KIS collection 2012/13
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Revision history |
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This table lists changes and additions to the record specification and supporting documentation.
| Date |
Documentation version |
Element |
Element version |
Notes |
| 2012-04-27 | 1.3 | HESACourse.HESAYEAR | 1.1 | Additional guidance added to Notes stating that a HESACourse entity with a HESAYEAR set as 2009 cannot exist unless there is also a HESACourse entity associated with the KISCourse that has HESAYEAR set as 2010 or BOTH. Guidance added explaining that within a KISCoursethe same HESACourse.HESACOURSEID cannot exist more than once. |
| 2012-04-27 | 1.3 | KISCourse.UCASCOURSEID | 1.3 | Business rule 2 (Error) KISCourse.KISTYPE 2 courses cannot contain KISCourse.UCASCOURSEID has been removed. |
| 2012-04-27 | 1.3 | Coverage of the record | 1.3 | Courses with a Course.COURSEAIM of M78 and M88 (MArch courses) have been removed from the coverage of the KIS record. These were previously identified for inclusion in the first paragraph of this documentation. |
| 2012-04-27 | 1.3 | Calculations of assessment methods and learning and teaching methods | 1.3 | Guidance added regarding instances where time is not associated with credit. Links to the QAA website added for an indicative list of assessment methods and learning and teaching methods. |
| 2012-04-27 | 1.3 | Validation kit | 1.1 | First release of the full validation kit. |
| 2012-03-29 | 1.2 | Accreditation.ACCBODYID | 1.1 | The list of valid entries has been updated with the additional accrediting bodies (140 to 162 inclusive) - following consideration of those requested by HEIs. |
| 2012-03-29 | 1.2 | Accreditation.ACCTYPE | 1.1 | The sentence into which this text will go, identified in the Notes section, has changed and the field length has been increased to 80 to accommodate this. |
| 2012-03-29 | 1.2 | CourseStage.COURSEWORK | 1.1 | Additional guidance added stating that the sum of CourseStage.COURSEWORK, CourseStage.PRACTICAL and CourseStage.WRITTEN can equal 0 (in the case where there is no summative assessment in the year). Guidance added stating that the percentage of assessment undertaken in each method should be based on the notional credit points associated with the type of assessment. |
| 2012-03-29 | 1.2 | CourseStage.PRACTICAL | 1.1 | Additional guidance added stating that the sum of CourseStage.COURSEWORK, CourseStage.PRACTICAL and CourseStage.WRITTEN can equal 0 (in the case where there is no summative assessment in the year). Guidance added stating that the percentage of assessment undertaken in each method should be based on the notional credit points associated with the type of assessment. |
| 2012-03-29 | 1.2 | CourseStage.SCHEDULED | 1.2 | Document now specified in Notes for details on classifying learning and teaching methods. |
| 2012-03-29 | 1.2 | CourseStage.WRITTEN | 1.1 | Additional guidance added stating that the sum of CourseStage.COURSEWORK, CourseStage.PRACTICAL and CourseStage.WRITTEN can equal 0 (in the case where there is no summative assessment in the year). Guidance added stating that the percentage of assessment undertaken in each method should be based on the notional credit points associated with the type of assessment. |
| 2012-03-29 | 1.2 | HESACourse.HESACOURSEID | 1.1 | Notes text added, explaining that this field should only be used to link to courses that are the embodiment, on the HESA/ILR records, of the course for which a KIS is being produced. |
| 2012-03-29 | 1.2 | ILRAims.ILRAIMID | 1.1 | Notes text added, explaining that this field should only be used to link to courses that are the embodiment, on the HESA/ILR records, of the course for which a KIS is being produced. |
| 2012-03-29 | 1.2 | KISCourse.Accreditation | 1.1 | Entity updated with guidance on when the accrediting bodies and types should be returned. |
| 2012-03-29 | 1.2 | KISCourse.ENGFEE | 1.1 | Valid entries and validation range for ENGFEE field expanded to 0-99999 and 0-9000 to account for fees covered by an external organisation, for example the Department of Health. Coverage changed to UCASCOURSEID from UCASPROGID. |
