Provider profile record 2015/16
Provider profile record 2015/16
Overview
- Introduction - Background information relating to the collection
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Data specification
- Coverage of the record - The criteria for the return of data in the record
- Data model - Describes the entities included in the record and the relationship between them
- Data items - Directory of all data items collected, and the guidance surrounding them. Displayed by entity, and sortable for ease of searching
- File structure - Describes the physical structure of the record
- C15041.xsd - Schema for the structure of the XML file
- C15041DataTypes.xsd - Schema for the data types used in the XML file
- C15041CodeLists.xsd - Schema for the valid codes for use in the XML file
- Derived field specifications - Contains the list and specifications of the derived fields applied by HESA. Derived fields are by HESA to create populations and groupings for analysis
Further guidance
- Mapping of HESA Cost Centres - A table to aid the mapping of old HESA Cost Centres to new HESA Cost Centres and to REF Units of Assessment
- Enabling Benchmarking Excellence - A report examining the case study findings of the Enabling Benchmarking Excellence Project
- Further guidance on calculating proportions - Guidance on allocating a member of staff to an academic HESA cost centre
Submission process and quality assurance
- Data submission template - A template which will allow the generation of an XML structure for data input into it
- Data collection schedule - Details of the key dates and deadlines for the Provider profile collection
- Quality rules - Validation which enforces the quality of the submitted data
- Quality rules web page - FAQ - A guide which discusses the process of viewing the quality rules
- Validation overview - A document describing quality checks and the various stages when checks are made
- Download validation kit - Contains downloadable validation kit and related help pages. The validation kit allows Business stage validation to be run locally
- Submit data to HESA - Opening page to login to or register for a user account to access the HESA data collection system
- File structures for downloadable files - A document describing the structure of data files which can be downloaded from the data collection system
- Check documentation - A spreadsheet template that can be downloaded from the data collection system, populated with data to be checked at Exception stage
- Check documentation guide - A guide to the check documentation and the checks contained within it
- Fixed database facility Details of the process for submitting corrections to submitted data once the collection closes
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