Destinations of Leavers from Higher Education record 2013/14
Revision history
This table lists changes and additions to the record specification and supporting documentation.
| Date | Documentation version |
Element | Element version |
Notes | |
| 2015-03-19 | 1.5 | Check documentation | 1.1 | The Check documentation has been updated to correct a small number of cell references within the Query sheet. | |
| 2015-03-19 | 1.5 | Data supply | 1.1 | The Data supply webpage has been updated to correct the CORE table specification, together with the associated XML Schema and Excel field names. INSTANCEKEY and STUDENTKEY have been changed to uppercase. | |
| 2015-03-19 | 1.5 | Data supply - SIC | 1.1 | The Data supply - SIC webpage has been updated to correct the SIC table file, together with the associated XML Schema and Excel field names. INSTANCEKEY has been changed to uppercase and ZSIC2007_DISCRIPTION has been given a prefix of 'Z'. | |
| 2015-02-27 | 1.4 | All data items | N/A | The data item webpages have been reordered to increase the prominence of the valid entries and labels. | |
| 2015-02-27 | 1.4 | Check documentation | 1.0 | Release of the Check documentation added under the 'Submission process and quality assurance' section of the manual. | |
| 2015-02-27 | 1.4 | Check documentation guide | 1.0 | Release of the Check documentation guide added under the 'Submission process and quality assurance' section of the manual. | |
| 2015-02-27 | 1.4 | Coverage of the record | 1.2 | Additional guidance added to the General definition, clarifying that HEPs are required to survey all leavers in the DLHE population and all the responses received that meet the minimum data requirements must be returned to HESA. | |
| 2015-02-27 | 1.4 | COMMIT-stage validation | 1.0 | Release of the COMMIT-stage validation added under the 'Submission process and quality assurance' section of the manual, with the following changes made since the 2012/13 rules: New rules added: Employment.SALARY.Exception.8 added to provide a warning when leavers have submitted low salaries. Student.MIMPACT.Exception.1 added to provide a warning when leavers have indicated that they are employed but have returned Student.MIMPACT as code 9 'Unemployed'. Amendments to existing rules: Student.ALLACT.Exception.3 amended to replace Student.ALLACT code 3 with the new code 9 'Unemployed'. Student.Teaching.Exception.1 amended to include the new Cyy051.Course.TTCID codes. Student.Teaching.Exception.2 amended to include the new Cyy051.Course.TTCID codes. Employment.PREVEM.Exception.1 amended in line with the change to the field's short name. Employment.SALARY.Exception.2 amended to increase the salary threshold to £11,000. Employment.SALARY.Exception.3 amended to remove the reference to 'working part-time'. Employment.SALARY.Exception.6 amended to exclude leavers that have returned Employment.EMPBASIS codes 01 'Self-employed/freelance', 02 'Starting up own business', 06 'Voluntary work', and 08 'Developing a professional portfolio/creative practice'. Rules deleted: Study.COURSENO.Exception.1 removed in line with the removal of Study.COURSENO. | |
| 2015-02-27 | 1.4 | Derived field specifications | N/A | Release of the Derived field specifications, added under the 'Data specification' section of the manual. | |
| 2015-02-27 | 1.4 | Data supply | 1.0 | Release of the Data supply webpage, added to the 'File structures for downloadable files' under the 'Further guidance' section. | |
| 2015-02-27 | 1.4 | Data supply - SIC | 1.0 | Release of the Data supply - SIC webpage, added to the 'File structures for downloadable files' under the 'Further guidance' section. | |
| 2015-02-27 | 1.4 | Guidance for HEPs | 1.1 | Additional guidance added to Section 3, clarifying that HEPs are required to survey all leavers in the DLHE population and all the responses received that meet the minimum data requirements must be returned to HESA. | |
| 2015-02-27 | 1.4 | Publication categories | 1.1 | The technical specification has been amended to match the derived field XACTIV02. | |
