Data intelligence

In 2014/15 the University of London returned approximately 2,680 taught masters students in the Aggregate Offshore Record in error. These students were studying with The School of Oriental and African Studies who also returned data about these students.

'Total income' and 'Research grants and contracts income' figures for 2014/15 include an item of exceptional income reported in respect of the Research and Development Expenditure Credit (RDEC) scheme. This amounts to £0.5 billion of exceptional income across the UK sector.

EThames Graduate School Limited, City of London College, London School of Business and Finance and West London College were on teach out at the point the 2015/16 DLHE data was collected. This means that new students were unable to access student support, but existing students were able to continue their studies with access to funding until completing. As a result, DLHE data was not expected to be returned.

The Institute of Education has not returned a figure for SMTESUS - Teaching area covered by the Space Utilisation Survey within their 2012/13 Estates Management record return. They have confirmed that this is due to the provider not having undertaken a recent space utilisation survey and therefore they do not hold sufficiently detailed data on which to calculate their centrally controlled teaching space.

University of Wales Trinity Saint David have informed us that space had been inadvertently mis-labelled in 2013/14 for Teaching NIA total. The correction is as follows: 37204.22

University of Wales Trinity Saint David have informed us that space had been inadvertently mis-labelled in 2014/15 for Teaching NIA total. The corrections is as follows: 35680.6

University of Wales Trinity Saint David have informed us that space had been inadvertently mis-labelled in 2013/14 for Teaching not offices NIA. The correction is as follows: 29,786.32.

University of Wales Trinity Saint David have informed us that space had been inadvertently mis-labelled in 2014/15 for Teaching not offices NIA. The correction is as follows: 28,324.5

King's College London has reported that the significant decrease to data item BNIATE - Teaching not offices percentage of all NIA (net internal area) used for timetabled teaching from 45.3% in 2011/12 to 8% in 2012/13 was due to errors being made in the interpretation of the data item in 2011/12 and before. This figure was previously reported as a percentage of the NIA teaching not offices rather than all NIA used for timetabled teaching.

The University of Leicester misreported term-time address data for 2,000 (52%) first year first degree students in 2015/16. Due to a system error, the term-time postcodes for these students have been incorrectly recorded as their postcodes for summer correspondence. This also affects term-time accommodation data. The 2,000 first year first degree students should have been reported as living in a provider maintained property but instead have been reported under the property type that their summer correspondence postcode relates to, such as a parental/guardian home.

In 2015/16, The University of South Wales undertook a contractual review of contracts for all staff members. This, together with data validation conducted alongside the introduction of a new HR/Payroll system, resulted in adjustments to contract terms and changes to the numbers of employees engaged on permanent or fixed term contracts.

In 2022/23, the Open University changed its terms of employment for one category of academic staff; Associate Lecturers now hold a single permanent contract instead of multiple fixed-term contracts. This change led to an increase in permanent contracts from 1,125 to 5,585 and a decrease in fixed-term contracts from 4,670 to 170.  

The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic was declared in March 2020, part way through the 2019/20 academic year. Depending (among other factors) on the financial year end of each provider, there may have been varying impacts of the pandemic on individual providers’ financial data for 2019/20 into 2021/22.

Loughborough University has misreported a number of items within Table 8 of their 2012/13 Finance Statistics return.  These have been suppressed and show within the data as '..'.  The affected items, with corrected figures, are as follows:

Other operations - Buildings, Total actual spend £000s: 13,816. 

Other operations - Buildings, Internal funds £000s: (12,191).

Total capital expenditure, Total actual spend £000s: 20,863.

Total capital expenditure, Internal funds £000s: (4,851). 

Please note that the following 2012/13 EMR data items will also be affected by this error: FNRCEX - Non-residential capital expenditure buildings; FCEXT - Total capital expenditure buildings.

In 2015/16, Heriot-Watt University misreported their total collaborative research income within Table 1. This figure should have been closer to the 2014/15 figure of £24,124K.

In 2015/16, Heriot-Watt University misreported their total income from Consultancy within Table 2. This figure should have been £3,275K.

In 2014/15, University College London reported in error their Total learner days of CPD/CE courses delivered in HEBCI Table 2 as 20,966. This figure should read 29,966.

In 2014/15, Swansea University have confirmed that they incorrectly reported their (EREGONF) Total renewable energy generated onsite or offsite as 42,160.000 kwh. Their value for Total renewable energy generated onsite or offsite should have been 193,384 kwh.

University of Stirling was not able to supply the data for the year 2020/21 due to its staffing issues. The values have been taken over from 2019/20 since Total scope 1 and 2 carbon emissions (Kg CO2e) is a mandatory field which cannot be left blank.