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| Element | Element version | Notes | Version | Type of change | |
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| Portal User Guide | 1.6 | Identity system roles added for English FEC users. Clarification added for availability of 'provider survey response rate', 'sector survey response rate', 'SIC / SOC' and 'survey results' reports. 'Collection survey results' section added. | Version 1.20 (2020-03-30) | ||
| Contact details guidance | 1.1 | Further guidance has been added to advice proiders when to use provider domain email addesses. | Version 1.18 (2019-08-08) | ||
| Graduate.EMAIL | 1.4 | Further guidance has been added to the Notes section to improve the quality of email addresses. | Version 1.18 (2019-08-08) | ||
| Operational survey information | n/a | A new link has been added under Supporting documentation section to access the 'Operational survey information'. | Version 1.18 (2019-08-08) | ||
| Suggested graduate contact plan | n/a | A new link has been added under Supporting documentation section to access the 'Suggested graduate contact plan'. | Version 1.18 (2019-08-08) | ||
| Graduate.COUNTRY | 1.3 | The valid entry MM Burma [Myanmar] has been updated to 'Myanmar (Burma) [The Republic of the Union of Myanmar]'. This follows a change in the labels used by the National Statistics Country Classification, which align with the labels used by ISO-3166. | Version 1.18 (2019-08-08) | ||
| Provider Portal User Guide | 1.5 | A new section has been added under the heading 'Sector survey response rates'. | Version 1.17 (2019-06-28) | ||
| Provider Portal User Guide | 1.4 | The following sections 'Survey results' and 'Approval' in the Provider Portal User Guide document have been updated to add further clarification. | Version 1.16 (2019-06-20) | ||
| Provider Portal User Guide | 1.3 | The 'Quality Report', 'Using the web form - uploading and amending contact details' and 'Identity system roles' sections have been updated to add further clarification. | Version 1.15 (2019-06-06) | ||
| Graduate.UKMOB | 1.3 | Guidance notes have been updated to clarify that instances of numbers beginning 070 should NOT be submitted when entering Graduate.UKMOB. | Version 1.15 (2019-06-06) | ||
| Graduate.UKTEL | 1.3 | Guidance notes have been updated to clarify that instances of numbers beginning 070 should be submitted when entergin Graduate.UKTEL. | Version 1.15 (2019-06-06) | ||
| Quality rules | 1.3 | The description for the following quality rules (GRADUATE.01, GRADUATE.02, EMAIL.10, EMAIL.11, EMAIL.12) has been changed to give more clarity. | Version 1.14 (2019-02-25) | Quality | |
| Data Collection Schedule | 1.5 | Aproval and Quality assurance period deadlines for Cohort B has been delay to 22nd February | Version 1.13 (2019-02-19) | Guidance | |
| Quality rules | 1.2 | Quality rules have been updated to identify duplicate records with the same contact details and to improve data quality. | Version 1.13 (2019-02-19) | Quality | |
| Graduate.EMAIL | 1.3 | Further guidance has been added to the Notes section to assist providers to improve data quality for contact details. | Version 1.13 (2019-02-19) | Notes | |
| Graduate.INTTEL | 1.3 | Further guidance has been added to the Notes section to assist providers to improve data quality for contact details. | Version 1.13 (2019-02-19) | Notes | |
| Graduate.UKMOB | 1.2 | Further guidance has been added to the Notes section to assist providers to improve data quality for contact details. | Version 1.13 (2019-02-19) | Notes | |
| Graduate.UKTEL | 1.2 | Further guidance has been added to the Notes section to assist providers to improve data quality for contact details. | Version 1.13 (2019-02-19) | Notes | |
| Contact details for providers | 1.0 | New guidance document has been added under 'Supporting documentation' to help providers for the creation of accurate personal dontact details data. | Version 1.13 (2019-02-19) | Documentation | |
| Provider portal user guide | 1.2 | Further guidance have been added to the 'Progress Bar' section. | Version 1.12 (2019-01-14) | Guidance | |
| Quality rules | 1.0 | A new web page is now available showing all Graduate Outcomes quality rules. | Version 1.11 (2018-11-15) | Quality rules | |
| C17071DataTypes.xsd | n/a | The schema for EMAIL data field has been changed to accept special characters. | Version 1.10 (2018-11-05) | Schema | |
| Provider portal user guide | 1.1 | The 'Approval' section has been updated to give futher guidance. | Version 1.9 (2018-11-01) | Supporting documentation | |
| Personalising the Graduate Outcomes provider portal | 1.0 | Link to the personalisation options available from the Graduate Outcomes provider portal has been added under 'Submission process and quality assurance' heading. | Version 1.8 (2018-10-10) | Supporting dcumentaton | |
