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| Element | Element version | Notes | Version | Type of change | |
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| Download of SOC2020 codes | Label updated to match SOC2020 revision 5 for codes 2252 and 3557. | Version 1.7 (2022-03-24) | Documentation | ||
| XBUS2020SOC, XEMP2020SOC and XWRK2020SOC | Valid entry label updated to match SOC2020 revision 5 for SOC2020 code 2252 ('Ophthalmic opticians' updated to 'Optometrists') and SOC2020 code 3557 ('Conference and exhibition managers and organisers' updated to 'Events managers and organisers'). | Version 1.7 (2022-03-24) | Valid | ||
| File structures for downloadable files - Survey results | 1.0 | Publication of the file structures for downloadable files (survey results) for the C19072 end of survey delivery. | Version 1.6 (2022-02-02) | Documentation | |
| BUSJOBDUTIES | 1.1 | Field length increased to 4000 for end of survey data delivery to reflect survey results. | Version 1.6 (2022-02-02) | Field | |
| BUSJOBTITLE | 1.1 | Field length increased to 2000 for end of survey data delivery to reflect survey results. | Version 1.6 (2022-02-02) | Field | |
| COMPLETIONMODE | 1.0 | Field added to file structures for downloadable files - Survey results for the C19072 end of survey delivery. | Version 1.6 (2022-02-02) | Field | |
| EMPDUTIES | 1.1 | Field length increased to 8000 for end of survey data delivery to reflect survey results. | Version 1.6 (2022-02-02) | Field | |
| JOBDUTIES | 1.1 | Field length increased to 8000 for end of survey data delivery to reflect survey results. | Version 1.6 (2022-02-02) | Field | |
| PREVCOURSENUM | 1.1 | Field length increased to 3 for end of survey data delivery to reflect survey results. | Version 1.6 (2022-02-02) | Field | |
| PREVJOBNUM | 1.1 | Field length increased to 3 for end of survey data delivery to reflect survey results. | Version 1.6 (2022-02-02) | Field | |
| STARTMODE | 1.0 | Field added to file structures for downloadable files - Survey results for the C19072 end of survey delivery. | Version 1.6 (2022-02-02) | Field | |
| Derived field specifications | n/a | Publication of the specification of derived fields to be included in C19072 delivery. This includes updates to the XSTULOCGR, XSTULOCUC and ZSTUPROV derived fields. | Version 1.5 (2021-11-16) | Field | |
| Survey routing diagram | 1.0 | Publication of a new edition of the survey routing diagram providing greater detail of how survey respondents are routed through the survey. | Version 1.5 (2021-11-16) | Documentation | |
| Data Items | n/a | The field SURVEYSTATUS has been removed from the coding manual as this field is only used for the operation of the Graduate Outcomes survey and is not included in data supply files. | Version 1.4 (2021-09-27) | Valid | |
| Guidance note on the use of raw data | 1.0 | A guidance note on the use of raw survey data has been added under the section ' information specific to the collection'. | Version 1.4 (2021-09-27) | Valid | |
| BUSCOMPFUND1 | 1.1 | The 'long name' has been amended to remove reference to 'portfolio employer' so that it matches the coverage of the field (the question pertaining to this field is not asked if the survey respondent only selects 'portfolio'). Coverage has also been updated to clarify when survey routing results in data in this field being requested. | Version 1.4 (2021-09-27) | Field | |
| BUSCOMPFUND2 | 1.1 | The 'long name' has been amended to remove reference to 'portfolio employer' so that it matches the coverage of the field (the question pertaining to this field is not asked if the survey respondent only selects 'portfolio'). Coverage has also been updated to clarify when survey routing results in data in this field being requested. | Version 1.4 (2021-09-27) | Field | |
| BUSCOMPFUND3 | 1.1 | The 'long name' has been amended to remove reference to 'portfolio employer' so that it matches the coverage of the field (the question pertaining to this field is not asked if the survey respondent only selects 'portfolio'). Coverage has also been updated to clarify when survey routing results in data in this field being requested. | Version 1.4 (2021-09-27) | Field | |
| BUSCOMPFUND4 | 1.1 | The 'long name' has been amended to remove reference to 'portfolio employer' so that it matches the coverage of the field (the question pertaining to this field is not asked if the survey respondent only selects 'portfolio'). Coverage has also been updated to clarify when survey routing results in data in this field being requested. | Version 1.4 (2021-09-27) | Field | |
