our responsibilities

SIPU's responsibilities include:

providing management information to the University Executive and faculties
providing statistical information
coordinating the Federal Department of Education student data collection
planning and forecasting student enrolments and revenue
modelling and analysis to support planning and budgeting, fee setting, resource allocation and related activities
advising on legislation and policy related to higher education administration and funding
administration, analysis and reporting on key strategic surveys including evaluations
providing advice and assistance on survey design and analysis
developing, maintaining and supporting the Deakin Data Warehouse (DDW) and associated Business Intelligence technology (Cognos, SPSS, TM1)
World University Rankings data submissions and briefings.

Our services

Data reporting and analytic services

SIPU provide a wide range of statistic and analytical services to Deakin staff. These include:

Student Evaluation of Teaching and Units reports
Deakin Business Intelligence (Cognos) − a resource that enables access to a range of data and statistical information
SIPU intranet (Wiki) − a resource with access to the latest data, reports and information available to Deakin Staff
ad-hoc data requests − for data that is not readily available through the SIPU website and one-off requests
survey services including survey checklists, procedures, design and management.

Staff-only reports

Deakin staff are able to access all of our latest reports through the staff website. These reports include:

University summary statistics and key performance indicators
student load planning, forecasting and monitoring
course metrics, including dashboards, course reviews and course experience feedback (CEQ)
student retention and success reporting
VTAC reporting
student reporting including equity and diversity
survey reports.

Reports

Most of SIPU’s work is available only to Deakin staff. However, our most well-known publication, Deakin Statistics, is available publicly and is a handy reference of student, staff and financial data at Deakin University.