Data intelligence

University of Wales Trinity Saint David have informed us that space had been inadvertently mis-labelled in 2013/14 for Teaching not offices NIA. The correction is as follows: 29,786.32.

University of Wales Trinity Saint David have informed us that space had been inadvertently mis-labelled in 2014/15 for Teaching not offices NIA. The correction is as follows: 28,324.5

King's College London has reported that the significant decrease to data item BNIATE - Teaching not offices percentage of all NIA (net internal area) used for timetabled teaching from 45.3% in 2011/12 to 8% in 2012/13 was due to errors being made in the interpretation of the data item in 2011/12 and before. This figure was previously reported as a percentage of the NIA teaching not offices rather than all NIA used for timetabled teaching.

The University of Leicester misreported term-time address data for 2,000 (52%) first year first degree students in 2015/16. Due to a system error, the term-time postcodes for these students have been incorrectly recorded as their postcodes for summer correspondence. This also affects term-time accommodation data. The 2,000 first year first degree students should have been reported as living in a provider maintained property but instead have been reported under the property type that their summer correspondence postcode relates to, such as a parental/guardian home.

In 2015/16, The University of South Wales undertook a contractual review of contracts for all staff members. This, together with data validation conducted alongside the introduction of a new HR/Payroll system, resulted in adjustments to contract terms and changes to the numbers of employees engaged on permanent or fixed term contracts.

In 2022/23, the Open University changed its terms of employment for one category of academic staff; Associate Lecturers now hold a single permanent contract instead of multiple fixed-term contracts. This change led to an increase in permanent contracts from 1,125 to 5,585 and a decrease in fixed-term contracts from 4,670 to 170.  

Loughborough University has misreported a number of items within Table 8 of their 2012/13 Finance Statistics return.  These have been suppressed and show within the data as '..'.  The affected items, with corrected figures, are as follows:

Other operations - Buildings, Total actual spend £000s: 13,816. 

Other operations - Buildings, Internal funds £000s: (12,191).

Total capital expenditure, Total actual spend £000s: 20,863.

Total capital expenditure, Internal funds £000s: (4,851). 

Please note that the following 2012/13 EMR data items will also be affected by this error: FNRCEX - Non-residential capital expenditure buildings; FCEXT - Total capital expenditure buildings.

In 2015/16, Heriot-Watt University misreported their total collaborative research income within Table 1. This figure should have been closer to the 2014/15 figure of £24,124K.

In 2015/16, Heriot-Watt University misreported their total income from Consultancy within Table 2. This figure should have been £3,275K.

In 2014/15, University College London reported in error their Total learner days of CPD/CE courses delivered in HEBCI Table 2 as 20,966. This figure should read 29,966.

In 2014/15, Swansea University have confirmed that they incorrectly reported their (EREGONF) Total renewable energy generated onsite or offsite as 42,160.000 kwh. Their value for Total renewable energy generated onsite or offsite should have been 193,384 kwh.

University of Stirling was not able to supply the data for the year 2020/21 due to its staffing issues. The values have been taken over from 2019/20 since Total scope 1 and 2 carbon emissions (Kg CO2e) is a mandatory field which cannot be left blank. 

In 2016/17, University of the West of England, Bristol misreported their SMSAT – Total site area and SMGAT – Total grounds area. The submitted values of 84.772 and 80.780 respectively, should read 68.429 and 55.561.

In 2016/17, Edge Hill University reported the total waste mass figure (EWMT) in Kg and not metric tonnes, therefore the figure should read 523.286 not 523,286.00 as recorded. EMWRCT and EWMENT should also have been recorded in metric tonnes and not Kg.

For 2018/19, Royal Veterinary College omitted data for Total waste mass composting, and, Total waste mass used to create energy.

University of the West of Scotland entered a value of 135,939 for Total waste mass recycled (EWMRECT) for 2018/19. This should have been submitted as 135.93. This represents a difference of 135,803.07 Tonnes

The Salvation Army does not charge its students tuition fees for the courses that they undertake. This affects Table 6: ‘Tuition fees and education contracts analysed by domicile, mode, level and source’ which details fee breakdown. This applies from 2019/20 onwards.

The Institute of Ismaili Studies does not charge tuition fees to its students. Tuition fees are detailed in table 6. Tuition fee totals are also reported in tables 1 and 7. This applies from 2019/20 onwards.

The University of Buckingham corrected some of their postgraduate courses, that previously had been treated as full time, to part time. This resulted in an increase in their fee income for part-time postgraduate taught from £26k in 2010/11 to £893k in 2011/12. Their full-time postgraduate taught fees income fell by a similar amount.

For 2017/18, Edge Hill University incorrectly returned £104k in UK domicile students, Full-time undergraduate, Other source of fee and £152k in UK domicile students, Part-time undergraduate, Other source of fee instead of in Non-credit bearing course fees (Table 6 Tuition fees and education contracts).

For 2017/18, The National Film and Television School incorrectly returned £73k in Education and Skills Funding Agency funding (Table 7C Funding body grants) instead of in Non-credit bearing course fees (Table 6 Tuition fees and education contracts).