Planning and Analytics

The Planning and Analytics Unit delivers the annual planning and budgeting round, and other key planning related processes, as well as providing key business intelligence and strategic management information

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Our team

The Planning and Analytics unit is divided into three main areas, Student Statutory ReturnsReporting and Analytics (including Business Intelligence), and Planning.

Statutory Returns

The Statutory Returns team work on preparing and collating student data to return to governing bodies such as HESA and OfS.

Jennifer Hutton

Dr Jennifer Hutton

Strategic Planner - Statutory Returns

Elizabeth Maynard

Elizabeth Maynard

Strategic Planner - Statutory Returns

Sophia Booth

Sophia Booth

Assistant Analyst - Statutory Returns

Reporting and Analytics

The Reporting and Analytics team are responsible for implementing the Business Intelligence programme, creating interactive visualisations and dashboards, as well as preparing other strategic management information in order to aid decision making across the institution.

Josef Roome

Josef Roome

Strategic Planner - Data Analysis

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Richard Skillicorn

Dr Richard Skillicorn

Strategic Planner - Data Analysis

Alexandra Wilkinson

Alexandra Wilkinson

Strategic Planner - Data Analysis

Planning

The Planning team is responsible for supporting senior colleagues and faculties in the ongoing delivery of the University's strategic goals, in particular through the annual planning and budgeting round and other strategic review processes. 

The team operates through the new planning partner model supporting the four faculties.

Esther Danks

Esther Danks

Planning Manager

Sarah Howarth

Sarah Howarth

Planning Partner - Planning and Analytics

Sarah Young

Sarah Young

Planning Partner - Planning and Analytics

Alice Wright

Alice Wright

Planning and Market Insight Analyst

Dashboards

Planning and Analytics work closely with other areas of the University to deliver a comprehensive range of dashboards under the BI programme of work. Please click on the relevant section below to find links to the dashboards, user guides and other management information.

General enquiries

For any general enquiries for the Planning and Analytics team please get in touch at data-analytics@lancaster.ac.uk