Today’s blog is all about how to design and create a business analytics programme at a university,  Dr Salimeh Mohammad kindly offered to share her experiences of designing a Business Analytics and Data Science programme at Warwick Business School in the United Kingdom.   Salimeh is an Associate Professor at Warwick Business School, and she gave us a live talk about her approach to designing the curriculum, the course contents, teaching methods, and student support.    A recording of the talk is available on our YouTube Channel  . .   In the following article Dr Chris Davies from Bangor Business School has summarised Salimeh's talk, boiling down all of those tips and tricks we might find useful.   So, if you’re an academic who is also designing a business analytics program this talk is for you.   The first step in designing the programme is to have a clear definition of what analytics, and thus business analytics, is.   Sal...

The next BAEF session is going to be of interest to a wide audience with a subject close to many of our hearts, essay mill cheating. Our speaker, Phil Rothwell (Teaching and Learning Academy, LJMU), will outline how Canvas data can be a powerful tool for the analysis and enhancement of student engagement, system development, and teaching, learning and assessment. In this case, it also proved to be a powerful aid to police investigation. Phil will tell the story of how Canvas data was used to initiate and support an investigation into an essay and exam mill that was operating across multiple international borders and involving over 25 UK HEIs and more than 500 students. The investigation ultimately led to the seizure of millions of pounds. The presentation will explore how simple data forensics and triangulation techniques were used in partnership with Merseyside Police to help bring an end to large-scale fraud and misconduct. This was enacted via the implementation of the Skills and ...