| Graduate Outcomes Provider Portal | n/a | Link to the Graduate Outcomes Provider portal has been added under 'Submission process and quality assurance' | Version 1.7 (2018-09-21) | Supporting dcumentaton | |
| Data Collection Schedule | 1.4 |
Deadlines added to Cohort A to include Further Education colleges for Northern Ireland added. Also, a new section has been added to include deadlines for 'Opt-In bank confirmation' survey questions. |
Version 1.7 (2018-09-21) | Guidance | |
| Graduate.GRADSTATUS | 1.1 | The Notes section has been updated to give further guidance when to use each valid entry. | Version 1.7 (2018-09-21) | Guidance | |
| Graduate.INTTEL | 1.2 | Guidance has been updated to give further clarification on how to return an international telephone number. | Version 1.7 (2018-09-21) | Guidance | |
| Logo Specification | n/a | Specification guidelines on how to update the Graduate Outcomes survey with provider logo. | Version 1.7 (2018-09-21) | Supporting documentation | |
| Provider portal user guide | 1.0 | The Provider portal user guides, has been added under 'Supporting documentation'. | Version 1.7 (2018-09-21) | Supporting documentation | |
| Promotional material | n/a | Link to promotional materials has been added under 'Supporting documentation' to support provider in promoting the survey. | Version 1.7 (2018-09-21) | Guidance | |
| Quality rules (in development) | n/a | First release of contact details quality rules in excel format. The aim of an early release is to advice providers what will be implemented in the Quality Rules Directory website for C17071. | Version 1.6 (2018-08-03) | Field | |
| Graduate.FEPUSID | 1.1 | The Notes of this field has been updated to give further guidance. | Version 1.6 (2018-08-03) | Field | |
| Graduate.OWNSTU | 1.1 | The Notes and Description of this field has been updated to give further guidance. Also, the Long name has been amended to reconcile with student collection. | Version 1.6 (2018-08-03) | Field | |
| Graduate.FNAMES | 1.1 | The Notes and Description of this field has been updated to give further guidance. | Version 1.6 (2018-08-03) | Field | |
| Graduate.SURNAME | 1.1 | The Notes and Description of this field has been updated to give further guidance. | Version 1.6 (2018-08-03) | Field | |
| Graduate.COUNTRY | 1.2 | The Notes and Description of this field has been updated to give further guidance how this information gets used. | Version 1.6 (2018-08-03) | Field | |
| Graduate.HUSID | 1.1 | Long name has been amended to reconcile with student collection. | Version 1.6 (2018-08-03) | Field | |
| Data Collection Schedule | 1.3 | Data collection schedule has been updated to clarify from what collection the population is obtained from. | Version 1.6 (2018-08-03) | Supporting documentation | |
| C17071DataTypes.xsd | n/a | Schema has been changed to allow 'NamesType' to accept common regular expressions. | Version 1.5 (2018-07-05) | Schema | |
| Graduate.COUNTRY | 1.1 | Information in braces removed from the following valid entry labels: CD Congo (Democratic Republic) [Congo (The Democratic Republic of the)] {formerly Zaire}, FR France {includes Corsica}, IT Italy {Includes Sardinia, Sicily}, PS Occupied Palestinian Territories [Palestine, State of] {formerly West Bank (including East Jerusalem) and Gaza Strip}, PT Portugal {includes Madeira, Azores}, ES Spain {includes Ceuta, Melilla}. | Version 1.5 (2018-07-05) | Field | |
| Graduate.EMAIL | 1.2 | Maximum field length changed to 255 to meet with Confirmit data sturctures. | Version 1.4 (2018-06-07) | Schema | |
| Data collection schedule | 1.2 | Key dates have been updated to reflect changes to the Graduate Outcome portal. | Version 1.4 (2018-06-07) | Supporting documentation | |
| Data Items | n/a |
The following fields have been removed from the data item page and schema: Graduate.BIRTHDTE Graduate.COURSEID Graduate.CTITLE Graduate.ENDDATE Graduate.MODE Graduate.NATION Graduate.NUMHUS Graduate.OWNCOURSEID Graduate.OWNINST Graduate.QUAL Graduate.RCSTDNT Graduate.TTCID |
Version 1.3 (2018-05-10) | Field | |
| Provider.CENSUS | 1.2 | Field has been moved to the Provider entity. | Version 1.3 (2018-05-10) | Field | |
| Graduate.EMAIL Graduate.INTTEL Graduate.UKMOB Graduate.UKTEL |
1.1 | Maximum occurrences for these fields have been changed from unbounded to '10'. | Version 1.3 (2018-05-10) | Schema | |
| Data collection schedule | 1.1 | New link added to under the Data collection schedule diagram to give further information about the timing of the survey. | Version 1.2 (2018-04-09) | Supporting documentation | |
| Graduate.CENSUS | 1.1 | Field length description changed to '3', instead of '2'. This change corrects the description to match the format of the data permitted. | Version 1.1 (2018-01-18) | Schema | |
| First release | n/a | First release of full documentation. | Version 1.0 (2017-12-05) | Supporting documentation |
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