HESA Collections
Student record 2019/20 - Coding manual release schedule
Version 1.0 Produced 2019-05-20
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 2019 | Known changes |
May 2019 | Release of field information, schemas and supporting documents |
August 2019 | Release of a schema-only validation kit to support testing of data for structural integrity |
August 2019 | Release of rolled-on quality rules (the same as the previous collection) and a validation kit update to support testing of data against them |
August 2019 - March 2020 | Incremental release of quality rules and validation kit support as they are developed and updated for the current collection |
April 2020 | Derived field specifications, downloadable file formats, and the first release of credibility reports |
June 2020 | Release of data collection documents, release of additional credibility reports |
July 2020 | Release of final credibility reports |
August 2020 | Maintenance release |
Scheduled releases of coding manual documents
Section | Document | Released |
First release of documentation highlighting any major changes over previous collection. | March 2019 | |
Overview | Introduction | May 2019 |
Data collection schedule | May 2019 | |
Data protection guidance | March 2019 | |
Specification | Coverage of the record | May 2019 |
Reduced returns | May 2019 | |
Data model | May 2019 | |
Data items | May 2019 | |
File structure | May 2019 | |
CYY051.xsd | May 2019 | |
CYY051DataTypes.xsd | May 2019 | |
CYY051CodeLists.xsd | May 2019 | |
Derived field specifications | May 2019 | |
Further guidance | Understanding student continuity and the UHN link | September 2019 |
Further guidance about returning DfE programmes (excluding EYITT) | September 2019 | |
Further guidance about returning Early Years Initial Teacher Training (EYITT) programmes | September 2019 | |
Further guidance on collaborative supervision arrangements | September 2019 | |
Further guidance on Apprenticeship students | May 2019 | |
UCAS data for HESA transaction | The UCAS data for HESA (*J) transaction | January 2020 |
Specification of the UCAS data for HESA (*J) | January 2020 | |
Submission process and quality assurance | Amalgamation tool | January 2020 |
Submit data to HESA | August 2019 | |
Help with the data collection system | August 2019 | |
File structures for downloadable files | From May 2019 | |
Understanding the NSS reports | June 2019 | |
Validation overview | May 2019 | |
Download validation kit | August 2019 | |
Quality rules | August 2019 - July 2020 | |
Fixed database facility | June 2020 |
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