| 2012-03-29 | 1.2 | KISCourse.FEETBC | 1.1 | Coverage changed to UCASCOURSEID from UCASPROGID. |
| 2012-03-29 | 1.2 | KISCourse.KISCOURSEID | 1.1 | Schema updated to ensure that value is unique within Institution |
| 2012-03-29 | 1.2 | KISCourse.MEANSSUP | 1.1 | Coverage changed to UCASCOURSEID from UCASPROGID. |
| 2012-03-29 | 1.2 | KISCourse.NIFEE | 1.1 | Valid entries and validation range for NIFEE field expanded to 0-99999 and 0-9000 to account for fees covered by an external organisation, for example the Department of Health. Coverage changed to UCASCOURSEID from UCASPROGID. |
| 2012-03-29 | 1.2 | KISCourse.OTHSUP | 1.1 | Coverage changed to UCASCOURSEID from UCASPROGID. |
| 2012-03-29 | 1.2 | KISCourse.SCOTFEE | 1.1 | Valid entries and validation range for SCOTFEE field expanded to 0-99999 and 0-9000 to account for fees covered by an external organisation, for example the Department of Health. Clarification added about not reducing the fee to account for the fee grant. Coverage changed to UCASCOURSEID from UCASPROGID. |
| 2012-03-29 | 1.2 | KISCourse.TTCID | 1.1 | Valid entries added to match the 2012/13 HESA Student record additions: G School Direct initiative (mainstream); H School Direct initiative (flexible); J School-led HEI provision (mainstream); K School-led HEI provision (flexible). |
| 2012-03-29 | 1.2 | KISCourse.UCASCOURSEID | 1.2 | Notes section updated removing guidance relating to the use of UCASPROGID. Maximum occurrences changed to 1 from 1000, due to the KIS collection only making use of UCASCOURSEID, and not UCASPROGID for linking data. |
| 2012-03-29 | 1.2 | KISCourse.UCASPROGID | 1.2 | Notes section updated to state that this field is not to be used for the KIS collection 2012/13 (C12061). |
| 2012-03-29 | 1.2 | KISCourse.VARFEE | 1.1 | Coverage changed to UCASCOURSEID from UCASPROGID. |
| 2012-03-29 | 1.2 | KISCourse.WAFEE | 1.1 | Valid entries and validation range for WAFEE field expanded to 0-99999 and 0-9000 to account for fees covered by an external organisation, for example the Department of Health. Coverage changed to UCASCOURSEID from UCASPROGID. |
| 2012-03-29 | 1.2 | KISCourse.WAIVER | 1.1 | Guidance notes updated to exclude funding available through the National Scholarship Programme. Coverage changed to UCASCOURSEID from UCASPROGID. |
| 2012-03-29 | 1.2 | Publication arrangements | 1.1 | Guidance updated regarding the use of the widget. Contacts provided for the indentification of errors for Northern Ireland and Scottish institutions. |
| 2012-03-29 | 1.2 | UCAS guidance on fee information | 1.1 | A link to the user guide for the UCAS system has been provided. |
| 2012-03-29 | 1.2 | List of accrediting bodies | 1.1 | This list has been updated with the additional accrediting bodies from consideration of those requested by HEIs. |
| 2012-03-29 | 1.2 | Professional Accreditation, Professional Statutory and Regulatory Bodies (PSRBs) and the Key Information Set (KIS) - Frequently asked questions | 1.0 | New FAQs documentation for PSRBs has been added. |
| 2012-03-29 | 1.2 | Unistats widget user guide | 1.0 | Unistats KIS widget user guidance added to the Guidance from other organisations section. |
| 2012-03-29 | 1.2 | HEFCE and further education colleges | 1.0 | New guidance documentation for further education colleges, with reference to registration and franchise arrangements, added to Guidance from other organisations section. |
