Student Alternative record 2019/20 - Coding manual release schedule
Student Alternative record 2019/20 - Coding manual release schedule
Version 1.1 Produced 2020-04-16
This document outlines the planned dates for the first release of the coding manual documents. These documents may subsequently be updated in the future releases.
Scheduled releases of coding manual
| Release | Description |
| March 2019 | Known changes |
| September 2019 | Release of field information, schemas and supporting documents, including the data collection schedule |
| January 2020 | Release of initial quality rules and a validation kit to support testing of data against them |
| February and March 2020 | Incremental release of quality rules and validation kit support as they are developed and updated for the current collection |
| April 2020 | First release of derived field specifications, and the first release of credibility reports |
| May 2020 | Incremental release of quality rules and validation kit support as they are developed and updated for the current collection, release of additional credibility reports |
| June 2020 | Release of data collection documents, downloadable file formats, release of additional credibility reports |
| July 2020 | Incremental release of quality rules and validation kit support as they are developed and updated for the current collection, release of final credibility reports |
| August 2020 | Maintenance release |
Scheduled releases of coding manual documents
| Section | Document | Released |
| First release of documentation highlighting any major changes over previous collection. | March 2019 | |
| Overview | Data protection guidance | March 2019 |
| Specification | Coverage of the record | September 2020 |
| Data model | September 2020 | |
| Data items | September 2020 | |
| File structure | September 2020 | |
| CYY054.xsd | September 2020 | |
| CYY054DataTypes.xsd | September 2020 | |
| CYY054CodeLists.xsd | September 2020 | |
| Derived field specifications | April 2020 | |
| Specification of the UCAS data for HESA transaction | The UCAS data for HESA (*J) transaction | September 2020 |
| Specification of the UCAS data for HESA (*J) | September 2020 | |
| Further guidance | Graduate Outcomes - Coverage of the record | January 2020 |
| Understanding student continuity and the UHN link | September 2020 | |
| Submission process and quality assurance | Data collection schedule | September 2020 |
| File structures for downloadable files | June 2020 | |
| Validation overview | September 2020 | |
| Quality rules | January - July 2020 | |
| Download validation kit | January 2020 | |
| Amalgamation tool | September 2020 | |
| Credibility reports | April - June 2020 | |
| Submit data to HESA | September 2020 | |
| Help with the data collection system | September 2020 | |
| Fixed database facility | June 2020 | |
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