Student Alternative record 2019/20 - Coding manual release schedule
Student Alternative record 2019/20 - Coding manual release schedule
Version 1.1 Produced 2020-04-16
This document outlines the planned dates for the first release of the coding manual documents. These documents may subsequently be updated in the future releases.
Scheduled releases of coding manual
Release | Description |
March 2019 | Known changes |
September 2019 | Release of field information, schemas and supporting documents, including the data collection schedule |
January 2020 | Release of initial quality rules and a validation kit to support testing of data against them |
February and March 2020 | Incremental release of quality rules and validation kit support as they are developed and updated for the current collection |
April 2020 | First release of derived field specifications, and the first release of credibility reports |
May 2020 | Incremental release of quality rules and validation kit support as they are developed and updated for the current collection, release of additional credibility reports |
June 2020 | Release of data collection documents, downloadable file formats, release of additional credibility reports |
July 2020 | Incremental release of quality rules and validation kit support as they are developed and updated for the current collection, release of final credibility reports |
August 2020 | Maintenance release |
Scheduled releases of coding manual documents
Section | Document | Released |
First release of documentation highlighting any major changes over previous collection. | March 2019 | |
Overview | Data protection guidance | March 2019 |
Specification | Coverage of the record | September 2020 |
Data model | September 2020 | |
Data items | September 2020 | |
File structure | September 2020 | |
CYY054.xsd | September 2020 | |
CYY054DataTypes.xsd | September 2020 | |
CYY054CodeLists.xsd | September 2020 | |
Derived field specifications | April 2020 | |
Specification of the UCAS data for HESA transaction | The UCAS data for HESA (*J) transaction | September 2020 |
Specification of the UCAS data for HESA (*J) | September 2020 | |
Further guidance | Graduate Outcomes - Coverage of the record | January 2020 |
Understanding student continuity and the UHN link | September 2020 | |
Submission process and quality assurance | Data collection schedule | September 2020 |
File structures for downloadable files | June 2020 | |
Validation overview | September 2020 | |
Quality rules | January - July 2020 | |
Download validation kit | January 2020 | |
Amalgamation tool | September 2020 | |
Credibility reports | April - June 2020 | |
Submit data to HESA | September 2020 | |
Help with the data collection system | September 2020 | |
Fixed database facility | June 2020 |
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