This page offers guidance for third parties on how to complete verifications on information regarding students and graduates of The University of Manchester. If you are a current student or graduate of The University of Manchester and are looking for information on how you can conduct a verification, please find the relevant information on one of the following pages:
Verifications for Current Students
For third party verifications, The University of Manchester uses the Higher Education Degree Datacheck (HEDD) online verification service, enabling third parties to verify The University of Manchester (including former UMIST) awards and any affiliated awards. Please note that this service is only available for third parties and any verification requests must be submitted by the third party on behalf of the student / graduate and not by the student / graduate themselves.
The system was developed by Graduate Prospects (Jisc) in consultation with universities, employers and screening agencies. Funded by the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) and launched by Graduate Prospects, HEDD is now rolled out to institutions throughout the UK. The service allows registered enquirers to input data provided by applicants including their name, date of birth, institution, year of graduation, and qualification classification, and the service checks this information in real time against an encrypted database from our student records to verify if there's a match.
To make an enquiry, you need to register on the HEDD website. Select 'The University of Manchester' from the list of UK higher education institutions and choose the option to 'verify a degree award'. You'll be charged £12 per enquiry. You'll need the individual's name, date of birth, course and qualification. For graduates, you'll also need their year of graduation and degree result. We recommend that you ask to see the degree certificate if there is one and use that as the basis of your verification enquiry, or ask individuals to give you their data as they believe it's recorded in the student records system, so that you have a better chance of getting an automatic verification. If you don't get an automatic verification, the enquiry will be referred on to The University of Manchester for manual verification, with a 14 working day turnaround time.
All your enquiries are stored in the system and can be exported as an MS Excel or CSV file. You can sort your enquiries according to status:
If you have any problems or queries email heddhelp@prospects.ac.uk (include your phone number if you would like a call back).
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