| BUSCOMPFUND5 | 1.1 | The 'long name' has been amended to remove reference to 'portfolio employer' so that it matches the coverage of the field (the question pertaining to this field is not asked if the survey respondent only selects 'portfolio'). Coverage has also been updated to clarify when survey routing results in data in this field being requested. | Version 1.4 (2021-09-27) | Field | |
| BUSCOMPFUND6 | 1.1 | The 'long name' has been amended to remove reference to 'portfolio employer' so that it matches the coverage of the field (the question pertaining to this field is not asked if the survey respondent only selects 'portfolio'). Coverage has also been updated to clarify when survey routing results in data in this field being requested. | Version 1.4 (2021-09-27) | Field | |
| BUSEMPCITY | 1.2 | The 'long name' has been amended to remove reference to 'portfolio employer' so that it matches the coverage of the field (the question pertaining to this field is not asked if the survey respondent only selects 'portfolio'). | Version 1.4 (2021-09-27) | Field | |
| BUSEMPCOUNTRY | 1.2 | The 'long name' has been amended to remove reference to 'portfolio employer' so that it matches the coverage of the field (the question pertaining to this field is not asked if the survey respondent only selects 'portfolio'). | Version 1.4 (2021-09-27) | Field | |
| BUSEMPDUTIES | 1.1 | The 'long name' has been amended to remove reference to 'portfolio employer' so that it matches the coverage of the field (the question pertaining to this field is not asked if the survey respondent only selects 'portfolio'). | Version 1.4 (2021-09-27) | Field | |
| BUSEMPNAME | 1.1 | The 'long name' has been amended to remove reference to 'portfolio employer' so that it matches the coverage of the field (the question pertaining to this field is not asked if the survey respondent only selects 'portfolio'). | Version 1.4 (2021-09-27) | Field | |
| BUSEMPPCODE | 1.2 | The 'long name' has been amended to remove reference to 'portfolio employer' so that it matches the coverage of the field (the question pertaining to this field is not asked if the survey respondent only selects 'portfolio'). | Version 1.4 (2021-09-27) | Field | |
| BUSEMPPCODE_UNKNOWN | 1.1 | The 'long name' has been amended to remove reference to 'portfolio employer' so that it matches the coverage of the field (the question pertaining to this field is not asked if the survey respondent only selects 'portfolio'). | Version 1.4 (2021-09-27) | Field | |
| BUSEMPPLOC | 1.2 | The 'long name' has been amended to remove reference to 'portfolio employer' so that it matches the coverage of the field (the question pertaining to this field is not asked if the survey respondent only selects 'portfolio'). | Version 1.4 (2021-09-27) | Field | |
| BUSOWNEMP | 1.1 | The 'long name' has been amended to remove reference to 'portfolio employer' so that it matches the coverage of the field (the question pertaining to this field is not asked if the survey respondent only selects 'portfolio'). Coverage has also been updated to clarify when survey routing results in data in this field being requested. | Version 1.4 (2021-09-27) | Field | |
| BUSSUPERVISE | 1.1 | The 'long name' has been amended to remove reference to 'portfolio employer' so that it matches the coverage of the field (the question pertaining to this field is not asked if the survey respondent only selects 'portfolio'). | Version 1.4 (2021-09-27) | Field | |
| EMPBASIS | 1.1 | Coverage updated to clarify when survey routing results in data in this field being requested. | Version 1.4 (2021-09-27) | Coverage | |
| MULTIJOB | 1.1 | Coverage updated to clarify when survey routing results in data in this field being requested. | Version 1.4 (2021-09-27) | Coverage | |
| NHSORG | 1.1 | Coverage updated to clarify when survey routing results in data in this field being requested. | Version 1.4 (2021-09-27) | Coverage | |
| QUALREQ | 1.1 | Coverage updated to clarify when survey routing results in data in this field being requested. | Version 1.4 (2021-09-27) | Coverage | |
| PREVUCNAME | 1.2 | New valid entries have been added. | Version 1.4 (2021-09-27) | Valid | |
| UCNAME | 1.2 | New valid entries have been added. | Version 1.4 (2021-09-27) | Valid | |
| PREVUCNAME | 1.1 | Valid entries matching the options in the Graduate Outcomes Survey drop down list for this question have been published as part of the coding manual. | Version 1.3 (2021-04-06) | Valid | |
