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 2014/15 return 

The HESA requirements change each year and the scale of known changes for 2015/16 are covered within this Brief

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 2016, for the Business Area's validation and submission process
• This year's return includes a number of issues carried over from the last year's HESA return (14/15) 

Objectives

• To undertake all development changes required to meet the requirement changes specified by HESA.
• To review the necessary carried over work from the 14/15 return to determine if the code requires updated for 15/16 return
• To support the submission of the 2015/16 HESA return

Deliverables

• Confirmed 2014/15 work carried over and completed
• All changes required for HR database, application, and extracts
• All changes required for HESA and HESA Archive database, application, extracts, and BI Suite universes

Benefits

 To meet the legislative HR HESA Staff Return requirements 

Success Criteria

• We deliver the HR HESA Staff Return for 2015/16 and  the university has accepted this.  
• To undertake all development changes required to meet the requirement changes specified by HESA
  • To support the submission of the 2015/16 HESA return
  • Any specific work carried over from 14/15 return that is still deemed necessary for the 15/16 submission that requires completion before the 15/16 return.