| 2014-10-07 | 1.3 | Employment.PREVEM | 1.2 | Business rule 1 amended so that all references to the field 'Employment.PREVEMP' have been replaced with 'Employment.PREVEM' to ensure that short identifiers are unique across HESA collections. | |
| 2014-10-07 | 1.3 | Employment.PREVWORK | 1.1 | Business rules 2 and 3 amended so that all references to the field 'Employment.PREVEMP' have been replaced with 'Employment.PREVEM' to ensure that short identifiers are unique across HESA collections. | |
| 2014-10-07 | 1.3 | Teaching.GTCSTIS | 1.1 | Business rules 1 and 2 amended so that all references to higher education institution (HEI) have been replaced with higher education provider (HEP). Reference to institution (as a short-hand for higher education institution) has been changed to provider. The change enables HESA to refer collectively to both publicly funded higher education institutions and privately funded alternative providers within its constituency. | |
| 2014-10-07 | 1.3 | Business rules | 1.1 | The Business Rules have been updated for the 2013/14 collection under the 'Submission process and quality assurance' section. Individual changes are listed against each field. Amendments to existing rules: Employment.PREVEM.BusinessRule.1 Employment.PREVWORK.BusinessRule.2 Employment.PREVWORK.BusinessRule.3 Teaching.GTCSTIS.BusinessRule.1 Teaching.GTCSTIS.BusinessRule.2 | |
| 2014-10-07 | 1.3 | Unistats (formerly Teaching Quality Information (TQI)) | N/A | A link to the 2013/14 Student record Unistats (formerly Teaching Quality Information (TQI)) has been added to the File structures for downloadable files. | |
| 2014-10-07 | 1.3 | Validation kit | N/A | A link to the downloadable validation kit and related help pages, allowing insert-stage validation to be run locally, has been added under the 'Submission process and quality assurance' section of the manual. | |
| 2014-08-27 | 1.2 | All data items, valid entries and documents | N/A | References to higher education institution (HEI) have been replaced with higher education provider (HEP). Reference to institution (as a short-hand for higher education institution) has been changed to provider. The change enables HESA to refer collectively to both publicly funded higher education institutions and privately funded alternative providers within its constituency. | |
| 2014-08-27 | 1.2 | Business rules | 1.0 | Release of the Business rules, rolled-on from C12018 unchanged. Added under the 'Submission process and quality assurance' section of the manual. | |
| 2014-08-27 | 1.2 | DLHE target population (POPDLHE) | N/A | A link to the 2013/14 Student record DLHE target population (POPDLHE) has been added to the File structures for downloadable files. | |
| 2014-08-27 | 1.2 | Questionnaires | 1.1 | Documentation for the January 2015 survey in English and Welsh has been added to the Questionnaires webpage. | |
| 2014-08-27 | 1.2 | Text for covering letters and emails | 1.2 | Documentation for the January 2015 survey in English and Welsh has been added to the Text for covering letters and emails webpage. | |
| 2014-08-27 | 1.2 | Timetable | 1.1 | The guidance has been amended to highlight that HEPs should return sign-off forms to HESA via email rather than by post. | |
| 2014-03-27 | 1.1 | All fields, valid entries and documents | N/A | All references to the field 'Employment.PREVEMP' have been replaced with 'Employment.PREVEM' to ensure that short identifiers are unique across HESA collections. | |
| 2014-03-27 | 1.1 | Employment.EMPCOUNTRY | 1.1 | The labels for valid entries BO, LY and VE have changed to 'BO Bolivia [Bolivia, Plurinational State of]', 'LY Libya' and 'VE Venezuela [Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of]' to reflect the ISO-3166-1 and the National Statistics Country Classification (NSCC) standards. Where the label differs from the NSCC, the ISO-3166-1 label is given in square brackets. | |
| 2014-03-27 | 1.1 | Employment.PREVEM | 1.1 | The short identifier has been changed from 'Employment.PREVEMP' to 'Employment.PREVEM' ensuring that short identifiers are unique across HESA collections. | |
