Data intelligence

De Montfort University have confirmed that the negative values for the following 2012/13 Estates Management record data items are correct, due to the service charges received by the university from their tenants exceeding the service charges paid to their landlords for leased space: FNRNSCM - Non-residential net service charge and miscellaneous PFI and PPP costs; FNSCTM - Total net service charge and miscellaneous PFI and PPP costs.
 

Aston University has reported that between 2008/09 to 2011/12 the Estate Management Statistics figure for data item D30.C01 - Net service charge/miscellaneous PFI/PPP costs Total HEI had been returned incorrectly as including PFI income.

JSA Education Group Ltd. was registered with the Office for Students on 20 August 2020. This is a new provider which will receive students from September 2021.

New Model Institute for Technology and Engineering was registered with the Office for Students on 26 August 2020. This is a new provider which will receive students in September 2021.

The London Interdisciplinary School Ltd. was registered with the Office for Students on 26 October 2020. This is a new provider which will receive students from August 2021.

During 2011/12, the University of the West of England implemented a restructuring of its student-facing administrative support arrangements. This restructure resulted in the realignment of a number of administrative support functions that were previously carried out within its academic faculties into its central service departments. Non-academic staff affected by this restructuring were therefore recoded from an academic subject-related HESA Cost Centre value (codes 01 to 41) to a service-related HESA Cost Centre value (codes 51 to 57). The main restructuring was effective from 1 January 2012 so the full effect of this change will not be reflected until the 2012/13 Staff Record.

The non-continuation data for Kensington College of Business includes 20 students who did not secure SLC funding and could not confirm their enrolment within 50 days of commencement and 6 missing qualifications from their student return (applicable to table series T3 experimental).

The data for Grŵp Llandrillo Menai has been suppressed in table T3c due to some of the qualification on entry data being returned incorrectly (applicable to table T3c experimental).

Due to data coding issues relating to the commencement data of students, University of the West of Scotland has been excluded from this analysis (applicable to table T3a-d, 2018/19 publication).

Due to data coding issues relating to end date of students, St Patrick’s International College have been excluded from the non-continuation analysis (applicable to table T3d, 2018/19 publication).

The non-continuation data for Kensington College of Business includes around 20 students who did not secure SLC funding and could not confirm their enrolment within 50 days of commencement (applicable to table series T3).

The non-continuation following year of entry data for University of the West of Scotland was suppressed in table T3a-d in the 2018/19 publication due to a data coding issue relating to commencement date. As a result, their data have been excluded from table T4 in the 2019/20 publication (applicable to table series T4).

The non-continuation following year of entry data for St Patrick’s International College was supressed in Table T3d in the 2018/19 publication due to data coding issues relating to end date of students. As a result, their data have been excluded from Table T4b in the 2019/20 publication (applicable to table T4b).

The data for The Open University relating to projected outcomes in Table T5 has been suppressed as the provision is relatively new and hence there are insufficient students in each year to inform a robust projection (applicable to table T5).

Leeds Conservatoire and Hartpury University joined the sector in 2018/19. The data for both providers relating to projected outcomes in Table T5 has been suppressed as the provision is new and hence there are insufficient students in each year to inform a robust projection (applicable to table T5).

Brit College suspended tuition on HN programmes during the 2019/20 academic year (applicable to table T3d).

UK College of Business and Computing transferred students to a partner provider during the 2019/20 academic year, their figures have been supressed and shown as nulls in Table T3a-c but are included in the total figures

The end of a collaborative provision partnership has resulted in a number of continuing students transferring from Falmouth University to the delivery partner in 2020/21. This means:

• The percentage of entrants who transfer to another provider in Table T3 for Falmouth University is higher than in previous years.
• Falmouth University have been excluded from Table T5. The students are not counted as transfers in Table T5 as the method only uses data submitted to the HESA Student record and not to the Student Alternative record. Therefore, the percentage of starters projected to leave with no award in Table T5 has been incorrectly inflated.

The data for The Open University relating to projected outcomes in Table T5 has been suppressed as the provision is relatively new and hence there are insufficient students in each year to inform a robust projection (applicable to table T5).

The non-continuation following year of entry data for Queen's University Belfast and Stranmillis University College was supressed in Table T3d in the 2019/20 publication due to a change in reporting practices of foundation degrees. As a result, their data have been excluded from Table T4b in the 2020/21 publication (applicable to table T4b).

