Dear Sarah
We have a similar problem. Some of what we gave the Guardian in the
mapping file has been used and other parts appear to have been ignored.
Did HESA say whether they re-issue the data?
Best Wishes
Gary
At 15:44 26/03/2007, you wrote:
>Dear All,
>
>I've been working through the preview data below for the Guardian
>and I found some anomalies (particularly with regard to the student
>FTE by Guardian subject). After conversations with HESA we've found
>it's because of an error with the mappings, which happened during
>the Guardian's processing of the file. This may be due to the way I
>submitted the mapping file and might not apply to anyone else but
>with the Guardian's track record I thought it wise to let you all know.
>
>Regards,
>Sarah
>
>
>--
>Dr Sarah Hipkiss
>Planning and Financial Services
>0191 515 3511
>
>
>-------- Original Message --------
>Subject: Data request from The Guardian (ref 26236)
>Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2007 16:58:10 +0000
>From: Jonathan Waller <[log in to unmask]>
>To: DDS_Announce <[log in to unmask]>
>
>
>
>Dear colleague
>
>I am writing to notify you of a data request that HESA has received and
>processed. The request is from The Guardian and the data will be used
>within this year's Guardian University Guide. The reference number for
>this request is 26236.
>
>The data requested of HESA are (all items disaggregated by each HEI) :
>
>Item 1 Student enrolments by level of study and Guardian subject group
>2005/06
>Item 2a Total FTE of student enrolments by level of study and Guardian
>subject group 2005/06
>Item 2b Total FTE of student enrolments by level of study and cost
>centre 2005/06
>Item 3 First degree students by gender and Guardian subject group 2005/06
>Item 4 First degree students by mode of study and Guardian subject group
>2005/06
>Item 5 Full-time, first year, first degree students by age group and
>Guardian subject group 2005/06
>Item 6 UK domiciled, first degree students by ethnicity and Guardian
>subject group 2005/06
>Item 7 First degree students by disability status and Guardian subject
>group 2005/06
>Item 8 First year, first degree students by socio economic
>classification and Guardian subject group 2005/06
>Item 9 First degree students by domicile and Guardian subject group 2005/06
>Item 10 First degree qualifiers by Guardian subject group and
>classification 2005/06
>Item 11 Mean tariff scores of full-time, first year, first degree
>students by Guardian subject group 2005/06
>Item 12 Destinations of UK domiciled full-time, first degree graduates
>and leavers by activity and Guardian subject group 2004/05
>
>Item 13 UK domiciled full-time, first degree graduates entering
>employment (including those working and studying) by SOC 2000 job type
>and Guardian subject group 2004/05
>
>Item 14 Student:staff ratios by cost centre 2005/06
>Item 15 Total expenditure by cost centre (academic departments only) and
>type of expenditure 2005/06
>Item 16 Expenditure of academic services by type 2005/06
>Item 17a 'Value-added' scores (method 1) by Guardian subject group 2005/06
>Item 17b 'Value-added' scores (method 2) by Guardian subject group 2005/06
>Item 18 Spend per student by cost centre (academic cost centres only)
>2005/06
>
>A brief summary of the main changes from last year's Guardian data request:
>1. Item 2b is a new item
>2. Items 17a and 17b are also new items this year. However Item 17a is
>an update of 'value-added' data that were last supplied to The Guardian
>in 2003. There are two alternative methodologies (set by The Guardian)
>for generating these data because the Guardian wish to assess the
>results of each.
>
>3. Item 18 is a new item. The spend per student figures presented here
>are provided in order to make any anomalies in the comparison between
>finance and student data by cost centre more easily apparent. For the
>actual spend per student figures used in the Guardian University Guide,
>an apportioned element of expenditure on academic services will also be
>incorporated into the figures by The Guardian analysts.
>
>4. This year we have included a sector comparison table for each data
>item. This will allow you to compare the figures for your HE institution
>with the equivalent total figures for all HEIs. The sector comparison
>tables are located below the tables for each HE institution within the
>Excel worksheets.
>
>5. Last year's data items on academic staff numbers by employment
>function and grade have not be requested this year.
>
>The above data items have been prepared and are now available for
>preview from the usual Data Dissemination System (DDS) web-pages. The
>data are due to be released to the Guardian on 2 April 2007 so I will
>need any comments back from HEIs by 12p.m. on that day.
>
>If you have any comments or queries regarding the data please contact me
>at [log in to unmask]
>
>Regards
>
>Jonathan Waller
>--------------------------------------------------------
>Head of Information Services
>Higher Education Statistics Agency
>Tel 01242 211130
>FAX 01242 211122
>--------------------------------------------------------
Gary Smith
Deputy Director, Management Information and Services
The Registry, UCL
Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT
E-mail: [log in to unmask]
Tel: external 020-7679-2044; internal 3-2044
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