1Destinations Interactive

Requirements, Process and Timetable

2 Academic Structure

Allows for different academic structures and nomenclature

But must have• Single parent cascading structure

•Not all levels need to be used

3University

College 1 College 2

Faculty A Faculty B

Department i Department ii Department iii

Course a Course b Course c Course d

Graduate 95 Graduate 96 Graduate 97 Graduate 98 Graduate 99

One course

One department

One faculty

One college

4 Data

• DLHE data submitted to HESA

• Additional survey data

• Supplementary graduate data (Registry)

• Course data

5 Additional Survey Data

• COURSENAMENew course name if in further study (Q20)

• INSTNAMENew institution name if in further study (Q22)

6Supplementary Graduate DataField Number

Field Name Type Length Description

68 CAMPID T 01 HESA campus identifier

69 OWNSTU T 20* University student identifier

70 SURNAME T 40* Student surname

71 FNAMES T 40* Student forenames

72 INIT T 04* Student initials

73 TITLE T 04* Student title

74 GENDER T 01 Student gender

75 PCODE T 08 Postcode of permanent address

76 BIRTHDTE Date 10 Student date of birth

77 DOMICILE T 02 Location of permanent address

78 ETHNIC T 02 A valid HESA ethnicity code

79 DISABLE T 02 A valid HESA disability code

7Supplementary Graduate Data cont...Field Number

Field Name Type Length Description

80 NATION T 02 Nationality

81 COURSEID T 30* University course code

82 DEPT T 30* University department

83 FACULTY T 30* University faculty

84 Blank - - Please insert a null field

85 QUAL T 03 Qualification awarded

86 FEEELIG T 01 Fee eligibility

87 CLASS T 02 Qualification class

88 MODE T 02 HESA mode of study(stud.record)

89 TTCID T 01 Type of the teacher training

90 Blank - - Please insert a null field

91 ENDDATE Date 10 The date the student left

8 Course DataField Number Field Name Type Length Description

1 INSTID Text (T) 04 HESA institution identifier

2 CAMPID T 01 HESA campus identifier

3 COURSEID T 30* University course code

4 CTITLE T 80* University course name

5 SBJCA1 T 04 JACS2 code (course subject field)

6 SBJCA1P T 03 % of total course for this subject area. Valid entry is 3 numeric characters, e.g. 100=100%, 050=50%, 075=75%

7 SBJCA2 T 04 JACS2 code (course subject field)

8 SBJCA2P T 03 % of total course for this subject area.

9 SBJCA3 T 04 JACS2 code (course subject field)

10 SBJCA3P T 03 % of total course for this subject area.

11 Blank - - Please insert a null field

12 DEPT T 30* University department

13 FACULTY T 30* University faculty

9OPTIONAL - DLHE Non-Respondents

It is potentially useful to include non-respondents as they can be included in analyses which do not depend on a DLHE response e.g. analyses of graduate numbers by subject area, by degree class, by ethnicity etc.

 

OPTIONAL – Personal dataIt is not necessary to include the personal data from Specification B (e.g. SURNAME, FNAMES) and a null value should be entered if this data is not provided.

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Customisation• A degree of customisation – look and feel• Logo• Horizontal banner• Vertical banner• Colour scheme• Positioning• Choice of front page reports• Static text• Level of access

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Access

•Generic group access NOT individual•Username/password

Decision on:• Level of access?

University/college/faculty/department/course

• Which advanced reports?

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The Process• Confirm• License Agreement and SLA• Data Specification – from DLHE and Registry• Customisation, skinning and static text• Data validation and upload• Quality testing• Site Release

receipt of good data site release2 weeks or less second+ year2 months or less in first year

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License Agreement

• Data security

• Data Protection

• Start date and duration

19 Our obligations

• Provide site as described• Updates and enhancements• Support

Your obligations• Nominate contacts• Data provision• Decision on group access

License Agreement

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SLA

• Summary of requirements and obligations

• Data protection details

• Payment details

21 • Data validation and upload

• Customisation

• Logins

• Quality testing

• Site release

• Sign off (start date)

The Process cont...

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Post Release

• Feedback and adjustments

• Additional DLHE years

• Advanced reports

• Support

• User forum?

23 Thank You

Commercial Development Team, The Careers Group, University of London, Stewart House,

32 Russell Square, London, WC1B 5DNe: commercial@careers.lon.ac.uk

t: 020 7863 6070