For St Andrews University the percentage projected to transfer to another provider in Table T5 is higher than in previous years, when it was typically between 3 and 4%. This is due to a collaborative degree course where students spend the first two years at St Andrews and then move to the other provider involved in the collaboration. As this course started in 2018-19 this will be the first set of projected outcomes to be affected by the students on the course transferring to the collaborative provider.

From 1 August 2012, the University of Huddersfield's campus at Oldham (including the majority of its students) were transferred to Oldham College. This means that the majority of students returned as studying at the Oldham Campus in 2011/12 were shown as transferring to another institution in 2012/13. This may have an impact on the non-continuation UK performance indicators with the completion rates for students at the campus (and the University overall) showing a decrease in the proportion of those continuing or qualifying at the same HE provider.

The non-continuation following year of entry data from London South Bank University was suppressed in table T3 in the 2011/12 publication as the University was unable to record activity of students on a number of courses. As a result, their data have been excluded from table T4 in the 2012/13 publication (applicable to table series T4).

The data for Birkbeck College relating to projected outcomes in Table T5 has been suppressed in 2012/13 as the provision is relatively new and hence there are insufficient students in each year to inform a robust projection (applicable to table T5).

Leeds College of Art transferred to the HE sector in 2011/12. There is currently insufficient data on the HESA record to inform transitions and therefore data in T5 has been suppressed in 2012/13 (applicable to table T5).

The non-continuation rates for the University of Brighton have been overstated due to incorrect coding of a cohort as aiming for a first degree (applicable to table T3e).

From 1 August 2013, the University of Huddersfield campus at Barnsley (including the majority of its students), were transferred to Barnsley College. This means that the majority of students returned as studying at the Barnsley Campus in 2012/13 were shown as transferring to another HE provider in 2013/14. This is likely to have an impact on the non-continuation UK performance indicators with the completion rates for students at the campus (and the university overall) showing a decrease in the proportion of those continuing or qualifying at the same HE provider.

The data for Birkbeck College and Institute of Education relating to projected outcomes in Table T5 have been suppressed in 2013/14 as the provision is relatively new and hence there are insufficient students in each year to inform a robust projection (applicable to table T5).

Leeds College of Art transferred to the HE sector in 2011/12. There is currently insufficient data on the HESA record to inform transitions and therefore data in T5 have been suppressed in 2013/14 (applicable to table T5).

The University of Exeter’s Dentistry students were transferred to Plymouth University Peninsula Schools of Medicine and Dentistry in 2012/13. Both tables T3a and T3c of the UK Performance Indicators show an unusually high number of mature students transferring institution from the University of Exeter. This refers to these Dentistry students (who due to the graduate entry nature of the course are very likely to be mature i.e. over 21 on entry), who transferred to Plymouth as part of the separation of the Peninsula College of Medicine and Dentistry (applicable to tables T3a, T3c).

The proportion of students transferring between HE providers is inflated for Queen Mary University of London due to the formal transfer of a cohort of 20 students taught at the University of London Institute in Paris from Queen Mary University of London to Royal Holloway (applicable to table T3a-T3c, T5).

Data for the University of Plymouth has been suppressed due to the transfer of 50 students to City of Bristol College who are not included in the transfer figures as City of Bristol College is not within the UK Performance Indicators (applicable to table T3d).

The proportion of students transferring between HE providers is inflated for the University of Liverpool due to the formal transfer of a cohort of 50 students taught at Lancaster University from the University of Liverpool to Lancaster University (applicable to table T3a-T3c, T5).

Data for The University of Brighton has been suppressed due to the incorrect coding of a group of students on courses delivered at a partner college as dormant, rather than having successfully completed (applicable to table T3d).

Data for the University of Brighton have been suppressed in table T3d in the 2014/15 publication due to the incorrect coding of qualification obtained for a group of students (applicable to table T3d).

Data for the University of Plymouth was suppressed in table T3d in the 2013/14 publication due to the transfer of 50 students to City of Bristol College who are not included in the transfer figures as City of Bristol College are not within the UK Performance Indicators. As a result, their data has been excluded from table T4b in the 2014/15 publication (applicable to table T4b).

Data for the University of Brighton were suppressed in table T3d in the 2013/14 publication due to the incorrect coding of a group of students on courses delivered at a partner college as dormant, rather than having successfully completed. As a result, their data has been excluded from table T4b in the 2014/15 publication (applicable to table T4b).

Due to some students on first degree courses in 2013/14 being incorrectly recorded in 2014/15, the proportion with ‘not known’ outcome for the University of Stirling is higher than it should be. This in turn means that the other proportions will be lower than they should be (applicable to table T5).