Help with the data collection system

User guides

These guides offer assistance in completing the returns to HESA using the data collection system and Minerva.

• Registration

  How to register for the HESA data collection system

• Institution Profile collection

  Help with the Institution Profile collection

• KIS collection

  Help with the KIS collection

• Student collection

  Help with the Student collection

• ITT In-year collection

  Help with the ITT In-year collection

• DLHE Collection

  Help with the DLHE collection

• Estates Management Statistics

  Help with the Estates Management Statistics collection

• DLHE Online Survey System

  Setting up the control panel and downloading responses

• Pre-Collection Validation Systems - Staff and Student

  The Pre-Collection Validation Systems (PCVS) provide an opportunity for institutions to expose their data to the full range of validation checks before the data collection system opens.

• Staff collection

  Help with the Staff collection

• Aggregate Offshore collection

  Help with the Aggregate Offshore collection

• Finance Statistics Return (FSR) with Higher Education-Business Community Interaction (HE-BCI) Survey

  Help with the Finance Statistics Return (FSR) with Higher Education-Business Community Interaction (HE-BCI) Survey collection

• Minerva user guide

  Help using the Minerva data quality database

Report keys

The report keys provide a list and detail of the reports generated on the data collection system at both insert and commit stage.

• Institution profile record report key
• KIS record report key
• DLHE collection report key
• Aggregate Offshore record report key
• EMS collection report key
• FSR with HE-BCI Survey collection report key
• Student collection report key
• Staff collection report key

Technical assistance

These documents offer technical help with the data collection system.

• Understanding schema errors
• Guidance and support with using XML

  This includes copies of the schema tree files and an introduction to XML

• Data entry problem with Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.0
• HESA Data Collection System - FAQ
• Technical formats
• HESA Data Collection System - Conditions of Use

  Terms and conditions for the use of the submit system

• Importing CSV formatted data into Microsoft Excel

  Guidance for importing CSV formatted data into Microsoft Excel

• Upload Problem with Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0

  Guidance for users of Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0

Known issues

The pages listed below detail any known issues in the validation for each record.

• Known issues with the C13061 KIS record
• Known issues with the C12051 Student record
• Known issues with the C12025 Staff record
• Known issues with the C12061 KIS record
• Known issues with the C11018 DLHE record