Aggregate offshore

Aggregate versus combined TNE and Student record

Question 36: What is your preferred method of collecting TNE data? 

New data items required

Registration and awarding body

Question 13: Would you expect these arrangements to be consistent for all students on a given course?

Question 8: Do these scenarios accurately reflect TNE provision in your experience? For those completing a response on behalf of a provider, are the combinations of programme type and venue type ones that you recognise at your own provider?  

Question 3: What is your organisation?

Comments in support of the proposals noted the greater usability of the resultant data, highlighting the benefits that subject-level data and improved definitions for types of TNE provision would bring. It was also noted that this would need to be consistent with data on non-TNE students in order to be of value.

A number of concerns were raised by respondents:

62% of respondents agreed with the statement that it is important to keep a UK-wide approach, against 31% who neither agreed nor disagreed, and one respondent who disagreed.

Those respondents who agreed with the statement made a number of points in support of maintaining a UK-wide approach:

69% of respondents indicated that their provider would be able to submit data on TNE provision once year, compared to 23% who indicated that they would be able to submit the data twice a year to match the Student submission timescales.

Respondents showed a clear preference for continuing to collect TNE data through the Aggregate Offshore record, with 77% selecting this option versus 15% who wished to combine the TNE data with the Student record.

54% of respondents scored the set-up burden of continuing to submit TNE data through the AOR in the “4-7” category and 54% of respondents scored the run burden in the “4-7” category as well.

Course data

46% of respondents scored the set-up burden of submitting data on courses in the “4-7” category and 46% of respondents scored the run burden in the “1-3” category.

Registration and awarding body

62% of respondents expected the registration and awarding body arrangements to be consistent for all students on a given course, versus 23% who disagreed and 15% who were unsure. 46% of respondents supported the proposal for the data to be collected on the Course entity, 23% opposed the proposal, and 31% were unsure.

38% of respondents scored the set-up burden of submitting data on who registers TNE students in the “4-7” category and 46% of respondents scored the run burden in the “1-3” category.