KIS record 2013/14
KIS record 2013/14Revision history |
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This table lists changes and additions to the record specification and supporting documentation.
| Date |
Documentation version |
Element |
Element version |
Notes |
| 2014-05-07 | 1.14 | List of KIS Course Aims | 1.11 | KISAIM 141 added to the lookup table. |
| 2014-01-21 | 1.13 | Accreditation information table | 1.7 | The URL for accrediting body 108 'National Council for the Training of Journalists (NCTJ)' has been updated.
The Accreditation.ACCTYPE 09905 has been added for accrediting body 099 'Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE)'. Changes have been made to the existing accreditation type texts and URLs for Accrediting body 069 'Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC)', an additional ACCTYPE 06916 has also been added for this accrediting body. |
| 2014-01-21 | 1.13 | List of KIS Course Aims | 1.10 | KISAIM 140 added to the lookup table. |
| 2013-09-27 | 1.12 | Accreditation information table | 1.6 | Changes have been made to the accreditation type text of accrediting body 059 'General Medical Council (GMC)'. Changes have been made to the accreditation type text of accrediting body 131 'Creative Skillset'. The accrediting body 095 'Institution of Engineering Designers (IED)' and associated ACCTYPE 09504 has been added to the Accreditation information table. |
| 2013-09-27 | 1.12 | List of KIS Course Aims | 1.9 | KISAIM 136 changed from 'M.B.B.Chir' to 'MB,BChir'. KISAIMs 137-139 added to the lookup table. |
| 2013-09-27 | 1.12 | Unistats dataset file structure and description | 1.3 | Unistats dataset structure image added for information. |
| 2013-09-27 | 1.12 | Unistats output file and check documentation definitions | 1.4 | Document updated with changes including: Addition of the Unistats structure diagram for 2013/14; Clarification that Institution refers to the 'reporting' institution; Note added to PUBUKPRN to clarify this is the the institution where the course is primarily taught or reporting institution if taught at multiple institutions, and therefore unique; Note added to JobType entity fields regarding the change in SOC coding frames between 2010/11 and 2011/12 and the effect this has on aggregation; Employment Statistics section amended to include only undergraduate COURSEAIMs. |
| 2013-09-19 | 1.11 | Location.LOCNAME | 1.2 | Additional guidance added to address user issues when searching for location-specific data, including an image to further clarify this procedure. |
| 2013-09-19 | 1.11 | Location.LOCNAMEW | 1.2 | Additional guidance added to address user issues when searching for location-specific data, including an image to further clarify this procedure. |
| 2013-09-19 | 1.11 | Unistats output schema | n/a | The following nine salary fields have been increased from field length 5 to 6: LDLQ, LDMED, LDUQ, LQ, MED, UQ, INSTLQ, INSTMED and INSTUQ. |
| 2013-09-19 | 1.11 | Unistats output file and check documentation definitions | 1.1 | The following nine salary fields have been increased from field length 5 to 6: LDLQ, LDMED, LDUQ, LQ, MED, UQ, INSTLQ, INSTMED and INSTUQ. |
| 2013-09-19 | 1.11 | Unistats dataset file structure and description | 1.2 | The following nine salary fields have been increased from field length 5 to 6: LDLQ, LDMED, LDUQ, LQ, MED, UQ, INSTLQ, INSTMED and INSTUQ. |
| 2013-08-20 | 1.10 | KISCourse.FEETBC | 1.1 | KISCourse.FEETBC Business rule 6 added for specific process. |
| 2013-08-20 | 1.10 | KISCourse.HONOURS | 1.3 | KISCourse.KISAIM 130 'FdA' added to KISCourse.HONOURS Business rule 3. |
| 2013-08-20 | 1.10 | KISCourse.KISCOURSEID | 1.1 | Guidance added clarifying that spaces are not a valid format and cannot be returned in this field. |
