I see from the Telegraph today that a company called Experian are offering
employers a service to check degree qualifications in conjunction with HESA.
Does anyone know about this? How will it work? Are they going to use HESA
data to provide this check? If so how does this square with the Data
Protection Act? In my view the data has been proved for statistical purposes
only and to use it for another purpose would require consent. If HESA data is
to be used I am also not clear what will happen if an HEI failed to include a
qualification awarded in a HESA return by mistake and, as a result, the
student failed to get a job - who would be liable?
Dennis Barrington-Light
Head of Student Records and Statistics
University of Cambridge, 10 Peas Hill, Cambridge CB2 3PN
Tel: 01223-332303 (Direct line) Fax: 01223-331200
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