Data collection

We have produced a number of training materials to support providers that will be completing HESES.

Training webinars

To support provider staff completing HESES23, we have a number of training sessions, listed below. Links to the recordings and slides from these will be posted here after they have taken place. 

Introductory webinar for those with previous HESES experience:

• HESES23: essential updates for experienced staff

Recorded presentations and webinars for those new to HESES:

• Introduction to OfS funding and HESES23
• Categorising your students using HESES23 definitions
• Identifying and counting students to be included in HESES23
• Submitting and verifying your HESES23 workbook

See the timetable for HESES23 training webinars

Video guides

13 video guides covering different aspects of the HESES survey have been published as a playlist on our YouTube channel:

1. Introduction to HESES
2. HESES concepts and terminology
3. Counting student activity
4. Courses table
5. Tables 1, 2 and 3
6. Completion and non-completion
7. Table 5
8. Health tables (Tables 6a and 6c)
9. Apprenticeships
10. Portal downloading and uploading
11. Data verification and the HESES workbook
12. Data verification queries and the HESES sign-off
13. Entering data in the HESES workbook - live demo.