Important: Update on the HESA Track Data following recent consultation

In our last update on the continued delays with the HESA data for Students who were ready to enter higher education (HE) in 2022/23 or earlier, we let you know that Jisc had asked us to consider restricting our linked data supply to cover the Student entrant years of 2015/16 to 2022/23, due to the issues with coding the historical cohort data.

In this update, we outlined the proposed changes and impact this may have on the data. We provided an overview of the historical cohorts that would be affected, alongside the proportion of the HESA Track that was impacted, and stated that our next steps were to check the proposed approach with the HEAT Research Group.

Following consultation with the Research Group, we can confirm that we have now accepted the updated delivery terms with Jisc, and are now awaiting the delivery of the linked data supply.

We will provide a further update as soon as further information is available, however if you have any questions about this update, please don’t hesitate to contact us via HEAT Support.