Business Intelligence and Big Data Analytics for Higher Education: Cases from UK Higher Education Institutions

Vincent Koon Ong

doi:10.52731/iee.v2.i1.63

Vincent Koon Ong Regent's University London

DOI: https://doi.org/10.52731/iee.v2.i1.63

Keywords: big data analytics, business intelligence, student engagement, visualization

Abstract

With the rise of big data, its impact has becoming apparent even in the Higher Education sector. The strategic use and applications of big data in higher education would lead to higher educational quality and better student and staff experience. Using the output from UK JISC’s Business Intelligence projects, this paper reviews and outlines eleven cases of big data analytics in the UK Higher Education institutions, followed by presenting one of the projects to demonstrate the application of big data analytics on student engagement. This leads to further research implications for future big data research in Higher Education

Author Biography

Vincent Koon Ong, Regent's University London

Vincent’s research and teaching interests are in the areas of digital business management, information systems, and the use of emerging and intelligent ICT, such as business intelligence, big data and cloud computing, for organisational and individual information processing, decision making and strategic planning. He has been involved in various independent and collaborative research projects and bidding activities at the university, national and European level.

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