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HESA FSR with HE-BCI survey collection 2013/14

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HESA FSR with HE-BCI survey collection 2013/14

Data collection schedule


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Version 1.0 Produced 2014-07-30

The document below is designed to guide higher education providers (HEPs) through the stages of data submission for the Finance Statistics Return with HE-BCI Survey.

Please note that the completion of the HE-BCI is now compulsory for all HEPs.

At a glance

From August 2014 Providers' local preparation
October 2014 C13031 preparation guide
Mid November 2014 C13031 data collection opens
13 December 2014 Send HESA copy of published accounts
13 December 2014 Return date
13 December 2014 to 17 January 2015 Data quality checking period
17 January 2015 Last submission
20 January 2015 Sign-off deadline

Detailed requirements

From August 2014: PROVIDERS' LOCAL PREPARATION

 


HEPs should read the C13031 FSR with HE-BCI coding manual and associated documentation for details of the requirements for the return.

If you have any queries with the requirements for C13031 please contact Institutional Liaison at [email protected].


October 2014: C13031 PREPARATION GUIDE



In advance of the main collection HESA releases a preparation guide. This guide provides further guidance of the requirements for the collection year, with particular reference to any areas HESA's statutory customers wish HEPs to pay particular attention to during coding and submission. The preparation guide will be made available at Finance/HE-BCI record circulars.

Notification of the publication of this circular will be sent to the FSR and HE-BCI record contacts at your HEP, and circulated on sector mailgroups such as the HESA-FINANCE JISC mailgroup. If you would like to join this group please contact Institutional Liaison.


Mid November 2014: C13031 DATA COLLECTION OPENS



The C13031 collection database opens on the HESA data collection system a few weeks ahead of the return date providing HEPs with opportunity to test files ahead of the return date deadline.

Both the 13031 FSR and 13032 HE-BCI Part B are required to be submitted in the format of an Excel workbook. The templates for these records should be downloaded from the Downloadable files section of the  C13031 coding manual. Please note that data must be returned to HESA on the templates provided. The 13033 HE-BCI Part A record takes the form of a web survey which will be accessible from the HESA data collection system when the collection opens in November. This form will be pre-populated where relevant with the data submitted by the HEP in last year's survey.

Access and PIN codes for this system will be distributed to the FSR record contact at your HEP when the system opens.

HESA monitors all transactions on the system to ensure HEPs are progressing reasonably and not encountering difficulties. If you require assistance with the submission process, please contact  Institutional Liaison.


13 December 2014: SEND HESA COPY OF PUBLISHED ACCOUNTS



HEPs in Wales and Scotland are requested to send a copy of their published accounts to Institutional Liaison at HESA as soon as they become available, and no later than 13 December 2014. (The published accounts for HEPs in England and Northern Ireland will be forwarded to HESA by HEFCE by this date).


13 December 2014: RETURN DATE

 

HEPs are required to send complete data that has passed commit-stage quality checks to HESA by 13 December 2014.

To meet this deadline HEPs are required to submit and commit all three components: 13031 FSR, 13032 HE-BCI Part B, and 13033 HE-BCI Part A.

HESA FSR with HE-BCI record contacts need to co-ordinate submission of all three components to ensure the deadline is met.

A single validation failure will result in no data being imported into the system. Data which fails will not be considered to have been returned to HESA.



13 December 2014 to 17 January 2015: DATA QUALITY CHECKING PERIOD



A successful COMMIT will generate several reports containing management information that HEPs will need to review to assess data quality. These reports for review are:

white_cd.gif Check documentation This Excel workbook contains a series of tables presenting much of the submitted data to enable HEPs to check that their submission presents their HEP's data as expected. The 13031 FSR check documentation includes a cross-comparison of the use of cost centres between the Staff record, Student record and FSR record. Contacts are encouraged to liaise with colleagues responsible for these other returns to ensure commonality in use of cost centres.
CD_Compare.png Check documentation compare facility This icon is available against every recommit made by the HEP. This icon highlights changes between the two most recently processed commit transactions. Cells highlighted in colour denote a change, by hovering the mouse over this cell the plus/minus difference between the two figures can be viewed. 
Exception.gif Exception report
This report details any COMMIT-stage quality rule errors/warnings triggered by the submission.

HEPs are required to review the reports and to resubmit data in order to resolve data quality issues. HEPs can contact Institutional Liaison throughout this period to request their data is decommitted in order to make adjustments to the submission. The data quality checking period is an iterative process during which HEPs may need to submit, commit, review and decommit their data several times to ensure the final submission is credible.

During this period Data Analysts at HESA will also examine data committed by all HEPs. If any anomalies are found queries will be raised through the Minerva DQ database. Nevertheless HEPs are in a better position to recognise more detailed anomalies within their data, using local knowledge of the intricacies of their own HEP. As a consequence HEPs are required to either resubmit their data to amend these anomalies, or provide an explanation through Minerva as to why these apparent anomalies are genuine.

As part of the quality checking process HESA will also undertake analysis referencing the HEP's published accounts. For HEPs in England and Northern Ireland comparative analysis will also be undertaken referencing the financial tables submitted to HEFCE. HESA FSR and HE-BCI record contacts need to co-ordinate submission of all three components to ensure commonality of reporting.

Upon satisfactory completion of this process data will be set to credible.


17 January 2015: LAST SUBMISSION

 

In order to meet obligations for hand-over of data to its customers, HESA needs to receive all data files by 17 January 2015.

  

20 January 2015: SIGN-OFF

 

As part of the data quality assurance procedures, HESA requires the return to be signed-off by the head or acting head of the HEP. This verification offers both the HEPs and HESA assurances regarding onward use of the data. Sign-off completes the data collection process.


Sign Off Slip
On the system your data will be set to credible and a new icon will be made available from where the sign-off form can be downloaded and completed. Once completed, the form should be scanned and emailed back to [email protected]Please note that the transaction number on the sign-off form must correspond to that of the data being signed-off.

Note: HEPs should download and keep copies of all relevant reports that they are likely to need during the year. This will be necessary as access to the site will be restricted after the collection has closed.

 


Onward use of C13031 Finance record data

 

Following closure of the data collection all data submitted will be passed to HESA's Statutory customers.

Data is also used by HESA in the following ways:
HE Finance Plus
HE Planning Plus
Finances of Higher Education 
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General data enquiries 
HESA mobile App 

Contact Liaison by email or on +44 (0)1242 388 531.