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

• 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

• Online DLHE Survey System

  Help with completing the control panel and downloading completed questionnaires

• Campus Information System

  Help with the Campus Information System

• 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.

• Student collection

  Help with the Student collection

• Staff collection

  Help with the Staff collection

• Aggregate Offshore collection

  Help the 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.

• DLHE collection report key
• Aggregate Offshore collection 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.

• 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.