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This page explains how to use the IPC Application Tool tool, which contains daily updated data about IPC Applications made to the University of York for the current, and previous, cycles.

The Application Summary tool forms part of the Application Dashboard suite of Tableau workbooks.


This Workbook has been newly created to support IPC Pre-Sessional recruitment for the 2020 cycle

Details of the workbook can be found below.


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The IPC Application Tracking Workbook serves two main purposes.

1) To display weekly snapshot data of IPC Pre-Sessional application, offers, withdrawals and TAP Status'

2) To allow a comparison of this snapshot data to equivalent snapshots in previous years.

To facilitate this the workbook updates weekly early on a Monday morning

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NB IPC doesn’t feature in the Admissions Entity list. For IPC information, please see the relevant tab. 
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The Workbook has three separate tabs, IPC EL Pre-sessional Numbers, IPC EL Pre-Sessional Domiciles and IPC EL Pre-sessional Intake Summary.

As the IPC EL Pre-sessional Numbers and IPC EL Pre-Sessional Domiciles tabs work similarly they have been grouped together below.


IPC EL Pre-sessional Tabs

By default these tabs show the most recent snapshot date.

The IPC EL Pre-Sessional Domiciles only displays a single measure (Applications, Conditional offers, Unconditional offers, Tap and Withdrawn) at a time due to displaying all domiciles of applicants relating to that measure. As such this tab contains a Choose Measure Filter that does not exist on the IPC EL Pre-sessional Numbers Tab.

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How to use the Data Filters and Display Options

Admissions Entity

Filter

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Faculty Name

  • All

  • Arts/Hums

  • Sciences

  • Social Sciences

Faculty is preselected, based on admissions entity selected on the Applications Dashboard homepage. 

Calendar Start YearAllows the data displayed to be filtered by the calendar year of entry for which the application applies

Programme

Note that there may be courses listed here that look live (as they have exiting students on them), but are not live in terms of taking new applications.

Tip: you can search the filter by programme names (click on the drop-down and enter search criteria above the resulting list).

Applicant Category

  • All

  • E

  • H

  • O

  • HCI

Prior to 2018/19 cycle, applicant category was not split by H and E, so if you are running a comparison with years previous to 2018/9, be aware you are not comparing like for like.

Please note that you will need to combine H and EU to see where you are placed in relation to your UGH target.

HCI = Home Channel Islands.

Mode of Study

  • All

  • Distance

  • Full-time

  • Other

  • Part-time

  • Mode unknown

    • Visiting

    Application Cycle Type (App Cycle Type)

    • All

    • Deferred from previous year

    • In-year (PG only)

    • Standard

    Defaults to ‘All’.

    Standard = all applications made within the application cycle (e.g. for 2020/1 entrants, the application cycle runs from 1st October 2019 to 30 September 2020).

    Deferred from previous year = applications that were made prior to the start of the application cycle for the given academic year of entry (e.g. applications made for 2020/1 prior to 1st October 2019 are considered "deferred")

    In-year (PG only) = applications that were made after the end of the application cycle for the given academic year of entry (e.g. applications made for 2020/1 later than 30 September 2020 are considered "in-cycle")


    Weekly Snapshot Date

    Only available on the IPC EL Pre-sessional Numbers and IPC EL Pre-Sessional Domiciles Tabs.

    Allows the data displayed to be filtered by Weekly Snapshot Date

    Choose Measure

    • Applications

    • Conditional Offers

    • Unconditional Offers

    • TAP

    • Withdrawn

    		Only available on the IPC EL Pre-Sessional Domiciles Tabs.
    Day and Month

    Only available on the IPC EL Pre-sessional Intake Summary Tab

    In connection with the Calendar year of entry the Day and Month selector creates the comparison date that allows year on year comparison.

    Mode of Study

    • All

    • Distance

    • Full-time

    • Other

    • Part-time

    • Mode unknown

    • Visiting

    		Only available on the IPC EL Pre-sessional Intake Summary Tab

    Admission Route

    • All

    • Adjustment

    • Clearing

    • Main scheme

    • RPA

    Only available on the IPC EL Pre-sessional Intake Summary Tab

    Main scheme - describes any application that comes in before UCAS Extra starts. 

    RPA - a ‘record of prior acceptance’ describes students haven’t applied via UCAS. We notify UCAS and the student immediately shows as UF on our systems.

    Application Source

    • All

    • HEP

    • IPC

    • KICL

    • YORK

    Describes where the application process was initiated.

    HEP = Higher Education Partner (Distance Learning provision)

    IPC = International Pathway College (pre-sessional, foundation and pre-Masters programmes)

    KICL = the IPC's partner provider in London, with teaching provided by Kaplan

    York = All other applications not made through one of the above partners (e.g. UCAS and direct applications).

    Split by Home/Overseas

    Yes

    No

    Displays a separate block of columns for Home and Overseas applications (When "Yes" selected)

    Choose a Date

    Specify a different date in the application cycle to view data (for example, you can specify "03/10" if you wish to view current cycle data as at 3rd October 2019 (equivalent for previous cycles). Please note that when selecting a future date (for which data cannot be available) the workbook will instead show the latest data.

    For Previous Cycles Show

    Choose to view the "End of Cycle" position - for previous cycles - rather than the equivalent position.

    Show Faculty

    Break results down by Faculty

    Show Admissions Entity

    Break results down by Admissions Entity

    Show Programme

    Break results down by Programme Name

    Academic Year of Entry

    Choose which Academic Years (application cycles) are displayed

    Split by Programme


    • Yes

    • No

    Only available on the IPC EL Pre-sessional Intake Summary

    Allows the data being displayed to be split by programme


    Remember to check the text summary of the filters you have selected to ensure you have the data you require.

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    The following changes were made for the 2020/21 cycle (in October 2019)

    1. Removed the “Offers and Responses” option which many people found confusing - instead the offer made and response decision shown is now always the actual offer/response as of the particular date shown. 

    2. Simplified the “data currency” options, which were confusing and a little clunky.

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    The new version of the workbook: 

  • defaults to the most recent data available (10/04 in the example below).

  • Users can, if they wish, over-ride this to show data as of a different date (using the "Choose a date" input box).  NB for the current cycle, this can not be greater than today's date.

    • Users can choose from two options for viewing previous applications cycles, either to see the “Comparable” position (default option) or the “End of Cycle” position.

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    3. Made some cosmetic enhancements to the user interface, bringing it in line with BIU's latest standards.

    Apart from the "Offers and Responses" box, the filters and drop-down options remain the same as before, though the position of these has been rearranged into a more logical layout.  

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    Data Terms contained in this Workbook

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    7 Oct 2019 - major version release 2.0

    Key changes:

  • Improvement to underlying data set
  • Minor aesthetic improvements to conform to BIU design standards
  • Removal of "original/current" option
  • Refactoring of date selector.
    • Minor update to definitions (see details above)

    18/02/2020 - Version 1.0

    First Release

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