| 2013-08-20 | 1.10 | Coverage of the record | 1.2 | Guidance added regarding returning courses that link to multiple HESA/ILR courses with different KISCourse.JACS codes. |
| 2013-08-20 | 1.10 | Fees and support | 1.1 | Guidance added to explain how fees will be rounded down to the nearest pound for non-integer values. |
| 2013-08-20 | 1.10 | List of KIS Course Aims | 1.8 | Guidance added stating the deadline for new KISAIMs to be included in the List of KIS Course Aims to be 13th September. |
| 2013-08-20 | 1.10 | Summary of business rules | 1.5 |
The following business rules have been amended: KISCourse.HONOURS.3 The following business rules have been added: KISCourse.FEETBC.6 |
| 2013-08-07 | 1.9 | List of KIS Course Aims | 1.7 | KISAIMs 130-136 added to the look up table. |
| 2013-07-31 | 1.8 | Check documentation 2 template | 1.3 | Updated to ensure the correct ordering of columns in the DLHE_Employment tab. |
| 2013-07-31 | 1.8 | COMMIT-stage validation | 1.4 | KISCourse.UCASCOURSEID.Exception.1 updated to exclude UKPRN 10007773. |
| 2013-07-31 | 1.8 | Accreditation information table | 1.5 | The accrediting body 043 'Chartered Insurance Institute (CII)' and associated ACCTYPE 04301, has been added back in to the Accreditation information table, after being removed in error. |
| 2013-07-31 | 1.8 | Unistats output schema | n/a | ACCTEXT and ACCTEXTW have had the maximum length values changed to 4000 to adhere to current database standards. |
| 2013-07-18 | 1.7 | KISCourse.HONOURS | 1.2 | KISCourse.KISAIM 126 'Graduate Diploma' added to business rule 3. |
| 2013-07-18 | 1.7 | Check documentation 2 template | 1.2 | Updated to include all worksheets for the inclusion of the DLHE and NSS data. |
| 2013-07-18 | 1.7 | COMMIT-stage validation | 1.3 | KISCourse.RELATEDKIS.Exception.7 and KISCourse.RELATEDKIS.Exception.8 have been added to ensure a KIS has a comparable TEACHUKPRN in each related KIS. |
| 2013-07-18 | 1.7 | File structure for UCAS fees report | 1.3 | References to KISCourse removed from; UCASPROGID, FEETBC, ENGFEE, SCOTFEE, WAFEE, NIFEE, WAIVER, MEANSSUP, OTHSUP and VARFEE as this information will be received from the incoming UCAS file and not the submitted KIS file. Category 3 'no match in KIS data' removed as this will not be displayed on the HESA data collection system. |
| 2013-07-18 | 1.7 | File structure for UCAS fees comparison report | 1.2 | Labels have been updated from 'incoming' to 'most recent', e.g. ENGFEE_I becomes ENGFEE_M. |
| 2013-07-18 | 1.7 | List of KIS Course Aims | 1.6 | KISAIMs 127-129 added to the look up table. |
| 2013-07-18 | 1.7 | Summary of business rules | 1.4 |
The following business rules have been amended: KISCourse.HONOURS.3 |
| 2013-07-18 | 1.7 | Unistats output file and check documentation definitions | 1.0 | First release of the Unistats output file and check documentation definitions document, added under the Download dataset section. |
| 2013-07-18 | 1.7 | Unistats-stage validation | 1.1 | KISCourse.KISCOURSEID.Unistats.1, 2 and 3 have been amended to ensure that KIS Courses approved to have extended JACS coding are either aggregated at course level, or do not have enough information to publish. |
| 2013-07-08 | 1.6 | KISCourse.LOCID | 1.2 | Guidance removed regarding matching LOCID in KIS with Campus.CAMPID in the Institution profile record, as it is not relevant. |
| 2013-07-08 | 1.6 | Location.LOCID | 1.1 | Guidance removed regarding matching LOCID in KIS with Campus.CAMPID in the Institution profile record, as it is not relevant. |
| 2013-07-08 | 1.6 | Accreditation information table | 1.4 | The Accreditation.ACCTYPEs 01101-01109 for accrediting body 011 'BCS, the Chartered Institute for IT' have changed to state 'Accredited by...' instead of 'Recognised by...'. The URLs for Accreditation.ACCTYPEs 01101, 01102, 01103, 01106 and 01107 have been updated. The URLs for accrediting body 001 'Architects Registration Board (ARB)' have been updated. |
