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KIS record 2015/16

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This table lists changes and additions to the record specification and supporting documentation.

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Version 1.10 (2016-02-08)Back to top

Element Element version Notes
Accreditation information table 1.6 The following changes have been made to the list:
  • The URL for ACCTYPE 09510 relating to the Institution of Engineering Designers (IED) has been amended.
  • ACCTYPE 09512 has been removed.
  • ACCTYPE 19001 has been removed due to the closure of The College of Social Work.

Version 1.9 (2015-11-06)Back to top

Element Element version Notes
CourseLocation.LOCID 1.2 Guidance amended to clarify which location should be returned in the event that the student's first year of the course is split evenly between sites.
Accreditation information table 1.5 The following changes have been made to the list:
  • The URL for ACCTYPE 06801 relating to the Geological Society has been amended.
  • The URL and ACCTYPE text for ACCTYPE 03501 relating to the Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) has been amended.
  • The URL for ACCTYPE 12201 relating to the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has been amended.
List of KIS Course Aims 1.4 KISAIM 164 has been added to the lookup table.

Version 1.8 (2015-09-22)Back to top

Element Element version Notes
Accreditation information table 1.4 The following changes have been made to the list:
  • The ACCTYPE text has been amended for Accreditation.ACCTYPE 13901 'National College for Teaching and Leadership (NCTL)'.
  • The ACCTYPE text and URL have been amended for Accreditation.ACCTYPE 16701 'Chartered Institute for the Management of Sport and Physical Activity (CIMSPA)'. Additionally, new HEAR text has been added to this ACCTYPE.
  • The ACCTYPE text has been amended for Accreditation.ACCTYPEs 08601 and 08602 'Institute of Mathematics and its Applications (IMA)'.
List of KIS Course Aims 1.3 KISAIMs 158-163 have been added to the lookup table.

Version 1.7 (2015-07-30)Back to top

Element Element version Notes
KISCourse.KISAIM 1.1 Guidance has been amended to clarify that graduate and post-graduate entry courses are excluded from the record.
Accreditation information table 1.3 The following changes have been made to the list:
  • ACCTYPEs 09507-09512 have been added for the Institution of Engineering Designers (IED).
  • The URL for ACCTYPE 05401 relating to the European Association of Establishments for Veterinary Education (EAEVE) has been amended.
  • The URL for ACCTYPE 08201 relating to the Institute of Historic Building Conservation (IHBC) has been amended.
  • The URL for ACCTYPE 10501 relating to the Law Society of Scotland has been amended.
Coding manual release schedule 1.0 An overview of the expected coding manual releases has been added under the headings section.
Coverage of the record 1.2 Guidance has been amended to clarify that graduate and post-graduate entry courses are excluded from the record.
List of KIS Course Aims 1.2 KISAIMs 153-157 have been added to the lookup table.
Unistats output file and check documentation definitions 1.0 The Unistats output file and check documentation definitions document has been added under the 'Unistats guidance' section.
Unistats validation overview 1.0 The Unistats validation overview has been added under the 'Submission process and quality assurance' section.
Unistats widget user guide 1.0 The Unistats widget user guide has been updated for this years collection and added under the 'Unistats guidance' section.

Version 1.6 (2015-06-18)Back to top

Element Element version Notes
Accreditation information table 1.2 The following changes have been made to the list:
  • The URLs for all ACCTYPEs related to the Engineering Council have been amended.
  • The URL for ACCTYPE 12002 relating to the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) has been amended.
List of KIS Course Aims 1.1 KISAIMs 151-152 have been added to the lookup table.

Version 1.5 (2015-05-28)Back to top

Element Element version Notes
KISCourse.ENGFEE 1.1 Additional guidance has been added providing more detail on fees and support data.
KISCourse.FEETBC 1.2 Additional guidance has been added providing more detail on fees and support data.
KISCourse.NIFEE 1.1 Additional guidance has been added providing more detail on fees and support data.
KISCourse.SCOTFEE 1.1 Additional guidance has been added providing more detail on fees and support data.
KISCourse.VARFEE 1.1 Additional guidance has been added providing more detail on fees and support data.
KISCourse.WAFEE 1.1 Additional guidance has been added providing more detail on fees and support data.
Accreditation information table 1.1 The URL and ACCTYPE text have been amended for Accreditation.ACCTYPE 08001 'Institute of Food Science and Technology (IFST)'.
How to use the HESA XML data entry tool 1.1 A video explaining how to download and use the XML data entry tool has been added to the page.

Version 1.4 (2015-04-23)Back to top

Element Element version Notes
KISCourse.KISMODE 1.1 Guidance has been amended to provide further support for FECs, where a provider returns both full-time and part-time courses.
Accreditation information table 1.0 The Accreditation information table has been added under the 'Further guidance' section.

