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Discover Uni record 2024/25 - How is the Discover Uni data published?

Version 1.0 Produced 2024-01-31

Discover Uni website

The data captured in the Discover Uni record is integrated with data from other sources, such as the HESA (Legacy) Student and (Legacy) AP Student record, the Individualised Learner Record, the National Student Survey and the Graduate Outcomes survey, to form the Discover Uni dataset. This is published on the Discover Uni website, the UK-wide student information website which replaces the Discover Uni website. Discover Uni is updated weekly with any updates to the Discover Uni record that are signed off by 12 noon on a Tuesday. Updates will go live on the Discover Uni website on the Wednesday of that week. Discover Uni is managed by Office for Students (OfS) on behalf of the four UK higher education funding and regulatory bodies.

Discover Uni widget

Elements of the data also appear on the Discover Uni widget. This is a small graphical display which appears on provider's websites. The widget was designed to display Discover Uni data in context on undergraduate course pages and can be configured to draw data from the corresponding course on the Discover Uni website. When a user clicks on the widget, they are taken to the course record on Discover Uni where they can access further information about that course and compare it to others.

Open dataset

Other providers of information, or those wishing to use the Discover Uni dataset for other purposes, may use the Discover Uni datasets page on HESA website.

Data suppression

Where providers identify errors in the Discover Uni dataset which cannot be amended by updating and resubmitting the data, they may request suppression of the affected data. This may be necessary in cases where the error is within linked returns such as the (Legacy) Student or (Legacy) AP Student record or the Graduate Outcomes survey. To request a suppression, providers should contact [email protected]. detailing the nature of the issue, the precise cause of the problem, and the data affected.

The funding and regulatory bodies may suppress Discover Uni data, without a request from the provider, where there is evidence of inappropriate influence on the NSS results or other evidence that the data is not sufficiently robust for publication.

There is no guarantee that other organisations using the Discover Uni dataset will update their data on a regular basis and so updated or suppressed data may remain unchanged on other sites.


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