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
- 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
- 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.
- 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.
- Guidance and support with using 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.