| 2013-07-08 | 1.6 | Accreditation information csv file | n/a | The Accreditation.ACCTYPE for accrediting body 046 'Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (CSP)', has been changed to 04601, to match what is stated in the coding manual. |
| 2013-07-08 | 1.6 | Check documentation 2 template | 1.1 | Minor changes made to formatting and text throughout the template. |
| 2013-07-08 | 1.6 | COMMIT-stage validation | 1.2 | KISCourse.UCASCOURSEID.Exception.15 added to ensure that the UCAS fee data can be linked uniquely. KISCourse.UCASCOURSEID.Exception.3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14 have been amended to allow for the linking, where applicable, with KISCourse.KISCOURSEID. |
| 2013-07-08 | 1.6 | File structure for UCAS fees report | 1.2 | KISCourse.KISCOURSEID and UCAS KISCOURSEID added to the file structure, to allow unique linking of the UCAS fees information. |
| 2013-07-08 | 1.6 | List of KIS Course Aims | 1.5 | KISAIM 126 added to the look up table. |
| 2013-07-08 | 1.6 | Unistats output schema | n/a | KISCourse.SBJ has had its maximum occurrences changed to "unbounded" to cater for multiple subject courses. Maximum occurrences changed to "3" for ULOWER, ULEFT, UGAINED and UDORMANT. |
| 2013-06-18 | 1.5 | KISCourse.TITLE | 1.2 | Business rule 1 updated to make this field optional where KISCourse.KISAIM equals 039, 044, 045, 083, 085 and 086. Guidance added to support this. |
| 2013-06-18 | 1.5 | KISCourse.TITLEW | 1.3 | Business rule 1 updated to make this field optional where KISCourse.KISAIM equals 039, 044, 045, 083, 085 and 086. Guidance added to support this. |
| 2013-06-18 | 1.5 | Location.LATITUDE | 1.1 | Guidance expanded to include finding the latitude of a location using a postcode. |
| 2013-06-18 | 1.5 | Location.LONGITUDE | 1.1 | Guidance expanded to include finding the longitude of a location using a postcode. |
| 2013-06-18 | 1.5 | Accreditation information table | 1.3 | Accreditation.ACCTYPE 11101 has been removed from the Accreditation information table as it is no longer applicable. Accreditation.ACCTYPEs 11102-11106 have been added to the Accreditation information table for the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC). Accrediting body 090 'Institute of Water' and associated Accreditation.ACCTYPEs 09001 and 09002 have been removed from the Accreditation information table as they do not accredit any courses. |
| 2013-06-18 | 1.5 | Calculation of assessment methods and learning and teaching methods | 1.3 | Guidance added surrounding scheduled activity time and time allocated for travel between buildings. |
| 2013-06-18 | 1.5 | File structure for UCAS fees report | 1.1 | Reference to UCASLegacyCourseCode replaced with UCASCourseIdentifier, as either the current or legacy course code will be displayed. |
| 2013-06-18 | 1.5 | File structure for UCAS fees comparison report | 1.1 | UCASCOURSEID_I added to the structure, to identify the UCAS course code from the incoming UCAS file. |
| 2013-06-18 | 1.5 | List of KIS Course Aims | 1.4 | KISAIMs 119 - 125 added to the look up table. |
| 2013-06-18 | 1.5 | Summary of business rules | 1.3 |
The following business rules have been amended: KISCourse.TITLE.1 KISCourse.TITLEW.1 |
| 2013-06-18 | 1.5 | Unistats dataset file structure and description | 1.1 | Accreditation.ACCTEXTW and KISCourse.UCASPROGID added to the table. |
| 2013-06-18 | 1.5 | Unistats widget user guide | 1.0 | First release of the Unistats widget user guide, added under the Guidance from other organisations section. |
| 2013-05-29 | 1.4 | HESACourse.REGUKPRN | 1.1 | Reason required amended to reflect the current requirement of the field. |
