Overview
Background
The HESA Staff Return is an annual submission of staff data which are required to meet HESA requirements. This project will cover any changes required to either collect the data in Oracle HR & Payroll, submit the data to HESA or fix any issues outstanding from 2017/18 return
The University is required to provide staffing information to HESA on an annual basis. The current return for 2017/18 will not deliver the required level of detail therefore the work in this project is to revise the return extract facility in line with HESA's new requirements
The HESA requirements change each year and the scale of known changes for 2018/19 are covered within this Brief
- the number of changes required with differing skill sets,
- the overall priority of this project has been approved to be raised from NORMAL to HIGHER if required
- This project is all about University Funding.
- Some work is expected from HESA this year, in preparation for the large number of changes expected in 2019/20.
Scope
- The University is required to provide HR staffing information to HESA on an annual basis.
- Each year, HR HESA provides requirements for the current submission.
- This usually involves some modifications to the existing data set
- Post-deployment support from June to mid-November 2019, for the Business Area's validation and submission process
Objectives & Deliverables
A summary of key objectives and associated deliverables for HRS097 is given in the table below:-
Reference | Description | Priority (Moscow) | Owner |
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O1 | To undertake all development work required to meet the changes specified by HESA consisting of this year | ||
D1.1 |
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Must | Software Dev, Dev Tech, Apps Supp, HR |
D1.2 | All changes required for HESA Archive database for the 2017/18 database | Must | Software Dev, Dev Tech, Apps Supp, HR |
O2 | To review the necessary carried over work from the 17/18 return to determine if the code requires updated for 18/19 return | ||
D2.1 |
Any specific work carried over from 17/18 return that is still deemed necessary for the 18/19 submission that requires completion before the 18/19 return is completed
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Must | HR, Project Manager |
O3 | To support the submission of the 2018/19 HR HESA return | ||
D3.1 | To support the submission of the 2018/19 HESA return until the final submission in 2019 (29-Oct-2019) | Must | Software Dev, Dev Tech, Apps Supp, HR, Projects Manager |
D4 |
A new subject coding system - the Higher Education Classification of Subjects (HECoS) - has been developed to replace the JACS system. |
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D4.1 | New values to be set up for HECOS to replace JACS codes (CURACCDIS) |
Will be in 2019/20 return not required this year Only investigation for HR |
HR |
As discussed changes will be needed and added into JIRA are
- APEX screens,
- eBusiness Suite (GUI, PL/SQL, API )
- PPIPMI
- HESA BI Universe and the
- Schema/HTML file.
- As there are 3 new fields in relation to REF in a specific format which need to added but the data for these fields will be supplied to us by GaSP (e.g. Susan Cooper) which will need to be upload but not held in Oracle.
- the values will be held in the APEX screens (just like the cost centres), not in Oracle, but will be included in the Oracle Schema
- data already exists in Pure, but GaSP will be supplying the necessary data
- Validation related to the 1 changed field (iteration of it)
Benefits
To meet the legislative HR HESA Staff Return requirements
- This enables the university to obtain the funding required from the government
Success Criteria
To successfully deliver the HR HESA Staff Return for 2018/19
- that Edinburgh University and
- HESA have accepted this sign off
Project Milestones
(Please copy and paste from Milestones log)
Stage | Milestone | Due Date | Previous Date |
Complete |
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Plan | Planning - Brief (Major) | 07-May-2019 | 22-Apr-2019 | No | |
Execute | 13-May-2019 | No date available | No | view | |
Execute | Initial Build | 27-May-2019 | No date available | No | |
Execute | Initial Acceptance | 10-Jun-2019 | No date available | No | |
Execute | First Deployment | 18-Jun-2019 | No date available | No | |
Deliver | Submit HESA Return (Major) | 30-Sep-2019 | No date available | No | |
Execute | Commit | 03-Oct-2019 | No date available | No | |
Execute | Final Submission | 29-Oct-2019 | No date available | No | |
Close | Closure (Major) | 6-Dec-2019 | No date available | No |