Amendments to data

The OfS and Research England use a range of data submitted by higher education providers. We expect that the data we use will be the final version submitted and signed off as correct by the provider’s accountable officer.

Sometimes errors are identified in the data after it has been submitted and signed off by providers, and after we have used the data.

The process providers should follow depends on how the errors have been identified: 

• Where errors are identified through an OfS or Research England data audit, a provider should follow the process and timelines set out by the audit team.
• Where data errors are identified through other routes, a provider should follow our data amendments process to decide whether to submit an amendment.