The following changes have been made to the list:
  • ACCTYPE 09106 has been added for The Institution of Agricultural Engineers (IAgrE).
  • ACCTYPE 19401 for CPA Australia has been added as a new accrediting body.
  • ACCTYPE 19501 for The Independent Game Developers' Association (TIGA) has been added as a new accrediting body.
Calculations of assessment and learning and teaching methods 1.1 Guidance has been amended to provide more detail and clarity to the document.
Inclusion of NSS and DLHE data 1.1 Guidance has been amended to reflect that the headcount publication threshold for subject-level data has been reduced from 23 to 10 students for DLHE and NSS data.
List of KIS Course Aims 1.0 The List of KIS Course Aims has been added to the 'Further guidance' section, implementing any additional valid entries that have been added since the 2014/15 collection.

Version 1.3 (2015-03-26)Back to top

Element Element version Notes
CourseLocation.LOCID 1.1 The minimum occurrences of CourseLocation.LOCID has been amended from 1 to 0, so that a CourseLocation entity can be submitted for a course where KISCourse.DISTANCE = 1. Such courses would previously have failed schema validation, as they do not have a CourseLocation.LOCID value to submit in this field. The coverage of the field has been amended to reflect this change.
KISCourse.CourseLocation 1.1 The coverage has been amended to inform that this entity can now be optionally returned for KIS courses where KISCourse.DISTANCE = 1. Additional guidance has been added to the notes section to clarify that this entity is now optional for KISCourses where KISCourse.DISTANCE = 1.
KISCourse.FEETBC 1.1 The reporting years in the valid entries have been updated for the 2015/16 collection.
Coverage of the record 1.1 Guidance has been added to the coverage, clarifying that Student.COURSEAIM M28, which is a integrated taught masters degree, is included in the undergraduate coverage of Unistats.

Version 1.2 (2015-03-05)Back to top

Element Element version Notes
Download validation kit 1.0 Release of the Validation kit, added under the 'Submission process and quality assurance' section. This allows data to be tested against quality rules during preparation, prior to submission.
Fees and support 1.1 Guidance has been added to clarify which fields should be returned where support and waiver information are not presently known.
HESA XML data entry tool 1.0 This program has been created in order to produce XML data in the format required for submission. It takes the data entered into it, validates it against the schema structure, and outputs a valid XML file for submission.
How to use the HESA XML data entry tool 1.0 This document has been added to the manual under the 'Submission process and quality assurance' section of the main manual page, describing the XML data entry tool and how to use it.
Quality rules N/a Release of the Quality rules document, describing the validation which enforces the quality of the submitted data, added under the 'Submission process and quality assurance' section.
Quality rules web page - FAQ 1.0 This document, which describes the functionality now available with the quality rules web page, has been included under the 'Submission process and quality assurance' section.
Unistats dataset file structure and description 1.0 Release of the Unistats dataset file structure and description, added under the 'Unistats guidance' section.
Unistats Output Schema 1.0 Release of the Unistats output schema, added under the 'Unistats guidance' section.
Validation overview 1.0 The first release of the validation overview has been added under the 'Submission process and quality assurance' section.

Version 1.1 (2015-02-05)Back to top

Element Element version Notes
HESACourse.HESAYEAR 1.1 The reporting years in the valid entries have been updated for the 2015/16 collection.
ILRAims.ILRYEAR 1.1 The reporting years in the valid entries have been updated for the 2015/16 collection.
KISCourse.JACS 1.1 JACS codes may now be optionally returned for all further education colleges, the guidance has been updated to reflect this.
Data collection schedule 1.1 Guidance has been amended to clarify that the 2015 Unistats update website will be published on 2 September 2015.

Version 1.0 (2014-12-18)Back to top

Element Element version Notes
All documentation N/a Business stage and COMMIT-stage rules are now collectively referred to under the umbrella term Quality rules rather than validation rules in all associated documentation.
KISCourse.UKPRNAPPLY ILRAims.REGUKPRN ILRAims.TEACHUKPRN Location.LOCUKPRN 1.0 The long names of these fields have been amended to use the phrase 'UK Provider Reference Number' rather than 'UKPRN' for consistency with other fields in the record.
File structure 1.0 Guidance detailing the schema ordering has been added to the File structure.
C15061.xsd N/a

The schema sequence for submitting data items has been reordered as per the 'Summary of changes since 2014/15 document' notification:

  • Entities are presented in parent-child order, starting with the 'Institution entity'.
  • Fields within entities are presented in the order of primary key fields, candidate key fields, foreign key fields, and non-key fields.
  • Child entities then follow.
  • Each field or entity within a parent entity is presented in alphabetical order to aid its location.
C15061CodeLists.xsd N/a Attributes have been removed from the 'CodeContentType' extension base within the C15061CodeLists.xsd. These have been removed due to limited usage within the higher education sector and the absence of a need for such attributes.
N/a First release of full documentation.

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