| 2014-03-27 | 1.1 | Institution.RECID | 1.1 | The valid entry and label has changed to '13018 2013/14 DLHE record' in line with the collection reference. | |
| 2014-03-27 | 1.1 | Coverage of the record | 1.1 | The exclusions from the DLHE population have been updated to use the Instance.EXCHANGE valid entries from the 2013/14 Student record. | |
| 2014-03-27 | 1.1 | Online DLHE file layout | 1.0 | Release of the Online DLHE file layout, added to the 'File structures for downloadable files' under the 'Further guidance' section. | |
| 2014-03-27 | 1.1 | Text for covering letters and emails | 1.1 | Release of the text for covering letters and emails for the April 2014 survey in English and Welsh, added under the 'Information specific to the collection' section. | |
| 2014-03-27 | 1.1 | Timetable | 1.0 | Release of the Timetable, added under the 'Overview' section. | |
| 2014-02-18 | 1.0 | Employment.EMPBASIS | 1.0 | The label for valid entry 07 has changed to 'On an internship/placement' to state explicitly that work placements are included with internships as a basis of employment. | |
| 2014-02-18 | 1.0 | Employment.EMPIMP | 1.0 | The label for valid entry 2 has changed to 'The level of study' to ensure that the level of study is not restricted to just undergraduate and postgraduate. | |
| 2014-02-18 | 1.0 | Employment.JOBDUTIES | 1.0 | The question has been changed in line with the 'Changes to the questionnaire' document. | |
| 2014-02-18 | 1.0 | Employment.JOBFOUND | 1.0 | The label for valid entry 08 has changed to 'Already worked there (including on an internship/placement)' to accommodate the addition of an example. Valid entry 01 'Your university/college (e.g. Careers Service, lecturer, website)' has been removed to be replaced by the new valid entries 10 'Your university/college Careers Service' and 11 'Other university/college source (e.g. lecturer, website)' to capture university/college careers service separately from other university/college sources. Valid entry 06 'Professional networking' has been removed to be replaced by the new valid entry 12 'Social media/professional networking sites' to capture social media as a source used to find a job. | |
| 2014-02-18 | 1.0 | Employment.JOBTITLE | 1.0 | The question has been changed in line with the 'Changes to the questionnaire' document. | |
| 2014-02-18 | 1.0 | Employment.POSTDOC | 1.0 | The question has been changed in line with the 'Changes to the questionnaire' document. | |
| 2014-02-18 | 1.0 | Employment.SOCDLHE2010 | 1.0 | The question has been changed in line with the 'Changes to the questionnaire' document. | |
| 2014-02-18 | 1.0 | Student.ALLACT | 1.0 | The labels for valid entries 1, 2 and 8 have changed to 'Working full-time (including self-employed/freelance, voluntary or other unpaid work, developing a professional portfolio/creative practice or on an internship/placement)', 'Working part-time (including self-employed/freelance, voluntary or other unpaid work, developing a professional portfolio/creative practice or on an internship/placement)' and 'Doing something else (e.g. retired, looking after home or family)' to accommodate the addition of examples. Valid entry 3 'Unemployed and looking for work' has been removed to be replaced by the new valid entry 9 'Unemployed' to ensure that unemployed leavers are recorded regardless of whether or not they are looking for work. The question has been changed in line with the 'Changes to the questionnaire' document. | |
| 2014-02-18 | 1.0 | Student.HEBUSNEXP | 1.0 | The question has been renumbered following the removal of Study.COURSENO and changed in line with the 'Changes to the questionnaire' document. | |
| 2014-02-18 | 1.0 | Student.HESTUDYEXP | 1.0 | The question has been renumbered following the removal of Study.COURSENO and changed in line with the 'Changes to the questionnaire' document. | |
| 2014-02-18 | 1.0 | Student.HEWORKEXP | 1.0 | The question has been renumbered following the removal of Study.COURSENO and changed in line with the 'Changes to the questionnaire' document. | |
