This survey is a part of HESA’s review of the Higher Education – Business and Community Interactions (HE-BCI) survey. Its purpose is to gather information about current practices for the recording and use of data about knowledge exchange (KE) and related activities. This builds on a wide range of previous work available on the website, and fits into the plans we have communicated in our September blog .
The survey is organised into 5 large sections corresponding with the priority...More
The launch of this major review allows us to take stock of the changes which have occurred in the decade since the last major review of the Staff record, to assess their impact, and to determine the extent to which the Staff record as it now stands meets the needs of our users.
Since the last major review, the funding and regulatory environment in the UK nations has changed substantially. Notably, following the implementation of the Higher Education and Research Act 2017, the...More
The purpose of this consultation is to gather feedback on proposed amendments relating to the collection of data on transnational education (TNE) students in Northern Ireland and Scotland. These include measures to fill the current gap in our knowledge of these students, for example, in relation to the subjects that they study and the types of TNE activity in which they engage. The specific proposals are set out in the main body of the consultation.
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This consultation makes proposals which aim to ensure that HESA and our Statutory Customers have the necessary data to perform our functions in respect of students studying in transnational education (TNE) and through partnership arrangements. It proposes changes to data collection approaches for providers in England and Wales, which are intended to fill current gaps in our knowledge while ensuring that data requirements from higher education providers remain proportionate.
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Welcome to our provider training needs survey for the Estates Management record. This survey aims to understand which parts of the HESA collection cycle are the most challenging and why, and whether our existing training products can be improved, or launch new courses to support your needs even further. This survey will ensure we follow a full training cycle based on empirical evidence which will enrich our existing training creation process.
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The Initial Teacher Training (ITT) record will be moving to join the main Student record from 2024/25. The requirements for data collection of students on teacher training courses (leading to Qualified Teacher Status (QTS)) won’t be changing – though in some cases reduced – but will require expanding the Student record to accommodate data items that are currently collected in the ITT record. There are a few things we need to consider as part of the amalgamation and we would like to...More
Welcome to our provider training needs survey for the Estates Management record. This survey aims to understand which parts of the HESA collection cycle are the most challenging and why, and whether our existing training products can be improved, or launch new courses to support your needs even further. This survey will ensure we follow a full training cycle based on empirical evidence which will enrich our existing training creation process.
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Welcome to our provider training needs survey for the HE-BCI record (C21032). This survey aims to understand which parts of the HESA collection cycle are the most challenging and why, and whether our existing training products can be improved, or launch new courses to support your needs even further. This survey will ensure we follow a full training cycle based on empirical evidence which will enrich our existing training creation process.
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This consultation seeks views on how Jisc can ensure it has the data required to perform its functions and how that data can be collected in a way this is proportionate. By 'proportionate', we mean that the requirements that we place on higher education providers are necessary to perform our regulatory functions.
This consultation forms part of the ongoing HE-BCI major review. A major review is an investigatory project that creates a business case for change. In some cases, the purpose...More
Welcome to our provider training needs survey for the Finance record (C21031). This survey aims to understand which parts of the HESA collection cycle are the most challenging and why, and whether our existing training products can be improved, or launch new courses to support your needs even further. This survey will ensure we follow a full training cycle based on empirical evidence which will enrich our existing training creation process.
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Why are we doing this survey?
This is the third and last Data Futures readiness survey to complete the series of readiness monitoring and measures undertaken ahead of the 2023 interim submissions and Student 22056 collection .
Throughout 2021 and 2022, we have provided operational resources, e-learning and opportunities to engage with Data Futures and the 22056 collection. We are nearing the end of exceptional support as we approach the collection window for...More
Why are we doing this survey?
This is the third and last Data Futures readiness survey to complete the series of readiness monitoring and measures undertaken ahead of the 2023 interim submissions and Student 22056 collection .
Throughout 2021 and 2022, we have provided operational resources, e-learning and opportunities to engage with Data Futures and the 22056 collection. We are nearing the end of exceptional support as we approach the collection window for...More
Why are we doing this survey?
