The HESA Staff Record

All HEIs in the UK send data about all of their staff to HESA at the end of each academic year. If you have been a member of staff working for a UK HEI at any time since August 2004, it is likely that HESA will have a record about you.

PURPOSES FOR COLLECTING THE HESA STAFF RECORD

The HESA Staff Record is used for four broad purposes:

• Purpose 1 - Public functions
• Purpose 2 - HESA publications
• Purpose 3 - Equal opportunity, research, journalism and other processing in which there is a public interest
• Purpose 4 - Clinical academic staff and health professionals only

Please refer to HESA’s Collection Notices for full details.

YOUR RIGHTS

Under the Data Protection Act 1998 you have rights of access to the information HESA holds about you. You will have to pay a small fee for this.

For further information about data protection and your HESA information please see www.hesa.ac.uk/dataprot.

The HESA Student Record

Every year we will send some of the information we hold about you to HESA. HESA is the official source of data about UK universities, higher education colleges, alternative HE providers, and recognised higher education courses taught at further education institutions in Wales www.hesa.ac.uk. HESA is a registered charity and operates on a not-for-profit basis. HESA uses your HESA information itself for its own purposes. HESA also shares information from your HESA information with third parties. All uses of HESA information must comply with the Data Protection Act 1998 www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/29/contents.

PURPOSES FOR COLLECTING THE HESA STUDENT RECORD

Your HESA information including linked data is used for four broad purposes:

• Purpose 1 - Public functions
• Purpose 2 - Administrative uses
• Purpose 3 - HESA publications
• Purpose 4 - Equal opportunity, research, journalism and other processing in which there is a legitimate interest

Please refer to HESA’s Collection Notices for full details.

YOUR RIGHTS

Under the Data Protection Act 1998 you have rights of access to the information HESA holds about you. You will have to pay a small fee for this.

For further information about data protection and your HESA information please see www.hesa.ac.uk/dataprot.