HESA Collections
Coverage of the record
Version 1.1 Produced 2021-09-08
For the academic year 2020/21 assessment data will be collected for each student's first year of study and final year. Assessment data for a student's penultimate year should also be submitted if the final clinical skills assessment is taken before the final year. For students on some courses, such as gateway courses, their first year of study may be year of programme = 0. Schools which have students' final clinical examination in year four of the programme and not year five should submit the year four and five assessment data.
All assessments which use a numerical score are required. Assessments which only have a pass/fail recorded, for example sign-off of a completed e-portfolio, are not required for this return.
Generally, assessment data should be returned for medical students returned with a COURSEAIM of M16, H16 or I16 in the HESA Student return. These are:
- M16 - Pre-registration masters degree leading towards obtaining eligibility to register to practice with a health or social care or veterinary statutory regulatory body
- H16 - Pre-registration first degree with honours leading towards obtaining eligibility to register to practice with a health or social care or veterinary statutory regulatory body
- I16 - Pre-registration ordinary (non-honours) first degree leading towards obtaining eligibility to register to practice with a health or social care or veterinary statutory regulatory body
Student assessment data should also be returned for those returned in the HESA Student record with a REGBODY of ‘01 – General Medical Council’. We would expect courses with COURSEAIM M16, H16 or I16 to come under the supervision of the GMC. Assessment data should be returned for courses that do not currently have primary medical qualification awarding powers but anticipate being granted these when the first cohort is closer to graduation.
In the HESA Data Futures model this will be assessment data for those students returned with a QUALCAT = M0003, H0003 or I0001 and where the ACCREDITATIONID = 05901.
Whilst the below list is not exhaustive, courses meeting the coverage of the GMC Assessment record may be returned with a SBJCA of:
If a provider believes a course other than these listed COURSEAIMS meets the inclusion criteria for this return they should contact the GMC to discuss.
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