Student record 2015/16
Student record coding manual
Version 1.0 Produced 2015-09-24
This document outlines the planned dates for the first release of the coding manual documents. These documents may subsequently be updated in the future releases.
Scheduled releases of coding manual
| Release | Description |
| March 2015 | Known changes |
| September 2015 | Release of field information, schemas and supporting documents |
| January 2016 | Release of rolled-on quality rules (the same as the previous collection) and a validation kit to support testing of data against them |
| February and March 2016 | Incremental release of quality rules and validation kit support as they are developed and updated for the current collection |
| April 2016 | First release of data collection schedule, updated quality rules and validation kit, derived fields specifications, downloadable file formats, and the first release of credibility reports |
| May 2016 | Incremental release of quality rules and validation kit support as they are developed and updated for the current collection, release of additional credibility reports |
| June 2016 | Release of data collection documents, release of additional credibility reports |
| July 2016 | Incremental release of quality rules and validation kit support as they are developed and updated for the current collection, release of final credibility reports |
| August 2016 | Maintenance release |
Scheduled releases of coding manual documents
| Section | Document | Released |
| First release of documentation highlighting any major changes over previous collection. | March 2015 | |
| Overview | Introduction | September 2015 |
| Data protection guidance | March 2015 | |
| Specification | Coverage of the record | September 2015 |
| Reduced returns | September 2015 | |
| Data model | September 2015 | |
| Data items | September 2015 | |
| File structure | September 2015 | |
| CYY051.xsd | September 2015 | |
| CYY051DataTypes.xsd | September 2015 | |
| CYY051CodeLists.xsd | September 2015 | |
| Derived field specifications | April 2016 | |
| Specification of the UCAS data for HESA transaction | The UCAS data for HESA (*J) transaction | September 2015 |
| Specification of the UCAS data for HESA (*J) | January 2016 | |
| Further guidance | DLHE - Coverage of the record | January 2016 |
| Understanding student continuity and the UHN link | September 2015 | |
| Further guidance about Early Years Initial Teacher Training (EYITT) programmes | September 2015 | |
| Submission process and quality assurance | Data collection schedule | April 2016 |
| Amalgamation tool | September 2015 | |
| Submit data to HESA | September 2015 | |
| Help with the data collection system | September 2015 | |
| File structures for downloadable files | April 2016 | |
| Understanding the NSS reports | June 2016 | |
| Validation overview | September 2015 | |
| Download validation kit | January 2016 | |
| Quality rules | January - July 2016 | |
| Quality rules web page - FAQ | January 2016 | |
| Fixed database facility | June 2016 | |
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