Student Registration Exercise
In this section:
- What is Student Registration Exercise?
- Who needs to complete the Student Registration Exercise?
- When do I need to complete the Student Registration Exercise?
- How do I complete the Student Registration Exercise?
- How will my data be handled?
- Having problems?
What is the Student Registration Exercise?
The annual Student Registration Exercise is designed to be a simple process only taking a few minutes to complete. At the end there is the opportunity to collect your UIS or Raven account if you are a new student.
By completing the Student Registration Exercise it ensures the information held on your student record is correct: It is not a way of registering for or applying for a course of study.
The data collected during the registration process forms the requirements of data submission to the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) – the designated data body for Higher Education. HESA uses this information in its own right, for example, to publish aggregated statistics about students in Higher Education.
Who needs to complete the Student Registration Exercise?
All students enrolled on an award-bearing course are required to complete the Student Registration Exercise on an annual basis. The Student Registration Exercise must be completed even if you have studied with us before.
When do I need to complete the Student Registration Exercise?
No action needs to be taken until you receive an email inviting you to complete the Student Registration Exercise. After the initial email invitation, you will receive weekly reminders until you complete the Student Registration Exercise.
How do I complete the Student Registration Exercise?
This depends on the type of course you are studying and where, and whether you are a new student or a continuing student. A new student is a student beginning the first year of their course. A continuing student is a student beginning the second or subsequent year of their course.
Click here for Instructions if you are attending a course with one of the following:
- Undergraduate level study with Professional and Continuing Education - PACE (formerly ICE)
- Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL)
- Practitioner Professional Development at the Faculty of Education (FoE)
- Language Courses at the University Language Centre (CULP)
Click here for instruction for all other new students
Click here for instructions for all other continuing students
How will my data be handled?
All data collected and/or verified during the registration process with be used in accordance with the University of Cambridge’s data protection on how we use your personal data and data protection policy.
HESA is a designated data body (DDB) for the Office for Students - the regulator and competition authority for the Higher Education sector in England – and under sections 64(1) and 65(1) of the Higher Education and Research Act 2017, English Higher Education providers must provide the DDB with such information as the DDB specifies. As such, we are now legally obliged to attempt to collect this data from all students, but we have provided students with the opportunity to refuse this information if they do not feel comfortable supplying it. The purpose of the data collection is simply for the HESA return to enable them and the Office for Students to conduct equalities-based research into access to and participation in Higher Education.
Having problems?
If you have any questions about completing the Annual Student Registration Exercise, then please read our Frequently Asked Questions, further information can also be found on our help centre: student-registry-help.admin.cam.ac.uk
For any problems not covered by the frequently asked questions, please use the Contact Form to get in touch.