Irish Survey of Student Engagement (ISSE) 2017-2019

Tender description

The Higher Education Authority (HEA), on behalf of the project co-sponsors, is now seeking tenders to conduct the next Irish Survey of Students Engagements for a three-year period starting in 2017. The HEA, on behalf of the project co-sponsors, is now seeking tenders to conduct Irish Survey of Student Engagements for a three-year period starting in 2017. A collaborative management and governance structure is in place with institutional representatives participating in a number of project working groups. It is expected that the successful tenderer will interact primarily with individual institutions for receipt of demographic data, delivery of survey access to target cohorts, and provision of survey results after national fieldwork has concluded; and with the central project manager for other matters, including the national datasets. After the first year of the new contract, this structure may be reviewed. Any revised structure that may be put in place will not be more onerous for the contractor. The successful Tenderer will be expected to meet the following deadlines: December 2016: Initial engagement with institutions’ identified contacts and planning for demonstration / testing of system February - March 2017: Implement survey, with local monitoring of responses, for preagreed three week local window within eight week national timeframe April 2017: Provide national and local datasets, accompanied by defined analysis reports