| 2014-02-18 | 1.0 | Student.MIMPACT | 1.0 | The labels for valid entries 1, 2 and 8 have changed to 'Working full-time (including self-employed/freelance, voluntary or other unpaid work, developing a professional portfolio/creative practice or on an internship/placement)', 'Working part-time (including self-employed/freelance, voluntary or other unpaid work, developing a professional portfolio/creative practice or on an internship/placement)' and 'Doing something else (e.g. retired, looking after home or family)' to accommodate the addition of examples. Valid entry 3 'Unemployed and looking for work' has been removed to be replaced by the new valid entry 9 'Unemployed' to ensure that unemployed leavers are returned regardless of whether or not they are looking for work. The question has been changed in line with the 'Changes to the questionnaire' document. | |
| 2014-02-18 | 1.0 | Study.COURSENAME | 1.0 | The question has been renumbered following the removal of Study.COURSENO in line with the 'Changes to the questionnaire' document. | |
| 2014-02-18 | 1.0 | Study.COURSENO | 1.0 | Study.COURSENO has been removed from the record following assessment of the data from the C11018 collection. | |
| 2014-02-18 | 1.0 | Study.JACS | 1.0 | The letter casing on the labels for valid entries C900 'Others in Biological sciences' and I900 'Others in Computer sciences' have changed to C900 'Others in biological sciences' and I900 'Others in computer sciences' to align with the JACS3 standard. The question has been renumbered following the removal of Study.COURSENO in line with the 'Changes to the questionnaire' document. | |
| 2014-02-18 | 1.0 | Study.STUDYFUND | 1.0 | The question has been renumbered following the removal of Study.COURSENO in line with the 'Changes to the questionnaire' document. | |
| 2014-02-18 | 1.0 | Study.SUBJECT | 1.0 | The question has been renumbered following the removal of Study.COURSENO in line with the 'Changes to the questionnaire' document. | |
| 2014-02-18 | 1.0 | Study.TYPEQUAL | 1.0 | The labels for valid entries 02, 04 and 06 have changed to 'Higher degree, mainly by taught course (e.g. MA, MSc, MBA)', 'First degree (e.g. BA, BSc, MBChB, MEng)' and 'Professional qualification (e.g. ACA, Charted Institute of Marketing)' to accommodate changes to the examples. The question has been renumbered following the removal of Study.COURSENO in line with the 'Changes to the questionnaire' document. | |
| 2014-02-18 | 1.0 | Study.UCNAME | 1.0 | The question has been renumbered following the removal of Study.COURSENO in line with the 'Changes to the questionnaire' document. | |
| 2014-02-18 | 1.0 | Study.UCPROV | 1.0 | The question has been renumbered following the removal of Study.COURSENO in line with the 'Changes to the questionnaire' document. | |
| 2014-02-18 | 1.0 | Teaching.SEEKTEACH | 1.0 | The question has been changed in line with the 'Changes to the questionnaire' document. | |
| 2014-02-18 | 1.0 | Changes to the questionnaire | 1.0 | Release of the Changes to the questionnaire document, added under the 'Further guidance' section. | |
| 2014-02-18 | 1.0 | Guidance for HEPs | 1.0 | Additional guidance added to section 3.10, clarifying when HEPs should and should not contact a leaver multiple times. Additional guidance added to section 4, explaining that if more than one response is received HEPs should submit the latest or most complete version of a questionnaire to HESA. Additional guidance added to section 6.1, informing HEPs of the expectations around non-EU response rates. | |
| 2014-02-18 | 1.0 | Questionnaires | 1.0 | Release of the questionnaires for the April 2014 survey in English and Welsh, added under the 'Information specific to the collection' section. | |
| 2014-02-18 | 1.0 | C13018.xsd | n/a | The sequence of fields within the C13018.xsd file has been re-ordered moving Student.HUSID to the start of the sequence for the Institution.Student entity. | |
| 2014-02-18 | 1.0 | First release of full documentation |
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