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Five Questions with Sara Guy

Business/Data Analyst at Flinders University, Australia

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Sara chose to be interviewed in chair #5.

1. What is your job title?

Business/Data Analyst at Flinders University.

2. Briefly, how would you describe your role in terms of your place in your institution?

As a member of our planning and analytical services team I cross both the analytical and technical side of providing business analytics capabilities to our stakeholders, particularly in the student applications, load, and enrolments space. This means I come in handy when nutting out complex data requests for the university, as well as helping translate those requests into requirements for our analytics ecosystem. I also partner directly with some of our portfolios to proactively provide data analyses and support to help them achieve their goals.

3. From your perspective, what are the emerging areas of interest in institutional research?

Over the years, institutions have been rapidly growing in their capability to capture and understand different points of a student’s time at university, but now, how are we connecting those stages in a sensible way that allows us to really understand the whole student lifecycle – from their first enquiry through to alumni – and use those connections to drive how we support our students and improve their success in higher education?

4. What do you believe will be the future priorities for institutional research?

The use of technology in education and its impact on / relevance to student outcomes. With technology changing so quickly, how can we capitalise on this to make better use of data/analytics and education delivery to help our students in meeting their learning goals?

5. Complete this statement: In my role, I can’t operate effectively without …

… a cup of tea and a whiteboard. I am well known for my tendency to grab a whiteboard marker and start scrawling in meetings!

More seriously though, I could not do what I do without the people around me and their skills, knowledge, passion, and sense of humour. It really is a team effort.

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