HESA Collections
Student record 2020/21 - Coding manual release schedule
Version 1.1 Produced 2021-02-26
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 2020 | Known changes |
May 2020 | Release of field information, schemas and supporting documents |
August 2020 | Release of a schema-only validation kit to support testing of data for structural integrity |
August 2020 | Release of rolled-on quality rules (the same as the previous collection) and a validation kit update to support testing of data against them |
August 2020 - March 2021 | Incremental release of quality rules and validation kit support as they are developed and updated for the current collection |
April 2021 | Derived field specifications, downloadable file formats, and the first release of credibility reports |
June 2021 | Release of data collection documents, release of additional credibility reports |
July 2021 | Release of final credibility reports |
August 2021 | Maintenance release |
Scheduled releases of coding manual documents
Section | Document | Released |
First release of documentation highlighting any major changes over previous collection. | March 2020 | |
Overview | Introduction | May 2020 |
Data collection schedule | May 2020 | |
Data protection guidance | March 2020 | |
Specification | Coverage of the record | May 2020 |
Reduced returns | May 2020 | |
Data model | May 2020 | |
Data items | May 2020 | |
File structure | May 2020 | |
CYY051.xsd | May 2020 | |
CYY051DataTypes.xsd | May 2020 | |
CYY051CodeLists.xsd | May 2020 | |
Derived field specifications | May 2021 | |
Further guidance | Understanding student continuity and the UHN link | September 2020 |
Further guidance about returning DfE programmes (excluding EYITT) | September 2020 | |
Further guidance about returning Early Years Initial Teacher Training (EYITT) programmes | September 2020 | |
Further guidance on collaborative supervision arrangements | September 2020 | |
Further guidance on Apprenticeship students | May 2020 | |
UCAS data for HESA transaction | The UCAS data for HESA (*J) transaction | January 2021 |
Submission process and quality assurance | Amalgamation tool | January 2021 |
Submit data to HESA | August 2020 | |
Help with the data collection system | August 2020 | |
File structures for downloadable files | From May 2021 | |
Understanding the NSS reports | June 2021 | |
Validation overview | May 2020 | |
Download validation kit | August 2020 | |
Quality rules | August 2020 - July 2021 | |
Fixed database facility | June 2021 |
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