| 2013-05-29 | 1.4 | ILRAims.REGUKPRN | 1.1 | Reason required amended to reflect the current requirement of the field. |
| 2013-05-29 | 1.4 | KISCourse.FOUNDATION | 1.1 | Additional guidance added clarifying when a foundation year can be considered as higher education. Further guidance added in returning a single foundation year that can lead onto a range of full higher education qualifications. |
| 2013-05-29 | 1.4 | KISCourse.LOCCHNGE | 1.2 | Business rule 3 added to say that this field must not exist where the course is only available through distance learning. Business rule 1 changed to include KISCourse.DISTANCE = 0. |
| 2013-05-29 | 1.4 | KISCourse.LOCID | 1.1 | Business rule 3 added to say that this field must not exist for any KISTYPE 3. Business rule 4 added to say that this field must not exist where the course is only available through distance learning. |
| 2013-05-29 | 1.4 | Accreditation information table | 1.2 | Accrediting body 113 'Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills (Ofsted)' (and associated Accreditation.ACCTYPE 11301) has been removed from the accreditation information table as they do not fit the accreditation criteria. |
| 2013-05-29 | 1.4 | Check documentation 1 template | 1.1 | Changes made to 'Mode' column heading in the 'Potential_KIS_Courses' tab. |
| 2013-05-29 | 1.4 | Check documentation 2 template | 1.0 | First release of the Check documentation 2 template, added under the Data collection section. |
| 2013-05-29 | 1.4 | COMMIT-stage validation | 1.1 | KISCourse.LEVEL.Exception.1 and KISCourse.LEVEL.Exception.2 have been updated to include KISCourse.KISAIM in the mapping. |
| 2013-05-29 | 1.4 | File structure for UCAS fees report | 1.0 | First release of the File structure for UCAS fees report added under the Additional guidance section. |
| 2013-05-29 | 1.4 | File structure for UCAS fees comparison report | 1.0 | First release of the File structure for UCAS fees comparison report added under the Additional guidance section. |
| 2013-05-29 | 1.4 | Inclusion of NSS and DLHE data | 1.1 | Document updated to include references to the HESA Student record. |
| 2013-05-29 | 1.4 | List of KIS Course Aims | 1.3 | KISAIMs 109 - 118 added to the look up table. |
| 2013-05-29 | 1.4 | Summary of business rules | 1.2 | The following business rules have been added: KISCourse.LOCCHNGE.3 KISCourse.LOCID.3 KISCourse.LOCID.4 The following business rules have been ammended: KISCourse.LOCCHNGE.1 |
| 2013-05-29 | 1.4 | Unistats dataset file structure and description | 1.0 | First release of the Unistats dataset file structure and description added under the Download dataset section. |
| 2013-05-29 | 1.4 | Unistats output schema | 1.0 | First release of the Unistats output schema added under the Download dataset section. |
| 2013-05-29 | 1.4 | Unistats-stage validation | 1.0 | First release of the Unistats-stage validation added under the Data collection section. |
| 2013-04-29 | 1.3 | Accreditation.ACCTYPE | 1.2 | References to the 'List of accrediting bodies' changed to the 'Accreditation information table'. |
| 2013-04-29 | 1.3 | Institution.Location | 1.2 | Guidance added regarding the return of two locations that exist within 1km of each other. |
| 2013-04-29 | 1.3 | KISCourse.HESACourse | 1.1 | Guidance added expanding on linking to HESA courses. |
| 2013-04-29 | 1.3 | KISCourse.ILRAims | 1.1 | Guidance added expanding on linking to ILR courses. |
| 2013-04-29 | 1.3 | KISCourse.KISTYPE | 1.1 | Business rule 2 changed to include KISCourse.TEACHUKPRNs in the combination that must be unique within the KIS file returned. |
| 2013-04-29 | 1.3 | KISCourse.LOCCHNGE | 1.1 | Coverage updated to exclude distance learning courses. Guidance expanded to explain what a change in location means. |
