KIS record 2016/17 - Revision history
KIS record 2016/17 - Revision history
This table lists changes and additions to the record specification and supporting documentation.
Version 1.11 (2017-07-13)
| Element | Element version | Notes |
| Accreditation information table | 1.6 |
ACCTYPEs 09504, 09507, 09508, 09509 and 09511 have been removed, as these are no longer applicable. The ACCTYPE text has been amended for ACCTYPE 09510. ACCTYPEs 09513 and 09514 has been added to the table for accrediting body 095, Institution of Engineering Designers (IED). |
Version 1.10 (2017-06-22)
| Element | Element version | Notes |
| Unistats dataset file structure and description | 1.2 | The guidance in the description table has been amended to reflect changes made to the TEF (Teaching Excellence Framework). |
| Unistats output schema | N/a | A new additional version of the Unistats ouput schema (to be used from 2017-06-22 onwards), including changes made to the TEF, has been released under the 'Data specification' section. |
Version 1.9 (2017-04-06)
| Element | Element version | Notes |
| Accreditation information table | 1.5 |
The ACCTYPE texts have been amended for ACCTYPE 04601 and 02701. The ACCTYPE text and URL have been amended for ACCTYPE 03501. ACCTYPE 20101 has been added to the table for The Royal Geographical Society. |
| List of KIS Course Aims | 1.5 | KISAIM 177 has been added to the lookup table. |
Version 1.8 (2016-10-27)
| Element | Element version | Notes |
| Accreditation information table | 1.4 |
The URL for ACCTYPE 16401 relating to the Bar Standards Board has been amended. ACCTYPEs 10701 and 10702 have been removed due to the closure of Drama UK. |
Version 1.7 (2016-09-20)
| Element | Element version | Notes |
| Accreditation information table | 1.3 | ACCTYPE 20001 has been added to the table for accrediting body 200, The Society of British and International Design (SBID). |
| List of KIS Course Aims | 1.4 | KISAIMs 175-176 have been added to the lookup table. |
Version 1.6 (2016-08-10)
| Element | Element version | Notes |
| Accreditation.ACCTYPE | 1.1 | Guidance has been updated to inform that the application process for new ACCTYPEs has finished for 2016/17 and that all have been approved and updated in the table. |
| Accreditation information table | 1.2 | The ACCTYPE texts have been amended for accrediting body 001 the Architects Registration Board (ARB). |
| List of KIS Course Aims | 1.3 | KISAIMs 173-174 have been added to the lookup table. |
| Unistats dataset file structure and description | 1.1 | Additional information has been added to the Unistats 2016/17 description table. |
Version 1.5 (2016-06-16)
| Element | Element version | Notes |
| Coverage of the record | 1.1 | Coverage amended to state that Apprenticeships standards courses should not be returned in KIS for 2016/17. |
| List of KIS Course Aims | 1.2 | KISAIMs 171-172 have been added to the lookup table. |
| Unistats output schema | N/a | The minimum occurrences of TEF status marker field amended to 0, removing the requirement to submit this field. |
Version 1.4 (2016-05-26)
| Element | Element version | Notes |
| Accreditation information table | 1.1 |
The ACCTYPE text has been amended for accrediting body 102 the Landscape Institute (LI). ACCTYPE 13401 has been added to the table for accrediting body 134, the Royal Society of Biology. Accrediting body 197 has been renamed to National School of Health Care Science, ACCTYPE text has been updated accordingly. |
| List of KIS Course Aims | 1.1 | KISAIM 170 has been added to the lookup table. |
Version 1.3 (2016-05-05)
| Element | Element version | Notes |
| Accreditation information table | 1.0 | The Accreditation information table has been released under the 'Supporting documentation' section, incorporating any additional valid entries agreed to since the 2015/16 collection. |
| List of KIS Course Aims | 1.0 | The List of KIS Course Aims has been added to the KISCourse.KISAIM field, implementing any additional valid entries that have been requested since the 2015/16 collection. |
| Professional, Statutory and Regulatory Bodies (PSRBs) and course accreditation | 1.0 | The Professional, Statutory and Regulatory Bodies (PSRBs) and course accreditation has been released under the 'Supporting documentation' section. |
| Unistats dataset file structure and description | 1.0 | The Unistats dataset file structure and description has been released under the 'Supporting documentation' section. |
| Unistats output schema | N/a | The Unistats output schema has been released under the 'Data specification' section. |
Version 1.2 (2016-03-31)
| Element | Element version | Notes |
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KISCourse.ENGFEE KISCourse.NIFEE KISCourse.SCOTFEE KISCourse.WAFEE |