This is the third and last Data Futures readiness survey to complete the series of readiness monitoring and measures undertaken ahead of the 2023 interim submissions and Student 22056 collection .
Throughout 2021 and 2022, we have provided operational resources, e-learning and opportunities to engage with Data Futures and the 22056 collection. We are nearing the end of exceptional support as we approach the collection window for...More
Why are we doing this survey?
This is the third and last Data Futures readiness survey to complete the series of readiness monitoring and measures undertaken ahead of the 2023 interim submissions and Student 22056 collection .
Throughout 2021 and 2022, we have provided operational resources, e-learning and opportunities to engage with Data Futures and the 22056 collection. We are nearing the end of exceptional support as we approach the collection window for...More
Welcome to our provider training needs survey for the Graduate Outcomes Contact Details record (C20071). This survey aims to understand which parts of the HESA collection cycle are the most challenging and why, and whether our existing training products can be improved, or launch new courses to support your needs even further. This survey will ensure we follow a full training cycle based on empirical evidence which will enrich our existing training creation process.
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Welcome to our provider training needs survey for the GMC Assessment record (C21055). This survey aims to understand which parts of the HESA collection cycle are the most challenging and why, and whether our existing training products can be improved, or launch new courses to support your needs even further. This survey will ensure we follow a full training cycle based on empirical evidence which will enrich our existing training creation process.
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Welcome to our provider training needs survey for the Graduate Outcomes Survey Results record (C20072). This survey aims to understand which parts of the HESA collection cycle are the most challenging and why, and whether our existing training products can be improved, or launch new courses to support your needs even further. This survey will ensure we follow a full training cycle based on empirical evidence which will enrich our existing training creation process.
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Welcome to our provider training needs survey for the Staff record (C21025). This survey aims to understand which parts of the HESA collection cycle are the most challenging and why, and whether our existing training products can be improved, or launch new courses to support your needs even further. This survey will ensure we follow a full training cycle based on empirical evidence which will enrich our existing training creation process.
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Welcome to our provider training needs survey for the Aggregate Offshore Record (AOR) (C21052). This survey aims to understand which parts of the HESA collection cycle are the most challenging and why, and whether our existing training products can be improved, or launch new courses to support your needs even further. This survey will ensure we follow a full training cycle based on empirical evidence which will enrich our existing training creation process.
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Welcome to our provider training needs survey for the Initial Teacher Training (ITT) record (C22053). This survey aims to understand which parts of the HESA collection cycle are the most challenging and why, and whether our existing training products can be improved, or launch new courses to support your needs even further. This survey will ensure we follow a full training cycle based on empirical evidence which will enrich our existing training creation process.
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Welcome to our provider training needs survey for the Unistats record. This survey aims to understand which parts of the HESA collection cycle are the most challenging and why, and whether our existing training products can be improved, or launch new courses to support your needs even further. This survey will ensure we follow a full training cycle based on empirical evidence which will enrich our existing training creation process.
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Welcome to our provider training needs survey for the Provider profile record. This survey aims to understand which parts of the HESA collection cycle are the most challenging and why, and whether our existing training products can be improved, or launch new courses to support your needs even further. This survey will ensure we follow a full training cycle based on empirical evidence which will enrich our existing training creation process.
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We hope that you find the HESA Training update to be a useful monthly resource. Your views and feedback are very important to us so it would be very helpful if you would complete our short feedback survey.
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We added the following new fields to the C20051 Student and C20054 Student Alternative returns for providers in England:
APEL/Credit
Delivery Organisation
Access and Participation Plan flag on financial support (APPSPEND)
Expansion of CLASS
We would like to understand more from providers about their experience implementing these new areas, and if there are any aspects we can review to reduce burden.
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The Alpha phase will run between May and August 2021, preceded by training and preparations during April. We are exploring how to structure the approach and how we can potentially extend testing and provider input after August 2021 until December 2021. The deadline to submit your expression of interest is Tuesday 6 April.
More information including timelines and an FAQ is available on our Alpha phase page .
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