Alternative provider student record 2015/16
Coding manual release schedule
Version 1.0 Produced 2015-09-30
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 initial quality rules 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 field specifications, 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, downloadable file formats, 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 |
Data model | September 2015 | |
Data items | September 2015 | |
File structure | September 2015 | |
CYY054.xsd | September 2015 | |
CYY054DataTypes.xsd | September 2015 | |
CYY054CodeLists.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 | |
Submission process and quality assurance | Data collection schedule | April 2016 |
File structures for downloadable files | June 2016 | |
Validation overview | September 2015 | |
Quality rules | January - July 2016 | |
Quality rules web page - FAQ | January 2016 | |
Download validation kit | January 2016 | |
Amalgamation tool | September 2015 | |
Credibility reports | April - June 2016 | |
Submit data to HESA | September 2015 | |
Help with the data collection system | September 2015 | |
Fixed database facility | June 2016 |
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