DfE Higher Education Open Data Competition

The Department for Education (DfE) is exploring ways to create the most value from its data on graduate outcomes to help prospective higher education students make better decisions about their future. The Higher Education Open Data Competition (ODC) is looking for ideas on how to create accessible, sustainable, and innovative digital tools for prospective students using the Longitudinal Education Outcomes (LEO) earnings data and selected government datasets.
The competition is open to both organisations and individuals. We welcome applications from any sector or discipline. It will be hosted through Innovate UK's Small Business Research Initiative (SBRI) webpage.
The competition will open on 25 June with a deadline for applications by noon on 15 August.
Working in collaboration with Department for Education, ODI Leeds will run a series of warm up events followed by an innovation event. The warm up events are an opportunity to ask questions, make suggestions, and understand more about the datasets. The innovation event will be a very active and engaged session bringing together a network of people, organisations and companies to share and test ideas before submitting them to the competition.
Newcastle - 2 July
Warm up event
TuSpark, Grainger StreetLondon - 3 July
Warm up event
Open Data Institute, Clifton StreetManchester - CANCELLED
Warm up event
Federation House, Federation StreetShared document - Newcastle
Put all of your notes, photos, and more from the innovation day right here
Shared document - London
Put all of your notes, photos, and more from the innovation day right here
Shared document - Manchester
Put all of your notes, photos, and more from the innovation day right here
Leeds - 18 July - Innovation event
ODI Leeds, Duke Street
A whole-day innovation event to find out more about the data and also start developing or testing ideas.Competition page
Register and submit your application to the competition here
Guidance for applicants
Competition guidance for applicants
Universities Minister launches open data competition
Official press release for the Higher Education Open Data competition
Shared document
Put all of your notes, photos, and more from the innovation day right here
Data page
All relevant and related datasets that might be useful
Running order
The agenda for the innovation day
Alison Jud - The LEO Data
Tom White - The SBRI Competition Process
Competition winners announced
19 December 2018
Competition winners - video
19 December 2018