Business, Innovation and Skills written question – answered at on 18 December 2012.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what assessment he has made of the accuracy of statistics held on the Unistats website on further education colleges; and if he will make a statement.
The Unistats website provides prospective students with comparable information, known as the Key Information Set, for higher education courses at universities and further education colleges. This includes data from the National Student Survey (NSS) and the Destination of Leavers of Higher Education (DLHE) surveys, which are independently collected by a survey agency appointed by the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE). Data for further education colleges are also linked to the Individual Learner Record, which is subject to its own audit requirements.
The HEFCE validates all Unistats data and each further education college (and each university) was given a preview of their Unistats data to check for accuracy and highlight any errors. In addition, as part of its early review of the Key Information Set, HEFCE is undertaking a small number of audits to establish whether there are systematic issues with the data. HEFCE intends to continue this audit activity in future years.
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