| 2013-04-29 | 1.3 | KISCourse.SANDWICH | 1.2 | Guidance added to the Notes where a student can choose between study or work on a compulsory year abroad. |
| 2013-04-29 | 1.3 | KISCourse.YEARABROAD | 1.2 | Guidance added to the Notes where a student can choose between study or work on a compulsory year abroad. |
| 2013-04-29 | 1.3 | Accommodation costs | 1.2 | Guidance updated, and an example added for the calculation of quartile cost of accommodation. |
| 2013-04-29 | 1.3 | Accreditation information table | 1.1 | Accrediting body 043 'The Chartered Insurance Institute (CII)' (and associated Accreditation.ACCTYPE 04301) has been removed from the accreditation information table as they do not fit the accreditation criteria. Accrediting body 185 'Chartered Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management (CIEEM)' has been added to the accreditation information table after consultation of the evidence for accreditation. Accrediting body 055 'European Quality Improvement System (EQUIS)' has changed its name to 'EFMD Quality Improvement System'. Accrediting body 139 'Teaching Agency, the' has changed its name to 'National College for Teaching and Leadership (NCTL)'. 'List of accrediting bodies' has changed its name to 'Accreditation information table'. Link to download the information as a .csv file added. A list of accrediting bodies not included in C13061 has been added to the Accreditation information table page. |
| 2013-04-29 | 1.3 | Calculation of assessment methods and learning and teaching methods | 1.2 | The following sections have had guidance updates: Seminar, Tutorial, Guided independent study, Assessment methods, Written exam, Practical skills assessment. |
| 2013-04-29 | 1.3 | Check documentation 1 template | 1.0 | First release of the Check documentation 1 template, added under the Data collection section. |
| 2013-04-29 | 1.3 | COMMIT-stage validation | 1.0 | First release of the COMMIT-stage validation, added under the Data collection section. |
| 2013-04-29 | 1.3 | Data Model | 1.1 | Location to KISCourse relationship updated to fall in line with current requirements. | 2013-04-29 | 1.3 | C13061DataTypes.xsd | n/a | URLType maximum length constraint added to enforce the following URL field lengths:
Institution.SUURL, Institution.SUURLW, KISCourse.ASSURL, KISCourse.ASSURLW, KISCourse.CRSEURL, KISCourse.CRSEURLW, KISCourse.EMPLOYURL, KISCourse.EMPLOYURLW, KISCourse.LTURL, KISCourse.LTURLW, KISCourse.SUPPORTURL, KISCourse.SUPPORTURLW, Accreditation.ACCDEPENDURL, Accreditation.ACCDEPENDURLW, Location.ACCOMURL, Location.ACCOMURLW, Location.SUURL and Location.SUURLW. |
| 2013-04-29 | 1.3 | List of KIS Course Aims | 1.2 | KISAIMs 103 - 108 added to the look up table. |
| 2013-04-29 | 1.3 | Process for adding new PSRBs to the accreditation information table | 1.1 | This document has changed it's name from 'Process for adding new PSRBs to the list of accrediting bodies' has changed its name to 'Process for adding new PSRBs to the accreditation information table'. |
| 2013-04-29 | 1.3 | Statement about PSRBs and accreditation for the KIS Technical Guidance | 1.2 | References to the 'List of accrediting bodies' has changed to 'Accreditation information table'. |
| 2013-04-29 | 1.3 | Summary of business rules | 1.1 | KISCourse.KISTYPE business rule 2 changed to include KISCourse.TEACHUKPRNs in the combination that must be unique within the KIS file returned. |
| 2013-04-29 | 1.3 | Timescales for collection | 1.1 | Timescales updated to include further information surrounding the collection. |
| 2013-04-29 | 1.3 | Validation overview | 1.0 | First release of the Validation overview, added under the Data collection section. |
| 2013-03-21 | 1.2 | Accreditation.ACCTYPE | 1.1 | Additional guidance added to the Notes regarding the return of Councils and Joint accrediting boards and bodies. |