1.1 | Guidance relating to students on courses paid for by the NHS/SHA has been removed, due to NHS bursaries no longer being available from 2017. |
| KISCourse.HESACOURSEID | 1.1 | The guidance has been amended to clarify that, where applicable, data from the C14054 AP student record will be included in the C16061 collection. |
| KISCourse.RELATEDKIS | 1.1 | The guidance has been amended to clarify that KISTYPE 2 courses can now be linked to a combination of both KISTYPE 1 and KISTYPE 3 courses. |
| Download validation kit | 1.0 | The Validation kit download link has been released under the Submission process and quality assurance section. |
| HESA XML data entry tool | 1.0 | The HESA XML data entry tool has been released under the Submission process and quality assurance section. |
| How to use the HESA XML data entry tool | 1.0 | The guidance detailing how to use the HESA XML data entry tool has been released under the Submission process and quality assurance section. |
| Publication arrangements | 1.0 | The Publication arrangements document has been released under the Onward use of data section. |
| Quality rules | 1.0 | The list of Quality rules have been released under the Submission process and quality assurance section. |
| Types of KIS | 1.1 | The guidance has been amended to clarlify that KISTYPE 2 courses can now be linked to a combination of both KISTYPE 1 and KISTYPE 3 courses. |
| Unistats widget user guide | 1.0 | The Unistats widget user guide has been released under the Onward use of data section. |
| Validation overview | 1.0 | The Validation overview, detailing the stages of data validation, has been released under the Submission process and quality assurance section. |
Version 1.1 (2016-03-04)
| Element | Element version | Notes |
| Collaborative provision | 1.0 | The Collaborative provision document has been released under the Supporting documentation section. Providers are advised to read through document to ensure the correct provider is returning a KIS. A flowchart outlining which provider should return a KIS for a franchise course has been added to summarise more common cases. |
| Data collection schedule | 1.0 | The Data collection schedule has been released under the Overview section, detailing the key dates for the C16061 collection. |
| Data requirements for new courses | 1.0 | The Data requirements for new courses document has been released under the 'Supporting documentation' section. Additional guidance has been added to further publicise that the KIS collection allows providers to resubmit their data at any point during the collection. A flowchart has been added to the page to highlight the data that is required to set up a KIS. |
| Default page | 1.1 | The Submission process and quality assurance section of the default page has been raised to give greater prominence to the Data collection schedule and documents necessary to return a KIS. The supporting documentation suite has been added to this page. |
| Fees and support | 1.0 | The Fees and support document has been released and linked to from the relevant fees and support data items to which it relates. Additional guidance has been added to this document giving an example of how fees for part-time courses should be returned. |
| Field summary by KISTYPE | 1.0 | The Field summary by KISTYPE has been released under the Supporting documentation section. |
| NSS and DLHE data | 1.0 | The guidance on the inclusion of NSS and DLHE data has been released under the Onward use of data section. |
| Years to which fields relate | 1.0 | The Years to which fields relate has been released under the Supporting documentation section. |
Version 1.0 (2016-01-07)
| Element | Element version | Notes |
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Coverage of the record Introduction |
1.0 | Additional guidance has been added to further publicise that the KIS collection allows providers to resubmit their data at any point during the collection. Providers are encouraged to update their data submissions throughout the year, if there are any changes or inaccuracies, to generate more accurate output. |
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KISCourse.CRSEURL KISCourse.EMPLOYURL KISCourse.LTURL KISCourse.SUPPORTURL |
1.0 | Additional guidance has been added to clarify that URLs provided should be at course level, where this information differs between courses. |
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KISCourse.ENGFEE KISCourse.NIFEE KISCourse.SCOTFEE KISCourse.WAFEE |
1.0 | Additional guidance has been added to clarify how fees fields should be returned when the provider has yet to set the fees for those courses, emphasizing that data can be resubmitted when these are known. |
| First release | N/a | First release of full documentation. |
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