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For 2018/19 and 2017/18 where applicable, University Centre Peterborough was incorrectly reported in the East Midlands UK region. The region should be East of England.

In the 2013/14 HESA Student return, University of Ulster incorrectly coded 175 nursing students, mostly full time, with a qualification of a first degree. These students have all been correctly and legitimately awarded first degrees and graduated in December 2014. The issue is one of timing, as these students were active in September 2014 and should not have had qualifications included in the HESA Student return for 2013/14. These qualifications will be removed from the 2013/14 Student return and included in the 2014/15 Student return.

In addition to the above, 25 students, mostly part-time from a range of subjects, were incorrectly coded with a qualification of a Master's degree. These qualifications will be removed from the 2013/14 Student return and will be included in the 2014/15 Student return.

N.B. This has been updated and is now correct in the 2013/14 v1502 Student record.

In 2019/20, The Open University underreported the number of qualifications awarded due to administrative delays as a result of changes to assessment timetabling. There is a reduction of around 8,225 qualifications awarded in the 2019/20 data return in comparison to 2018/19. Most of this drop was seen among part time undergraduate students. The reduction is reflected in a lower population of survey respondents for the Graduate Outcomes survey of an estimated 7,900 responses. These qualifications were returned in the 2020/21 student data, the 2020/21 Graduate Outcomes population reflects this.

In 2015/16, Nova College of Accounting and Business Ltd reported qualifications awarded for students after their first year of study. These qualifications were reported in error.

In 2019/20, The Open University underreported the number of qualifications awarded due to administrative delays as a result of changes to assessment timetabling. These qualifications are expected to be returned in the 2020/21 data return. There is a reduction of around 8,225 qualifications awarded in the 2019/20 data return in comparison to 2018/19. Most of this drop was seen among part time undergraduate students.

In 2016/17, UK College of Business and Computing had a significant increase in qualifiers from designated HND courses, from 265 in 2015/16 to 1,015 in 2016/17. This was due to a series of successful events aimed at encouraging HND students to complete their qualification. These events were marketed at students who began a course in earlier years but had not achieved a qualification during the usual timeframe of the course. As such, HND qualifiers in 2016/17 included cohorts of students who enrolled in past years back to 2012/13.

London College of Business Sciences and Christie's Education Limited had no qualifiers in 2015/16, and therefore no DLHE data.

Sheffield Hallam University excluded in error 70 students from their qualifiers population in 2012/13. This affects their Full-time First degree in Social Work data. It will also affect overall institutional statistics but it will have a marked impact on any leaver or qualification statistics covering the Social Work subject of study.

Middlesex University has confirmed that the significant change to some of their Estates Management record ratios and data items relating to area, teaching space and property costs between years 2011/12 and 2012/13 is due to the closure of their Trent Park campus.

The Central School of Speech and Drama has omitted staff FTE data from their 2012/13 EMR return in error. This has resulted in the following ratios appearing as null: Water consumption per student and staff FTE; Waste mass per student and staff FTE; Academic office net internal area per academic staff FTE; Support office net internal area per support office staff FTE; Gross internal area in metre² per student and staff full-time equivalent FTE; Scope 1 and 2 carbon emissions per student and staff full-time equivalent FTE.

In 2020/21, The University of Essex reported an increment in both Energy consumption onsite photovoltaic (EECONPHO) and Total renewable energy generated onsite or offsite (EREGONF), from 105,066 kWh to 547,667 kWh. This can be attribute it to an increase of photovoltaic cells on campus alongside improved reporting methods at the provider.

For 2018/19, The University of Cumbria incorrectly returned £12k in 135 Education instead of 202 Central administration and services, for 5 UK central government tax credits for research and development expenditure on ‘Research grants and contracts - breakdown by source of income and HESA cost centre’.

In 2013/14, Bangor University moved their department 'Medical and Social Care Research' to the Health & communities studies cost centre. It was previously allocated to the Psychology & Behavioural Sciences cost centre. This has increased the Health & communities studies Research grants and contracts income (FSR table 5b) from zero in 2012/13 to £2,712,000 in 2013/14.

The University of Manchester incorrectly returned £22,198,000 of research grants and contracts income under 'UK central government’ in Table 5b (Column 4), rather than under ‘UK central government tax credits for research and development expenditure’ (Column 5).

In 2015/16, Kingston University incorrectly analysed research funding of £12,145.62 as miscellaneous income instead of research income in their year-end financial statements. This impacted the disclosures made in their 2015/16 HESA return.

The University of Aberdeen has confirmed that the figures for the following 2012/13 Estates Management record data items are correctly shown as negative, as they take into account rebates relating to overcharging in previous years: FRWC - Residential water costs; FRSC - Residential sewerage costs.

The University of Aberdeen has confirmed that the figures for the following 2012/13 Estates Management record data items are correctly shown as negative, as they take into account rebates relating to overcharging in previous years: FRWC - Residential water costs; FRSC - Residential sewerage costs.

The University of Oxford have returned all salaries and wages under ‘Salaries and wages academic staff’ for the 2017/18, 2018/19, 2019/20 and 2020/21 academic years. This figure should have been allocated between both ‘Salaries and wages academic staff’ and ‘Salaries and wages non-academic staff’.

Aberystwyth University have returned all salaries and wages under ‘Salaries and wages academic staff’ for the 2018/19, 2019/20 and 2020/21 academic years. The figures should have been allocated between both ‘Salaries and wages academic staff’ and ‘Salaries and wages non-academic staff’. For 2020/21 this is Academic £25,594, non-academic £26,661.

University Centre Quayside Limited have returned all salaries and wages under ‘Salaries and wages academic staff’ for the 2018/19, 2019/20 and 2020/21 academic years in Table 12. This figure should have been allocated between both ‘Salaries and wages academic staff’ and ‘Salaries and wages non-academic staff’.

The University of Buckingham has a high proportion of leavers that were employed but declined to provide salary information in 2012/13 (71%). These leavers are shown in the data as having an unknown salary.

University of Wales Trinity Saint David has a high proportion of leavers that were employed but declined to provide salary information in 2012/13 (76%). These leavers are shown in the data as having an unknown salary.

In October 2015, Birkbeck College consolidated London weighting into their staff salary scales. This resulted in a net increase of £3,550 to all salary points (before increments and pay awards) in 2015/16. This has led to visible changes to the number of staff within salary bandings.