| UCNAME | 1.1 | Valid entries matching the options in the Graduate Outcomes Survey drop down list for this question have been published as part of the coding manual. | Version 1.3 (2021-04-06) | Valid | |
| Standard Industrial Classification (SIC 2007) | n/a | The link to the Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) provided under 'Process and quality assurance' has been updated to reflect the latest ONS publication. | Version 1.2 (2021-02-08) | Documentation | |
| Provider Portal User Guide | 1.1 | Specifications for the reports Provider survey response rate 'Report 2' and Sector survey response rate 'Report 2' have been updated to reflect the transition from JACS to HECoS. | Version 1.1 (2020-12-10) | Documentation | |
| EMPCITY | 1.1 | Question text updated to match corresponding change to the survey. | Version 1.1 (2020-12-10) | Documentation | |
| EMPCURRENCY | 1.1 | Question text updated to match corresponding change to the survey. | Version 1.1 (2020-12-10) | Documentation | |
| EMPCOUNTRY | 1.1 | Question text updated to match corresponding change to the survey. The coverage of this question has also been extended to include respondents for whom the answer to EMPPLOC is 06 (Channel Islands or Isle of Man). | Version 1.1 (2020-12-10) | Documentation | |
| EMPPCODE | 1.1 | Question text updated to match corresponding change to the survey. | Version 1.1 (2020-12-10) | Documentation | |
| EMPPLOC | 1.1 | Question text updated to match corresponding change to the survey. | Version 1.1 (2020-12-10) | Documentation | |
| BUSEMPCITY | 1.1 | Question text updated to match corresponding change to the survey. | Version 1.1 (2020-12-10) | Documentation | |
| BUSEMPCOUNTRY | 1.1 | Question text updated to match corresponding change to the survey. The coverage of this question has also been extended to include respondents for whom the answer to BUSEMPPLOC is 06 (Channel Islands or Isle of Man). | Version 1.1 (2020-12-10) | Documentation | |
| BUSEMPPCODE | 1.1 | Question text updated to match corresponding change to the survey. | Version 1.1 (2020-12-10) | Documentation | |
| BUSEMPPLOC | 1.1 | Question text updated to match corresponding change to the survey. | Version 1.1 (2020-12-10) | Documentation | |
| Documentation | n/a | First release of Graduate Outcomes survey results data specification for c19072. | Version 1.0 (2020-10-28) | Documentation | |
| EMPCURRENCY | 1.0 | Valid entries for C19072 reduced to only 1 (United Kingdom Pounds) and 999 (other). | Version 1.0 (2020-10-28) | Valid | |
| BUSEMPCOUNTRY_OTHER | 1.0 | BUSEMPCOUNTRY_OTHER has been removed, this data is no longer collected. | Version 1.0 (2020-10-28) | Schema | |
| COLLOUT | 1.0 | The wording of the question that results in the population of this field has been updated to provide greater clarity. | Version 1.0 (2020-10-28) | Documentation | |
| COLLSUBDIFF | 1.0 | The wording of the question that results in the population of this field has been updated to provide greater clarity. | Version 1.0 (2020-10-28) | Documentation | |
| COLLSUBSAME | 1.0 | COLLSUBSAME has been removed, this data is no longer collected. | Version 1.0 (2020-10-28) | Schema | |
| EMPCOUNTRY_OTHER | 1.0 | EMPCOUNTRY_OTHER has been removed, this data is no longer collected. | Version 1.0 (2020-10-28) | Schema | |
| EMPCURRENCY_OTHER | 1.0 | EMPCURRENCY_OTHER has been removed, this data is no longer collected. | Version 1.0 (2020-10-28) | Schema | |
| HOMECOUNTRY_OTHER | 1.0 | HOMECOUNTRY_OTHER has been removed, this data is no longer collected. | Version 1.0 (2020-10-28) | Schema | |
| INTLMOB | 1.0 | The wording of the question that results in the population of this field has been updated to provide greater clarity. The valid entries for this field have been updated in order to capture a greater level of detail. | Version 1.0 (2020-10-28) | Documentation | |
| KNOWSKILDEV | 1.0 | KNOWSKILDEV has been removed, this data is no longer collected. | Version 1.0 (2020-10-28) | Schema | |
| PLCINTSHP | 1.0 | The wording of the question that results in the population of this field has been updated to provide greater clarity. The valid entries for this field have been updated in order to capture a greater level of detail. | Version 1.0 (2020-10-28) | Documentation | |
| STUCOUNTRY | 1.0 | The minumum occurrence for STUCOUNTRY has been updated to one. | Version 1.0 (2020-10-28) | Schema | |
| STUCOUNTRY_OTHER | 1.0 | STUCOUNTRY_OTHER has been removed, this data is no longer collected. | Version 1.0 (2020-10-28) | Schema | |
| WRKOWN | 1.0 | WRKOWN has been removed, this data is no longer collected. | Version 1.0 (2020-10-28) | Schema |
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