| 2012-03-29 | 1.2 | Calculation of assessment methods and learning and teaching methods | 1.2 | Further guidance added, including: Example bullet point text updated to '2 Rank in order of number of students taking the module as part of the course in the relevant year'; Type 3 KIS stages guidance; Example based on course stages that do not map neatly to student years; Example for medical students that have more than 120 credits as standard for the year; Paragraph added to explain how a module spanning a stage contributes to learning and teaching and assessment methods; Note added to clarify that any 'office hours' where staff are available to students, but where this time is not individually scheduled, cannot be included in scheduled contact hours; Sentence added to clarify the exclusion of clinical placements from 'Work-based learning'. Paragraph added within the 'Assessment methods' section detailing rules regarding additional activity; Sentence added to Portfolio section highlighting that for the purposes of the KIS, examples also include the creative arts portfolio. |
| 2012-03-29 | 1.2 | Inclusion of NSS and DLHE data | 1.1 | Final paragraph added explaining that HESACOURSEID and ILRAIMID should only be used to link to courses that are the embodiment, on the HESA/ILR records, of the course for which a KIS is being produced. |
| 2012-03-29 | 1.2 | Timescales for collection | 1.1 | Timescales document to reflect the latest information, and reference to Widgets. |
| 2012-03-29 | 1.2 | Updating the KIS | 1.1 | Documentation, under the Data collection section, updated to include information regarding submission deadlines. |
| 2012-03-29 | 1.2 | Validation overview | 1.0 | Validation overview documentation added to Data collection section. |
| 2012-03-29 | 1.2 | Summary of business rules | 1.0 | Summary of the business rules added to the Data collection section. |
| 2012-03-29 | 1.2 | COMMIT-stage validation | 1.1 | Updated documentation, including new rules for KISCourse.UCASCOURSEID and HESACourse.HESACOURSEID. |
| 2012-03-29 | 1.2 | Coverage of the record | 1.2 | Documentation updated, including: First paragraph text 'Additionally, courses with a Course.COURSEAIM of M78, M88 and integrated masters courses M22 and M26 should be included'; 'Optional components' section for courses having significant optional elements; Coverage guidance for integrated masters degrees; Courses for which no KIS information is required includes courses where the total FTE of the course is equal to one year that has more than 120 credits; New example to assist in subject level KIS (KISTYPE=3) linking within the KISTYPE 2. |
| 2012-03-29 | 1.2 | Fees and support | 1.1 | Guidance regarding fee data that is added for UCAS courses directly through the KIS, and for courses where students do not pay fees themselves (but is open to applications from everyone) added. |
| 2012-03-29 | 1.2 | HEFCE KIS contacts letter | n/a | Copy of the HEFCE letter (2012-03-09) to KIS contacts added to the Guidance from other organisations section. |
| 2012-03-29 | 1.2 | Frequently asked questions | 1.3 | FAQ document updated with seminar sessions' questions and responses. |
| 2012-03-29 | 1.2 | SFC letter to HEI principals | n/a | Scottish Funding Council (SFC) letter to HEI principals added to Guidance from other organisations section. |
| 2012-01-04 | 1.2 | Validation kit | 1.0 | First release of validation kit (Beta verison) added for C12061. Link added within the Data collection section. |
| 2011-12-15 | 1.1 | KISCourse.UCASCOURSEID | 1.1 | Notes section updated with extra guidance regarding the use of this field. |
| 2011-12-15 | 1.1 | KISCourse.UCASPROGID | 1.1 | Notes section updated with extra guidance regarding the use of this field. |
| 2011-12-15 | 1.1 | Calculation of assessment methods and learning and teaching methods | 1.1 | Guidance clarified on calculations for typical student pathways in the paragraph starting 'Where the process above leads to the inclusion of modules ...' |
| 2011-12-15 | 1.1 | Frequently asked questions | 1.1 | FAQ document updated and new questions 9-43 have been added. |
| 2011-12-15 | 1.1 | Professional, Statutory and Regulatory Bodies (PSRBs) and professional accreditation of undergraduate programmes | 1.1 | Extra guidance regarding the additions process for KIS PSRBs list added to the document. |
| 2011-12-15 | 1.1 | Coverage of the record | 1.1 | Updated document with additional guidance surrounding KISTYPE 1. The return from insitutions in Scotland changed from 'optional' to 'required'. |
| 2011-09-30 | 1.0 | First release of full documentation |