| 2013-03-21 | 1.2 | HESACourse.HESAYEAR | 1.1 | Guidance updated in the Notes to explain the requirement to return multiple HESACourse entities to represent multiple years of data. |
| 2013-03-21 | 1.2 | ILRAims.ILRYEAR | 1.1 | Guidance updated in the Notes to explain the requirement to return multiple ILRAims entities to represent multiple years of data. |
| 2013-03-21 | 1.2 | Institution.Location | 1.1 | Maximum occurrences changed to 100 to match the maximum number of locations allowed for a single KISCourse. |
| 2013-03-21 | 1.2 | Institution.SUURL | 1.1 | Guidance in the Notes expanded for institutions that do not specifically have a student's union, and further information added regarding Location.SUURL. |
| 2013-03-21 | 1.2 | Institution.SUURLW | 1.1 | Guidance in the Notes expanded for institutions that do not specifically have a student's union. |
| 2013-03-21 | 1.2 | KISCourse.HONOURS | 1.1 | Example in the Notes changed to 000 'BA' to reflect change in field length in KISCourse.KISAIM. |
| 2013-03-21 | 1.2 | KISCourse.KISAIM | 1.1 | Field length increased to 3 with a corresponding data type change to KISAIMType to allow further KISCourse.KISAIMs to be used. Example in the Notes changed to 000 'BA' to reflect change in field length. |
| 2013-03-21 | 1.2 | KISCourse.LDCS | 1.1 | Coverage and Notes updated to state that this field must be returned where no ILRAims or HESACourse entities exist. |
| 2013-03-21 | 1.2 | KISCourse.SANDWICH | 1.1 | Guidance added regarding courses offered both part-time and full-time, where sandwich placements are offered on both. |
| 2013-03-21 | 1.2 | KISCourse.TITLE | 1.1 | Guidance on what text cannot be included as part of the course title has been added to the Notes. Example in the Notes changed to 000 'BA' to reflect change in field length in KISCourse.KISAIM. |
| 2013-03-21 | 1.2 | KISCourse.TITLEW | 1.2 | Guidance on what text cannot be included as part of the course title has been added to the Notes. Example in the Notes changed to 000 'BA' to reflect change in field length in KISCourse.KISAIM. |
| 2013-03-21 | 1.2 | KISCourse.UKPRNAPPLY | 1.1 | Maximum occurrences changed from 100 to 1. Guidance regarding the return of multiple occurrences of this field has been removed as it is no longer applicable. Guidance added to reflect where a student applies through one institution, but is taught at another. |
| 2013-03-21 | 1.2 | KISCourse.YEARABROAD | 1.1 | Guidance added regarding courses offered both part-time and full-time, where years abroad are offered on both. |
| 2013-03-21 | 1.2 | Location.INSTLOWER | 1.1 | Link to further accommodation guidance added to the Notes. |
| 2013-03-21 | 1.2 | Location.INSTUPPER | 1.1 | Link to further accommodation guidance added to the Notes. |
| 2013-03-21 | 1.2 | Location.LOCNAME | 1.1 | Data type changed to restrict the character length to 100. |
| 2013-03-21 | 1.2 | Location.LOCNAMEW | 1.1 | Data type changed to restrict the character length to 100. |
| 2013-03-21 | 1.2 | Location.PRIVATELOWER | 1.1 | Link to further accommodation guidance added to the Notes. |
| 2013-03-21 | 1.2 | Location.PRIVATEUPPER | 1.1 | Link to further accommodation guidance added to the Notes. |
| 2013-03-21 | 1.2 | Location.SUURL | 1.0 | Student Union URL field added to the Location entity to reflect courses taught at different locations. |
| 2013-03-21 | 1.2 | Location.SUURLW | 1.0 | Student Union URL - Welsh field added to the Location entity to reflect courses taught at different locations. |
| 2013-03-21 | 1.2 | Accommodation costs | 1.1 | Guidance updated for the calculation of quartiles of private sector accommodation. Year reference changed from 2012/13 to 2013/14. |
| 2013-03-21 | 1.2 | Business rules | 1.0 | First release of the business rules, added under the Data collection section |
