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Customer Service: Service Standards: performance

Service Standards: performance


We use several ways to measure our service is meeting your needs - below are our Service Standards and Key Performance Indicators 

Our service standards

Customer service standards are one of the ways we measure our performance regularly, to make sure we maintain excellent levels of customer service. 

  • the University Library will be open during its advertised hours - target 100%
  • for our enquiry services:
    • we will respond to 100% of your enquiries on the same day 
    • we will ensure that 95% or above of enquiries are resolved within our UniDesk Service Level Agreement
    • we will resolve 75% of your enquiries at first line (without referral to a different team)
    • ...and 60% at the point of making the enquiry (immediately)
    • we will achieve a 90% satisfaction level with our enquiry services
  • we will achieve 90% satisfaction with our training and workshops
  • we will achieve a 90% or above satisfaction rate in the national surveys (NSS, PTES, PRES)

How we did in 22-23 (standards)

Our service Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

In addition to our customer service standards, we monitor a comprehensive set of KPIs which demonstrate the performance of a wide range of our services, and we strive to meet or exceed the targets set against each indicator.  

University Library and Archives

  • we will maintain a satisfaction of 90% on library space including cleanliness, maintenance and facilities
  • 100% of reading lists will be available for the start of teaching

IT Systems and Infrastructure

  • Core academic and corporate systems (Canvas, SITS, Agresso, SAP) will be available 99.5% of planned uptime
  • Quality assurance of systems code - 100% of changes to system code will be peer-approved

IT Service Desk (Information Centre)

  • 20% or over of all enquiries received will be self logged by the customer in the Self Service Portal
  • 90% of enquiries to the Information Centre will be Service Requests rather than Incidents (faults)

NEW INDICATORS COMING SOON

Programme Management Office

  • 80% of projects with approved scope changes will be completed on time
  • 90% of projects will be delivered within budget
  • 100% of contracts will be reviewed and/or extended/terminated within required timescales

Learning and Teaching Enhancement

  • New annual Canvas template will be delivered (following academic consultation process) by the first Monday of June with zero days delay
  • 100% of new academic staff will be sent an induction email with resources and offer of Learning Technology training
  • New KPI to be established for number of staff registered for Learning & Training Enhancement training - baseline to be established in 23/24 with subsequent target of 10% increase per annum

Information Security

 

LATEST FIGURES 

KPI 

Description 

Target 

Reporting Period 

Most recent report

Library Space Satisfaction 

User satisfaction with the library space, including cleanliness, maintenance and facilities 

90% satisfaction 

Monthly 

94%

Reading Lists 

Availability of reading lists for the start of teaching 

100% of module lists published 

Bi-Annually 

90%

Service Availability 

Percentage of up-time of core academic and corporate systems and infrastructure 

99.5% availability 

Monthly 

98.78%

Quality Assurance of systems code  

Percentage of peer-reviewed approved coding changes 

100% 

Monthly 

100%

Self-service adoption 

Percentage of calls received via Unidesk including service request forms 

20% 

Monthly 

14%

Service requests as a % of calls received (versus incidents) 

Fault reports vs BAU 

90% service requests 

Quarterly 

90% SRs

NEW Indicators, coming soon: 

KPI 

Description 

Target 

Reporting Period 

KPI Owner 

First report due by: 

Project Completion on Time 

On time completed projects with approved scope changes 

80% 

Annually 

PMO Manager 

July 2024 

Project Completion on Budget 

Projects delivered within Budget 

90% 

Annually 

PMO Manager 

July 2024 

Contract Management 

Percentage of contracts reviewed and/or extended or terminated within required timescales 

100% 

Quarterly 

Director of Service Delivery & Change 

December 2023 

LTE 1 

Canvas module template published following agreed consultative process 

By first Monday in June with zero days delay 

Annually 

Head of Learning Innovation & Development 

June 2024 

(consultative process published by end December 2023) 

LTE 2 

All new academic staff sent induction email with resources and offer of LTE training 

100% 

Quarterly 

Head of Learning Innovation & Development  

December 2023 

LTE 3 

Number of staff registered for LTE training sessions (academic development and digital learning) 

Baseline to be established in 2023/24 with subsequent  target of 10% increase per annum  

Annually 

Head of Learning Innovation & Development  

July 2024 (baseline data) 

InfoSec1

Percentage of IS staff who have completed the Cyber Security Training 100% Quarterly Cybersecurity Specialist December 2023
InfoSec2 Percentage of Vulnerability patches successfully installed within SLA  98% Quarterly Cybersecurity Specialist December 2023