| 2013-03-21 | 1.2 | Validation kit | 1.0 | First release of the validation kit, added under the Data collection section |
| 2013-03-21 | 1.2 | Calculations of assessment and learning and teaching methods | 1.1 | Further guidance on courses that dictate students should spend significantly more than 10 hours per credit on placement, and further guidance on reporting clinical placement that takes up a significant proportion of scheduled activity has been added to the placement section . Additional guidance on the inclusion of sketchbooks, large scale design work, exhibitions or portfolios to be included as coursework and not assessment. |
| 2013-03-21 | 1.2 | Collaborative provision | 1.1 | Example 17 added to explain the scenario where students start at institution B and end at institution A, where the course was new last year, so no students are currently studying at institution A. |
| 2013-03-21 | 1.2 | Coverage of the record | 1.1 | Guidance on who is responsible for the return of the KIS updated to reflect the requirements of the 2013/14 KIS record. |
| 2013-03-21 | 1.2 | C13061DataTypes.xsd | n/a | KISAIMType pattern value changed from length of 2 to a length of 3, to match the length of KISCourse.KISAIM. |
| 2013-03-21 | 1.2 | Field summary by KISTYPE and UCAS status | 1.2 | Student Union URL and Student Union URL - Welsh fields repeated in the Location entity to reflect courses taught at different locations. |
| 2013-03-21 | 1.2 | List of accrediting bodies | 1.0 | First release of the accrediting bodies and the corresponding accreditation types. |
| 2013-03-21 | 1.2 | List of KIS Course Aims | 1.1 | KISAIMs 081 - 102 added to the look up table. Code 037 'HNC' and 069 'MNgt' removed as they are not applicable for the KIS. The corresponding Level of each KISAIM has been added as a .csv file for mapping, to aid linking between courses. Long names added for information only. |
| 2013-03-21 | 1.2 | Statement about PSRBs and accreditation for the KIS Technical Guidance | 1.1 | Link to additional guidance added under '2. Additions to the list' section regarding the process for adding new PSRBs as new accrediting bodies for the purpose of the KIS. |
| 2013-03-21 | 1.2 | Unistats data collection diagram | 1.0 | Unistats data collection diagram added under the Data collection section to aid institutional planning. |
| 2013-03-21 | 1.2 | Year to which fields relate | 1.1 | Student Union URL and Student Union URL - Welsh fields repeated in the Location entity to reflect courses taught at different locations. |
| 2013-02-14 | 1.1 | KISCourse.KISMODE | 1.1 | Coverage updated to include all KISCourses, minimum occurrences changed to 1 to reflect this. |
| 2013-02-14 | 1.1 | KISCourse.TEACHUKPRN | 1.1 | Coverage updated to include all KISCourses. Further guidance on returning new courses added to the Notes. |
| 2013-02-14 | 1.1 | KISCourse.TITLEW | 1.1 | Data type changed to restrict the character length to 255. |
| 2013-02-14 | 1.1 | Location.LOCNAME | 1.1 | Data type changed to restrict the character length to 100. |
| 2013-02-14 | 1.1 | Location.LOCNAMEW | 1.1 | Data type changed to restrict the character length to 100. |
| 2013-02-14 | 1.1 | C13061DataTypes.xsd | n/a | New Data type LOCNAMEType created for use in Location.LOCNAME and Location.LOCNAMEW. Data type for KISCourse.TITLEW changed to match KISCourse.TITLE. |
| 2013-02-14 | 1.1 | Field summary by KISTYPE and UCAS status | 1.1 | KISCourse.KISMODE and KISCourse.TEACHUKPRN are now required for all KISCourses. |
| 2012-12-20 | 1.0 | Summary of changes since 2012/13 | 1.0 | Summary of changes since the 2012/13 collection. |
| 2012-12-20 | 1.0 | First release of full documentation. |
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